If you’ve ever wondered what your favorite literary characters might be listening to while they save the world/contemplate existence/get into trouble, or hallucinated a soundtrack to go along with your favorite novels, well, us too. But wonder no more! Here, we sneak a look at the hypothetical iPods of some of literature’s most interesting characters. What would be on the personal playlists of Holden Caulfield or Elizabeth Bennett, Huck Finn or Harry Potter, Tintin or Humbert Humbert? Something revealing, we bet. Or at least something danceable. Read on for a cozy reading soundtrack, character study, or yet another way to emulate your favorite literary hero. This week: Slimy, slimy Captain Hook.
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Musicians are by no means monogamous. Often their loyalty is not to the single entity of a band, but rather to the grander scheme of the things, the music itself. Take Gorillaz (by way of Blur) frontman Damon Albarn, who just announced that he’s going solo again on the side under the guise of Prince Barry. Or Thom Yorke branching out from Radiohead with his once anonymous band who we now know as Atoms for Peace. After the jump, we’ve compiled a playlist of our favorite tracks from some recent indie side projects. As always, leave a comment and let us know who we left out.
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Yesterday a sober Michael Cera was running around the East Village taking pictures with the Jersey Shore kids. Today we find him (and his omnipresent hoodie) going for a stroll while lip-synching and popping some pills in the new music video for Islands’ “No You Don’t,” directed by TV Carnage. Things get really trippy really fast, and there are some rather sensual closeups of Cera’s lips, if you’re into that sort of thing. There’s also a pretty interesting fight with a puddle.
We think it could double as an anti-drug PSA. Peep it after the jump, and let us know if you agree.
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Our science-inclined pals at Wired have collected a set of images depicted the world’s islands as seen from satellites in space. Unsurprisingly, many of them resemble amoeba and other organisms on the cellular level. (Put it all in perspective with the Scales of the Universe display at the American Museum of Natural History.) The abstract yet oh-so-concrete images also capture volcanoes, coral reefs, and mighty storms all from their perches in the heavens. Click through for two more shots.
Above: Atafu Atoll, Pacific Ocean, is the smallest of three atolls (pop: 500) in the Tokelau Islands near New Zealand.
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