Thepunkguy

Look at me two quick link posts in a day. Wow, I am really unpredictable this week…

a. New Sneakers from NIKE, check THEM.

b. got an hour to kill to see the future of email???

c. grizzly bear on AOL..

d. we can all LEARN FROM THIS.

a. My friends have started a new record label, check Whale Heart Records now HERE.

b. Von Trier’s new film. Wow. and Wow.

Lars von Trier’s Antichrist – Official Trailer from Zentropa on Vimeo.

c. Have I mentioned yet that I know this WOMAN?

d. Check out this pretty picture of Venice IT HERE.

e. Guitar Hero 5 to feature… Elliott Smith? WhAT?

f. I like Dan Aykroyd AGAIN.

g. the Ten Most Anticipated Film from Cannes HERE.

a. Dan from the Black Key’s new video..

b. the band Previously on LOST will be recording a song for … LOST. HERE.

c. It’s funny cause it’s TRUE.

d. A tattoo that is smarter than it’s owner HERE.

e. As far as smutty art photography, a Richard Kern exhibit in NYC is as good as it GETS.

f. Gummi Bear surgery HERE.

g. it’s the little things..

a. the blackberry ONYX looks pretty fucking NICE.

b. new videos, new videos…

Grizzly Bear

Two Weeks

Beirut

Future of the Left

Hungry Hungry Ghost

one more video.. non music related..

c. I feel like I might get shot for posting this post but… oh well, the top 14 gayest hip hop lyrics HERE.

D. Damn, these shirts pretty much kick ass HERE>

E. BAPE as a US website NOW.

a. Bedwin, some cool sneakers and clothes. Check Em.

b. I am sure you have seen this but Noah Kalina is still taking pictures of himself, every day of his LIFE.

c. God comics!! I bet they’re hysterical!!!! Does anyone laugh up THERE?

d. A story on the new Pink Mountaintops record HERE.

So I decided that after a few weeks of hard work, I would treat myself to a nice trip.

I bought a ticket to go to Australia from August 27th to Sept 8th of this year. If you know anyone who lives near Sydney, please let me know.

I will be taking about 2000 pictures while I am there and am already planning on bringing 4 cameras with me.

So if you know any Americans or New Yorkers living down in Australia, please let me know.

thepunkguy.

From Polyvinyl:

Polyvinyl needs your help! Our distributor’s warehouse is being downsized because of consolidation and they requested to destroy over 10,000 records or we face the possibility of high storage costs.

Destroying the records is not an option (it’s too wasteful and besides, these are great records, they’re just overstocked)! Storing the records at our distributor is not an option (we cannot afford the thousands of dollars in storage costs). So to keep them from destruction, we’re hoping to have all the records shipped back to our office.

We desperately need your help to clear out space in our backroom for everything to fit. Please help make this a win-win situation for everyone – we clear out space, we don’t have to destroy great records, and you get the opportunity to get some awesome music from the likes of Aloha, of Montreal, Mates of State, Joan of Arc, Mike Kinsella, Rainer Maria, and many more. $5 Pledge gets you:
Mates of State “Two of Us” DVD

$10 Pledge gets you these 2 CDs + 1 DVD:
Architecture in Helsinki “Places Like This” CD
Rainer Maria “Long Knives Drawn” CD
Mates of State “Two of Us” DVD

$15 Pledge gets you these 5 CDs + 1 DVD:
Architecture in Helsinki “Places Like This” CD
Hail Social “Hail Social” CD
Kyle Fischer / Mike Kinsella / Caithlin DeMarrais “Open Ground” CD
Mates of State “Two of Us” DVD
of Montreal “Icons Abstract Thee” CD
Rainer Maria “Long Knives Drawn” CD

$20 Pledge gets you these 8 CDs + 1 DVD:
AM/FM “The Sky Is the New Ground” CD
Architecture in Helsinki “Places Like This” CD
Hail Social “Hail Social” CD
Joan of Arc “The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc” CD
Kyle Fischer / Mike Kinsella / Caithlin DeMarrais “Open Ground” CD
Mates of State “Two of Us” DVD
of Montreal “Icons Abstract Thee” CD
Rainer Maria “Long Knives Drawn” CD
Saturday Looks Good to Me “Cold Colors” CD

$30 Pledge gets you these 13 CDs + 1 DVD:
Aloha “Some Echoes” CD
AM/FM “The Sky Is the New Ground” CD
Architecture in Helsinki “Places Like This” CD
Audible “Sky Signal” CD
Hail Social “Hail Social” CD
Joan of Arc “The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc” CD
Kyle Fischer / Mike Kinsella / Caithlin DeMarrais “Open Ground” CD
Mates of State “Two of Us” DVD
of Montreal “Icons Abstract Thee” CD
of Montreal “The Early Four Track Recordings” CD
Picastro “Metal Cares” CD
Rainer Maria “Long Knives Drawn” CD
Saturday Looks Good to Me “Cold Colors” CD
ZZZZ “Palm Reader” CD

$50 Pledge gets you these 26 CDs + 2 DVDs:
31Knots “Curse of the Longest Night” CD
Aloha “Some Echoes” CD
AM/FM “Getting Into Sinking” CD
AM/FM “Mutilate Us” CD
AM/FM “The Sky Is the New Ground” CD
Architecture in Helsinki “Places Like This” CD
Audible “Sky Signal” CD
Collections of Colonies of Bees “Customer” CD
Decibully “City of Festivals” CD
Friction (ex-Braid) “Discography 1991-1994” 2xCD
Hail Social “Hail Social” CD
Joan of Arc “Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain” CD
Joan of Arc “The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc” CD
Kyle Fischer / Mike Kinsella / Caithlin DeMarrais “Open Ground” CD
Mates of State “Two of Us” DVD
of Montreal “Icons Abstract Thee” CD
of Montreal “The Early Four Track Recordings” CD
Paris Texas “Action Fans Help Us!” CD
Pele “Elephant” CD
Picastro “Metal Cares” CD
Rainer Maria “Long Knives Drawn” CD
Rainer Maria “Anyone in Love with You (Already Knows)” CD+DVD
Rainer Maria “Ears Ring” CD
Rainer Maria “Rainer Maria” CD
Saturday Looks Good to Me “Cold Colors” CD
ZZZZ “Palm Reader” CD

DONATE HERE.

a. Frodus in Baltimore

b. is it bad that I keep finding Sasha Grey more interesting and cuter??

c. oh Nick Kroll.

d. Oh Jesus! SONGS!

So I went to see Jonah Matranga (Far, Onelinedrawing, New End Original, Gratitude) at Mercury Lounge last night and as usual, he was pretty brilliant.

(check out his lars Von Trier shirt.. ode to VH!)

Jonah might be one of the most approachable men in rock and he is sincerely pretty humble all around. I talked to him before the show and he was just as nice as could be and even played two songs I asked for including Got my List and Man Overboard by Far. He started off his set with Weezer’s “Say it Ain’t So.”

Anyway, check out the video I took of him below. He talks about his appreciation for Adam Lambert’s weirdness and his unappreciation for John Mayer. Very funny …

Jonah Matranga – Crush on Everyone (John Mayer diss) from thepunkguy on Vimeo.