Superstition on Sesame Street

Stevie Wonder plays an incredible version of “Superstition” on Sesame Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSC29xl6hno
from the Morning News Digest

More from The National

More videos and music from The National:
Abel (live), Baby We’ll Be Fine (live), About Today (live), Daughters of the Soho Riots, Lit Up

Doves – There Goes the Fear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUvndY95Yo
There Goes the Fear (live at Glastonbury 2005), Snowden (live in-store acoustic)

Sonic Youth on SNL

Rocking the audience to the core. Sonic Youth performing Silver Rocket:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpU7q1d9lAU

If anyone knows how to easily convert a video to .gif, please help me out or point me in the right direction. Tons of screen caps > image ready > gif is not the most efficient workflow.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – The Movie!

Michael Chabon, who you may know as author of Wonder Boys, briefly discusses the movie adaptation of his book, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: In the Works
If you haven’t read it, get it now.

Erlend Øye and side projects

In case you enjoyed the Röyksopp post, here is more on collaborator Erlend Øye, side projects, and of course, youtube videos:
Erlend Øye is the geek spectacled half of Norway’s Kings of Convenience, a two-man outfit that utilizes acoustic guitars, wistful vocals, and the softer side of computer music to make hipster pop ballads. Øye’s success [...]

Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee

This insane Folgers ad has been making the rounds on the internet.  In case you haven’t seen it:
Folgers – Happy Morning

Röyksopp and infographics

A great post on infographics accompanied with a wonderful Röyksopp video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo0XUdPHdKA and a slightly higher quality qt version

if:book: a girl goes to work (infographic video)
It’s not often that you see infographics with soul. Even though visuals are significantly more fun to look at than actual data tables, the oversimplification of [...]

Documentary on The National

Incredible band. Get last year’s Alligator now if you haven’t heard it.

1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDXT22wNeLs
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_82cN7b34Qw
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjlcf1CoEGQ

allmusic description:
Setting up their tunes on a creative territory amidst American electric rock and indie rock’s mellowest tunes, The National ultimately present melodious and inspiring compositions also enlightened by a set of influences, including country-rock and even British pop/rock. Originally [...]

ASCII-World Cup 2006

 
Wow.  The World Cup broadcast live and converted to ASCII.
ASCII-WM 2006
More info from the Inquirer.