When the school board asks Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) to make a new commercial for the school, he enlists the study group to star in his production. As he gets swept away with the project, more of the student body is pulled into the fray, including Magnitude (Luke Youngblood), Fat Neil (Charley Koon... Read more...

Music From Saharan Cellphones Vol. 1 Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation of music collected from memory cards of cellular phones in the Saharan desert. And it's coming to vinyl. In much of West Africa, cellphones are are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal co... Read more...
With a quick search of your name on any given “peoplefinder” website, you’ll see your name, date of birth, names of family members, current and past addresses, your phone number and gender. Some sites will also reveal your marital status, your hobbies, your online profiles, and maps or a p... Read more...
Seun Kuti - Rise (Swizz Beatz Remix) Seun rips today’s commercial hip-hop artists a new one, talks about polygamy and monogamy (“one wife too many”), his dream collabo, and how he’ll keep the afrobeat flame alive forever. (As Seun and Fela’s fans like to quote, the elder Kuti’... Read more...
A typical full-body scanner works by bouncing X-rays off an individual’s skin to produce an outline image of the person’s body; these images must then be studied by an operator who makes the call whether there is a potential explosive present or not; the operator’s subjective view makes the ... Read more...
This confuses me... Spike Lee links with Absolut Vodka to create a limited edition flavor (red apple and ginger) called ABSOLUT Brooklyn, and a short film with spoken word artist Lemon Andersen for their ongoing City Series. Via: Read more...
According to a statement published by the Spanish Ministry of Interior, the botnet masters behind a 12M+ infected hosts botnet dubbed Mariposa, were arrested in a cooperative effort between law enforcement, security vendors and the academic community. Following the arrest of one of the botnet... Read more...

Common narrates this minute-and-a-half long Gatorade commercial, destined to play during the Super Bowl on Sunday. They’re gonna have to pay a grip if they’re planning on airing even 30 seconds of that. via UHTN Via Read more...

Here’s the behind the scenes footage of what went into making Sprite’s commercial that’s started playing in movie theaters recently. Sprite is sponsoring Drake and will is using “Forever” in their ad, which is why you see him joined by the song’s producer Boi-1da along with hi... Read more...