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Get It Together, Avril Lavigne
This is a tough one. Below, please find "Hello Kitty," the new video from Canadian pop superstar Avril Lavigne, who will turn 30 this year, a fact not abundantly in evidence given the ear-abasing nature of the track (Skrillex' Inferno, basically) and the society-abasing depiction of modern Japan as ...
The Sleepless Majesty Of Craig Ferguson
There is no cause to weep for Craig Ferguson; there are reportedly between 8 and 12 million reasons not to. But the end is (reportedly) nigh. He is definitely not getting David Letterman's job; now comes word that Chelsea Handler, for starters, may be gunning for the job he already has. The Late Lat...
How To Fix <em>Justified</em>, Which Is Not Broken
The wise-ass Kentucky crime drama Justified had the good fortune to premiere in the spring of 2010, Tuesdays at 10 p.m., which means it accidentally got the best possible lead-in, even if that lead-in aired on another channel: the final season of Lost, over on ABC. ...
What EMA's "Meta-Grunge" Teaches Us About Fame, The NSA, And Courtney Love
Last month, Courtney Love announced on Facebook that she'd possibly located Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. She had not. But my god, that would've been glorious. Oil right where she'd scrawled, "Oil"; the plane right where she'd scrawled, "Plane?" One of the great and terrible mysteries of our youn...
Behold Weezer Doing Their Best Song In Jack White's Phone Booth
Yes, "Susanne." The answer to your question is "Susanne." I would disable Kinja if I could, to prevent anyone from even contesting this. Anyways, here we see Weezer (their lineup much scrambled since this tune graced the Mallrats soundtrack in 1995) re-recording it in Jack White's tiny, weird straig...
Die Already, King Joffrey
This Sunday, 114 million global HBO subscribers and roughly 250 million web-savvy HBO non-subscribers will join hands and avail themselves of the fourth-season premiere of Game of Thrones, a quasi-medieval Prestige Cable Network Battle of the T's and A's with way more T's, A's, leering ultraviolence...
A Bay Area Expat's Guide To Bay Area Rap
There is plenty to miss about the Bay Area, if you are ever fortunate enough to live there and then unfortunate enough to leave—the burritos, the vistas, the A's, the tech-doofus-dystopia hijinks, the absurdly temperate weather. ("At least you're part of the national conversation," crowed a sunny-an...
Andy Murray's Mom Loves Trolling Yoko Ono
Via Grantland, a delightful tale of a tennis superstar's mother's sardonic quest for enlightenment. War is over if you want it, but Twitter beef is forever....
The Best, Most Deranged Story About Gwar You'll Ever Read
Gwar frontman Dave Brockie, known professionally as Oderus Urungus (that's him on the left), was found dead Sunday evening in his Richmond, Va. home. He was 50. In his honor, let us revisit this delightfully unsavory late-2010 profile from Decibel magazine. RIP....
In Praise Of The Schlub Frontman: Future Islands And The Hold Steady
There is no greater cultural delight on this earth than the sight, and sound, of David Letterman actually enjoying one of his musical guests. His curiosity piqued, his force field of indifference and disdain penetrated. It still happens. He likes Darlene Love; he likes drummers. And earlier this mon...
Here Is 2 Chainz On A Segway
Hello! My name is Rob Harvilla, and I'll be your culture editor here at Deadspin. I am at pains to articulate at this time what that means, exactly, so in lieu of a verbal explanation, please accept this video of 2 Chainz driving a Segway through a hotel suite while singing, "This is what ballin' fe...