Louis La Roche – Missing You. This song absolutely bumps. Thank you, Jesse.
Today’s theme will be Japanese artists. Honji is ridiculously fresh.
Little Dragon kills it. Japanese Swede Yukimi Nagano and her high school buddies, they’ve collaborated with the Gorillaz, Jose Gonzalez, creating a real smooth sound. Nagano’s voice + jazz-electro-pop = crazy delicious.

Read Elizabeth Kolbert’s response to the oil spill, in which she urges Obama to use the spill as an opportunity to to set higher standards for energy legislation.
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Nada Surf covers Enjoy The Silence. This is one of my favorite songs. So very versatile, and an undeniable hook. Great cover, too.

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
“Pooh!” he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?”
“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw.
“I just wanted to be sure of you.”

“This poor guy used to have a Harley and date strippers.”
-Oliver Daly

Daft Punk – Aerodynamic
You know, I’ve been waiting for the first person to submit a “chart” like this, and it took hipstarr to break that seal. Well done. Maybe I’ll throw up some of the jazz charts I write so you can all steal them and make millions of dollars (in drink coupons) for your jazz combos.

After months of parking on the street, he finally agreed that designing the driveway around the stump was green living gone too far.
(Photo: Miguel Coelho; via Archinet)
“Energy In Common: It’s like Kiva, but Greener”: http://bit.ly/bCBASe Wanna see more like this. Maybe the industry needs to mature more.