The Atlanta Flood (Not So Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 5:20 PM on September 21, 2009

Here at Paste, we're starting preparations for the ark with two Grizzly Bears, two Fleet Foxes and one big Animal Collective. We're listening to our favorite Rainy Day Playlist, and avoiding the wet outdoors. The photo above was taken by Paste web designer Steve Thorson outside his house. Here's what the weather has wrought in our fair city of Atlanta (enough to make us a trending topic on Twitter: #atlflood):...  read more

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Pearl Jam's Backspacer Streaming at MySpace (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 4:15 PM on September 18, 2009

You don't have to wait for that Sunday trip to Target to hear Pearl Jam's ninth studio album Backspacer—even if you're not one of the band's 72,191 friends MySpace friends. Just stop by the band's TenClub page on MySpace and decide if we got it right in our review. Just make sure that before you sing along, you follow our illustrated how-to guide....  read more

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Pearl Jam's Backspacer Streaming at MySpace (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 4:15 PM on September 18, 2009

You don't have to wait for that Sunday trip to Target to hear Pearl Jam's ninth studio album Backspacer—even if you're not one of the band's 72,191 friends MySpace friends. Just stop by the band's TenClub page on MySpace and decide if we got it right in our review. Just make sure that before you sing along, you follow our illustrated how-to guide....  read more

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Community on NBC (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 3:05 PM on September 17, 2009

Since the days of Cosby, Cheers, Family Ties and Night Court in the '80s, NBC has worked hard to deliver a solid two-hour block of comedy programming. Seinfeld and Friends dominated the '90s, alongside forgettable shows like Suddenly Susan and Veronica's Closet. For a brief moment in 2007, it looked like the Thursday night magic was back with The Office, 30 Rock, Scrubs and My Name Is Earl. But then Earl jumped shark after shark only to get canceled and Scrubs migrated to ABC. The latest replacements, the dreadful Kath & Kim and the disappointing Parks and Recreation failed to earn...  read more

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Community on NBC (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 3:05 PM on September 17, 2009

Since the days of Cosby, Cheers, Family Ties and Night Court in the '80s, NBC has worked hard to deliver a solid two-hour block of comedy programming. Seinfeld and Friends dominated the '90s, alongside forgettable shows like Suddenly Susan and Veronica's Closet. For a brief moment in 2007, it looked like the Thursday night magic was back with The Office, 30 Rock, Scrubs and My Name Is Earl. But then Earl jumped shark after shark only to get canceled and Scrubs migrated to ABC. The latest replacements, the dreadful Kath & Kim and the disappointing Parks and Recreation failed to earn...  read more

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kanyelicio.us (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 7:27 PM on September 16, 2009

Continuing our Kanye fallout coverage, today we celebrate the single-minded kanyelicio.us/. Just add the URL of your favorite website to the end, and you'll get Kanye's opinion. Here's what he thinks of PasteMagazine.com - http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.pastemagazine.com.And, of course, here's his take on TaylorSwift.com - http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.taylorswift.com. ...  read more

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kanyelicio.us (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 7:27 PM on September 16, 2009

Continuing our Kanye fallout coverage, today we celebrate the single-minded kanyelicio.us/. Just add the URL of your favorite website to the end, and you'll get Kanye's opinion. Here's what he thinks of PasteMagazine.com - http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.pastemagazine.com.And, of course, here's his take on TaylorSwift.com - http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.taylorswift.com. ...  read more

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Kanye West Apology Video (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 1:28 PM on September 14, 2009

I'm not sure how the folks at Red Label Films pulled this off so quickly, but here's a new animated video of Kanye West apologizing for his idiotic actions last night at MTV's VMAs. Apparently Auto-Tune can't fix everyone's vocals, but horrible singing aside, this cracked me up. "IM NOT CRAZY YALL, IM JUST REAL." ...  read more

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Kanye West Apology Video (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 1:28 PM on September 14, 2009

I'm not sure how the folks at Red Label Films pulled this off so quickly, but here's a new animated video of Kanye West apologizing for his idiotic actions last night at MTV's VMAs. Apparently Auto-Tune can't fix everyone's vocals, but horrible singing aside, this cracked me up. "IM NOT CRAZY YALL, IM JUST REAL." ...  read more

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Frank Turner "The Road" video (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson at 4:16 PM on September 11, 2009

In the last three years, hardcore frontman-turned-folk-punk singer Frank Tuner has logged some 700 shows in his native U.K. and is currently touring the U.S. So it's fitting that his video for "The Road" captures Turner playing 24 shows in 24 hours. ...  read more

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