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Superheroes, FriendFeed & Fleet Foxes!

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 – running time 17:37
Superheroes, FriendFeed & Fleet Foxes!
Sarah Lane shows off FriendFeed and a hipper URL shortener while Moujan reveals some real-life superheroes, plus tons of movie stuff, music and more!

Sarah's Pick of the Week:

Create a shorter link with bit.ly. It's a much prettier URL shortener than the clunky TinyURL!

The Gist

Music!

The ultimate music game Rock Band 2's set-list is revealed! Check out the entire list here. And in related news, Guns N’ Roses is releasing a song available exclusively on Rock Band 2 from their upcoming album "Chinese Democracy" that isn't even out yet! Learn more here.

Movies!

Comic-Con just announced an incredible line-up of awesome upcoming comic book, science fiction and horror movies we can look forward to in the coming months. Check out the full list here.

Don't be left behind! Get up to speed on the life-span of Batman's archenemy The Joker.

Headlines!

Church cancels gun giveaway for teens! Ravers lose sight at Russia laser show! Man breaks record by sitting in 39,250 seats!

New DVD Pick:

Fresh out on DVD is Kataude mashin gâru, or Machine Girl. A Japanese schoolgirl takes revenge on a ninja Yakuza family responsible for cutting off her arm. Flying guillotines, a drill bra, tempura, and lots of splattering blood makes it great fun for the whole family.

Internet with Sarah:

Sarah's latest internet preoccupation is "FriendFeed", a social networking feed aggregator where you can can keep up-to-date on the websites, photos, videos and music that your friends are sharing! FriendFeed!

I Can Read! with Moujan:

Learn more about real life Superheroes:

  1. NYC women-defending Terrifica (now retired)
  2. Superbarrio, defender of justice
  3. The citizen hero from Clearwater Florida, Superhero
  4. Citizen Hero.com!
  5. Real Life Superhero Film (documentary)

Music with Heather: "Fleet Foxes"

Heather's band pick this week is the indie folk band from Seattle called "Fleet Foxes". Get your hands on their self-titled debut album Fleet Foxes and journey through peaceful dreamscapes.

New Music:

U.N.K.L.E. - End Titles: Stories for Film

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Abe Vigoda - Skeleton

Plus, check out Sarah's awesome eMusic playlist!

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Started discussion: July 17, 2008 @ 12:03pm GMT

Episode 18 - Superheroes, FriendFeed & Fleet Foxes! [Discussion]

Sarah Lane shows off FriendFeed and a hipper URL shortener while Moujan reveals some real-life superheroes, plus tons of movie stuff, music and more!

Watch or download the episode here.

flytape8490
12 months ago

mehhh

its still mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. -_-

I do like how we have a formal account on the whereabouts and whatsits on dr. kiki.

But they're still standing! GAH! Oh, ok- stools. Sigh...

I'll take it with a grain of salt, but only 'cuz i'm madly in love with Sarah.
RadMax
12 months ago
In reply to flytape8490:
its still mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. -_-

I do like how we have a formal account on the whereabouts and whatsits on dr. kiki.

But they're still standing! GAH! Oh, ok- stools. Sigh...

I'll take it with a grain of salt, but only 'cuz i'm madly in love with Sarah.



They made a point of showing them sitting. Sarah even told us to follow her as the camera panned.
MRPysnik
12 months ago
What is so wrong with standing? It doesn't bother me.

The best part of this episode was the globe with the arrows. Classic.

Keep up the great work, ladies!
gobo
12 months ago
So much better than last week. I don't feel like my head is spinning from things moving too quickly anymore.

One request: Bring back the outtakes!
darknessgp
12 months ago
In reply to gobo:
...
One request: Bring back the outtakes!



YES!!! I was sorely disappointed that they have gone missing.
xibalba
12 months ago
Still feels like it needs alittle improvement.
zorgul
12 months ago
I prefer the new and improved popSiren, I didn't like much the old version.

May I suggest playing a song sample while talking about new records. It will avoid me looking up band that I don't like.
Argopo
12 months ago
I thought it was tighter and smoother. Still wish it was longer. I liked it. It had everything I want in my weekly fix: a sarah tip (bit.ly), a heather music pick (fleet foxes), funny news editorial by moujan and banter.

All good stuff.

Sarah's voice sounded bad. Hope she is feeling better.
schwegler
12 months ago

Me like

Ok, after last week's episode with the green screen that blended with the chyron graphic that made Heather look like she had no legs (Am I the only one that saw that? Yes? Ok.). Ugh--I forgot to finish that sentence after the rambling about leglessnessy people.

I meant to say that I like this episode _more_ that last week but _less_ than the old format.

###My Thoughts:
1. The transitions are nicer and smoother (Still not 'there' yet, though.) and the non-fixed cameras make it look more like "real" TV. (Whatever that is.)
2. Sarah and Moujan still rock it.
3. Still missing Neha + Jessica... but less than before.
4. See the above/rambled bit about the Heather segment... but I
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