• Being a hot mess is one thing, having a hot weave is another. Help Houston police find these hair nappers in H-town.
• The “hot female sex offender” list from last week stirred up lots of words in the blogosphere!
• Did you miss seeing Explosions in the Sky due to that awful traffic when they opened for Arcade Fire at the Backyard earlier this month? At least you can see them in London!

Extreme emo experimentalism on the left, post-punk prom ballads on the right. more ›

We'll never forget the summer we discovered our parents' abandoned .45 collection in the garage. In between shiny black discs featuring songs we'd been raised on (probably Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Chicago), we discovered some gems that were totally new to us. Our first introductions to Nilsson, Harrison's solo stuff, Tim Hardin and Steve Young all happened that summer in the garage, and many a mixtapes for boyfriends of the future were forced to deal with our romantic nostalgia because of it. more ›