The Adventures of Lexton: Super Savings Account

My friend Jordan Gosin and his brother Josh have written a book for children and I thought I'd bring some attention to it here. The goal of the book is to teach children about future career paths in a fun way.

In the first volume of the series "The Adventures of Lexton: Super Savings Account", the book's main character, Lexton Lionberg wants a skateboard, but doesn't have enough money. Through learning how to save for the skateboard from family members and bank employees, Lexton learns the importance of saving and how a savings account is better than a piggy bank.

The book features illustrations by Disney cartoonist Barry Gottleib and is fun and educational for children.

You can purchase the book online at CreateSpace or Amazon.com.

I hope you'll check it out and spread the word. Contact me if you'd like to talk to the Goose Brothers about the books.

-Matt


Links:

The Adventures of Lexton | CreateSpace

The Adventures of Lexton | Amazon.com

Force by Forcewest

Spoon - "Don't You Evah"

Disney World Star Wars Weekends 2010 Promotional Poster

Email Chains

Via: GraphJam

Star Wars Incest

Bring Back New York Noise!

Sign the petition to bring back New York Noise!


New York Noise | Wikipedia
New York Noise is an hour-long TV show which airs Wednesday nights at 11 pm on nyctv (generally channel 25) in New York and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut. It is also viewable on the web. The program primarily airs indie-rock music videos with an emphasis on music from New York City. Each episode includes roughly 12 music videos, plus band interviews or event features placed between the videos. The features in each episode vary but typically have a humorous and off-beat concept.

-Matt


Link: Bring Back NY Noise!

The Heavy - "How You Like Me Now?"

8-bit NYC

8-bit NYC is a map of New York City done in the style of the Legend of Zelda.

-Matt


Link: 8-bit NYC via NOTCOT.ORG

Disney World Light Cycle Monorail

In a bit of cool cross-promotional synergy, Disney will paint its Disney World monorails with light cycles from its upcoming Tron Legacy movie... the repainted monorails, which feature snazzy versions of the new generation light cycles from the upcoming 3-D sequel to the classic 1982 sci-fi movie. | SCI FI Wire

Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up the Gun"

Your sword's grown old and rusty, burnt beneath the rising sun
It's locked up like a trophy, forgetting all the things it's done
And though it's been a long time, you're right back where you started from
I see it in your eyes that now you’re giving up the gun

Proverbial Shit

He’d spent years cultivating a perfectly messy study. So to find that someone had stuffed a red volume on the umber-only bookshelves? Well, the proverbial shit hit the fan.

Link: unhappyhipsters

Tron Legacy: Trailer

Burritos

Iron Man 2: Feature Trailer

Surfrider Foundation: Rise Above Plastics - Plastics Kill

Surfrider Foundation via NOTCOT.ORG

2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid

The 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid just debuted at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The car sports a regenerative braking system that feeds electricity to the front axle drive where two electric motors developing 60 kW each supplement the 480-bhp four-liter flat-six engine. The car will compete in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring on May 15th and 16th. | picocool

Titus Andronicus: March 6, 2010 at Bowery Ballroom

I find myself listening to Titus Andronicus’s second album, the Civil War/NJ-themed The Monitor quite a bit. Not because Patrick Stickles wrote an amusingly accurate takedown of Vice culture: The songs rage more powerfully and with more direction (i.e. the ragtag has focus). You no longer need to qualify things by saying they’re great live, or whatever... | Stereogum

The Monitor may be a concept record, but any trace of scholarly snobbery is hidden by the group’s thrilling country-punk racket, powered by bar-band guitar riffage, violins, bagpipes, horns and what sounds like any other instrument the band could get their hands on. | Rolling Stone

You can download some of their songs below (right click, save link as):

"Four Score and Seven Part One"
"Four Score and Seven Part Two"
"A More Perfect Union"

Daytrotter also has a few of their songs you can download and a write-up about them.

Hopefully it will be a good show!

-Matt


Links:

Titus Andronicus | MySpace Music

All Shows for Titus Andronicus | MySpace Music

Titus Andronicus - The Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY - 3/6/2010 | Bowery Presents

Breaking: Titus Andronicus | Rolling Stone

Titus Andronicus – "A More Perfect Union" | Stereogum | Stereogum

Titus Andronicus: Medicating The Best Way Man's Been Given | Daytrotter

Titus Andronicus: Upon Viewing Brueghel's "Landscape With the Fall of Icarus" | Pitchfork: TV

Alice in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: FREE Audiobook

Download Alice's Adventures in Wonderland audiobook free until March 16, 2010!

Link: Blackstone Audio - powered by Books in Audio | Blackstone Audio via dealsplus

Curiouser and Curiouser: Inspired by 'Alice In Wonderland'

Curiouser and Curiouser is an exhibition at Nucleus Gallery in Los Angeles featuring work by various artists inspired by Alice in Wonderland.






Link: Curiouser and Curiouser: Inspired by 'Alice In Wonderland' | Nucleus Gallery via NOTCOT.ORG

We Are Country Mice / Turbo Fruits at Mercury Lounge 2/28/10

I saw We Are Country Mice and Turbo Fruits open for Surfer Blood at sold-out Mercury Lounge last Sunday night. We were right up against the stage, so I had a great view of the bands and the show, although my hearing still hasn't recovered...

Although both musically bands still sound a little green, they were both pretty good, really entertaining to watch, and they were having a lot fun on stage. The drummer for We Are Country Mice was really energetic and the lead singer of Turbo Fruits came out into the crowd at one point. Disappointingly, We Are Country Mice introduced themselves as "We are Country Mice" instead of "We are We Are Country Mice".

The headlining band, Surfer Blood, was awesome live and are rapidly becoming one of my favorites. I created a post for them a few weeks ago HERE.

Here are some more pictures from the show:

Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 01
Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 02
We Are Country Mice - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 01
We Are Country Mice - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 02
We Are Country Mice - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 03
Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 03
Turbo Fruits - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 01
Turbo Fruits - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 02
Turbo Fruits - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 03
Surfer Blood - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 01
Surfer Blood - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 02
Surfer Blood - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 03
Surfer Blood - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 04
Surfer Blood - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 05
Surfer Blood - Mercury Lounge - 2/28/10 - 06

Here are some mp3s of the bands you can download (right click, save as):

Surfer Blood - "Swim"
We Are Country Mice – Ballad of John
We Are Country Mice – "A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising"

You can get Turbo Fruits' EP by registering your email address here:

Turbo Fruits - Echo Kid

And finally, download the live recordings from Surfer Blood's show on Saturday at Market Hotel here:

Surfer Blood: February 27, 2010 Market Hotel - Flac and MP3 Downloads | nyctaper

-Matt


See also:

Surfer Blood: February 28, 2010 at Mercury Lounge | mattmaison

Surfer Blood - "Swim" | mattmaison

The 25 69 Most Anticipated Albums Of 2010 | Stereogum

We Are Country Mice | MySpace Music

All Shows for We Are Country Mice | MySpace Music

We Are Country Mice | Last.fm

We Are Country Mice – Band To Watch | Rollo & Grady

Artist To Watch // We Are Country Mice | Rollo & Grady

Turbo Fruits | MySpace Music

Album Reviews: Turbo Fruits | Pitchfork

Lost: Lolcats

Lost: Snookie

See also: Snooki Meme | mattmaison

Shout Out Louds / Freelance Whales: March 1, 2010 at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Download Shout Out Louds' "Walls" HERE (right click, save link as, extract the mp3 from the downloaded zip file), and Freelance Whales' "Generator ^ First Floor" HERE and "Generator ^ Second Floor" HERE.

I'm going to the show tonight, but it's sold out, so I hope you already have tickets!

UPDATE: Bowery Presents has a write-up of the show HERE.

-Matt


See also:

Shout Out Louds - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY - 3/1/2010 | Bowery Presents

Band To Watch: Freelance Whales | Stereogum

Shout Out Louds on MySpace Music

All Shows for Shout Out Louds | MySpace Music

Freelance Whales on MySpace Music

All Shows for Freelance Whales | MySpace Music

Shout Out Louds Return to NYC | Bowery Presents