Fleet Foxes self titled debut was one of biggest and most welcome surprises of 2008 and on the 3rd of May the Seattle band will release their second LP, ‘Helplessness Blues.’ Take a listen to the title track below and let us know what you think in the comments. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues by subpop
Here is one of those great TED talk videos, which are usually pretty awesome we will all admit, but this one particularly caught my eye. If you play any games at all you should watch this (and I would encourage you to give it a go even if you don’t). After watching this video, I actually completely agree with her. Makes me feel less guilty for having a total play time of over 80 days on World of Warcraft!
Before I knew anything about Gnomeo and Juliet I was already pretty much sold, based on the name alone. It covers everything really, the premise being the tale of Romeo and Juliet but told with garden gnomes. Which is flipping genius as far as I’m concerned. Gnomeo (voiced by James McAvoy) is the handsome (well, for a gnome) son of Lady Blueberry (Maggie Smith), who is leader of the Blue Garden and sworn enemy of Lord Redbrick (Michael Caine), head of the adjacent Red Garden. In the midst of the squabbling Red and Blue Gardens’ turf war, a chance encounter brings Gnomeo and fiesty Red Gnome Juliet (Emily Blunt) - who happens to be Lord Redbrick’s daughter - together. As tensions mount between the feuding Reds and Blues, things get even more difficult for the star-crossed pair in their attempt to get their gnomance (Yes. I’m afraid I did just … There’s more
