Do you dislike the Blackberry Torch commercial wherein the faintly-mustacheod techno producer Diplo says, "I can't believe that people are actually paying me to travel across the world and collect new influences, build new sounds with different artists..." and then proceeds to mostly show-off how super rich and fabulous he is? If so, you might enjoy watching the video everybody's favorite Taiwanese digital news source Next Media Animation made for his new song with the never-not-crunk Atlanta rap star, Lil Jon. It's awesome. Diplo gets his comeuppance, and then some. (Also, depending on your tolerance for grating techno beats and aggressive shouting, you may want to watch it with the sound turned down.) READ MORE

It was 2004. We lived in Philadelphia. I'd bought a house in June on South 13th Street, in a neighborhood that had at one time been nearly all Italian but was now a mix of Mexicans, gays, Vietnamese, and Urban Outfitters employees. Real estate was cheap. I had an adjustable-rate mortgage. I rented out the downstairs apartment to a costume designer with bad credit and Moe moved into my second bedroom upstairs. I worked at an alt-weekly and rode a bike. READ MORE