October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween!!!
Kate finally got roller skates. Just in time for Halloween!
Check out the wine pick, and some more action shots of the night of skating on the wine of the week page.
Here is today's Funky Friday music video Cool Clip....
Rockwell>>Somebody's Watching Me
Wanted to be funky and have a Halloween theme and this is the video that first came to mind. Have a great and spooky weekend!
October 30, 2008
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
The Hold Steady>>Stuck Between Stations (Live!)
Today is a great day and Rock and Roll means well. It's not everyday that you get to see your favorite band (unless you follow them from city to city, sell drugs to the other followers, and jam to the music even when the music stops.) Today we are off to Louisville to see the opening night of the Rock and Roll Means well tour with Drive-by Truckers and of course THE HOLD STEADY! If you ever get the chance to see The Hold Steady live, do yourself a favor and go! I have been to endless shows and seen too many bands to remember them all and The Hold Steady are as good a live band I have ever seen. To give you a taste, here is a great clip from a club in Brooklyn from 2 years ago.
October 29, 2008
Here are a couple tasty bits from The Onion regarding the election...
This
and this
Bruce Springsteen Concert Totally Changes Area Man's Mind About Voting
Happy 37th Birthday Winona Ryder!
This may reveal my age a little but there isn't a guy or girl for that matter that I grew up with that didn't love Winona Ryder! She will always be, in my opinion, one of the coolest movie stars of her generation.
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
Bloc Party>>Signs
Bloc Party released their new album yesterday called Intimacy and after a quick listen the song 'Signs' really stood out. In fact, it is so hauntingly good, I think it may be one of the best tracks of the year. Surely they will eventually release this song as a single and make an official video for it, but for now the best we have is a live version performed on the BBC's Live With Jools Holland. See if you agree or not that this song is a 'sign' after a subpar sophomore album, that Bloc Party is back on track!?
October 28, 2008
This picture is from the best new website of the week:
The Brokers With Their Hands On Their Faces Blog
In the same spirit, we could start:
Bengals Fans With Their Hands On Their Faces Blog...
Entourage is back on its 'A'(ri) game!
After the year long lay off because of the writer's strike and coming off a sub par season, it has taken a little while to fully get back into Entourage. However, the last few episodes have firmly entrenched that the series is back and better than ever! The last two episodes in particular have Emmy award winning actorJeremy Piven, who plays Ari Gold, giving possibly his best performances yet. Check out this cool Entourage fansite done by some Austrailian dudes called Entourage F*cking Fan Club, it's pretty good as far as fan sites go...
Here is today's New Music spotlight video Cool Clip....
Every Tuesday is when the record industry releases their new albums and the good people at altitudetv.com put together short, comprehensive video clips featuring the weeks top new rock releases. So for now on on Tuesdays, instead of highlighting an individual artist, we'll give you this. What a good week to start the tradition as well as this week Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, and The Cure, just to name a few all have new albums out! Worth a look!
October 27, 2008
It was over before it began...
The Bengals originally were to have been on a bye yesterday until hurricane Ike caused schedule changes but they played as if they were on a bye anyway. To watch the low-lights including Joseph's 'two-hand touch' play that pretty well sums up the season, go here.
I think after watching the Bengals we need a good laugh and Doug Stanhope may be the best comedian out there these days so I am leaving it to him. Check this out but keep in mind it is off color and NSFW!
Doug Stanhope-'This Generation Sucks!'
After Kate had a 'bye week' of her own, she's back with 2 new wine picks!
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
Matt & Kim-'Daylight'
If this is not one of the better videos of the year the song may be one of the best tracks of the year and what a perfect upbeat tempo to get a new week started with! Matt and Kim are a duo from Brooklyn and I am becoming more of a fan of them everyday. Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino formed the band in 2004 with an enthusiastic approach which is fun, refreshing and who can't get excited about music described as 'dance punk?' Lucky for us they are touring in support of their new album, Grand, and they will be stopping at the Mad Hatter in Covington on Tuesday, November 18th. For sure their will be more about them on this site as that date nears...
October 24, 2008
Here is today's FUNKY FRIDAY music video Cool Clip....
Calvin Harris-'The Girls'
Yes it's Friday and today we feature Scottish born Calvin Harris to get us in the funky mood with his top 5 UK hit, 'The Girls.' His music, which is described as electroclash, contains uptempo 80's remixes. After his debut album was a top 10 success, a new album is expected from the ever creative Mr. Harris by mid-2009.
October 23, 2008
Kudos to Fox's opening to the World Series Last Night!
(Thanks Mo!)
A group of French Kids made a video to Michael Jackson's Thriller and it is totally worth checking out!
Click on this Lego Guy for a list of Halloween costume suggestions!
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
The Stills-'Being Here'
Canadian post-punk rock band The Stills gained a steady following a few years ago touring with bands like Interpol and Kings Of Leon. They played here in Cincinnati at the Desdemona Festival a couple of years ago and that's when they first got my attention. The Montreal natives opened for Paul McCartney at a show celebrating the cities 400 year anniversary and their new album, Oceans Will Rise, was released in August. 'Being Here' is the first single off the new album.
October 22, 2008
Old Lady, 89, Provides Bengals Ball Security Training
For Full Story Click on Derf!
And I'm Proud To Be A Cincinnatian!
Click on Fat Bastard for a funny take from Stolen Lunch Money.
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
Kings Of Leon-'Sex On Fire'
Tennessee rock band Kings Of Leon are back with a new album, recent appearances on Saturday Night Live and Letterman, as well as a #1 debut on the U.K. charts. The band made up of 3 brothers and a first cousin play hard drivin' southern roots rock with an edge and don't disappoint here with their new album debut single.
October 21, 2008
Jay-Z lends his voice to Coldplay's best new song...listen here!
Wanna watch of good faint!?
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
Kaiser Chiefs-'Never Miss A Beat
The Kaiser Chiefs are back today with a new album called Off With Their Heads. The boys from Leeds in the UK exploded on the scene in 2005 with their debut full length album Employment. With a blend of new wave and punk tied in with classic Brit Pop power, their songs are fun and infectious. 'Never Miss A Beat' is their first single off the new album. They have been touring in support of Oasis and have a series of U.S. dates scheduled in November.
October 20, 2008
After watching the Bengals get blown out yesterday to fall to 0-7, we need something to get us fired up about sports around here again, here it is! Practice has begun!
Xavier is pre-season ranked #19 by The Sporting News~
If you missed Natalie Portman's 2 minute speech on Fountain Square last week before introducing The National, or were there and couldn't hear it like we were, check it out!
The indie flick 'Once' which was a huge hit and spawned a tour called 'The Swell Season' featuring its stars is coming to broadway!
Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard accept the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song' from Once.
So it's Tampa Bay and Philly in the World Series...YAWN! Actually who cares what TV execs think, as a Mets fan I hate the Phillies and The Rays should be an inspiration to the Cincinnati Reds! So GO RAYS! And in the spirit baseball , here is a cool collection of Baseball Movie All-Stars.
Sarah Palin's appearance on Saturday Night Live gave the show its best ratings in 14 years. Here is the opening!
Have you checked out the Cool Corner recently?
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
Flight of the Conchords-'Ladies of the World'
While watching Entourage last night, which keeps getting better every week this season, I realized I miss that Flight of the Conchords is not on right after Entourage like it was during its first season. I hear it will be coming back though in early 2009, so while we wait, here is their video salute to all the ladies!
October 18, 2008
Happy Anniversary, Dahlee...
October 17, 2008 (In honor of Political Day)
NSFW
Ashley found this today... Could it be good news?
Stocks sink but there's whisky galore
By Catherine Hornby
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - While investors flee traditional markets such as stocks and commodities on growing recession fears, trade in rare bottles of whisky is flourishing.
Roughly 11 months after the launch of a Dutch online trade platform for exclusive single malt whiskies, mostly from Scotland, the World Whisky Index has seen an average return of 26.2 percent, compared to a more than 40 percent decline in the MSCI World stock index.
October 16, 2008 (Cincycoolness.com's Political Day!)
Regardless of who wins the election we will still be drinkin' beer!
There's a rally on Fountain Square today with Natalie Portman, The Breeders, and The National!
There is a band called 'Natalie Portman's Shaved Head' and they are pretty good! Check out their video for the song 'Sophisticated Side Ponytail.'
Minimovie.com has a hilarious short called 'Dancing With The Politcal Stars.' Here is a trailer...
Here is today's music video COOL CLIP....
Elvis Costello-'Pump It Up'
I know this is old school but Elvis Costello is fantastic and this is my theme song today because I am finally 'pumped up' about....Yes! The Presidential election. 99.5% of what you will see on this site will be non-political but today is going to be that other .5% of the time....Stay Tuned and enjoy some Elvis in the mean time.
October 15, 2008
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
Keane- 'The Lover's Are Losing'
October 14, 2008
PATHETIC!
This is what we're likely to see at Paul Brown Stadium this Sunday...
Thanks to this!
Here is today's music video COOL CLIP....
Alicia Keys & Jack White- 'Another Way to Die'
I guess there's a new James Bond movie coming out soon, and they were able to get Alicia Keys and Jack White to do the theme song... Anyway, here it is and it's quite good! Actually, it would be hard for it not to be good with these two awesome performers. Kudos to whomever got this to happen!
October 13, 2008
Sights, sounds, and observations from a great rock weekend
here in Greater Cincinnati!
*The Black Keys show rocked at the sold out Madison Theater. Their driving rock sound is so intense you still felt it the next day!
*I never have been to a show where a fire alarm went off and everyone had to evacuate, but that is exactly what happened during the second song of the Black Keys show. The staff at The Madison did a great job handling it all and the show resumed about 30 minutes later.
*I had a refreshing experience at Bogarts. It has been awhile since I've been there, but they had an independent security team working and they were pretty cool. Not the antaganistic crew that has spoiled so many Bogarts shows in the past.
*The Whigs lived up to my expectations with an explosive set ahead of The Kooks. Expect to hear more from this band in the months to come.
*The lead singer of The Kooks, Luke Pritchard, is a star. He captured the crowd at Bogarts from the start and didn't let go until the lights came up after the encores. It reminded me of early Coldplay shows and how Chris Martin was able to do the same thing.
The Kooks @ Bogarts
The Black Keys @ The Madison
Before you know it, Halloween will be here! Check out this fun site that allows you to make your own monsters!
Here is today's music video Cool Clip....
James Taylor on Colbert!
Living legend James Taylor was recently a guest of Stephen Colbert. Part interview and part song, Taylor promotes his new album of cover songs called, Covers.
October 12, 2008
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