The triumphant return of JellyNYC

The JellyNYC pool parties that used to take place in Williamsburg's McCarren Park Pool (R.I.P.) have changed venues (East River State Park on the Williamsburg Waterfront), replaced slip-n-slides with kiddie pools, and released a FREE summer concert schedule that does McCarren proud:

July 12: 
Mission of Burma, 
Fucked Up, 
Ponytail
, Jemina Pearl
July 19: 
Dirty Projectors
, Magnolia Electric Co., White Denim
July 26: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Black Lips
, HEALTH, 
GrupoFantasmo
August 2: Deerhunter, No Age, Dan Deacon

 (Round Robin show)
August 9: 
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
, Fiery Furnaces
, Dark Meat, 
The Netherlands
August 16: Del the Funky Homosapien, 
Gravy Train!!!
, DD/MM/YYYY, Kenan Bell


August 23: 
Girl Talk
, Max Tundra
, Wiz Khalifa
August 30: Grizzly Bear
, Beach House

I wanna go to every last one of 'em!

New media musical

Based on West Side Story, this is Web Site story. Watch, bob your head up and down with recognition, and laugh.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

More Potter, please

The first four minutes of the new Harry Potter movie (hitting theaters July 15!) ... in German:

And speaking of Pottermania, Hermione (known in the Muggle world as Emma Watson) will be attending Columbia University this fall. Stalk away, Manhattan.

The ultimate marriage of high and low

One of my favorite authors, Bret Easton Ellis (king of disillusioned decadence, desolation and depravity) on The Hills:

I’m holding off on Season 4 right now. I started watching a bit of it, but I’m waiting until the DVD comes out because I want to see it all so beautifully mastered. Even if you download the show there is that irritating MTV logo in the corner. It doesn’t work for me that way. It has to be on a big screen with the sound right up. It blows me away…I’m sorry, but whoever invented HEIDI MONTAG and SPENCER PRATT are just…nothing matches it. I’ve never see L.A. look more beautiful in a work of art. There are no movies that are as beautiful as that.

Who says American culture is rapidly decaying, anyway?

A more exotic liger

Since the birth of a female panda cub at a zoo in Bangkok, Thailand has entered a state of panda-monium. Some creative zookeepers, desperate to circumvent the attention back to the elephants (Thailand's national symbol), created a whole new breed of zoo creature: the pandaphant. Slathered in black and white watercolor paint to resemble the more popular pandas, these dressed-up beasts are paraded before schoolchildren to entertain (or, more likely, confuse) them.

So esoteric

Why do I feel like this promo-spoof, by the people who brought us Hipster Olympics, actually encapsulates my life at the Columbia Publishing Course, where I spent all night (I'm talking 2am) coming up with fake book ideas for a fake publishing house? Thank you, 'Llectuals, for making me laugh a little.

Cheap and chic

The first New York City American Apparel Factory Flea Market starts tomorrow and goes 'til Sunday (June 28th), from 12-8pm at 185 Orchard St, between Houston and Stanton. Prices start at $2, with nothing priced above $25. Thanks to Dana for the heads-up!

Girl Talk's hot cousin

Earlier this year, my friend wised me up to Super Mash Bros, an underage duo of L.A. boys who mix tunes from the 90's and today to create an energetic, electro sound that is indeed reminiscent of the great Girl Talk (née Gregg Gillis). Two-step to their new album, All About the Scrillions, available FO FREE here.

What's more American than this deal?

In celebration of S'mac's 3rd birthday today, they are offering the All-American mac 'n' cheese for $1 at their 12th street location. Elisabeth Hasselbeck can get the gluten-free version for $2.

Tim Burton's wonderland

Official photos have been released from king of creep Tim Burton's re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland, set to hit theaters March 5, 2010. Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen ... it's gonna be hard to wait 'til March.