Today would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. In his honor, S&R is hosting a monster mashup party. Let’s get it started in here.

Item 1: Guns? Screw guns. What we need is a mandatory five-day waiting period for the purchase of any audio or video editing software. Then again, happiness is a warm gun, they say. Although this is more about hammers and polyester than powder and hot lead.

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Probably my favorite ad on TV right now – I think it’s even better than the much-vaunted Old Spice campaign.

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Just because. Happy Saturday.

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Firefly fans rejoice – they finally got the opening credits right!

Thx to Lara Amber for the link.

Welcome to Sneak Preview Saturday at S&R. This TunesDay we’ll present the Scholars & Rogues Interview with Danielle Kimak Stauss of Rabbit Velvet, and we can tell you in advance that it’s a fascinating look inside the craft of an extremely talented artist that you may not know. Yet.

To whet your appetite a bit, here’s the video for “Right Now,” the lead track on Crows and Doves. Enjoy.

We went to see Momix at the University of Colorado’s Mackey Auditorium last night. They’re currently doing a “Best of Momix” tour, and the show was wonderful. I’d never seen them before, and the inventive mix of dance, visual illusion and humor left me looking forward to their return.

Here’s one they didn’t do last night.

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Happy Final Big Shopping Day Before Xmus.

Our friend Lee Camp lays the nard-stomp on American culture, and we’re okay with it.

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Meet one of my favorite new discoveries of 2k9 – Gossip. I’m still trying to parse everything that’s going on here – seriously, they’re described as “punk,” which they certainly are, but they’re also maybe the best indie party dance band I’ve heard since The B-52s. I’d never have thought you could slam everything from The BellRays to Paula Abdul to Kate Pierson to Yaz to Duffy together and make it work. But somehow, that’s exactly what Beth Ditto and company have done.

Expect to hear more when my year-end “Best CDs of 2009″ list drops here in a couple of weeks.

From their 2009 release, Music for Men, this is “Heavy Cross.”

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Our friend Lee Camp asks the hard questions.

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You know who you are.

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Enjoy the lovely.

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Happy Saturday. Today we’d like to spend a few moments with our favorite comic, Lee Camp. First, a recent appearance at Comix.

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