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- You Think You’re So Pretty: What Dove’s ‘Sketches’ Video Got Wrong
May 23, 2013 | 5:02 pm“I should be more grateful of my natural beauty” one woman concludes after participating in the Dove Beauty Sketches. In fact, the woman, Florence concludes that natural beauty “couldn’t be more critical to your happiness.” Florence came to these undesirable conclusions through participation in a commercial released as part of Dove’s campaign to promote “real [...]
- The Story of the Slurpee
May 21, 2013 | 5:37 pmIt might surprise you to hear that the Slurpee was an accident. Yet the beloved concoction, as a matter of fact, got its start when a Dairy Queen soda machine kept on malfunctioning. Its operator, Omar Knedlik of Kansas City, placed bottles of soda in his freezer as a failsafe. The bottles came out a [...]
- We Are More Germ Than Human
May 16, 2013 | 11:50 pmThe human body is one of the most fascinating and puzzling ecosystems in the universe, a complex community of cells, germs and microbes that is still being mapped and decoded. Recent discoveries in this field have caused scientists to reevaluate the way we look at our internal functions, and perhaps we aren’t as much ourselves [...]
- Daft Punk Streams New Album ‘Random Access Memories’
May 13, 2013 | 1:42 pmThe robots are back. The internet has been abuzz with hype for Daft Punk’s long awaited follow up to 2005′s Human After All, and today we finally get to hear it. While the official release date is still a week away, iTunes is offering fans the chance to stream all 13 tracks early. Simply follow [...]
- The Bluths Return: Watch The First ‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 Trailer
May 12, 2013 | 11:28 pmI’m afraid that I just blue myself. It’s the final countdown until the Bluth family is back and as dysfunctional as ever. The resurrected cult classic will return on May 26th for a fourth and final season released exclusively on Netflix. It’s been a long and painful time since the show was cancelled in 2006, [...]
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Watch: Carly Rae Jepsen, Jimmy Fallon, & the Roots Play “Call Me Maybe”
Have you heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” yet? Probably not. But The Airspace has been covering it in our journalistic way, while it seems like the nation has been covering it musically.
Hitting the internet today is a video of Carly Rae and the Roots crew, along with Late Night host Jimmy Fallon, playing the song with classroom instruments. It gets crowded, but it’s fantastic. And the looks on some of the Roots’ faces are priceless.
The beauty of the entire scene is that the original song’s magic lies in its simplicity and innocence. The classroom setting magnifies this aspect and makes it even more fun. And Questlove gets funky with a last second kazoo solo.