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Black Mountain may be edging towards the mainstream with their release of new album Wilderness Heart, with their recent Jimmy Fallon appearance heading the charge.

They are now filming promos with actors and everything.... though the 'boy meets girl and watches Black Mountain in ruins vibe' is still keeping it real. Or was it all in his mind?

Promo above. Making of below.

Check out this tiny USB drive - so small you can leave it plugged in all the time without worrying about it catching the cat's tail as it cruises by the sofa. Available in up to 16GB sizes.

Steve Albini is perhaps one of only a few musicians who could challenge Jeff Tweedy at an open mic night at the Stand Up Comedy Club. Great interview over at VBS.tv showcasing his many unique viewpoints on music and more.

Via Sound Theory

Also, check out two previous Albini classics:

Steve Albini Has A Problem With Music

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Nice fan-made Radiohead concert up at YouTube, filmed in Prague by 50 fans armed with HD Flip pocket cameras. Radiohead liked the project so much, they donated the soundboard recording for added fidelity....

Following her arrest for drug possession, Paris Hilton claimed that the purse with the drugs in wasn't hers - but an archived post on her own Twitter feed suggests otherwise.... Gawker has the details.

anyone annoyed by the new "Album By Artist" heading in iTunes Pingu can turn it off under View > As List

and PS, no iTunes, I don't want to follow Lady Gaga or Yo-Yo Ma. thanks

PS2: anyone worked out how to turn the colours back on?

taking pop videos to a whole new level thanks to some HTML5, Arcade Fire's latest interacts with your home town address for a personalised (ish) experience

Old Fangs, live on US TV. can't wait to see these guys again. 

Apple's Apple TV product is getting a re-vamp in an attempt to kick start sales of the under-appreciated device. For starters it's now only £99, but the main drive of the redesigned model is in its simplification. By dropping the hard drive, it's now essentially a simple way of streaming content from your Mac/iPad/iPhone onto your HDTV.

CSI: CSNY "When veteran TV producer Larry Bruckheimer went looking for a new angle for his smoking hot CSI: Crime Scene Investigation franchise he had no idea it would be this good.

After meeting with the members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to discuss using some of their music in a future episode, Bruckheimer was surprised when he learned that the Grammy Award winning artists were not only huge CSI fans, but were also all licensed private detectives.

Bruckheimer's creative juices started to boil over. He had an idea."

interesting looking doc about Drew Struzan, film poster artist

Interesting article over at AICN featuring an unfinished Mickey Mouse cartoon that was shelved for being an awkward length (6m 52), followed by an open letter from Harry to Pixar's John Lasseter with a plea to finish it - along with other hidden treasures in the Disney archive.

more advances in the world of Cylon-style robotics

Sad news that photographer Corrine Day has passed away.

Exciting trailer up for the new Danny Boyle movie 127 Hours, with the ever enigmatic James Franco.

BBC4's autumn schedule includes AMC's new 70- style conspiracy thriller Rubicon - heavily influenced by The Conversation, Three Days Of The Condor and other all-time chimp-paraonia classics apparently. looking forward to this one.