If this video doesn’t make you feel happy, you may need medical attention. Los Campesinos’ single “You! Me! Dancing!”:

Whenever we try to hate Bloomberg, he does something cool. Here’s Bloomie sounding off on the overblown JFK plot. [via Gawker]

There are lots of threats to you in the world. There’s the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can’t sit there and worry about everything. Get a life.

You can watch the video here.

Aquarium Drunkard has been generous enough to make an entire compilation of soundboard recordings, known as The Perfect Echo, available for download. The first three installments are available here. They’re essential listening for all you Neil young fans out there. Via Aquarium Drunkard.

This is a compilation of soundboard recordings from 1967-2001. The term soundboard is a bit of a misnomer. By soundboard I mean, basically, not an audience recording. Some are true soundboards, while others are FM, TV, ALD, or video-sourced recordings. The recordings were all taken from cdrs or videos that are circulating in the trading community. There are a total of 115 tracks (109 songs, as 6 get repeated). Some years were heavy with available recordings (1976 and 1989 come to mind). I tried to balance the set by not using too many songs from a single show. The entire 8 discs run in, roughly, chronological order.

We can’t decide if this is really funny or really mean.

Parish Diner
Have you been? Let us know what you think:
A’Shay – Seafood, 229 South 4th Street
Le Barricou – French Bistro, 533 Grand Street
Santa Fe – Mexican/Southwestern, 366 Union Avenue
Parish Diner – American traditional/Comfort Food, 218 Richardson Street

LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy
The first person to answer our three James Murphy questions correctly, will win the following:

A limited edition Sound of Silver double LP
“All My Friends” 12″ single
“North American Scum” 12″ single
Limited Edition Silk Screen Poster

1. What was the first concert James Murphy ever attended.
2. Murphy was the sound man for which SubPop band?
3. True or False: Murphy was cofounder of the Mo’ Wax label.
mail answers to mail [at] freewilliamsburg.com with the subject line LCD Soundsystem. [THANKS FOR ALL THE ENTRIES, WE HAVE A WINNER - answers after the jump]

All My Friends
http://www.lcdsoundsystem.com

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XXXChange - 6pm
Danielson - 7pm
Animal Collective – 8pm
Hopefully the weather holds up. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that Panda Bear will play a tune or two from his amazing new record. More info here

From beautifully skewed pop ballads to fiercely ruptured noise-squalls and tribal rhythmic work-outs to simple folk songs, Animal Collective – the eclectic group of artists, otherwise known
as Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist and Deaken — is sure to create one of the most thrilling nights of the season (paw-tracks.com).
Hailing from suburban Clarksboro, New Jersey, it is difficult to separate Danielson from their gooey visuals (costumes and graphics) and the spirited music. The 2006 release of Ships, joined together a cadre of artist including Deerhoof, Sufjan Stevens, Why?, Serena Maneesh, Leopulde, and Half-handed Cloud among others (danielson.info).

Panda Bear: Bros

by Dave Thomas

Sicko
Now that we’ve made our way through The Big Three Part Threes, the B-list franchises get a shot.
June 1
MR. BROOKS
WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Kevin Costner gets his Lecter on.
WILL IT SUCK?
I’ll give writer/director Bruce A. Evans the screenplays for Starman and Stand By Me and even, God help me, Kuffs (which he also directed), but since then we’ve got to talk about the scripts for Jungle 2 Jungle and Cutthroat Island. Still, early buzz is good. And isn’t it time we got Dane Cook and William Hurt in a movie together? Keep an eye out for Reiko Aylesworth (Michelle on 24).

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How timely! Does this mean hipster backlash has officially begun? Oh wait, we thought that happened like SIX YEARS AGO on this site. Then again when FREEwilliamsburg founder, Robert Lanham, released his mock anthropological “study” of hipsters, The Hipster Handbook in 2003. The article’s authors asked us to respond to the following question: Whether or not you would identify yourself as such, you are considered a hipster-friendly blog, and we’d like to offer you the chance to respond to our charges. Should hipster culture be defended? If so, will you defend it? Here’s what we said:

“Isn’t hipsterdom dying on its own in New York City? Last time we went to the Lower East Side, it was overrun by smart-casual Coldplay fans wearing jeans and blazers and buying eight dollar Amstel Lights for their anchorwomen-wannabe girlfriends. Or maybe looking like a Hedge-Funder from Connecticut is what passes for hip now in New York.
You ask, ‘Should hipster culture be defended?’ My book The Hipster Handbook was an attempt to call bullshit on this fauxhemian movement nearly five years ago. In the satirical book I claimed that ‘hipsters understand that cultural trends become fin the moment they hit the mainstream.’ The hipster thing hit the mainstream years ago, so by my own definition it hasn’t been cool for a while now.
And let’s be honest, hipsters are getting harder to defend now that they’re all sporting beards. Williamsburg is beginning to look like a tailgate party at a jam band concert.”
–Robert Lanham