Band of the week: Welsh kids Los Campesinos. They're on Broken Social Scene's Arts and Crafts label, but sound more like Architecture in Helsinki. Perhaps too much? Basically it's very busy, energetic pop-rock.

Los Campesinos / "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives"
Los Campesinos / "Please Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)"

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• I've always been a huge fan of the 3-series coupe, but the new 135i looks like it will be an absolute beast. Even if the 135i is faster I still like the look of the bigger 335i, but considering the little coupe will cost $10-15k less it could be something you wouldn't normally call a BMW: a bargain.
• The latest episode of the Michael Showalter Showalter features David Wain.
  
• Social Darwinism at work: People are buying oven doors thinking that they're plasma TVs.
  
• Here's the Harold & Kumar 2 trailer.
• Superbad is hilarious--Judd Apatow's next movie is the John C. Reilly-starring Walk the Line spoof, Walk Hard.
• Being 5'10.5" makes me extremely average. On a related note, Dutch people are enormous.
• Does anyone make better looking cars than Aston Martin? Probably not.
• Goal of the week? David Beckham is the obvious choice, but don't forget about another cracker from Leo Messi.
• Mashup of the week: GvB has a cool Tough Alliance/Victoria Bergsman combo.
  
• Download a zip file of Patrick Watson's Close to Paradise. Sample him at Myspace.