6.30.2009

A (Not So) Complete History of Our (Not So) Complete Histories

You may have noticed that we love to catalog things here at YuppiePunk World HQ, particularly the outer edges of pop culture. From live TV streaking to rejected movie posters to TV theme songs sung by cast members, we’ve grouped a lot of things together over the years. We even do it in our podcasts


6.27.2009

Actor Art Review

From Andy Warhol to Jackson Pollock to Jean-Michel Basquiat, there are a lot of great films about artists. Perhaps that’s why so many amazing actors are attracted to taking those roles. Plenty of A-listers would jump at the chance to play a dark and long-suffering complicated character — the general archetype of the artistic personality. It’s no surprise then that so many actors have tried their hand at painting…


6.22.2009

Q&A: Virgil Dickerson of Suburban Home Records and Vinyl Collective

Virgil Dickerson is a busy dude. When he’s not running his indie label Suburban Home out of his Denver, Colorado office, he’s busy overseeing Vinyl Collective, the distro and online store he launched three years ago that specializes in — you guessed it — vinyl. And somewhere in between all that he also manages to make time for a wife and kid. Specializing in alt-country and tuneful punk rock, Suburban Home has released records from Drag the River…


6.15.2009

Eggers²

We love Dave Eggers here at YuppiePunk World HQ (just like Angelina does), and the San Francisco author/founder of McSweeneys and the non-profit 826  has recently made a couple of books available for pre-order. Out on October 1st is "The Wild Things," a sort-of hybrid adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book "Where the Wild Things Are" and…


6.10.2009

Titles of Posts in Our Feed Reader That Would Make Great Band Names

Barfing Monkey

Do Not Buy the Licorice

Coppola’s Unhinged Dream World

The Geek Atlas

Banjo Rock

New Media Writer… MORE>

6.1.2009

Dear Brooke Hogan

Hint: When you’re already kind of thought of as a dumb blond, don’t make silly typos on the video page of your official website.

Sincerely,
YuppiePunk World HQ.

P.S. Tell your dad not to hurt us… MORE>