The Five Kinds of Appeal to Authority You Meet on the Internet: "We know that humans--especially popes--are fallible. If only there were some credible source to which you might ascribe your toxic viewpoint… what? No, sorry, God is taken. But here are a few other ways to make the fallacy take wing." NOT RELATED: "As allergies surge, an ancient cure? More Americans (20 to 30 percent) claim some form of allergy--and a Chinese herbal treatment may offer hope." STILL NOT RELATED: The band TUNNG, of whom LAS writer Kevin Alfoldy wrote "one of outfit's main draws is that even with a sound heavily indebted to samples and drum loops, the songs still manage to transcend the sterility of technology and convey an emotional depth," is releasing a remix album of ...And Then We Saw Land in the US on April 6th. To promote, they're taking open submissions on a remix contest for the single "Hustle" from the album. One selected track will be propped as the B-side to a forthcoming single by the band, and the composer will snatch exclusive music and merchandise along with a SoundCloud Pro Plus account (worth ?500). To give some inspiration, Thrill Jockey has posted a Bloc Party remix of "Hustle" mp3 to get a taste, and there is the original video for "Hustle" as well. [03.08.2010 11:00 am]

This is kind of ironic style we think, like the whole bacon meme. The Bird and The Bee will performing the album Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates live Friday at the El Rey in Los Angeles. The album is out via Blue Note on the 23rd but the entire show will be streamed live tonight starting at 8pm PST. [03.05.2010 11:00 am]

"In an unprecedented opportunity to experience a major European film festival in New York, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) comes to BAM to present the entire slate from their Tiger Awards, a prize given to first- and second-time filmmakers. Past winners of the Tiger Award include Hong Sang-soo (Woman on the Beach), Kelly Reichart (Old Joy), and Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight). The series features 13 North American and US premieres, including Ben Russell's brilliantly rigorous debut feature Let Each One Go Where They May, Veiko Õunpuu's parable on the rise of Capitalism in Eastern Europe, The Temptation of St. Tony, and Alamar, a fictional documentary about a father and son spending a summer on the Chinchorro reef on the Mexican coast." SEE ALSO: Light Industry's new venue for film and electronic art is holding several 16mm screenings this month, inlcudling Jon Moritsugu's Der Elvis & My Degeneration (Tuesday, March 9), Helke Sander's The All-Around Reduced Personality (Tuesday, March 16), and Harun Farocki's Images of the World and the Inscription of War (Tuesday, March 23). Farocki's name will be familiar to those who read the LAS feature on the exhibition "For the Use of Those Who See," presented by the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin last year. AND: Tribeca Film is "a comprehensive distribution and marketing platform for independent film, and Tribeca Film Festival Virtual (TFFV), a new online venture offering worldwide audiences an opportunity to experience the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF). These two new initiatives stem from Tribeca's desire to redefine traditional models of film distribution and release patterns and with TFF, create new opportunities for filmmakers." [03.04.2010 06:00 am]