Our Favorite Faves: Hot July Edition
by Amanda Morrow in Team, 9 July 2010
Welcome to a new feature here on Brick by Brick. Every few weeks we will highlight a few of our favorite faves, you know, random things that make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
1. 80/35
The third annual 80/35 festival took place over the Fourth of July weekend here in Des Moines and Uncle Sam would be proud. Great music and mostly great weather. One of our favorites was local William Elliott Whitmore, who hails from Lee County, Iowa.
We also enjoyed:
The Cool Kids – Download their entire album here
Modest Mouse – Watch their video ‘Float On’
Earl Greyhound – Watch their video ‘S.O.S.’
Sara Watkins – Watch her perform ‘Long Hot Summer Days’ Live
2. iOS4
None of us have the iPhone 4 yet, but we are definitely enjoying the upgrade to iOS4. The folders, the multitasking, the spell checker and the replace word thingie. It’s the little things that make us happy.
3. The World Cup
We love us some football. The U.S. didn’t make it as far as we would have liked, but now we have an office vuvezela, and plenty of earplugs.
4. Fake Twitter Accounts
Why bore yourself with tweets from REAL people when you can enjoy updates from amazing imposters such as @bpglobalpr and @sarrahpalinU5A.
5. Zach Anner
So Oprah is creating her own network and is searching for THE next TV star. She held an online contest, people uploaded their audition videos, and the internet voted.
The “unofficial” winner is Zach Anner, a 25-year-old from Austin, TX, who was born with cerebral palsy. Even though he received 9.1 million votes, his win is “unofficial” until he makes it through another round of auditions in Hollywood and is offered a show. Regardless of the outcome, Zach’s audition is hilarious and so are the other videos on his YouTube page. If Oprah doesn’t hire him, someone else definitely should.
So those were a few of the things we are into right now, what are some of your current faves?