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Music Blog Zeitgeist

Sometimes it seems keeping up with the world of new music is becoming increasingly more difficult. However, to help alleviate this problem, The Music Blog Zeitgeist over at Hype Machine has compiled their top 50 Artists, Albums and songs of 2010 into a handy multi-functional website.

Eephus League of Baseball Minutiae

I once saw an ESPN interview with pulitzer prize winner and outspoken ambassador of baseball George Will, in which the interviewer attempted to transition the questions from sports to “more important topics” only to be interrupted by Mr. Will with the phrase “Stop right there. There is nothing more imporant than baseball.” This phrase emanates the passions of a nation of devout fans with team loyalties passed down from generation to generation. Baseball’s history, culture and unique personality are in a world apart from other sports. The Eephus League of Baseball Minutiae is website committed to the preservation of the many facets of the game to be enjoyed by all.

Car Jockeys TV

Over the last year of valeting cars in Malibu, I have become acquainted with many different type of people, personalities, cars, egos and even local homeless people. This diverse world has been humorously depicted in the web series Car Jockeys, created by one of my veteran co-workers. Check out the trailer above and stay tuned for the debut episodes.

Zombie Safe House Design

Architects Southwest recently held a competition for the design of a Zombie Safehouse in case of nationwide mass zombie attack. Entries were judged on ability to create and store resources, number of people the safehouse could support and more importantly keeping the zombies at bay. The winning design, the SS Huckleberry, is a collection of barges capable of sustaining humans while being afloat in the mississippi river. [io9]

Downtown From Behind Photography

Downtown From Behind is a photo blog that captures folks on bikes from behind in various locations of New York city. When an object or person is photographed from behind, the perspective of the photograph is flipped where you now see not where they are coming from, but where they are going. This new direction gives a whole new narrative to the scene. [CoolHunting]

Mad Men Yourself

With the new season of Mad Men comes the interactive website that allows you to design your own New York advertising executive. Choose your suit, accessories and favorite mid-century scene to relive one of the coolest shows that has graced the TV screen in recent years.

Rameniac Ramen Noodle Blog

The foodie world is full folks that love all types of cuisines and enthusiasts that have such a passion about one type of food that they have devoted a whole blog to it, the Rameniac would definitely be the latter. So meticulous in fact, the author breaks down each bowl of ramen into a rating system based on the following categories: soup, noodles, toppings, sides, ambiance and intangibles. Blogs like this are so valuable and informative because they can transform a noodle amateur into a ramen conneiseur.

Heart Downtown LA

No Subject LA had a photobooth at their most recent Garage Sale where attendees were photographed holding up different signs under the “I Heart” mural. My particular favorites include this little lady holding up the “DTLA.” sign; amongst other things, I Heart Downtown LA as well.

Antoine Dodson Shirt

The now infamous video of Antoine Dodson has reached the point of inspiring designer t-shirts. Composed in the style of the legendary Run DMC shirt, you can “run tell that homeboy.” [AWSM]

Gilt MANual

Popular designer clothing discount site Gilt Groupe has created a new site aimed to educate on men’s style, culture and fashion. Ranging from cooking skills to grooming technique to shopping guides, this MANual is sure to keep up us all well informed.

Friends of Type

Friends of Type is a collective of typeface designers who have come together to post their new creations to help inspire each other and all who view. The blog is structured as a sketchbook where each contributor posts there newest design idea regardless of level of completion. Forums like this are very helpful to help inspire new design and receive critique to refine those that have already been developed.

Arcade Fire Interactive Site

Arcade Fire has debuted a new interactive website and movie for their new track We Used To Wait. Utilizing HTML 5 for their content, the movie is able to incorporate user inputed information to customize the music video for each individual. This is definitely a groundbreaking site with HTML 5 being such a new development language.