Seriously you guys

Merriweather Post Pavilion-Animal Collective

This is really good.  I know that here at The Talented Winfrey Family there is a lot of joking around.  What can we say?  We're programmed that way.  Who doesn't love a good fart?  Anyway, this album has been the most anticipated album of the last year by about half of the staff here (me).  So go out and buy it.  Or, if you're Kerry, keep listening to Beyonce and The Boomtown Rats and never listen to this band.  Just get it now because everyone is going to be talking about it all year.  I really like Summertime Clothes, but every track is better than most things.  Check out this glowing review from the A.V. Club.  Then to make up for this post watch the following video.

At 2:35 he destroys a boombox with his hand.  

Portrait of a Lady/Basketball Star

Alex seems to have flown the coop for the night, going camping or some BS when we were supposed to be watching Stayin' Alive (i.e., the Sylvester Stallone-written-and-directed sequel to Saturday Night Fever, in case you're feigning ignorance). So I guess while he's off freezing in a tent with some dudes, I'll undertake the great burden of sharing artwork with the internet.
Behold this watercolor portrait of Shaq. Alex did this sometime last year and wasn't terrifically pleased with the results, likening the smiling mug to that of Hootie and the Blowfish lead singer Darius Rucker. I, however, think that it captures Shaq's je ne sais quois. Basketball great, giant, genie, and tireless crusader against the plight of childhood obesity: is there anything Shaq can't do?*

*eat couscous. He refuses to eat couscous.