Zulu Pearls are going to be fucking up your airwaves and streaming internet signals this Sunday LIVE on UMD RADIO.  The band will be performing a set within the studio, spinning some fresh ones and probably getting fined by the FCC.   The fun starts at 6 ish and goes on for a while.  Check the UMD RADIO website for more details.

What’s up with Albert Hammond, Jr?

• Previewing new tracks from 2nd solo album ¿Cómo Te Llama? (out July 8 ) to friends & family in NYC
• Dating Brit model-of-the-moment Agyness Deyn
• Giving mono-syllabic answers 3 months late to interviews with DC’s BrightestYoungThings.com
• Smoking

Big Screen Little Screen, a Seattle-based film and television blog, has graciously asked YESORNODC to guest blog while away on vacation in Japan.

KYLETM explores the upcoming Criterion release of Jacques Tati’s 1971 film Trafic.

rachels previews the traveling film festival Muppets™, Music & Magic: Jim Henson’s Legacy.

Thanks, BSLS!

• Robots’ reboot features the Apple computer start-up sound (and WALL-E uses a relic of an ipod)
• Auto Pilot robot is a homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Close Encounters theme music plays when WALL-E meets Eve
• WALL-E passes the Sputnik satellite in Earth’s orbit
• Fred Willard, frequent Tim and Eric Awesome Show (Adult Swim) guest star, plays BnL CEO

Furthermore, Eve is definitely what robots will look like when Apple finally takes over the world.

Jay-Z recently stepped out onto the Glastonbury stage with a guitar for no reason to cover the Oasis classic “Wonderwall” to open up his set. He walked out and half assed fake strumming for a bit during the intro before he proceeded to belt out sub par karaoke vocals. I’ve got 99 Problems and this shit is one.

Self proclaimed heir to “the best rapper alive” crown, Lil’ Wayne is also guilty of misusing a guitar and being a rapper. From the “Leather So Soft” video to busting it out live, whenever Weezy F. Baby puts on a guitar I feel so backwards that I could make out Birdman Baby Sr. too.

Here’s by far the best video. This is also a good PSA for getting too high and thinking shit sounds good:

Sure, it’s silly and immature to post this photo taken halfway through the installation of some huge dimensional letters on a billboard promoting Will Smith’s upcoming drunken superhero pic, Hancock. It’s also damn funny. I mean, come on, adolescent humor and dick jokes are what keep the internets afloat!)

(Thanks to /Film for giving in to their inner giggling 13 year-old)

…the “Geeks” are alright.

Hear it at MySpace or TheFaint.com, see it in August.

Basically no way for this not to be good.

Equally failsafe? After the jump…

I don’t even need to watch this with the sound on to know that it’s good.

Aside from unfortunate theme songs and awful mascots EURO 2008 has incredibly lived up to the hype of a major tournament. Tonight we bid farewell to a Turkey team that was without doubt the most entertaining and inspiring of the last three weeks. Turkey seemed to be fueled on heart and pride alone, as they fought their way into the semi-final after three consecutive late wins against the Swiss, Czechs and the Croatians, but unfortunately couldn’t make it happen tonight in Basel.

I couldn’t find any decent highlight clips for you but feel free to sort through the hundreds of trashy clips made by weird Turkish teenagers on You Tube. On the winning side of things, Germany advances to their 6th EURO Finals appearance; the most of any team in Europe. They will face either Spain or Russia on Sunday. That game is being broadcast live tomorrow on ESPN at 2:45 PM.

Turks make up the largest minority in Germany and if you’re into good cinema or German-Turkish relations you can check out Fatih Akin’s latest film Auf Der Anderen Seite (This Side of Heaven) this week at E Street Landmark Theatre. I did and it was good. I also recommend you check out Head On (Gegen die Wand) if you want to see Akin’s breakthrough. I liked it so much that I own it. Here’s a trailer (sorry the subtitles are in French):