Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Fisher Price records, Go-Go-Gadget gloves, Weezer camp and more in our weekly look at the web

This Week’s LAB is Sponsored by Dos Equis 1. Weezer Camp Band frontman Rivers Cuomo offered an intriguing teaser as to his group’s future plans when he said they were thinking of starting “some sort of Weezer camp.” As in good old American summer camp. That’s all he’s said so far, but with the veteran rockers fresh off the Weezer cruise, the idea seems pretty …

Beth Ditto Interview

Fisher Price records, Go-Go-Gadget gloves, Weezer camp and more in our weekly look at the web

Answering the challenge of Apple’s Retina Display, Amazon released this week the Kindle Fire HD for 8.9 and 7-inch displays. Coming just short with 254 pixels per inch compared to Apple’s 264, the improved Kindle Fire HD still makes a tempting bargain with better Wi-Fi performance, improved storage and battery life, a front-facing camera and a $199 starting price.

Until The Quiet Comes

Fisher Price records, Go-Go-Gadget gloves, Weezer camp and more in our weekly look at the web

In the latest interview with Life & Times, Gossip’s front woman Beth Ditto discusses her band’s positive vibes alongside her political opinions and current musical inspirations. From listening to Lil Wayne on repeat to being inspired by the upbeat pop heavyweights of Paul Simon and ABBA, Ditto divulges what’s been running through her head in recent months since her bands’ latest record A Joyeful Noise …