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Teaser for Christopher Guest’s ‘Family Tree’ TV show

Christopher Guest’s new HBO TV show has a teaser trailer.

The Bats ‘Simpletons’ Video

New Zealand legends The Bats have a new video out for their song “Simpletons.”

Beach House ‘Wishes’ video featuring Ray Wise

Actor Ray Wise stars as the “coach” in this bizarre Friday Night Lights-esque video for one of my favorite songs of last year, Beach House’s “Wishes.”

A basement train car replica

Why just settle for a model train set when you can build a full scale replica of a train car like this Canadian guy did in his basement.

‘Raising Hope’ parodies ‘Almost Famous’

Raising Hope went Almost Famous in a recent episode.

‘We Cause Scenes’ Documentary Tells Story of Improv Everywhere

A new documentary tracks the rise of scene-makers Improv Everywhere.

‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ ring tone puts school on lock down

Apparently “shooting some b-ball outside the school” sounds a lot like “shooting some people outside the school.”

Quiet Company destroy piano, build model city in new video

Quiet Company have a new video for their forthcoming revisit of their debut album.