Memorial Day Weekend means the start of summer for many, so it’s apropos that Hero Hill has placed an early entry in the campaign for Song of the Summer - Two Hours Traffic’s “Stuck For the Summer”. It’s a short and cheerful ditty to help you kick off your weekend.

Hypeful hopes that your Memorial Weekend is safe, fun, and that the only Two Hours Traffic you experience is through audio speakers!

MP3: Two Hours Traffic - Stuck For The Summer

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On the heels of yesterday’s “Icky Thump” video debut, Hypeful is very happy to present you with Part 5 of our ambitious 120-part series - BETTER KNOW AN ACL ARTIST! The fifth part of our installment is a look at The White Stripes - the Fightin’ Tri-Colors!!!

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Coming in all the way from Iceland at #4 in Hypeful’s ambitious 120-part series, BETTER KNOW AN ACL ARTIST, is Björk - the Fightin’ Swan Dress!!!

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Thanks to Chris for the heads up on this clip for Control: The Ian Curtis Film, about the life of the Joy Division frontman. The film is being directed by photographer/music video director Anton Corbijn and is based on Deborah Curtis’s book Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy Division.

Control recently won Best European Film at the Cannes Film Festival and Variety described the film as “somber, sad and compelling.” They also called it a “riveting, visually arresting portrait of a soul in torment.” Can’t wait to check it out.

Since I got my grubby hands on a Wii in November, I’ve loved how the system’s accessibility results in a more social gaming experience. (Anyone can play - even my grandparents!)

So, naturally I was thrilled when I discovered that MSNBC.com has made a deal with U.S. cinemas to replace those annoying pre-movie ads with a giant, participatory game. The game is Newsbreaker, a simple break-out style game that rewards you for clearing lines by dropping real-time RSS news headlines. It sounds dry, but the gameplay is cool - a motion sensor in the theater allows the entire audience to control the paddle by swaying in unison from side to side.

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