Dearling Physique up for "Artist of the Week" on MTV Iggy

Uber talented locals, Dearling Physique, are in the running to win the MTV Iggy Blog's "Artist of the Week!" They are currently are in the lead (narrowly) and could use some local love!

Vote for the band HERE (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to vote - no registration necessary).

MTV Iggy sez:

Minneapolis-based Dearling Physique creates a stunning collision between industrial music and post-punk and R&B — mainly ’90s R&B. Call it Art&B? The result is a new aesthetic of dark urban enchantment. It is lyrical, dead sexy, and quite possibly dangerous. Their debut album Deadeye Dealer lends itself to the band’s hyper-theatrical stage and music video antics.

And we'll take any excuse to post DP's brilliant video for "Discipline Your Hands" again:

How the Grinch (Almost) Stole Christmas

You've probably heard the story of Pedro Flores: Flores stole dozens of Christmas packages from doorsteps in St. Paul's West End neighborhood (designer robes, clothing, a scooter, a Nintendo Wii sports package and other gift items sent via FedEx). Luckily, Flores has been arrested and charged with one count of felony theft by the Ramsey County attorney's office. Some of the stolen items were retrieved, some were not. Snyder family, authors of The Snyder 5 blog, were amongst Flores' "victims" and here's what they posted on December 24th:

The police officer explained that he didn't say what he had done with the goods, but in all likelihood, he had taken them to a bar and sold them.

Which is all fine and good. Well not really, it still sucks. But for those of you who read the story earlier in the week, you might recall that I didn't say what was in the boxes. I just said that they were very personal items that would mean nothing to anyone else.

Because they were bathrobes. Really nice, heavy, personalized bathrobes. For all 12 of us, ranging from size 3T to adult sizes.

So the thought of this guy hitting skeezy bars offering personalized bathrobes for sale is alternately horrifying and hilarious. ...

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Yup, that was us. We are the expensive bathrobe people.


And the (expensive bathrobe) havenots...

Too. Funny. Read more here.

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P.O.S. serves up some gourmet beats

Thanks to our friends over at the Hot Dish blog, we discovered this tasty vid of P.O.S. checking out a NYC restaurant and trading secrets with the chef! According to Hot Dish, Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal, two New York music insiders (at Atlantic Records and Warner Music's Independent Label Group, respectively), decided to put their know-how about what music-heads want to eat while out and about in NYC to good use by forming the food review website Immaculate Infatuation, a space they describe as being free of "pretentious foodie hobnob." Their latest project brings P.O.S. to Pure Food and Wine restaurant, where he and chef Sarma Melngailis talk about raw zucchini lasagna and how to make beats in a kitchen. Check out the video below.



Submitted by @marrina.