Hello all! It’s time to recap my favorites in music, food, tv, movies, and more from the past week.

Music: I’m really loving Arcade Fire’s new single “Suburbs” from their upcoming album by the same name. LISTEN HERE.

I also spent a good amount of time listening to the new (old) album, “The Medicine“, from John Mark McMillan. Great, honest stuff.

Books: I haven’t had too much time to read lately but I have been slowly moving through Seth Brogan & Julien Smith’s book, Trust Agents. Highly recommended for anyone working in social networking and online media.

TV: Mad Men returned tonight and was without a doubt the TV highlight of my week. I also spent time catching up on my favorite cooking show, Dinner With The Band. DWTB airs Tuesday nights at 10:30 p.m. on IFC

Food: I swung by Twin Oaks in Bridgeport after a friend’s wedding for an amazing pizza. I went with the pepperoni and sausage. Always amazing.

Picture: Here is my favorite picture from the week. Unlike the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, do you dislike the font comic sans? If so, then this picture is for you.

(via Passive Aggressive Notes)

So what were your highlights from the week?

Leave a comment and share your favorites.

Check out this time-lapse video that shows the moods of the United States based off of 300 million tweets.

The data was collected by a group of researchers from Harvard and Northeastern.

Side Note: Fellow West Virginians, please take note that our state is never happy! Come on, cheer up!

Source: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/amislove/twittermood/

Ok, so I had been doing pretty well at not wanting an iPad.

Then I saw this. Flipboard.

Looks impressive. What do you think?

For a more in-depth article on Flipboard, CLICK HERE.

It’s Tuesday, which only means one thing…New Music!

Here are the notable releases for July 13.

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse – Dark Night of The Soul (AmazonMP3) **On Sale for $3.99!
MIA – /\/\ /\ Y /\ (AmazonMP3)
Sun Kill Moon – Admiral Fell Promises (AmazonMP3)
Sting – Symphonicities (AmazonMP3)

Still holding out hope for the iPhone to come to Verizon?

Take a look at this interesting (and humorous) infograph from Mac Life about the rumors of the iPhone/Verizon match up.

Check out the trailer for the new David Fincher-directed Facebook film, The Social Network. Film is based on the founding of Facebook and it’s controversial history.  The script was written by Aaron Sorkin based off the book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Monday, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich.

No matter what mood I’m in or how many times I’ve seen it, I can always watch Forrest Gump.

The stories draw you in and the characters feel like old friends.

It’s beautiful to see how one life can influence so many others.

Easily, we forget that we have the potential to be a positive influence in the lives of those around us, and for me, this movie reminds me of that fact.

James Truslow Adams said, “The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”

How are you spending your life?

Will people feel the reverberations of your existence when you’re dead and gone?

Or, Will your influence end when you are six feet under?

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The new video for She & Him’s “Thieves” is in the typical retro fashion that we’ve come to expect from the duo. Enjoy.

(via Pitchfork)

Here is a video I recently put together for Friends of Ft. Liberte highlighting the ways in which so many of you cared for the people of Haiti following January’s catastrophic earthquake.

Please repost, share, and get involved.  www.HaitiFriends.tumblr.com (blog) or www.HaitiFriends.com

An interesting breakdown of who’s using which social media sites.

You might be surprised by some of the statistics.