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      Update: The Final Victory?
      UPDATE: Colbert Claims Victory - Read now

      Last night, Steven Colbert of The Colbert Report - one of my favorite TV personalities after John Stewart and David Letterman - accused The Decemberists indie rock band of stealing his idea of the green-scene animation contest.

      On an episode of the show last month, Colbert asked his viewers to create an animation enhancement of a video Colbert made against a green back scene.

      The low budget, shoddy shot video shows a crazed Colbert swinging around wildly making geeky gestures that only he can with a "laser sword" (a comic take on Star Wars) against a green back scene.

      Nowadays, many movies ("Shrek" being one of the first), music videos and other visual media are recorded using a green back scene. The green screen (it was blue in the early days) allows animators to more easily add and fill in animated characters, special effects, backgrounds, spatial data and so on, thereby creating, a cyber collaboration, if you will.

      On November 13, prior to the issue being reported on CNET, IRC posted a profile of The Decemberists that included a mention of their green-screen animation contest and its likeness to the Colbert video.

      I was surprised, and somewhat excited last night when at the top of his program, Colbert blasted The Decemberists for holding a similar "fill in the green-scene" contest for their new music video O Valencia!.

      So I asked the obvious question: Does Stephen Colbert read my blog?

      If so, it's OK, I love you Stephen, even though your a conversative Republican (or at least play one on TV).

      If you can't admit you regularily read my indie rock blog showcasing the best of indie music, then shame on you, Mr. Colbert!

      A T-shirt is in the mail.

      Now my challenge: Who got the story right the first time?

      A - Indie Rock Cafe
      B - The Colbert Report
      C - CNET News
      D - Stereogum
      E - Pitchfork

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      Current and upcoming releases (US dates)

      11/24/09 Franz Ferdinand
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      11/24/09 Oh No
      12/1/09 Gossip
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      1/14/10 Vampire Weekend - Contra
      1/26/10 Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own

      Best 2009 Indie Releases

      2009 best indie albums
      Favorite 2009 indie albums in no particular order; strongly recommend these for your music collection.

      Roman Candle - Oh Tall Tree In The Ear
      Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy
      Fanfarlo - Reservior
      Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
      Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
      Foreign Born - Person To Person
      Real Estate - Real Estate
      Them Crooked Vultures - s/t debut
      Volcano Choir - Unmap
      Au Revoir Simone - Still Night,Still Light
      Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
      The Raveonettes - In and Out of Control
      Ramona Falls - Intuit
      Holiday Shores - Columbus'd The Whim
      Why? - Eskimo Snow
      Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
      Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant
      The Dead Weather - Horehound
      Portugal The Man - The Satantic Satanist
      Port O'Brien - Threadbare
      Broken Records - Until The Earth Begins To Part
      Headlights - Wildlife
      Bango or Freakout - Upside Down EP
      The Clean - Mister Pop
      Sin Fang Bous - Clangour
      Passion Pit - Manners
      The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
      Brazos - Phosphorescent Blues
      Spring Tigers - Spring Tigers EP
      Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom
      The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
      Bodies Of Work - Flyers
      The XX - XX
      The Black Hollies - Softly Towards The Light
      Sonic Youth - The Eternal Youth
      Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
      Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next
      Generationals - Con Law
      BLK JKS - After Robots
      White Denim - Fits/Exposion
      Rodrigo y Gabriella - 11:11
      Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
      Atlas Sound - Logos
      The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
      Califone - All of My Friends Are Funeral Singers
      Taken By Trees - East of Eden
      Chet - Chelsea Silver, Please Come
      Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young
      Washed Out - Life of Leisure
      Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
      Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day
      The Clientele - Bonfires of Heath
      Iron & Wine - Around The Well
      Pete Doherty - Grace/Wastelands
      It Hugs Back - Inside Your Guitar
      Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
      Conor Oberst & The Mustic Valley Band - Outer South
      Paper Route - Absence
      Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
      Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque
      The Dodos - Time To Die
      Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
      M. Ward - Hold Time
      Deastro - Moondagger
      The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
      Matt & Kim - Grand
      The Antlers - Hospice
      Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
      The Brakes - Touchdown
      Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
      Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
      Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
      Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
      Frightened Rabbit - Quietly Now
      We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
      The Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
      A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
      Pet Lions - Soft Right
      Paramore - Brand New Eyes
      Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Beware
      Bishop Allen - Grrr
      Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant
      Birds of Avalon - Uncanny Valley
      Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
      Ben Kweller - Changing Horses
      The Acorn - Heron Act
      The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead
      AC Newman - Get Guilty
      Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
      Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
      Beirut - March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland
      The Most Serene Republic - And The Ever Expanding Universe
      Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
      Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
      Wye Oak - The Knot
      Vica Voce - Rose City
      Pomegranates - Everyone, Come Outside!
      Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone
      Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
      Akron/Family - Set Em Wild, Set Em Free
      Lemon Sun - Run With the Faithless
      Eels - Hombre Lobo
      Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
      Mellow Down Easy - Cosmisutra
      The Mary Onettes - Dare EP
      Odawas - The Blue Depths
      The Veils - Sun Gangs
      Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
      White Rabbits - It's Frightening
      Loney Dear - Dear John
      The Lonely Forest - We Sing The Body Electric
      The Uglysuit - self-titled debut
      Handsome Furs - Face Control
      Vampire Hands - Me & You Cherry Red/Cuz It's a Beach Funeral


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