Today's Song: Cat Power 'Ruin'

Rich Juzwiak · 06/18/12 12:03PM

"Ruin" serves as a preview of the first Cat Power/Chan Marshall album in six years, Sun. If the cheery tone of "Ruin" is any indication of what's to come, Sun is an apt title. With its octave-jumping bass line and rushing percussion (that occasionally features a four-on-the-floor pulse) "Ruin" is the weird thing that happens when Cat Power goes disco (with the help of Cassius' Philippe Zdar, who mixed Sun). It's sleek, catchy as hell and Target-commercial ready. Could Sun be cleaned up enough to be Chan Marshall's Liz Phair? (That's if the critically acclaimed but relatively bland The Greatest doesn't deserve that title already.)

Black and Latino People Should Thank Coca-Cola for Targeting Them, Says Ad Guy

Hamilton Nolan · 06/18/12 09:26AM

There are few things more delightful than waking up on an average Monday morning here in Post-Racial America to the following real headline from a column in Ad Age: "Hats Off to the Soft-Drink Industry for Giving Attention to Hispanics and Blacks." Hats off to you, marketers of nutrition-free sugar water! You are trying to sell your product to minorities. You are all the real heroes.

Finally, a Frozen Burrito for Stoners

Louis Peitzman · 06/17/12 02:43PM

Professional skateboarder and MTV reality star Rob Dyrdek is jumping on the frozen food bandwagon at last. Along with his cousin Chris "Drama" Pfaff, Dyrdek has founded Loud Mouth Burritos, a company specializing in frozen burritos for really stoned people.