At an aggressively loud party a few weeks ago, as the lights from a rainbow disco ball flashed directly into my eyes, I thought about the float tank. A skinny white DJ bounced along to an EDM remix of a well-known pop song, but nestled behind my forehead was serenity and peace. I stayed for one drink and got the fuck out, hustling through the streets of New York with the image of capsuled meditation dancing in my brain. If I tried to imagine it hard enough, I was floating like a baby in the womb.

Former Devo drummer Alan Myers, the human metronome who appeared on the seminal new-wave band's biggest hit "Whip It," has died from brain-cancer complications.

Dave Franco (little brother of James) teams up with Emma Roberts (niece of Julia) in a music video for Cults' "Go Outside," thereby answering any lingering questions about whether Dave would follow in his brother's film freak footsteps. In Dave's words: