South African Animation School students collaborate on an animated short story about the birth of ideas.

Wing It from The Animation School on Vimeo.

A$AP Rocky
Throw yo’ dolla signs up. The news of a $3 million record contract proceeded the arrival of A$AP Rocky, a Harlem rapper with a Southern rap style whose LiveLiveA$AP mixtape featuring the tracks Pe$o and Purple Swag has made him the most hyped rapper around.
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Florence covers Drake
Florence Welch shows her love for the title track from the Canadian rapper’s North American chart-topping Take Care album. The original features production from Jamie xx as well as vocals by Rihanna. Florence’s version injects it with her typically airy orchestral arrangements.
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Press Play & Record
The return of the cassette? Every covermounted NME cassette tape from the ’80s in downloadable-form.
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Our Cat Could Be Your Nine Lives
Cats as music critics or “feline music scribes”.
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iMeme
If you’ve ever wondered where image memes are made, this might explain it.
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E-Mom Gloria Bianco shows The Onion News team how physical distance is no obstacle to a parent’s ability to keep tabs and interfere on all aspects of their children’s lives.

The latest in the Bad Lip Reading series tackles the speeches of Ron Paul in which the potential US presidential candidate tries to convince people to vote for him by talking about “the bad faeces pudding”. If you refuse he will “haunt your prostate”.

A quiet walk in Richmond Park is interrupted by a labrador who chases deer in sheepdog mode and a dog owner who can’t believe what’s happening. “FENNNNTOONNNNNN!” The most shared video of the week.

From the moment that the guitarist says “screw this band, I’m going solo”, this is comedy gold. That the singer’s ego means it takes him a while to process what’s actually happening only makes it better.