Highlights From My August 2013 Hip Hop Mixtape 24 Aug 2013 | 11:50 pm

Each month I make a couple mixtapes of music I’m listening to at the moment – one for rock and one for hip hop. Most of the songs are relatively new, some are just relatively new to me or stuff that s...

It’s Easy To Park In Hollywood If You’ve Got The Right Kind Of Permit 24 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm

I’m Pretty Sure You’re Going To Love This Song 22 Aug 2013 | 07:58 am

Here’s a relatively new song from a relatively new artist named Lorde that I’m relatively sure you’re going to love. It’s called “Royals,” and I’m relatively sure you’ll be singing along to it by the ...

The Founding Fathers Were A Lot Younger Than You Think They Were 14 Aug 2013 | 08:24 am

The Journal of the American Revolution blog has posted a great overview of the ages of all the key players in the American Revolution and it’s kind of shocking to see how young most of them were. Her...

3 New Hip Hop Finds Worth Checking Out 13 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am

The newest episode of the Hood Hype podcast (which is quickly becoming one of my favorite podcasts and restoring my faith that there might actually still be good new hip being made out there) introduc...

Blake And Drain Might Be My New Favorite Commercial 11 Aug 2013 | 03:05 am

This new Blake Griffin commercial has some nice echoes of the classic Michael Jordan-Spike Lee commercials from back in the day in addition to being plenty entertaining. And for extra fun, here’s one...

There’s Insane Skateboard Ramp Videos And Then There’s Whatever This Is 6 Aug 2013 | 08:04 am

I’m not really a skateboard video guy, but this Bob Burnquist video is on a whole other level.

The Video The Dallas Mavericks Showed Dwight Howard To Convince Him To Sign With Them 5 Aug 2013 | 12:21 am

Mark Cuban has released the video that the Mavs made to try to woo Dwight Howard and after watching it I have to say I’m not surprised it wasn’t successful. Here it is, in all its embarrassing, cartoo...

This Week In JoshSpector.com History: Around The World In 3 Minutes, Whale Serenades, & Disgusting Dares 4 Aug 2013 | 11:38 pm

Here’s a look back at some of the cool stuff that caught my eye this week over the past few years. A guy takes a trip around the world and chronicles it in an amazing 3 minutes. Singer Jayme Dee doe...

Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars Filibuster Rant Gets Animated And Awesome-er 4 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm

Remember Patton Oswalt’s improvised rant about the next Star Wars movie from an episode of Parks & Recreation last year? Well, the crew at Nerdist has animated it adding another level of hilarity to i...