In honor of National Beard Month (and Movember, though we’re focusing on actual beards — get your mustachioed fix here), men all over the US are growing out their facial hair. Since we can’t grow our collective beards on the internet, we are celebrating with our list of the fifteen scariest (and famous!) beards of all time — not that we’re pogonophobes! Oh no, more like geniophobes.

For your listening pleasure as you peruse, please download “Beard Lust” by Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head.

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You may recall back in the summer of 2008 when Of Montreal released their album Skeletal Lamping in the form of buttons, paper lanterns, decals, tote-bags and t-shirts. Each of the items served as a port-key of sorts, transporting the audiophile on deck to a little place called the internet where albums are downloaded. With the demise of the physical album predicted by just about every modern-day Nostradamus, professional musicians have begun to get creative with their packaging.

The Music Tee, a project by Invisible DJ and PR company Girlie Action, works in the same way but exclusively with t-shirts.

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Today at Flavorpill, we spied some meatballs our gym teacher would have approved of, courtesy of London-based photographer David Sykes. We took a tour of Kyp Malone’s Greenpoint apartment. We discovered one of the best Phoenix remixes of the year, from Devendra Banhart. We wrote Grandmom a letter. We tried to imagine a conversation between Rivers Cuomo and Lil Wayne. We wished newlyweds Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy all the best (you say home-wrecker,  we say Angela Chase). We imagined getting spit on by an angry Lady Sovereign. We dug this pretty hand-painted film from the 19th century. And finally, we decided it was time to go home and walk our invisible dog. They’re apparently all the rage in Brooklyn.

The winner of our The Indie Rock Coloring Book contest has been announced! It is the beautiful marker coloring to your right. Brought to you by the Canadian nonprofit organization, The Yellow Bird Project, The Indie Rock Coloring Book was inspired by and created in association with indie rockers such as Rilo Kiley, Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Iron & Wine to name a few. The winner will be receiving a copy of the book and one of  The Yellow Bird Project’s indie act designed T-Shirts. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t win, you can still get a copy here! Contest winner and runner-ups after the jump. Read More »

This charity project revives a timeless childhood pursuit, guided by artists including MGMT, Stars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Iron & Wine.

The Indie Rock Coloring Book is an offering from the Yellow Bird Project, a Canadian nonprofit that sells musician-designed t-shirts, with proceeds going to the artists’ favorite charities. The book features work by illustrator Andy J. Miller, inspired by bands supporting the project. It even includes other activity-book staples, such as a maze and connect-the-dots. Read More »

Donald Trump is letting Carrie Prejean keep her freaking title. Even after she engaged in opposite dressing. [via Tucson Citizen]

Eminem and Jimmy Kimmel are flying 200 laidoff autoworkers from Detriot to LA for a taping of the show. Perhaps this is an attempt to one up Leno? [via Billboard]

Showtime has confirmed that Alanis Morissette will play Nancy’s doctor in at least seven episodes of the upcoming season of Weeds. [via @EWAusielloFiles]

In honor of her roast at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Esquire reposts Wanda Sykes‘s “10 Things You Don’t Know About Women.” [via The Awl]

Devendra Banhart‘s funny story from the new Found anthology, Requiem for a Paper Bag. [via Pop Candy]

Oprah tells Duke students her favorite guests are real people. But if she HAD to pick a celebrity, it’d be Hugh Jackman. [via NYDN]