Three things: M.I.A., MC5, Coin Operated Lolbot

Spike Jonze interviews M.I.A.:

Lessons learned: Ketamin-addled Pollacks give weird haircuts; being the ex-wife of a Coppola doesn't make you immune to getting mugged; even Spike Jonze can't get an interesting interview out of M.I.A.

Obey launches MC5 clothing line:

Lessons learned: When some streetwear kid bootlegs your shit, don't sue him, just go into business with him; the White Panther logo looks really fucking cool on a t-shirt, not so much on a doodcap or an army jacket; we will write about anything if you send us records like this as swag.

Graphic design now competitive sport: move over, skateboarding:

Lessons learned: Graphic design is the new punk rock. Graphic design is the new Miami bass. And if some competitor's rag decides to bandwagon on a graphic design event, OTD will be disinvited as a judge. They scared of us! OK, OK, it probably doesn't help that we failed design class in college, or that our idea of awesome graphic design is this thing that Vicki sent us this morning: