R.E.M. Announces Breakup; The World Thought They Already Did

In other news; Elvis announces that he's dead, and newspapers around the world are announcing that the Japanese have surrendered and World War II is over. So I looked it up and they apparently have released 4 albums in the past 10 years, and in 2007 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Not too bad for an irrelevant band! Way to last way past your prime R.E.M. - at least Brett Favre almost made it to the Super Bowl in his next to last year. Link: R.E.M Calls It Quits (via Forbes)

The iPhone 5 is supposed to launch on October 4th. If you want more information you can Google it. There are literally over 543 million results for the iPhone 5. Just release it, Apple. Stop trying to be cool.

The West Virginia police are apparently cracking down on the second greatest tradition in West Virginia history, couch burning after WVU games. This weekend marks a huge game against LSU, so what are the West Virginianites going to do? Learn how to read a map, and then follow said map in order to know where they can and can not burn couches of course. The nice people over at Deadspin put together a handy map of the campus safe zones for burning so that WVU students can download and learn their rights. Now, get cracking in your cartography classes and download away. Hopefully a GPS version will follow soon. Link: Maps Of Couch Burning Locations

  We all love pranks, and that includes consequences sometimes - but jail time? That's not actually the most shocking part of this article though. The most shocking part is that Fox Valley Technical College actually has dorms! From their website it shows that FVTC (that's the abbreviation for the school, just like WVU, or NYU, or USC - they're that big) provides College education for high-demand careers. 200+ associate degree, technical diploma, and certificate programs...plus seminars & customized training for business. Really? They have dorms? Thank you Wisconsin for changing my perception of technical colleges... Read More

In July, we were blessed with new neighbors across the street. I knew instantly that this was going to be an adventure...multiple generations living in the same house, a pregnant teenager, her boyfriend, and a guy that drives up in a PT Cruiser who is so big he can't get out of his car.  When he comes to visit, he lays on the horn until someone from the family comes out and talks to him from the porch. Just a few signs that alerted me that these people couldn't move out fast enough. It was the week of the 4th of July. In an attempt to endear themselves to the neighborhood, they set off fireworks every night for five straight nights - at... Read More

Ok...wait...so she saw the RUBBER snake and the string, and yet still tried to stop instead of running over it? Ya know, the smart thing to do! Nope looks like we have our next contestant on "teen mom". Link: Man Arrested With Rubber Snake

Today we have our first ever BroCouncil.com movie review; not just any movie, but Kevin Smiths new movie. Yes, that Kevin Smith and no it's not another Jay and Silent Bob (I wish). Don’t worry, I don’t plan on making any Jersey Girl jokes since he does that himself. This is a horror movie that if you didn’t know who wrote and directed it, you would do a double take and say WHAT?   For Smith fans we have heard for quite some time now about Red State but not a lot of actual information about it. That is, until Kevin started doing select city screenings before its actual release. I myself got to rent it on Apple TV from the comfort of my own home last night.... Read More