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Did you hear about the Twitter parody account @NotTildaSwinton?

Well, you're late to the game because its creators announced last Friday that it's over. Done. Finito. What some have hailed as the most brilliant Twitter parody account ever is over.

But we figured out a way to make it last: our very own Beth Hoyt put on her favorite Tilda Swinton wig (she has about 15 Tilda wigs in her closet-- TRUST ME) and recited the parody tweets AS Tilda Swinton. And, of course, she filmed it and put it on her personal vlog channel because she loves you (and because Molly told her to).

Watch it because Beth does an amazing job and because you want to feel the current of the internet zeitgeist running through your veins and you can't run around screaming YOLO anymore, so if this is how you're going to tap into it then by god that's what you're gong to do.

Also, you just really like Beth.

This morning, Blackberry announced Alicia Keys as their "Global Creative Director."

Yeah. I know. Actually, I DON'T know. I don't know what that means or how this will work or whether or not she took this gig to help pay down Swizz Beatz's legal fees. (Scorned Baby Mamas are expensive, yo!).

All I know is I laughed hysterically because this is obviously something very important in business-y things, and I don't understand it and I laugh hysterically when I don't understand things.

And then I thought about how Alicia Keys's established body of work may be just what Blackberry needs.

Here are 5 Alicia Keys Songs She Can Use To Help Rebrand Blackberry:

(In no particular order...)

1. "This Girl Is On Fire... but Not Because My Blackberry Spontaneously Combusted"

2. "You Don't Know My Name... But You Got My BBM"

3. "How Come You Don't Call Me... I'm The New Global Creative Director of Blackberry and I Got You That Phone For Free"

4. "If I Ain't Got You... I Probably Have an iPhone or More Likely an Android But Those Aren't as Cool as a Blackberry"

5. "No One... Understands What This Gig Is But All I Know Is I'mma Be In Hella More Blackberry Commercials"

Any other ideas? Or can you explain how this will make you want a Blackberry more? Let me know at @mariaalana

October is pretty crazy, huh you guys?

1. Louis C.K. is being amazing again and selling Tig Notaro's acclaimed Largo stand up set on his site!

2. There's a new twitter handle @NotAPoliceman which is so very accurate.

3. DC Pierson was on our LIVE show. He's still amazing and I wrote about my 5 favorite Derrick sketches.

4. Benji's Cool Times Summer Jamz Mix is now a real thing!

5. Animal Collective was on Jimmy Fallon which was pretty wacky!

I hope you're planning out your Halloween costumes now. Let me know your ideas so I can steal them @MrChrisDonahue

Our friend Fred Armisen has issued a challenge to the internet:

Be Serious for 30 Seconds.

Fred is asking people to make a 30 second video and follow strict rules:

Rule 1: It has to be serious.
Rule 2: It has to be 30 seconds or less
Rule 3: No more than 2 people in it
Rule 4: At least 1 5 second dramatic pause
Rule 5: At least 1 cutaway to an object
Rule 6: Do your best acting
Rule 7: It needs to have a door slamming

Are you going to make one? Do you even have a door? What if your best acting is still pretty bad? Will someone at My Damn Channel make one? Should we have said spoiler alert before we asked that? So many questions.

When you speak of legends in the music industry, you might mention The Beatles, The Rolling Stones or Rick James-- but the name I think of is Don Was.  For over 30 years Don has been making a large impact on the music scene. From his band Was (Not Was) scoring hits in the '80s, to producing every Rolling Stones record since 1994, to pretty much everything in between, Don Was has helped shape and define today's musical landscape.

And each year since 2008, Don has participated in the Concert of Colors, helming The Detroit All-Star Revue, a concert that celebrates the long and storied Detroit music scene.  My Damn Channel has had the honor of posting videos from these concerts since 2008, and 2012's first batch of videos has just gone up.

So sit back and enjoy!  These videos always kick major butt; Detroit can't do it any other way.

In honor of Fourth of July, America's Independence Day, I'm honoring American Things We (I) Love:

This is a great song about America, mostly because it contains the line "smoke on your pipe and put that in!" And I didn't know for years what it meant but I felt for sure it had something to do with marijuana pipes and I couldn't believe that high schools all around the country were just letting kids sing that song with terrible, fake Puerto Rican accents as if it was no big deal. Also, marijuana!

Up next in our celebration of American Things We (I) Love: American Flag Clothing...

You shared it, didn't you? You liked it, you commented, you posted it on your own wall. And your friends did it. And your mom did it. Everyone saw the picture of the guy on Facebook holding up the winning numbers to the Mega Millions jackpot where he said he'll split the money with everyone who shares the photo!

Super generous, of him, right? What an awesome dude! Not at all a scam with a photoshopped ticket that you and your mom and your best friend are all falling for, right?

Slacktory found him and asked him, "How, kind sir, can you be so magnanimous?"

We hope they also asked him how posting the color of one's bra as a status update helps to cure kids with cancer. Or how about asking him if the best way to stay socially relevant is giving your friends ultimatums to say publicly that you don't want to be defriended to "see who's really reading my facebook page!" This guy obviously has one of the keenest minds of the social media age.

And a really awesome copy of Photoshop.