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Here is the video for a song called Turkey Murder (The Thanksgiving Song), it's no Adam Sandler Thanksgiving Song, but that song is played out anyways. What with all this internet and all these cameras, and all these softwares you'd figure somebody would have come up with a new classic by now, but so far this is all we've got. Three strange Iowans in a wheat field.

We listened to the song with the volume low, but the video is pretty funny. Happy Thanksgiving.

Goodfellas cover the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" at Titanic Brewery & Restaurant in Miami.

This is the Godfellas' description of theirselves on their Facebook page: "GOODFELLAS IS THE GROOVIEST< FUNKIEST<COVER BAND YOU WILL BE EVER SEE. BAND MEMBERS ARE: (CRAZY)EDDIE on VOCALS, WALTER(THE littleEDGE) on LEAD GUITAR, ZEUS on BASS & CESAR on DRUMS."

Titanic continues its tradition of showcasing live, local music. Log on to titanicbrewery.com for more info.

Photo by Jipsy

What makes a party America's Best Party? We're not entirely sure, but if you have a strong desire to give show some hometown love, Miami's own Poplife is nominated for the title in Paper Magazine's Fifth Annual Nightlife Awards. The uber-hipster publication has pitted the party against other hipster nights across the United States including Mr. Black at Bardot Hollywood, San Francisco's Honey Soundsystem at Paradise Lounge, and Chicago's Rehab at Debonair Social Club.

The other categories, including Best Club, Best Bar, and Best DJ, focus entirely on New York's nightlife scene, which, let's face it, is as relevant as South Beach's nightlife culture is these days.

Anyway, don't waste any time and vote now if only to inflate the city's pride for a meaningless title.

Miami hip hop group Flow Official has just released a new album, the Architects LP, which features Itagui from Locos Por Juana, Malverde, !Mayday!, and L.M.S. What Up Kid is a song off the new album. The members of Flow Official are Omniscient, Emo, A Priest Classik, and Sic Vic, but you can see a whole bunch of local music faces in this video.

The video is directed by Vid Arroyo. Click here to view Flow Official's CD Baby page, where you can purchase tracks or the album.

You can also download their album Free Speech for free by clicking here.

Here's video of Pitbull's recent performance in Istanbul, Turkey, where he's famous, and where he claims he had the album of the year for 2009, "Not 305. Not Miami. Not Dade County. Not none of that shit. Turkey. Pa que sepa. Internacional."

As usual, there's plenty of music to hear in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend. If you're in the mood for some indie rock AND comedy, you should head out to Propaganda to hear John Ralston, Sweet Bronco, and the Beards of Comedy. If you want your comedy more hard-edged, head out to see Doug Stanhope at Culture Room. Solid Sound Studios hosts their usual ultra-passionate local acts with clever names featuring The Perfect Defect. Finally, you can hear a little celtic rock with Uproot Hootenanny at Tim Finnegan's in Delray.

Saturday, Forever the Sickest Kids, Rocket Summer, Sing it Loud, My Favorite Highway, and Artist vs. Poet are flooding the Culture Room, First October are rocking out at Swampgrass Willys, and the Blues and Americana Showcase of Bands is going on at Pulp Live.

Finally, Sunday you can Jam in the Park at Secret Woods Nature Center, Jam Acoustically Downtown at the Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens, see Caribbean Element at Coyotes Bar in Hollywood, or catch the last day of the Blues and Americana Showcase of Bands at Pulp.

Photo by Aki Pekka Stilinoski

Annie

Mark this as a must: Annie, who is best known for her tracks "Chewing Gum" and "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me," will be making a quick stop at LIV in Miami Beach November 25 for a DJ set alongside Ross One and Contra. We'd really like for this to have been a live performance, but let's hope she graces South Florida with her presence some time in 2010 (looking at you Ultra organizers).

The Norwegian singer has just released her wonderfully superb electropop sophomore effort Don't Stop. It picks up where 2004's Anniemal left off, except not as retro-sounding. The album was delayed several times due to label disputes and what not, and despite having released two wonderful singles for the album -- the aforemention "Girlfriend" and the italo-disco track "Anthonio" -- neither was include in the final tracklisting.

But don't fret, the album is still packed with wonderful tracks. Some of our favorites include "Don't Stop," "I Don't Like Your Band," and the lead single "Songs Remind Me of You."

Check out the video for "Songs Remind Me of You" after the jump.

via groovemaker.com

Can you hear that faint thump? It's the heads of turntable purists smacking their heads against their desks. Still, like it or not, what constitutes "DJing" has forever changed with technology -- it's only a matter of time before somebody figures out how to use the DJ Hero controller in the club. Still, people have been using iPods to DJ since the devices came out, so why not the iPhone and iPod Touch?

Three local DJs -- Chris Domingo, Speechless, and Scratch-D from Dynamix II -- will do just that at Voodoo Lounge tomorrow for the iPDJ Mobile Groove DJ battle. The event is sponsored by IK Multimedia, the club, and Sonoma Wire Works, and is meant to showcase IK's new apps, Groovemaker and FourTrack. Each DJ will face off using the software, before playing their own full sets for the rest of the evening.

Okay, so Groovemaker's tagline might make some purists cringe -- "Everyone's an iPhone DJ with GrooveMaker!" The app comes themed to various genres -- house, hip-hop, techno, drum'n'bass, electro, and "club," whatever that means exactly. Each is loaded with loops and beats you can rearrange, speed up and slow down to create tracks in real time. There are up to eight tracks, and you can change elements as the music plays without a break.

If you're still reading, author/actress (Seriously. She's on IMDB.) and Elvis's cousin Edie Hand will be at Borders Saturday to sign copies of her latest novellas A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights and The Soldier's Ride. Although those don't have anything to do with Elvis, she has paid homage to the Hillbilly Cat through works like Elvis: Precious Memories, All Cooked Up: Recipes, Memories from Elvis' Friends and Family, and The Genuine Elvis: Photos and Untold Stories About the King, the last of which she described in an interview with the Memphis Flyer:

"Twelve years ago, I worked with the Elvis fan clubs, helping them collaborate on a Presley family and friends cookbook. Then one day, Ronnie and Joe and I were talking about making something new for the fans, and I said, well, I'll check into it. We found a lot of real stories that hadn't been told. Louise Smith hadn't shared her stories with anyone else."

Louise Smith was married to Elvis's other cousin, Gene Smith. While it may seem like Hand's just another relative milking her genetic connection till the bitter end, she actually donates a lot of her profits to various organizations like St. Jude's, Camp Smile-A-Mile, and the Country Music Hall of Fame. She'll be signing books from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Borders, located at 2240 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.

In other South Florida Elvis news: There will be an Alfred Wertheimer photo exhibit in April at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Read more here.

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According to the YouTube description for the above video, "The Techno Vikings themselves return to our local stomping ground after a well deserved break. Hailed as one of the original and founding artists of Electro Bass / Electro funk in Florida, the United States and World Wide, Dynamix II comes correct with an all new performance featuring all the classics we love as well as new future anthems."

DJ's for the event are Johnny Dangerously & DJ Storm. Duncan Beatz, Kriya, and DJ Cheezy will perform as well.

Dance performances and visual entertainment by Christa Knox and Hypnotic Gurlz.

Wednesday, November 25. Respectable Street Cafe, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Doors open at 8 p.m., admission is $10. Ages 18+ with ID. 561-832-9999; respectablestreet.com