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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Stephen Colbert brings freedom, 'Charlene' to Rock Band</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/stephen-colbert-brings-freedom-charlene-to-rock-band/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/stephen-colbert-brings-freedom-charlene-to-rock-band/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/stephen-colbert-brings-freedom-charlene-to-rock-band/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rhythm/" rel="tag">Rhythm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79103"><img hspace="0" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/charlene.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /></div>
Sure, Stephen Colbert's political humor is great, but we prefer his early work: The sensitive, touching and frequently unnerving pop he crafted as part of Stephen and the Colberts. The apex of their work, the semi-hit single "Charlene," is now available as a free download on <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/RockBand/">Rock Band</a></em>.<br /><br />Right now, this standard of American synth-stalk-pop is only available as a free download on Xbox Live, but we wouldn't be surprised if it was also part of today's PSN update. In the meantime, see Colbert's softer side just after the jump.<br /><br />[Thanks to everyone who sent this in.]<br /><br /><center><object width="490" height="404"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X6yFBwGjAm0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X6yFBwGjAm0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="490" height="404"></embed></object></center><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79103>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/stephen-colbert-brings-freedom-charlene-to-rock-band/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1311052/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/stephen-colbert-brings-freedom-charlene-to-rock-band/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>comedy-central</category><category>ComedyCentral</category><category>dlc</category><category>rock-band</category><category>stephen-colbert</category><dc:creator>Justin McElroy</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-09-11T08:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Colbert none too pleased about loss to Miyamoto</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/colbert-none-too-pleased-about-loss-to-miyamoto/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/colbert-none-too-pleased-about-loss-to-miyamoto/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/colbert-none-too-pleased-about-loss-to-miyamoto/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a></p><div align="center"><img width="490" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="165" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/colbert-miyamoto.jpg"  alt="" /><br /></div>
Everyone knows that Time's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/miyamoto-voted-your-time-person-of-the-year/">online Person Of The Year poll</a> (which was topped by <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/search/?q=Shigeru%20Miyamoto">Shigeru Miyamoto</a>, Korean pop sensation Rain and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/search/?q=Stephen%20Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a>, respectively) was kind of joke. ... Well, everyone, that is, except Colbert himself, who took his loss to Shiggy none too well as you can see in the first video after the break.<br /><br />But even as he scoffed at Miyamoto's contribution to the world, Colbert used a video game to settle his long-standing beef with Rain. The brave among you can watch the fateful <em>Dance Dance Revolution</em> competition we've also safely embedded after the break.<br /><br /><center><embed width="332" height="316" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="external" allowscriptaccess="always" name="comedy_central_player" bgcolor="#cccccc" quality="high" src="http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml" flashvars="videoId=167580"></embed></center><br /><br />  <center><embed width="332" height="316" align="middle" flashvars="videoId=156555" src="http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml" quality="high" bgcolor="#cccccc" name="comedy_central_player" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="external" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></center><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=167580>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/colbert-none-too-pleased-about-loss-to-miyamoto/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1187820/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/colbert-none-too-pleased-about-loss-to-miyamoto/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>comedy-central</category><category>shigeru-miyamoto</category><category>stephen-colbert</category><dc:creator>Justin McElroy</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-05-06T17:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>