Check It. LCD Soundsystem's "A Long Goodbye" farewell show.

It's time to say goodbye to a good friend. LCD Soundsystem is officially and gracefully bowing out this weekend, after nine years and three unforgettable albums. And although that sad farewell is set to take place this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, we here in L.A. too have a chance to send our farewells.

Pitchfork will be broadcasting the at-least-three-hour show live on its website. So get dressed in all white (as was the requested dress code for the live audience), turn up the speakers and have a down and dirty dance show. It's the least you can do.

Thanks James Murphy and Co.!

"A Long Goodbye" will be taking place on Pitchfork at 6pm PST. For a primer before the show, be sure to check out Pitchfork's extensive history, track-by-track, of the band here.

-- Chau Tu

Check It. What the world looked like on one day [The Monday Download].

What would it be like to experience the world in just one day? Something amazing, right? And just simply too impossible to imagine?

The internet makes anything possible.

From Tokyo to New York City to Istanbul to Rome, Morocco, Peru, London and beyond, witness the world in one day.

Thanks to Gizmodo for the tip.

-- Chau Tu

Check It. A cute cover of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's "Home" [The Monday Download].

I still remember the first time I saw Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros perform their song "Home," and how mesmerized I was by the passion and emotion the group put into it. The song has since become extremely popular, showing up on TV and the radio, inspiring many to try and put their own twist on the song -- but I still felt nothing could truly compare to that performance I saw back in 2009.

Until now. Out of nowhere, this adorable girl and her young dad have stolen the song for themselves and made it new and beautiful again. See for yourself (and try not to die from the cuteness):

The emotion! The passion! Could this little girl really understand what all the love and beauty that this song is all about? It seems so, amazingly. Try and not have a good day now that you've witnessed that.

-- Chau Tu

Check It. See Harry Potter actors practice "American" [The Monday Download].

Who didn't see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 this weekend? The film racked up a sweet $125 million in the U.S. alone, and I think it'd be safe to say that most came out of the theater quite pleased.

And if you're still in a Harry Potter haze, here's something to tide you over for a while. It's a fun little game of trying to get the HP actors to "speak American," if you will. Accents are funny!

I'm going to miss these actors once these movies are over.

-- Chau Tu

Check It. Conan O'Brien's Show Zero [The Monday Download].

The time is almost here -- Conan O'Brien is just a week away from returning to our lovely television screens. Are you excited?

Ever since the beginning of his hiatus, Conan's been sure to keep us updated, whether through his hilarious tweets or allowing everyone to spy in on his office for a full day. But we still don't know what his new show will be like -- until now.

Well, sort of. Conan is set to premiere "Show Zero," live tonight at 8pm PST (11pm EST) at TeamCoco.com, and though there hasn't been a lot said about what it will all entail, it'll probably be some sort of dress rehearsal/preview of what's to come for his TBS show. Either way, it's sure to be a fun time.

We've missed you Coco!

Conan premieres on TBS on Nov. 8 at 11pm. Also be sure to check out the TeamCoCo website for more fun events happening throughout this week, including free T-shirt giveaways.

In the meantime, if you're ready to relive the late-night TV fiasco earlier this year, check out this interesting excerpt from an upcoming book about it all, via Vanity Fair.

-- Chau Tu

Check It. Phoenix makes "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" [The Monday Download].

Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix was a classic pop album in the making. And hey, look at that -- we can actually see how it was all made.

The French rock stars recently took to their blog to release a series of documentary videos showing the band working on the album. It's nice insight to see how a band works while recording, and how those almost-too-perfect pop gems were created. Check out the making of "Lisztomania" below:

And see the rest of the videos here (each episode covers one track on the album). Sure feels like summer again.

-- Chau Tu

Check It. Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots do a history of hip-hop [The Monday Download].

I thought Justin Timberlake was great playing a despicable Napster-creating Sean Parker in The Social Network. But we all miss JT's musical forays.

Thankfully, Justin realized the great opportunities to come with visiting Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which are, mainly, the greatest late night house band ever -- The Roots. And here's what we were blessed with:

Jimmy was actually quite impressive too! But really, Justin. We all just want to dance again.

-- Chau Tu

Check It. The Flaming Lips' Black Cab session [The Monday Download].

In my opinion, one of the best ways to pinpoint the bands and musicians who are truly talented are by observing them in their vulnerable moments, without the electronics to amplify their sound or the fancy lights on stage. Put them in situations where anything can happen, and listen to their true voices come through.

La Blogotheque's Take Away Shows are my favorite experiment with this, but I've just discovered another fun project. It's called Black Cab Sessions, and it simply puts bands and musicians into the back of a British black cab and let's them perform. It's super fascinating to see the musicians work with their unplugged sounds. Here's the latest Black Cab Session, from the Flaming Lips:

-- Chau Tu

Check It. Fashion Week runway shows broadcast live.

Since most of us Angelenos can't make it out to NYC for the ever-hyped Fashion Week, the internet has finally given us a hand. Many of the major fashion designers showing this week will be broadcasting their runway shows live online, and The Cut has a comprehensive list of where and when here (note: times there are EST, so remember to think 3 hours ahead). See ya on the runway, Marc!

-- Chau Tu

Photo credit: A look from rag & bone, courtesy of nymag.com and Imaxtree.

Check It. Radiolab [The Monday Download].

If you're a fan of This American Life (which you should be), it's time to check out one of their own favorites, Radiolab. Produced by WNYC, this radio show is like a science- and philosophy-oriented sister to TAL, using the same personal anecdote format to divulge further into certain themes. Hearing the words 'science' and 'philosophy' may throw some people off at first, but just as TAL is able to make the recession an interesting story, so can Radiolab with its own topics.

For example, Radiolab's show on "Numbers" followed a narrator to a convention of mathematicians, and focused on this peculiar way that these math geniuses identify themselves--by their Erdos number, or rather a sort of Six Degrees of Separation game played with a near-mythological mathematician named Paul Erdos as Kevin Bacon. There was also a show focusing on "Oops," which had hilarious stories about mistakes, minor and major, that people have made. And then there was "Words," which tried to imagine a world without words. Imagine! Radiolab tried. And they also had this fun video to go along with its podcast--can you 'see' all the words?:

Radiolab airs on KCRW on occasional Sundays (like if This American Life is in reruns), but to fully catch up on the episodes, download the podcasts or stream online at the Radiolab website. It's another great (and sadly, rare) example of what radio can do, so go out and support it!

-- Chau Tu

ps. Also, doesn't co-host Jad Abumrad sound like Ira Glass? Major plus.

Do It. Submit a video to the Guggenheim's YouTube Play.

There's no doubt about it--YouTube has changed the world. It's changed the way we use the internet, the way we interact visually, the way we live our lives. In the simplest terms, it's done all this by having given everyone the ability to be a filmmaker, for better or worse.

But the Guggenheim Museum is thinking for the better. Inspired by the fact that YouTube allows for creativity and creation regardless of budget, background, experience, etc., the museum is presenting "YouTube Play," a global online initiative in search of the most innovative and original videos out there. They're looking for what's next in the online video world, and what kinds of creative opportunities the rise of YouTube has brought to this generation.

So let's show them what you've got! Got a creative video from the past two years? Be it a music video, narrative work, animation, documentary--anything original--you can submit it now to youtube.com/play. From there, 200 videos will be selected to go up for judging by a select group of experts, then pared down to 20 to be shown at a special event in October. But hurry--you've only got until July 31st to submit your video. Can't wait to see the submissions!

-- Chau Tu