Jarvis Cocker Totally Understands the Meme Economy
Last night, Hipster Runoff's Carles posited that bands these days are only as good as their ability to create bloggable memes. With that in mind, we congratulate Jarvis Cocker on selling this signed pair of his underpants on eBay. [Hipster Runoff, Pitchfork]

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