It's always fun to post awesome news on a Monday, and while this story actually broke last week, it is Monday, the news is awesome, and as Meatloaf always says, two out of three ain't bad. Take it away Variety:

Danny McBride is attached to star in Mandate Pictures' action comedy "L.A.P.I.," which will be helmed by Jody Hill.

Project marks the debut project being developed by Rough House Pictures, the newly minted Mandate-based shingle headed by Hill, McBride and David Gordon Green.

Based on a pitch from writers Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan, story details are being kept under wraps apart from McBride taking on the role of a beaten-down, hardboiled P.I.

Of course the Danny McBride and Jody Hill team are the masterminds behind everybody's favorite washed up athlete Kenny Powers of East Bound and Down fame.  Hill recently directed the underrated Observe and Report with Seth Rogen while McBride has staying busy in front of the camera.  Fresh off a nice supporting role in Jason Reitman's Oscar nominated Up In The Air, McBride is also prominently involved in something on the SHA radar, David Gordon Green's Your Highness where he will play the derelict youngest son of the king who has  "settled for a life of wizard’s weed, hard booze and easy maidens".  Now he gets to be a beaten-down private investigator?  Color me excited.

Ed. - It's never cool to read about someone getting injured, but if you try the following and honestly think you won't get hurt, there is major cause for concern.

(CNN) -- A 62-year-old Michigan man was severely burned when a homemade rocket strapped on his back exploded while he slid down a snowy hill on a sled, authorities said this week.

The man, whose identity is not yet known, was hospitalized with significant damage to one of his eyes and could face criminal charges, authorities said.

The rocket stunt was the grand finale on Saturday during the man's annual sledding party at his Oakland County, Michigan, home, the sheriff's department said.

"He is known for doing 'crazy things' at his parties," an Oakland County sheriff's department statement said. "On this date, after consuming an unknown quantity of alcohol, he constructed a device out of a motorcycle muffler and pipe."

Inside the makeshift rocket, the victim placed gunpowder, heads from matches and gasoline. He donned a helmet and took a sled to the top of a snowy embankment.

"He asked another person to light a wick and then began to sled down a hill. At some point during the ride downhill, the device exploded. The results of the explosion were second-degree burns to the victim's face," the sheriff's department statement said.

No one else was injured during the incident.

New Jamie Lidell music, happy days.  There aren't many details right now about the soul funk master Lidell's follow up to 2008's Jim , but Pitchfork, who premiered the new track earlier this morning, are promising some news on the new album come Monday.  For now we will have to wait for the details but you can check out the new, extremely varied sounds of the Jamie Lidell track Compass below to help get excited.

With the next incarnation of the band's highly successful S2 event scheduled for this weekend in Atlanta, Umphrey's McGee have announced a new S2 which will take place at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on February 27th.  With this announcement comes another good thing from the band, more charity. 

Umphrey’s McGee’s S² debuted on October 3rd in Milwaukee and since then each event has been a unique experience in band and fan interaction. As much as each S² has sharpened the band’s ability to improvise on the spot, it has been a learning experience for everyone in attendance. With learning in mind, Umphrey’s McGee will donate a portion of the proceeds from each upcoming S² event to USTORM, a Chicago-based charity that donates funds to help children in need as well as young adults to improve their lives by providing access to various music and arts education programs: United So Together Our Reach Multiplies. USTORM has donated over $40,000 to various music and art educational schools and programs. The connection between S² and USTORM is clear -- in the ever-evolving learning process of each S² event, Umphrey’s Mcgee looks forward to continuing to assist USTORM with their mission.  [via]

Nice work fellas.  The Philly S2 goes on sale today at noon EST through Umphrey's Ticketing.   This will sell out so get em while they are hot.  Truly an awesome experience for any music fan.

That's not all though, the band keeps coming up with original ways to interact with their fans, which is partly why they are so awesome.  Just recently they released several tracks to the Rock Band Network so all you video game guitarists cans do your best Jake and Brendan imitations.  You can check out a preview of what 1348 and Miss Tinkle's Overture look like over here.

For the band's upcoming Valentines Day show, appropriately taking on the name ValUMtine's Day, they have announced a couple of fun bits of fan interaction.  The show will take place in Baltimore at Rams Head Live! and will feature the band busting out a new love themed cover based on votes.  The candidates are as follows:

Death Cab for Cutie, I Will Possess Your Heart
Wilco, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Kiss, Love Em' and Leave Em'
Beck, Think I'm in Love
Def Leppard, Love Bites
J. Geils Band, Love Stinks
Roxy Music, Love Is the Drug
Prince, I Would Die 4 U
Stone Temple Pilots, Sour Girl

A tough call am I right?  I'd be very satisfied with almost all of those but I think in the end I'd have to vote for the funky madness the Prince cover would undoubtedly generate.  To do your part head on over to this link to vote, just make sure to do it before Friday Feb 12th at noon EST or you will be too late.  And noone wants that, believe me.

Adding to the ValUMtine's Day mania is a little video contest.  I'm going to just copy and paste the band's words so there is no confusion in what must be done.

Create a short video interpretation of your favorite Umphrey's McGee song for a chance to win a tickets to the show and a prize package! All you need to do is create a short video showing your love for your favorite Umphrey's song, whether it is you singing along, or you filming a short with the song as the soundtrack, the options are endless. All you need to do is post your video on YouTube and then email the link to:

contests@walther-productions.com

by 12:00 pm ET Friday, February 12, to enter the contest. Check in to Walther-productions.com for links to submitted videos.

Submissions received will be reviewed by the band, and the winner will receive a pair of tickets to the ValUMtines Day show Rams Head Live! along with two after-show passes, two Umphrey's McGee tour t-shirts, and a copy of the UMLive from that night's show.

Two runner ups will receive a copy of the UMLive from the Rams Head Live!.  [via]

Well that is pretty damn awesome if I don't say so myself.  Unfortunately we will be far away from Baltimore on ValUMtine's Day but I'm sure we'll be sending in something super hella awesome from here, most likely featuring a monkey that does karate.  It's looking like All Things Ninja!  Got any good ideas of your own?  Let us know in the comments, and let the games begin.

In the world of hyperbole that we live in I feel like I'm fine with calling this the best news ever.  Everyone's favorite one man wolfpack Zach Galifianakis will be hosting Saturday Night Live on March 6th.  Praise Jebus.  Can't wait to see the Digital Short.

I'd been complaining about the hosts this year as it seems pretty ridiculous to have 3 episodes hosted by people from an admittedly popular cable tv show in less than 12 months (2 Jon Hamms and an excruciatingly painful January Jones).  On top of that we got a Twilight guy, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Swift doing double duty, Charles Barkley.  Hell this week has Ashton Kutcher, as far as I know he hasn't been relevant in close to a decade.  And don't be fooled by the Galifianakis news, it's not all rosy in the future, the week before Zach takes the stage we get the wonderfully talented and fun to watch Jennifer Lopez?  What?  Jennifer Lopez?  You've got to be kidding me.

I'm not.  Hopefully she at least performs her one song I do like, Taco Flavored Kisses.

Sometimes I think I have a great idea and then I learn that the internet has already beaten me to it.  Last night I came up with the idea to start a site that only features pictures of Tom Selleck with a different sandwich and waterfall in the background.  You can imagine my dismay when I learned there was already a website that does that exact thing.  Ladies and gentleman, I give you Selleck Waterfall Sandwich, the website.

Pictured above we have the classic Pastrami piece, undoubtedly one of the finest in the collection as it also has a little Mr. Baseball in it.  I bet whoever runs that place is swimming in Scrooge McDuck money.  Now I have to think of a new plan to get rich, life is hard.  [via neatorama]