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Sure, you can meet them on the equinox. But before you head over there, can you pick up some clippers on the way? Death Cab For Cutie, pictured above, were just some of the bearded boys marauding last night's mtvU Woodie Awards. Seriously, Jason McGerr and Ben Gibbard had the Death Cab Starter Beard, but Nick Harmer was rocking the straight-up new-school Colonel Sanders.

As if a don't-shave mandate went out two months prior to last night's Woodies, we saw everything from the "Captain Ahab"/"Robert Shaw from Jaws" (rocked by David Cross) to the "late-period, drugged-out Brian Wilson" -- demonstrated on the face of 3Oh!3's Sean Foreman, who later dressed up like Lady Gaga -- to the awesome evil beard, which Tech N9ne wore so right.

Behold the beauty and the beards of the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards below.

David Cross

Sean Foreman (3Oh!3)

Tech N9ne

+ Check out all of the Woodie Awards 2009: Bearded And Beautiful Photos here. And watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

Tags 3OH!3, David Cross, Death Cab For Cutie, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, Photos, Tech N9ne

Christofer Drew -- also known as Nevershoutnever -- is amazing. Dude took the haphazard combination of Minnie Mouse sweater, wooden rosary beads, cheap bracelets, a bandana, and a pack of Camels -- and, of course, his signature Goldie Hawn/ Carol Brady shag -- and made it look 100% cool. That's not easy. But then again, he made the ukulele cool, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Christofer Drew also made winning a Woodie look super cool, as he kept his acceptance speech for the Breaking Woodie four words long: "Power to the people," channeling either Public Enemy or John Lennon, or probably both.

+ Check out more photos of Christofer Drew at the mtvU Woodie Awards after the jump, see who else won a Woodie, and watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2 and Palladia.

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Tags Christofer Drew, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, Never Shout Never

Look who's definitely back in the house. Snoop D-O-Double-G returns with a sneak peek at his new video, "I Wanna Rock," from his upcoming album, Malice, due December 8th.

Snoop has apparently been watching some America's Best Dance Crew or Step Up with his brood (featured in the too-short-lived Snoop Dogg's Father Hood show). This clip features some nice dance-off footage to compliment the "Thriller"-synths and "Drop It Like It's Hot"-esque beat (courtesy of Scoop DeVille).

Watch for Snoop's "I Wanna Rock" video, coming soon.

Tags Snoop Dogg, video

Though Lady Gaga herself wasn't at the 2009 mtvU Woodies, she did receive a picture-perfect homage when 30h!3's Nat and Sean, who presented a Woodie Award while dressed up like Lady Gaga at the VMAs.

Nat wore Gaga's red lace outfit, completely with red lace mask and red crown (maybe he watched the make-your-own Lady Gaga red outfit video and DIY'ed it?), while Sean got the frilly, feathery white birds nest. Nat shouted out something about wearing soiled panties on your face, and then hilariously teetered off the stage in wobbly Gaga heels.

+ Check out more photos from the 2009 mtvU Woodies, and relive Lady Gaga in the original outfits at the 2009 VMAs after the jump. And don't miss the 2009 mtvU Woodies on Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

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Tags 3OH!3, Lady Gaga, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, video, Woodies

One of the many, many outfits Katy Perry rocked when she hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards a few weeks ago was a not-so-subtle nod to her boyfriend Russell Brand's favorite soccer (or football for non-Yanks) club, West Ham United.

You can imagine the flutter of hearts felt across London when Hammers fans saw Perry decked out in a claret and blue bustier, thinking to themselves, "Cor blimey, wish my missus would get dolled up like that!" (that was my cockney impersonation, btw).

Well, now your missus (or any other lass) can get their paws on Perry's West Ham lingerie. The club, responding to, "huge demand," have contracted the original designer, Siobhan Dillon, to make a limited run of the outfit, running a measly £300.

West Ham are currently mired in a fight for their Barclay's Premier League survival (that means they're not doing well at playing soccer), so I guess they need all the support they can get (pun, sadly, intended).

Tags Buzzworthy Style Files, EMAs, Katy Perry, Russell Brand

Made up of a series of manic, breakneck dolly shots that match the manic, breakneck pace of the track, Vampire Weekend's "Cousins" is the perfect marriage of music video and song. It's primitive, punk, and a total gas.

After looking at behind-the-scenes footage and then giving you a sneek peak, we're finally ready to deliver the whole package. Directed by Garth Jennings--who was responsible for VW's "A-Punk" as well as Beck's "Hell Yes" -- "Cousins" heavily references Bob Dylan's seminal "Subterranean Homesick Blues" promo film, while keeping VW's inimitable humor and style intact.

Check out "Cousins" (taken from Vampire Weekend's upcoming album, Contra) and the Bob Dylan clip that inspired it, below.

Tags Beck, Bob Dylan, Vampire Weekend, video

The 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards are happening now in New York City -- a mash-up of music's famous faces, and on-point performances. And we're liveblogging it all on the MTV Buzzworthy blog. Stay here for the backstage, birdseye, and middle-of-it-all 2009 mtvU Woodies report. And watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

10:51pm -- We're off to the after party, see ya, it's been a blast! For more Woodies gossip, party reports and general madness check in with Buzzworthy tomorrow or check out highlights from the show on the Woodies site right now. We have tons of photos, red-carpet looks, rehearsal performances (some of which you saw here earlier today) and more. PEACE!

10:23pm -- Matt & Kim can't go anywhere without throngs of admirers following them. They're pretty much the Brangelina of the Woodies. Except they don't own several kids and possibly hate each other.

10:14pm -- Alexa Chung is swaying along to "Treat Me Like Your Mother." Jack White looks like a cross between a pissed-off vampire and The Crow. In a way that works, though.

10:09pm -- The Dead Weather is taking the Woodies to the church of bad news on all-white instruments. Allison Mosshart's on a square guitar, and I'm pretty sure it's got the devil inside.

10:04pm --Mary-Louise Parker drops an eff-bomb while intro-ing the Dead Weather! RAWK!!!!!!

10:02pm -- Kid Sister and Kim (of Matt & Kim) are exchanging phone numbers on the floor, David Cross is catching up with Matt Pinfield, and Leighton Meester and Cyndi Lauper, present, and they're each dressed totally future-forward. They're dropping Woodie of the Year.

9:51pm -- Jamie Tworkowski wins the Good Woodie for To Write Love On Her Arms, and dedicates the award to people battling depression and drug addiction.

9:43pm -- Cam'ron drops some knowledge on the Clipse. The vibe is straight-up old-school -- no tricks, no autotune, no stunts. Just hype hip-hop. And RICK ROSS , bossin' behind shades, centerstage. Appropriately the crowd is dancing on barstools.

9:37pm -- The men of Passion Pit are launching tiny burgers into each other's mouths and ordering extra whiskey shots. A saucer-eyed, autotuned Janelle Monae intros the Clipse as the crowd yells out "You're beautiful!"

9:33pm -- Matt & Kim win Video Of The Year, and as their friends in the crowd toss their drink about 40 feet in the air, M&K bypass the stairs, crawl on top of the crowd, and rush the stage. They accept the award, thank pretty much everyone in one swoop, and Kim takes another dive off the stage.

9:27pm -- Death Cab just performed meet "Meet Me On The Equinox" to a mesmerized crowd but pretty much got the U2 reception when they did "Sound of Settling"

9:23pm -- MTV alumni Jon Norris and Matt Pinfield are catching up on the floor.

9:18pm -- David Cross has crown shoved into his pocket, and he's telling a Tom Cruise Scientology joke, for those of you who don't know what Dianetics is.

9:12pm -- Overheard, P.O.S telling someone "I just hope I looked cool," after someone congratulated him on his performance.

9:10pm -- P.O.S.just rapped over live flipcup percussion.

9:06pm -- Asher Roth gives out the Best Performing Woodie to Green Day. They're not here to accept so Asher stagedives instead.

9:04pm -- I'm down on the floor where all of the talent's seated, not at tables but at dozens of narrow glittery bars. There's a 1:2 ratio of kegs to celeb bar, and Oh The Story has their own personal shot waiter. Wisely, one member of Oh The Story cut himself off and ordered a diet coke.

9:00pm -- A production assistant carrying the next Woodie just rushed the award backstage.

8:59pm -- David Cross and the Clipse are having a heart-to-heart. Intense!

8:57pm -- Just walked by David Cross, who's dressed like he's going to a Superbowl party.

8:55pm --  Alexa Chung gives out the Best Music On Campus Woodie -- an award she promises will lead to getting laid more -- to an ecstatic Hotel Of The Laughing Tree whose friends are freaking out on the floor behind me.

8:46pm -- Amber Tamblyn intros Passion Pit via Twitter. Passion Pit is clearly a crowd favorite -- we've got people on top of people's shoulders, air drumming (like the Rush scene in "I Love You, Man," but far far cooler...)

8:42pm -- 3Oh3! is presenting the Left Field Woodie... DRESSED AS LADY GAGA AT THE VMAS!!!! The red dress and the white bird's nest mask thing! Reference was made to soiled panties! :O  Tech N9ne wins it and makes a Woodie joke and drops a KRS-One lyric!!!

8:28pm -- Never Shout Never has the shortest acceptance speech ever: "Power to the people!" Talks least, says most!

8:26pm -- Zooey Deschanel, darling as always in a darling dress, cracked a joke about not taking off her clothes as they swept up Matt & Kim's castoffs. She's presenting the Breaking Woodie Award, which goes to Never Shout Never!

8:23pm -- Pete Wentz, red solo cup in hand, is going rogue. Give that guy a mic and he'll take a mile. He just cracked a swine flu joke and dropped the "douchebag" bomb as he kicked off the 2009 Woodies!

8:21pm -- How'd do you get to college parties? BIKE there! Matt & Kim just biked here from Brooklyn straight into the lobby of the Woodies. They brought some friends who aren't just singing backup, they're stripping down to their skivvies for lessons learned. Undies party!!! Extra points to Kim -- she jumped up onto the drumkit and WALKED ON TOP of the crowd!!!!

8:15pm -- Jack White and the Dead Weather didn't walk the red carpet -- they basically ran it. Jack White needs a role in "Eclipse." Dude is whiter than a natural-born Cullen.

8:10pm -- Never Shout Never's Christofer Drew wins Best Dressed at the Woodies. Hands down. That Mickey Mouse sweater deserves its own award.

8:03pm -- Woah... Nick Cannon just ran down the red carpet! No sign of Mariah Carey...

8:01pm -- What's a college party without flipcup! The mtvU Woodies have their very own flipcup game going on at one of the bars. Kenna, just took aim. Isn't that how you get swine flu?

6:58pm -- The red carpet is under way, and I just caught up with breaking band Sparks The Rescue, who informed me that votes aliens are the new vampires.

Tags 3OH!3, Alexa Chung, Asher Roth, Cyndi-Lauper, David Cross, Dead Weather, Green Day, Hotel The Laughing Tree, Jack White, Kenna, Kid Sister, Leighton Meester, Mariah Carey, Matt And Kim, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, Never Shout Never, Nick Cannon, P.O.S., Passion Pit, Pete Wentz, Sparks The Rescue, Tech N9ne, The Clipse, Woodie Awards, Woodies, Zooey Deschanel

P.O.S. is staying positive about his shot at the Best Performance Woodie, but if he doesn't go home with the wood, Animal Collective's got his co-sign. And 3Oh3!. Don't sleep on either he says, noting that Animal Collective, "blew my mind off." And 3Oh3!? "Everybody thinks they got silly jams, but they put on a good show too," he said.

Describing his performance at the Woodies he said it would, "contain some raps." Gee, thanks! But seriously, he also said they'll be some "some cups and clapping." Huh? Well, for that explanation, you'll have to see a teaser of his performance in this clip. You only get a small taste, but it looks kind of inventive and interesting (peep the red cup in the picture above)

Check out this interview w the Twin Cities Rhymesayer to see why he can't stop reading sci-fi godhead novelist, Philip Dick and why the sweet Swedish sounds of Refused are blowing his mind.

Watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

Tags 3OH!3, Animal Collective, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, P.O.S., video, Woodie Awards, Woodies

Dance-punk's getting its due with Matt & Kim's performance, the night's gonna get futuro-electro with Passion Pit, but the 2009 Woodies are also going to bring a heavy dose of hip-hop and by heavy I mean Rick Ross the boss, who's joining the Clipse on stage tonight for their performance of "I'm Good." They'll also perform "Popular Demand (Popeyes)" with Cam'ron. And while many of the Woodies' nominees and performers may be new to you, the Clipse -- Pusha T and Malice -- have been quietly pumping out some of the realest, sickest, and smoothest lyrics (without hiding behind vocal distortion) for over a decade.

Unfortunately their record label experiences have been packed with more drama than the guiding light. But Malice and Pusha T have pushed on. If you slept on the Clipse until just now, wake the hell up, because win or lose, this is hip-hop -- and the Thornton Brothers' -- night too. Don't miss Clipse's live performance with Rick Ross and Cam'ron -- at the 2009 mtvU Woodies. Check out a rehearsal clip of the track, "Popular Demand (Popeyes)."

Watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

Tags Matt And Kim, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, Passion Pit, Rick Ross, The Clipse, video

"That sh**'s loud as f**k," Jack White shouted into the mic from behind the drumkit. He and The Dead Weather are tuning up -- Jack's giving the drum a solid that's-gonna-leave-a-mark throttling -- on the stage of Roseland Ballroom where they'll perform at tonight's mtvU Woodie Awards. Surprisingly, perhaps due to luck or youth, I was actually able to hear him say that over the band's angry, sneering, holy-rolling snarl.

The Dead Weather is the loudest band I've ever heard or felt (the vibrations alone quickly encouraged me to vacate the seat I was occupying) in my life, and the combination of noise and aggressive, hard-driving, doomsday-is-nigh sound of the dead weather is nothing short of terrifying, and I've seen Gwar. The sound of The Dead Weather live could probably drown out a spaceship launch, and while I've encountered the slow approach of a band of pirates, I'd imagine it probably feels a lot like this, with Jack White manning the ship

See for yourself when the Dead Weather performs live at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards and check out more photos from their rehearsal here. Oh, let's not forget this interview clip either.

Watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

Tags Dead Weather, Jack White, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, video, Woodies