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December 18, 2007

Jack White discussed this bonus re-working of the Patti Page classic on NPR's Morning Edition:For the new B-sides, The White Stripes teamed up with Beck and recorded in his Los Angeles home studio. The new songs include an acoustic, mariachi-style reworking of "Conquest." Being in Southern California, Beck pointed...

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December 15, 2007

You either love it or you hate it outside the holiday season, what with those vibrantly colored and ceaselessly cheerful international dolls singing about smiles and world peace and love and stuff. So how about when Disneyland's iconic "It's a Small World Ride" decks its halls Christmas-style? This video...

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December 13, 2007

Say, what's that in your mailbox? Is it perhaps an invitation to the company's holiday party? It is? Are you worried about making a good impression? Or the inevitability of making a bad impression? Bill Lampton, PhD gives us his "7 Tips for Surviving the Company's Office Pary" and...

Continue Reading "Partying With the Boss Won't Get You Promoted!"

December 11, 2007

Tonight is the 8th and final night of Chanukah and I am exhausted. My kids have lit candles at several parties, made cookies, eaten tons of potato latkes, and opened many presents. Please enjoy our new holiday tradition, the annual viewing of the "My Menorah" video. The tune may be a wee bit familiar to you.......

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Former major leaguer Mark Littel doesn't have balls of steel, but he's got a product that would convince you otherwise. Watch as he takes a direct hit in his, um, strike zone from a pitching machine. On purpose. Without flinching. Littel is promoting the Nutty Buddy as the best athletic cup known to man. He's sunk $40,000 of his own money into the project (designed with the help of a couple golf balls and......

Continue Reading "Mark Littel is Nuts: Welcomes Shot to the Groin from High School Girl"

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December 9, 2007

The LeeVees ask the most debated question of the holiday season. How Do You Spell Channukkahh? Now go eat some latkes and spin some dreidels. Happy 6th Night of Chanukah everyone!......

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December 8, 2007

The newly reunited Spice Girls hit the stage at the Staples Center for two sold out nights this past Wednesday and Friday. Today's LA Times review says the girls are "thinner and more plastic than ever" and that "the show was even more elaborate and pyro- technic than the British pop group's 1998 L.A. debut at the Forum." However, the article goes on to say that the spectacle "played more like a Broadway production......

Continue Reading "Spice Up Your Life Redux"

December 7, 2007

A series of animated shorts titled "Geometry of Circles," featuring music composed by Philip Glass, kaleidoscopically tranced out legions of Sesame Street viewers in the early 80's. The clip above features four of these shorts strung together almost seamlessly, even though they were first broadcast separately, in some cases years apart. According to the Muppet Wiki, "Geometry of Circles" dates back to 1979.......

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December 4, 2007

As was reported yesterday, AT&T is pulling the plug on its payphones, and while they say independent carriers will pick them up, it's clear they're on their way to extinction. But the world won't be the same -- especially the movie world. Take this, the 1988 film Miracle Mile....

Continue Reading "But now how're we gonna have our apocalypse?"

December 3, 2007

Christmas time is here and the dudes from Cavil At Rest wanted to take a moment to spread some cheer...like peanut butter...by means of renegade street jam. Despite the jovial nature of this video, you might want to refrain from showing this to the children. There's a mighty, big Christmas spoiler at the end.......

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December 2, 2007

Sitting at home catching up on work, there is nothing better than taking a little break to watch one - any one - of the Pinker Tones' videos because they just rock it out. Enjoy!......

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