Another music video to end the year: Chris Cunningham’s freak-fest "Rubber Johnny".

Here’s another one:  How can you not love a band called "Suburban Kids With Biblical Names"?

We’ll be closing out ‘05 with some notable music videos:  Let’s start with Jason Forrest’s "War Photographer" which is to put it simply — the awesome.

The Smoking Guns’ 2005 Mugshots of the Year
{ including, unbeknown to me, a couple of the actors from ‘LOST’ }

Somewhere between this site’s obsession with "Lost" and Mike’s fondness for "mash-ups" lie the indisputable pleasures of this musical short.

Presented for you delectation:  This archival edition of the New York Gleaner, detailing the unfortunate death of a mammoth primate.

Mercedes-Benz releases Mixed Tape #10 — an album’s worth of free, quality music just in time for your holiday driving.

The Mother of All Never-Ending Ball Machines
… there’s probably a specific name for these kinds of machines, but it escapes me.

"You’re breaking all the cute circuits at once!" It’s a Cute OVERLOAD

All the brilliance of the past year in one, easy-to-digest collection: The New York Times’ "The Year In Ideas"

"Intelligent Design" has been getting a lot of press lately.  So much that a competing theory, "Incompetent Design" is getting very little attention.  I think it’s time for a change.

Apparently, the pool of British thespians left for the Harry Potter franchise is a dwindling rapidly.  Here’s a scorecard of those yet unused - as well as some darn good suggestions about roles to shoehorn them into.

I may be new around here, but I hear there’s a tradition fueled by Hanty’s love of hot sauce.  Let me just say one thing:  #42 SLAUGHTER SAUCE.  She packs 67,582 scoville units and a shotgun stuffed in her brassiere. 

Why are my get-rich-quick schemes always so complicated when they could be so SIMPLE?  Buy a pixel for $1 and help college students in the UK drink better beer.  (And I’m not kidding about better beer…they’ve sold over $800K of pixels so far.)

This may seem like an Onion article.  But it’s not.  However it may at least partially explain Steve Martin’s painful attempt at Clouseau.