Wish You Were Here (acoustic Pink Floyd cover) - Mike Masse and Jeff Hall

NY Times: Tokyo Ramen Culture

Ofcourse it's not healthy, but certainly delicious and GREAT to cure a hangover.

TRAILER: District 13: Ultimatum

Hip-Hop Singapore Lion Dance at Raffles Place MRT

Bad ass CNY hip hop dancing going on in Singapore. And how about them ballerina lions!!!!

Fugees - Fu-gee-la ('95)

DAMN!

comScore: Bell Tolls for Tradional Media Online

Pretty interesting video interview by Thomas Crampton with Magid Abraham of comScore who predicts that even tougher times lie ahead for traditional online media. He makes an interesting connection between the inventory, engagement, time spent online, and balance between portals (Yahoo!, MSN etc.) and destination properties (Facebook, YouTube).

TRAILER: Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

It's difficult to tell if it will be a good movie or not, but it certainly looks sexy. I do believe Shia is better as an actor than Charlie Sheen was when he starred in the original.

Speaking of, in case you forgot Gordon's most famous line:

Dessa - The Chaconne

Dessa, featuring Aby Wolf and Jeremy Messersmith perform "The Chaconne" live in the studios of 89.3 The Current.

TRAILER: MacGruber

I'm in.

TIME: 10 Questions for Dave Grohl

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Interesting but also depressing given my condo in LA is probably close to $100k under what I bought it for. What to do what to do?

Ryan Leslie Makes "Addiction"

If you liked this composition, definitely check out this Theresa Andersson performance.

COVER: Rocket Man Acoustic

Beautiful song with a sad and touching meaning that misses most (certainly me) the first time they hear it.

Harvard Business Review: How to Cut Costs Strategically

Death Cab For Cutie - No Sunlight (Acoustic)

Nice set from Death Cab for Cutie.

Winter Fun

That's some impressive snowman (and woman - I think...) making....

AVATAR Interview: Sam Worthington & James Cameron

I just saw the movie in 3D and am happy to report that the hype is well-deserved: Avatar is 100% AWESOME. For the record, Sigourney Weaver is WAYYYYY hotter as a Navi Avatar.

James Cameron reaffirms his position as a bad ass director with a knack for creating the most imaginative and absorbing worlds that you've never before dreamed. To apply the description of "visual effects" to what he does in this movie is like calling a symphony "sound". Go see it for yourself (trailer).

Earl Scruggs & Steve Martin - Foggy Mountain Breakdown

That is some insane banjo'ing!


And who knew Steve Martin was such a kick ass banjo'er?

Timothy Ferris on The 4 Hour Workweek

LeWeb took place in the early part of December and by early indications it was a huge success and on it's way to becoming the premier tech event in Europe. Some very big names in technology and online were there, but some of the biggest buzz was around the announcement of Queen Rania Al Abdullah as one of the Keynote speakers. 

One of the attendees was Timothy Ferris, author of The 4 Hour I've been wanting to read The 4-Hour Workweekfor a while now, and thought this was a nice quick summary.

My Favorite Christmas Movies Ever