MTV and a video camera company called Flip have been hard at work to create a totally user-created broadcast on MTV, made by all kinds of yo...

Here is the second part of the annual Christmas music collection for 2008, this one has an all jazz theme. ( Part One is here .) Look for a ...

One day I'll seek the backstory for this holiday image. Maybe. For me (and many readers here) Santa Monkey has been a holiday tradition ...

The president does battle against the Shoe People in Baghdad. (many more variations on the Flying Shoe of Protest via Boing Boing .)

It is the List of All Lists of the Best of 2008 from Fimoculous . Yes, the annual collection of the best in '08 compiles selections in ...

Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee is learning that jumping up to shout "I can fix the automakers bailout program!!" was not his best...

Here's another in the annual offerings of Christmas music. I know there are personal faves for this time of year -- but I always like to...

Iconic sex symbol and famous Nashville native Bettie Page died yesterday at the age of 85. In the 1950s she was an underground sensation and...

A rattling racket on the back porch jolted me away from the computer keyboard in the early hours of the morning. "Dang cat," I tho...

Layoffs and downgrades at newspapers around the country may well leave large and small communities without their daily papers. While I'v...

Those wacky Catalonians! Since the 17th century, they have added a wee statue to their Nativity scenes during Christmas of folks taking a po...

"I would hope that when it's all said and done, people say, 'This is a guy who showed up to solve problems,' " Bush sa...

Sen. Bob Corker, along with outgoing Congressman David Davis and incoming Congressman Phil Roe, are not happy with a proposal to "bailo...

It is no exaggeration to say that Forrest J Ackerman made my life better. He also made it possible for so many science fiction, horror and f...

I continue to emphasize a wee corner of cable TV called TCM Underground and tonight (well, it starts at 2 a.m.) they provide another great s...

There are many conflicting claims in a mini-flurry of press reports yesterday regarding the collapse of the Cherries Internet Cafe, and sadl...

Let's move the Topic-Meter waaay over here for a moment, into the twilight land where worldwide fame intersects with the ordinary. There...

I've heard claims for many weeks now on Conservative media outlets that they are facing extinction from Democrats in Congress and the Ob...

Economic turmoil whirls about the planet these days, and the best part of such dire times is that it offers a chance, for those who seek bet...

I do take much pleasure in writing about movies -- as this holiday-shortened week offers numerous Camera Obscura posts on this humble and lo...