I’ve been kicking this idea around for a while of making a playlist devoted to songs in which the band references its own name within the song. I was thinking along the lines of a “meta” playlist or something. Looks like I wasn’t alone in my thinking – over at Videogum, Gabe recently made a supercut of scenes in movies in which the title of the film is spoken. Enjoy this fun little self-referential romp through movie-land!

Sometimes writing a song for someone is cute. These is not one of those times.

Nothing gets me up in the morning like the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. And how much better when it’s been auto-tuned…

The blending of the modeling world and realm of musicians is nothing new. The above video, however, uses an iconic and oft-covered song, “I Wanna Be Your Dog” by The Stooges, and uses it skewer the world of modeling. The video is described as “a subversive take on the casting process directed by Legs’ Georgie Greville,” but mostly it’s an interesting video that makes you think about music, fashion, gender and everything in between.

Sometimes people go too far to impress others.

As the decade draws to close, it’s fun to think back on some of the horrific fashion trends that have come and gone. What was the worst? Hard to say. There were so many bad ones, right? Is it Ugg Boots? Shutter shades? Ironic t-shirts? Leggings? Deep-V’s? Crocs? Nope, I say there’s one that towers above them all (yes, even Crocs!), because there’s nothing in my humble opinion that screams “I’m having a Jon Gosselin-style midlife crisis!” or “I just tried out for Rock of Love 5!” or “I’m a giant douchebag with a weird rhinestone tiger fetish!” quite like the sparkly, airbrushed monstrosities of Ed Hardy. Maybe I’m weird, but I just don’t understand why grown-ass people would want to pay far too much money to wear a tacky t-shirt with a bedazzled prison tattoo emblazoned across the front, but then again I’ve never tried meth. To each their own I suppose.

Sometimes we can all use some continuing education when it comes to beloved holiday traditions, or we make it to adulthood without having indulged in said traditions at all. So, in the interest of learning,I present this helpful video on how to score the greatest haul while trick-or-treating this weekend. Got any candy-collection tips you want to share with the whole class? Go ahead and enlighten us novices in the comments section below!

This video shows that some people learn new languages to do naughty things, not just say them.

As a non-gamer, the online gaming world is kind of scary and bizarre to me. So I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the online comedy series The Guild. But Felicia Day, of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog fame, being the series’ creator was enough to draw the fanboy in me in. And even if I don’t get all of the inside jokes, I can still enjoy the fruits of Day’s labors, such as the above music video, which asks “Do you wanna date my avatar?” So go ahead and check it out without fear – because, as the song says, in cyberspace there’s no disease.

I went home last week and my Mom told me to clean out a box of my old toys. There were some things I couldn’t bring myself to throw out like Monkey Monkey or Mr. Wrinkles. Other toys help give me a interesting look into how I got a warped sense of humor but I’m glad I never got this toy. This old school toy would scare the crap out of anyone…Creepy!