Obscure Sound — As evidenced on Monday with Andre Ethier’s excellent Born of Blue Fog, January is often a time for this site to explore releases that I may have overlooked in 2008. It is not by any means intentional, as no one could possibly listen to every s... more info

New York Times — The opera has served up homemade productions for 60 years in basement theaters, always under the loving care of Anthony Amato. more info

PopSugar UK — Vote on all the outfits at the Critics' Choice Awards! — FabSugar And then vote on all the beauty looks! — BellaSugar Balthazar denies his relationship affected his job — Get Lippy Lindsay blames relationship troubles on star s... more info

Sky News — Western and Arab foreign ministers have agreed a draft resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Gaza. more info

People.com — The President-elect is expected in D.C. Sunday where he'll join his wife and daughters who already arrived more info

Culture Bully — I have been revisiting The Zombies’ fantastic debut LP, Begin Here lately and recently learned that it was re-issued in 2001 as German import that featured a bunch of bonus tracks that never made the record. After a careful listen, one of the ... more info

E! Online - Heather Locklear is a wanted woman. more info

Sky News — Barack Obama says Senate Democrats "cannot accept" any move by Illinois' controversial governor to appoint a replacement for the US President-elect's Senate seat. more info

Cliptip — Brazilians rule. CSS get their move on in their latest video directed by Keith Schofield. They apparently die in this video too, showcasing the dangers of driving while intoxicatingly hip. Watch the music video (qt). more info

AngryApe — The singer has fallen in love with St Lucia more info