Do yourself a favor this year and dip into some of the classics you may have missed—even if it was intentional.

Little tickles intellectual narcissism like a well-placed literary reference in a song.

...Based On Movies We Love

For the 1990 awards, Spike Lee and Do the Right Thing fail to get picture and director nominations. Remember Kim Basinger handing out the award and her unscripted rant? “The best film of the year, Do the Right Thing, is not on this list.”

—Mick Jagger, missing his deadline
by 17 years and counting

On whatever day your weekend (if you get one) starts, a little punk goes a long way to making you forget about working for “The Man” (unless you are “The Man”). Oh, and this list goes to 11.

From blogs to live archives, the Internet is probably a close approximation of nirvana for music fans. Here's a list of ten Web sites where finding new music or listening to music you love is the only thing that matters.