4) Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor [123.85]: I've really enjoyed listening to this album over the last few days. I don't know what I didn't see in this when it first came out, but I sure did miss out on some good listening. This is her best pure dance album with an amazing 1-2-3 punch in "Hung Up," "Get Together," and "Sorry." In fact, I'm not sure she has a better opening to any other album. She loses it a bit when she rhymes "Dork" with "New York" but they can't all be winners…

Jens Müller has released a new website and book on the posters of German graphic designer Hans Hillmann (1925–2014).

Avril Lavigne hung her signature pop-punk style back up in the closet for a dizzying designer garb during Paris Fashion Week.

Launching their career with an impressive fictional back story involving an escape by twin brothers from a particularly luddite American cult, the Connor…

The best way to hang up on someone is in the middle of your own sentence. That way they never suspect you hung up on them. Figures this out early on in my call center career. Creeps actually seem to get the hint better that way....they just hang up when they realize it's me again.

Sure, they're innocent and sometimes adorable. But also, they're awful.