What is the bit of classical music behind the Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark commercial on TV? [more inside]
posted by rdauphin at 7:42 PM - 2 answers

What are some movies, shows, sketches, etc. where amateurs put on a show? Especially comedies, but any genre will help. [more inside]
posted by hellbient at 6:00 PM - 18 answers

Can you suggest suitable soundtrack music to accompany a Google Earth flyover created from helicopter GPS data? The terrain is dramatically mountainous for the most part. (Or conversely, what would be amusingly inappropriate?)
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets at 4:56 PM - 25 answers

I'm looking for an obscure Japanese indie music compilation CD that came with a magazine, circa 1995-96. [more inside]
posted by naju at 2:17 PM - 9 answers

I'm looking for a print-on-demand site for prints and possibly calendars of my illustrations. But not CafePress, Zazzle, DeviantArt or RedBubble. Who's left? [more inside]
posted by katillathehun at 1:48 PM - 10 answers

What are the live performance concert DVDs that stun you with their excellence and excitement? [more inside]
posted by netbros at 1:46 PM - 53 answers

Can anyone tell me what the architectural or sculptural term is for these low, narrow columns with busts of deities or heroes on the tops of them? (Or tell me a good source for finding such a term when you have a picture, like this one, which was taken in Pompeii?)
posted by manos_frias at 1:30 PM - 7 answers

What are some great DVD releases of television shows? [more inside]
posted by cosmic osmo at 1:17 PM - 25 answers

Need recommendations for photographers experienced in taking actor headshots, in/near Chicago. [more inside]
posted by Joleta at 12:13 PM - 2 answers

recommend me fantastic fantasy novels or epics with strong female protagonists or characters! [more inside]
posted by raw sugar at 10:35 AM - 56 answers

Is it common (or even good practice) to use a corporate website to post targeted orphan pages because there isn't another solution? [more inside]
posted by stormpooper at 9:01 AM - 13 answers

At 2:15 of this brief clip, the interviewer asks Elvis Costello if he wants to defend what he'd said in Newsweek about Boston (the band, I'm pretty sure, given her exchange with Nick Lowe starting at 1:58). I've been unable to figure out on the Google just what was said about Boston; can you tell me?
posted by ibmcginty at 7:06 AM - 3 answers

Can you recommend music for my Mexican restaurant? [more inside]
posted by einarorn at 6:14 AM - 23 answers

I really, really want to write creatively but I hate writing creatively. WTF? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 9:21 PM - 37 answers

Magazines for the inquisitive kid? [more inside]
posted by Taft at 8:26 PM - 16 answers

I've got some questions about romance novel blogs. Are there good ones that focus on historical romances, or that look at romances from a feminist perspective? What about blogs that are just plain good (on books or otherwise), and whose writers happen to write about romances from time to time? Are there any bloggers who write about romances and about other kinds of books as well? I'm trying to get a handle on this particular corner of the web, and would appreciate any insight. [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco at 1:03 PM - 12 answers

Can you recommend a good book about the WPA artists program, or a great book that came out of the Federal Writers' Program? Bonus points if you know of a fictional story that uses it as the main theme. [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 11:29 AM - 12 answers

What are your favourite Christmas TV episodes? [more inside]
posted by bent back tulips at 10:40 AM - 44 answers

Help me turn my boyfriend on to some new (to him) music in the same vein of what he likes. [more inside]
posted by xenophile at 10:37 AM - 28 answers

Good books on Carl Jung and the general history of psychology written for laypeople? [more inside]
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:33 AM - 7 answers