What are good books to read on a train? [more inside]
posted by timory at 1:07 AM - 40 answers

Automaton question. I am building a small sculpture that will steer along a pre-determined line when pushed along the floor. I need some advice on designing the main steering cam. [more inside]
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny at 4:26 PM - 7 answers

Great innovative but still classic ballet on DVD? [more inside]
posted by dpcoffin at 4:03 PM - 14 answers

Findthatsongfilter: Lyrics containing "die together"...we think! [more inside]
posted by multivalent at 3:32 PM - 15 answers

Can you help me think of rap songs that are revenge fantasies? I'm thinking this would make a good mixtape. [more inside]
posted by kensington314 at 3:28 PM - 26 answers

Looking for pop/alt lullabies to put on a mixtape (er, CD) for new parents. Anything sweet, slow, easy to listen to when the baby is up at night and won't go to sleep. Strongly prefer newer stuff, because they've already got the old warhorses (Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, etc). [more inside]
posted by thinkingwoman at 2:55 PM - 24 answers

Please ID this Kung Fu movie with missiles and menstruation. [more inside]
posted by Lutoslawski at 10:49 AM - 3 answers

I need help identifying the artist and writing for this ink painting (Japanese). I'll describe more details as well as I can within. [more inside]
posted by CancerMan at 9:46 AM - 6 answers

Who is the comedian, and what is his bit, about how expensive the space program is? [more inside]
posted by AgentRocket at 8:44 AM - 7 answers

Who is responsible for recording / editing those customized versions of pop radio songs that include the radio station's or city's name? [more inside]
posted by Zephyrial at 6:01 PM - 3 answers

[Obscure Movie Filter] Kung fu movie where a guy fights using his eyebrows [more inside]
posted by Geppp at 5:35 PM - 4 answers

If your small-town choir tells you that they want to perform at Carnegie Hall as part of the MidAmerica Concert Series - how good (polish, presentation, musical standards etc.) do they need to be to get the gig?
posted by tabubilgirl at 5:31 PM - 4 answers

Avatar (the film) has a very generic-off-the-shelf-storyline. Where did it originate? Possible spoilers ahead. [more inside]
posted by P.o.B. at 5:27 PM - 18 answers

The Bishop Allen song "Flight 180" includes the lyrics "Bring up your seat back please, she says / But I know she means / If you feel like dancing, dance with me", and it later comes back to that theme of "But I know they mean.." a few times. It reminds me of the line "I see friends shaking hands, saying 'How do you do' / They're really saying 'I love you'" from "What a Wonderful World". What other songs refer to somebody saying some everyday thing, but meaning something more important/meaningful?
posted by pocams at 2:40 PM - 10 answers

I was watching Say Anything (Cusack) when I heard the semi-cliched line " I wanna be with her. I'm good at it". Now I swear I've heard a a line to that effect or a variant on a similar 80/90s RomCom or Brat Pack film. I have a suspicion that the story line may have featured heart broken college teenagers. It's driving me mad. Can anyone help identify any titles which features that line?
posted by ashaw at 1:00 PM - 8 answers

Death to Jerky Cam! Multipart Question. [more inside]
posted by coffeefilter at 12:00 PM - 19 answers

I'm home sick today and probably tomorrow too. What are your favorite guilty pleasure movies to watch while incapacitated? [more inside]
posted by kylej at 10:50 AM - 73 answers

Movie-identification-filter: A man and a woman are in a motel room, they're getting sexy on the bed, the woman ties/handcuffs the man's hands to the bed, takes off her top, dangles her breasts over his face, then leaves him there and drives off with his car. Probably came out in the late 80s or early 90s. [more inside]
posted by beerbajay at 10:18 AM - 16 answers

selling amateur photos to a local paper or tv station? (more) [more inside]
posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey at 10:14 AM - 4 answers

What are the best songs from the worst albums by otherwise-respected bands? [more inside]
posted by Sticherbeast at 9:54 AM - 48 answers