Post Roundup: art is the new religion

AITNR is on a light holiday posting schedule, but I have do have a few updates for this roundup.

First of all I want to give a huge thanks to my Vox peeps who heeded all my fishing for comments to my other blog.  You guys are true friends!  In other commenting news, last week brought my first few comments from strangers since the redesign!  Rome wasn't built in a day.

Here's what happened on art is the new religion last week:

12/18 - "What if I don't become famous posthumously?"
Arab Strap's Malcolm Middleton gets drunk and existential in a Santa suit.  Was this song intended to be a Christmas single, or is it just a brilliant marketing scheme?  Doesn't really matter to me, as it's now in my list of top 10 favorite holiday songs. 

12/20 - BEAT IT, Fergie
Fergie + bad, unnecessary covers = fury.

12/27 - Tacks, the boy disaster
My roommate finally got the organ he's been wishing for (the instrument, not, like, a kidney) and I finally had no excuse not to listen to a great band that I keep hearing about.  Bonus:  this post features the third video I've ever uploaded to YouTube!  Aw, what the heck -- I'll post it here too:

Thank you for reading!!