terry gilliam on tech and creativity

molly had the opportunity to interview terry gilliam (and lily cole) at the nyc premiere of the imaginarium of dr. parnassus. i particularly enjoyed his thoughts on tech and our ability to be creative. here's the full episode.



what are you thoughts regarding tech and our imaginations?

top 20 worst holiday songs ever

i love music. but i never think it's a good idea to play one genre of music continuously 24/7 for a full straight month. as you've probably heard (if you go out into the real world now and then) there have been holiday songs playing around the clock since the day after thanksgiving. some are good, classic numbers that hold sentimental value and put us in the spirit of whatever we celebrate this time of year. others should have probably never been produced. here is a list of the worst holiday songs ever according to those of you who responded to my question on twitter and facebook. i agree with all of these. the videos i linked to are equally horrendous. number 20 on this list just blows my mind. i mean, seriously?!?! feel free to add more in the comments below!

1. grandma got run over by a reindeer
2. white christmas
3. any christmas song by britney spears
4. summer holiday
5. 12 days of christmas
6. disney's the weekenders
7. i saw mommy kissing santa claus
8. christmas shoes
9. wonderful christmas time
   
10. merry christmas with love
    
11. frosty the snowman
12. little drummer boy
13. grandma got knocked up by a reindeer
14. chipmunks christmas album
15. santa baby
16. who took the merry out of christmas
17. do they know its christmas
    
18. i want a hippopotamus for christmas
19. dominick the donkey
20. please, daddy (don't get drunk this christmas)
    

looking for more lists of bad holiday songs? click HERE.

20 movies for the holidays

i recently asked ya'll on twitter which movies put you in the holiday spirit. here's the collective list of 20 films that get you feeling cheerful and bright. i'm putting stars next to my top 5 from the ones you suggested, PLUS i've listed 5 more films that i've always enjoyed watching around this time of year.

1. a christmas story*
2. national lampoon's christmas vacation*
3. elf*
4. love actually
5. home alone*
6. its a wonderful life
7. white christmas
8. die hard
9. silver bells
10. jingle all the way
11. a charlie brown christmas*
12. scrooged
13. serendipity
14. little women
15. the holiday
16. you've got mail
17. godzilla vs. mothra (aka gojira vs. mosura)
    
18. we're no angels
19. batman returns
20. gremlins

here are 5 other personal favorites of mine, which to my surprise, no one mentioned during my twitter survey:

1. rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
2. frosty the snowman
   
3. how the grinch stole christmas (1966)
   
4. how the grinch stole christmas (2000)
5. miracle on 34th street

if this list isn't extensive enough, you can check out a more detailed explanation of several of these films, plus a review of badder santa (which is so bad it doesn't even have its own imdb page so i have to link to the original movie), from holiday movie critic coach rohn anato. feel free to comment with more suggestions below! happy holidays!

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