Typically I share my "Top 10 Film" list with friends around the middle of January.  But this year I was tardy.  It's not that I was late in compiling the list -- that was no problem.  It's just that I never got around to typing and sending it out.   

As Lisa mentioned earlier, several Legacy staffers are pretty big fans of Guitar Hero. I mean, duh, who wouldn't love a video game that single-handedly turned on a new generation of fans to the likes of Heart, Blue Oyster Cult, and Iron Maiden.

Here's a little something for all you technogeeks - a tribute to those who think it might not last (set to Billy Joel.)
Watch The Richter Scales music video "Here Comes Another Bubble"

A couple of weeks ago, Oprah launched her own Oprah Channel on YouTube.com. As a part of the launch, she used an entire episode of her TV show to talk about how much YouTube now impacts our culture. Guests on the episode included owners Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. In case you missed it, the show also included a segment on the UK couple that recreated the entire dance scene finale from "Dirty Dancing" as their first wedding dance. Their video became an Internet phenomena with almost 3 million views.

STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE: A Recollection of The Smiths' first (and only) visit to Texas
Travel back with me to September 5, 1986. At that point I had already been writing about the British rock band The Smiths for my college newspaper in South Texas for two years, but the band had yet to tour my home state. So anticipation was high when a concert was announced to promote the band's third studio effort, The Queen Is Dead, at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas for September 5, 1986.