310. The War of the Worlds (the radio broadcast)

My favorite Halloween tradition. Pictured is the monument erected at the alien landing site in Grover's Mill, New Jersey.

309. Love Actually

308. The Eiffel Tower

Boring. I know. Still, it would be pretty impressive if you had never seen it before.

307. Rocket Man

Did you know this song was inspired by the story of the same name in Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man?

306. Ursonate

Sorry for the spate of Germans, but I just learned about this one. Bizarre Dadaist sound poetry, here we come. You can read the text here or listen here. I would not recommend just reading the text alone, as it looks a bit like the results of the real-world experiment in which monkeys were given a typewriter.

305. The Brandenburg Gate

As long as we're taking a visit to Brandenburg...

304. The Brandenburg Concertos

I feel like the appropriate thing to do here would be to make a pun on "baroque." Oh, well. Here's concerto #3.

303. 100 Aspects of the Moon

It's like "1000 Works of Art", but with a much more limited scope, and created by a talented artist. Check it out.

302. Journey to the West

My favorite inscrutable Chinese myth. This is only the synopsis of the good bits, but it gives the general gist. (I believe the more traditional version also involves Monkey urinating on the Buddha.)

301. Sesame Street

Surprising depth from a children's show.

300. 300

A documentary about an eight foot tall man with swords for arms struggling to find his place in society. Thankfully, there's a place for everyone in the Persian army.

(Apologies for making the obvious choice. I couldn't bring myself to pass it up.)

299. Mr. Blue Sky

The complete opposite of #298. Anyone want to put together a mashup?

298. Riders on the Storm

Listen here.

297. Whaam!

Roy Lichtenstein. Turning pulp comic books into art.

296. The Spiral Minaret

295. Three Little Birds

I could have sworn I already had some Bob Marley on here. Apparently I was wrong.

294. Primavera

Botticelli's back with yet another depiction of Venus.

293. When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer

WHEN I heard the learn’d astronomer;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;
When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;	5
Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

292. A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible

A bizarre webcomic. In lieu of a description, maybe you should just read this one. (Note: Contains strong language and partial nudity.)

291. Bel Canto

And a book that's kind of about opera, but also kind of about a hostage situation in which terrorists capture the Peruvian vice-presidential mansion. A strange combination.

290. The Habanera from Carmen

One of the pieces that's used in popular culture when something needs opera music in the background. Listen here.

289. The lobby scene from The Matrix

I feel like I need to get a little lowbrow every once in a while to remind Aaron that art's not just for snoots. This may be a gunfight, but it's exceedingly well choreographed and made use of the innovative "bullet time" effect that now looks so cliché.

288. Confederates in the Attic

Entertaining and slightly frightening non-fiction about the ways in which Southerners are holding on to the Civil War.

287. Girl with a Pearl Earring

286. City of Thieves

A novel that answers the question "Where do you find a dozen eggs during the Siege of Leningrad?"

285. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

284. The iMac

I know most people prefer the new gleaming white look, but I always liked the colorful, fruity iMacs.

283. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

A lesser-known Dr. Seuss work.

282. Friday Night Lights

Another selection brought to you by Netflix Instant Watch.

281. Me and Mrs. Jones

And you can listen to this one here. It's a shame Mr. and Mrs. Smith wasn't better than that scene in Ferris Bueller, because it would have come next.

280. Mr. Jones

You can watch the video here, but I felt like it actually detracted from the song, so maybe you shouldn't.