402. The Third Man

401. Ruby Tuesday

Listen here.

400. The Tempest

Probably my second favorite Shakespeare, coming in second only to that play adaptation of The Lion King he did. (You know, where Simba's uncle kills the king and takes his throne.)

399. The Cremation of Sam McGee

398. Samson (the song)

Listen here.

397. The Lion Monument

It's hard to judge size in this picture, but the lion is about 30 feet long. So, pretty impressive.

396. A Softer World

Yes, sometimes it's crude or hipstery, but this webcomic really exemplifies short-form story telling. They manage to pack a lot of meaning into three panels of photos and a couple sentences.

395. Seven Samurai

A much better movie than its poster makes it out to be.

394. Generation Kill

A miniseries about the initial ground invasion in Iraq, based on the account by the Rolling Stone reporter embedded with a Marine battalion. A rare piece of modern war media which doesn't present an obvious pro- or anti-war agenda.

393. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

I forgot that I meant to follow up the legend of Icarus with the best painting depicting the legend. It's a renaissance Where's Waldo: Check out the high-resolution version and try to spot Icarus.

392. The '57 Chevy

Kind of looks like Doc Hudson, but he's one of these.

391. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

And here's an impressive modern rendition.

390. The Transamerica Pyramid

Two American architecture posts in the last week? Ted Mosby would be so proud of me.

389. The drum part to Wipe Out

Now it's going to be stuck in my head all night.

388. The Lascaux cave paintings

387. Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

386. Monticello

385. Leaving on a Jet Plane

384. The Ring

I intentionally chose to post a scary work of art on the day of the Wikipedia blackout so that I would have an excuse not to look for a relevant picture. Thank you to French Wikipedia for this lovely and not at all frightening picture of a bague.

383. Der Ring des Nibelungen

You know, that series of operas where the women wear helmets with horns on them.

382. Weeds

I was introduced to Weeds in an American Studies class in Germany. He used a clip from Weeds to illustrate the bleakness of life in a cookie-cutter housing development in the American suburbs. The Germans seemed incredulous, as they were about many aspects of American culture.

381. Notes from Underground

380. Jean de Florette

You know that episode of The Simpsons where Bart goes to France and stays with two swindlers named César and Ugolin? That's an homage to the villains from this movie. In true depressing European style, this is a movie about a crippled man being tormented by his neighbors until he finally dies. If I remember right, the movie ends with a shot of his daughter crying.

I miss Europe.

379. The Legend of Icarus

The moral is: when you make a flying contraption, it's not the hubris that's the problem, it's the melting point of the materials you selected.

378. The Final Countdown

While we're visiting Sweden, let's see the other side of what they have to offer. Yes, this song is not artistic in the traditional sense of the word, but it is excessively catchy.

377. To Damascus

And now the opposite of a Bob Marley song. A trilogy of depressing Swedish plays by everyone's favorite Swede, August Strindberg. I can also recommend this fascinating documentary about his life. (Hint: That's actually a link to a flash video in which Strindberg is friends with a relentlessly upbeat helium atom.)

376. No Woman, No Cry

375. Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains

When I go to an art museum, I like to play the game where I get to choose one work of art to take home with me. This is my choice from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

374. The Elephant Who Was Fond Of Watermelon

A selection for Ellen.

373. Piano Concerto No. 1

Listen here.

372. California Dreamin'