Friday LinkFrogging - 1/6/12

Hapy New Year kids.

If the Mayans are to be believed this is the last time I will get to offer those wishes.

Of course, if the Mayans were so damned smart they wouldn't have mistaken the conquistadores for gods and given up the ghost.

I'm just saying. 

Its a time for new beginnings, not endings.

We all make resolutions on January 1 that are, largely, destined to die unfulfilled somewhere in mid March.  Its the Circle of Life.

As we march bravely into this new year which could end in apocalypse, for any number of reasons, let's fortify ourselves with a slice of our favorite...cheesecake.

Say hello to Emmy Rossum.

Ms. Rossum got her start as an ingenue on As the World Turns.  From there she starred as Sean Penn's doomed daughter in Mystic River before becoming the object of Gerard Butler's disfigured dreams in 2004's Phantom of the Opera.  She was also in, quite serendipidously, Day After Tomorrow, that disaster of a disaster flick.

Ms. Rossum has recently risen to a higher level of fame with fanboydom by harnessing her inner white trash in Showtime's Shameless.  She stars as Fiona Gallagher, the eldest of 6 children in the disfunctional Gallagher household.  In doing so, Ms. Rossum has shed both her clothes and her good girl image. 

Its almost enough to make me forget that godawful Garth Brooks song. 

Almost.

And yes, I know Billy Joel wrote and recorded it first.  Don't send the email.

Shameless has its second season premiere this Sunday on Showtime. 

On to the links.



In honor of our cheesecake, here's an hour of classic Skinemax from the 80s and 90s.  Probably NSFW!

All of Nickelback’s greatest hits played at once.

Newt previews new Iowa ad. Read my lips. 

Yes, you can be so stupid you’re actually dangerous.

Melvins’ Dale Crover and Coady Willis two-man drum solo 

You’ve seen Snakes On A Plane, now see Sharks In Venice

Nintendo, Sony, EA bail on internet copyright bill

The Geeks and the Alcoholic Genius – ‘Beat It’

Metaphysical Hangover Cure: 2012 doomsday scenarios

William Burroughs interviews Led Zeppelin

Douchebag plagiarizes Doug Stanhope.

DogDayAfternoonCrew present…a blog that will make you moist.

Peter Frampton’s Les Paul Comes Alive!

Good news Houston!  You're getting your own superhero.  Bad News?  It's Scarlet Spider.

With great power comes great cynicism?  Hipster superheroes.

Album covers without the dead guys.

And finally, here's what Matt's been up to the past few weeks.