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I don't even know how to explain this video. It's a Spanish-influenced Devendra Banhart song set to a Ramayana meets Bollywood style video featuring Natalie Portmant. Insane.

Quoted: You Tube - Devendra Banhart Featuring Natalie Portman, Bollywood-Style

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God I love late '70s/early '80s Bollywood. It's untouchable in its awesomeness.

Quoted: Aaap Jaisa Koi sung by Nazia Hassan in 1980's Qurbani.

This corporate-sponsored ad featuring cell phones supposedly popping popcorn with radiation is so deceitful. It presents this digitally altered video as "evidence" that scares people into buying headsets for their phones...

Quoted: Late in May, a public-relations company based in Paris created some user accounts on YouTube and posted four short videos. The clips had been produced by a professional advertising studio to look thoroughly homemade.

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Okay, this video proves why Bea Arthur rules (and how Golden Girls really was the precursor to Sex and the City!) Haha, awesome.

Quoted: Classic TV Stars like Bea Arthur (Dorothy from 'Golden Girls') and Katherine Helmond (Mona from 'Who's the Boss?') take on their characters in this parody of the popular series, 'Sex and the City.'

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Joseph Arthur's "In the Sun" is a great song to begin with, but Michael Stipe's lead vocals (and Chris Martin's backing vocals) suit this song really well. This is such a lovely cover. Man, I still love Stipe - what a voice!

Quoted: R.E.M. lead singer Micheal Stipe sings a cover of Joseph Arthur's "In the Sun" with Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin.

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A great Michael Pollan lecture that'll inspire you to make little (but significant) changes to the way you eat!

Quoted: Michael Pollan visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book, "In Defense of Food." This talk took place on March 4, 2008.

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I remember this Sesame Street animated short so well and only recently discovered that the music was composed by Philip Glass. Brilliant!

Quoted: Philip Glass composition for Sesame Street animated short (extended cut).

Very cool idea and a great way to get to know local music scenes!

Quoted: Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie curated the Seattle edition of the DVD series Burn to Shine, a set of films documenting special live performances in houses that are about to be demolished, focusing on a single city’s music scene. Also appearing on the Seattle edition of the film are Eddie Vedder, the Blue Scholars, Minus the Bear, Harvey Danger, and our personal favorites, The Long Winters.

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Not sure if someone dotted this already. It's basically one of Obama's speeches set to music and being sung by a variety of celelbrities... The video's pretty well-made.

Quoted: "Yes We Can" - Obama Song by will.i.am