The 20 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies of Netflix Instant

Nothing is better for instant escape than watching a spur-of-the-moment science fiction or fantasy film.  read more

Dance the Pain Away: 5 Songs to Assuage Your Bailout Blues

In 2005, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle released a terrific little song called “Dance Music,” which chronicled the harrowing experience of growing up. The point of the song was that, when times get really hard, it’s easy to find escapist comfort in dance music. In moments of chaos, Darnielle suggests, you can use the simple pleasures of a dance track to drown out the noise—“so this is what the volume knob’s for,” he sings in one memorable line. We love this sentiment. Lately, dance music is practically all we listen to. And perhaps it’s no coincidence that 2008 has been a...  read more