It's New Years Eve (or already the first day of the new year,
depending on where you are), and you may be looking for something other than the radio to play for a countdown. Head backwards, then, to
cruise into the 80s with the Grateful Dead for the
closing of Winterland. Or join
the Janglers to
say goodby to 1993 and hello to 1994 at
Peabody's Downunder. You can check out
twelve hours of Essential Mixing and relive the transition from 2000 to 2001. Get closer to the present day with
some big band and swing into 2010 in style.
Say hello to 2011 with
B.A.G.S. (Bullman, Ashworth, Guggino, Sipe), spend
an hour and a half with
Blu Mar Ten or
six and a half hours with
Mr Scruff. And if you're looking for something new for tonight, try some mixes from
Redondo,
Montreal Funk Monkeys, and
a countdown minimix from DJ Raymix.
posted by filthy light thief
on Dec 31, 2011 -
21 comments
In America, some rang in 2007 by watching
(a propped-up) Dick Clark rockin' the Eve away alongside Ryan Seacrest &
his crush (yeah, right), Christina Aguilera. Ho hum. Japanese television on the other hand? Well, my friends... television viewers in Tokyo enjoyed
this little extravaganza (It's SFW, they're wearing bodysuits.) Yokatta koto!
posted by miss lynnster
on Jan 1, 2007 -
58 comments
Fake bongs for conspiracists with time on their hands... But can square-jawed MeFites figure out what happened
here? Remember, Captain Scarlet is indestructible...
posted by klaatu
on Jan 5, 2004 -
23 comments
Can't make it to
Times Square to see the
crystal ball drop? Well, in Atlanta, they're
dropping a peach. In Raleigh, an
acorn. In Miami, an
orange. In Mount Olive, NC, a three-foot lighted
pickle. My favorite? In Lebanon, PA, they're dropping a
six-foot-long bologna....and in nearby Cleona, they're dropping a
two-foot-wide pretzel. (The state capital, Harrisburg, is
dropping a cow painted to
look like a strawberry.) But they really pull out the drops in Key West, where there are not one, not two, but
three drops: a pirate "wench", a conch shell, and a drag queen named Sushi,
who will descend in an eight-foot-long red high-heeled shoe.
posted by Vidiot
on Dec 31, 2003 -
12 comments
Porn and pizza keep inmates happy over New Year's. Typically New Year's Eve is a somewhat rowdy event at this prison with inmates starting fires and refusing to go back to their cells. So this year, some employees struck a deal with the inmates to show porn and have pizza at New Year's provided they don't cause any trouble.
Now that word has got out to higher authorities and an investigation is in place. And heads will roll...
posted by PWA_BadBoy
on Jan 17, 2002 -
23 comments
coming to the stark realization that i will probably be sitting in front of a terminal when the new year arrives i was wondering how any other socially maladjusted people will be spending new year's eve. of course, you can always
watch everyone else have a good time over at earthcam but if there's something more exciting i can point my browser and beer at, please enlighten the group.
posted by boogah
on Dec 31, 2001 -
37 comments
The Night They Invented Champagne... Tonight's the night for
Champagne. Meaning French. No other is as appropriate or necessary. If you know nothing - or a lot - about this most pleasant and aphrodisiac of all wines, you should still get more serious about it. The
Champagne Growers' Association has an excellent website where you can learn how to
chill,
open,
serve and properly
taste Champagne. They'll even send you four free, attractive little
notebooks to keep in your cocktail cabinet. The green
roll-down menus are all enlightening and to the point.
But don't think the French have all the experts. There's this amazing American website, called
IntoWine, put up by the
M2 Communications Wine Education Center, which is just as wise and, typically, more complete and snobbish.
Their
Champagne section is faultless. Compare cultures by noting how they
serve Champagne. Check out their full list of Champagne
houses and related
movies.
Happy New Year, MetaFilter!
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Dec 31, 2001 -
28 comments
