Because I am that much of a nerd, check out Nokia New Year's Eve. Have a safe and happy one, y'all.

I don't really have much to say about Christ­mas this year. It's almost over, and as far as I'm con­cerned, that's a good thing. This last quar­ter of '06 has been less than favor­able toward yours truly, and I can't wait to ring in 2007.

That said, I wish a happy $celebratory_holiday to each and every one of my friends and fam­ily, all over the world. And whether you see this or not, please know that even if I don't say it as often as I should, my life is bet­ter because you are in it. A pros­per­ous hol­i­day to all of you.

Here's a truly won­der­ful ren­di­tion of "O Holy Night," a musi­cal Christ­mas trib­ute to the city of New Orleans as heard on Stu­dio 60 on the Sun­set Strip. I've never seen the show, but this piece is absolutely beautiful.

Down­load, watch or lis­ten below:

[audio:http://evilduckie.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/o_holy_night.mp3]

[HT to Alex.]

James Brown, the 'God­fa­ther of Soul,' dies at 73 — It's a sad day for the music busi­ness. Hope you're get­ting funky wher­ever you are, sir. The world was bet­ter for hav­ing you. In Memo­riam. (UPDATE: Music down­load fixed.)

RIM sues Sam­sung for trade­mark infringe­ment — This is just stu­pid. Oh well. Guess RIM has to make up for that $650m they paid out ear­lier this year somehow.

An inter­view with the fiercely inde­pen­dent boys who pro­duced the Clerks 2 doc for Kevin Smith. I still can't believe I ever worked for this guy.

Finally saw the Michael Richards deba­cle. Wow. His career is over.