Reeses had these great commercials for Peanut Butter Cups where one guy would be walking around with a chocolate bar and another would be cruising around with an open jar of peanut butter, and thanks to some Keystone Cop's kind of moment, they would slam into each other. The random collision would produce a chocolate/peanut butter fusion that we would forever after know as the Peanut Butter Cup. Thus proving, that the bringing together of two great things can produce an even greater third.

The transcendence of The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth series has already been mentioned here at rednoW. Likewise, the beauty and wonder of Sigor Rus music as been put before us.

But what do you get when you bring these two things together?

Questions are a fascinating reality of life. On one hand, questions exist for the purpose of obtaining knowledge at some level (we want to know). On the other hand, questions exist as some sort of navigational guide to our experience (they shape what we do or do not interact with).

As questions are an unescapable reality of life (and a signficant basis of this site), they tend to reveal themselves through people, artists and their art (another signficant basis of this site).

So, question: What does humanity want more than anything else in the world?"

We have entertained some form of this question from time to time (See "Like You Never Have Known"). The question, or the answers, are obviously debatable. A handful of options or "forms of options" could be presented.

What does love do? Better yet, what does love "do" to us? Recently, the majority of U2's attention does not revolve around their music, but rather as a result of their relentless participation in social causes. Bono's celebrity label has practically shifted from "lead singer" to Africa's biggest fan, advocate, and poverty combatant. (Visit: One.org and MakePovertyHistory.org ) In addition, The Edge has put the majority of his time and energy lately into rebuilding New Orlean's musical culture through his MusicRising organization.

The "Window in the Skies" music video was released in December of last year in conjunction with the U218 Singles album. (And featured in our favorites of 2006 write-up). Though the initial fascination with this video lies with whoever sorted through the immense amount of stock footage used, there seems to be something transcendent left to experience with this short piece.

There are many clues that the film Once is an unconventional storytelling medium, but let’s start at the end. The credits-mercifully short- at the end of the film come very quickly to songwriting and performing credit. Lo and behold the actors and performers are one and the same. More incredibly, the actors, performers, and songwriters are one and the same. This tidbit is relevant because Once is essentially a film about music. Critics have had an understandably difficult time attempting to categorize a film that is so musical but that is most certainly not a “musical.”