For two nights, Ghost Robot and Encyclopedia Pictura came to the west coast and rocked it like a hurricane with their latest epic for none other than Bjork. At each of those nights, a representative or three from the SRO crew showed up to get a look at the entity that is Wanderlust and see if all the legend and myths were true.

That’s right kids. The empire strikes back. You didn’t think we were gonna let ‘007 go by without putting our stamp on it. Silly scenesters, tricks are for kids. This year we’ve even upped our numbers a bit and are thus doing things a bit different. Rather than bombard your senses into overload status with all the videos, we’re instead gonna give you some hearty portions throughout the week so as to give each video the proper respect and consideration they deserve.

So go on break or take your lunch, grab a coke and a smile, and watch as artists take you into the past and into the future. Over the high seas and through the rocky desert. From Europe to South America. A beehive to a bar. Our universe to distant universes. This officially puts an end to 2007 with the one and only list that matters. Any other list would be uncivilized.

Well it’s that time of year again. Marked by heavy drinking and gift giving, two things that are staples of the SRO staff diet. And, since we realize heavy drinking is an easy skill to master, we decided to once again guide our loyal readers to the ideal gifts for your friends and family this season. You don’t have to be a hipster to shop here, our gifts transcend all monikers and classifications. So don’t hesitate, read up and then get out that web browser and start shopping.

Also, if any of you out there have some killer ideas to add, leave us a link in the comments and we will entertain adding them to the list if they delight us. With credit given to you of course. So let us know what we missed that you love!

We just thought this was clever and by the way, how is that working out for you?

Cow girl sighting. Be on the lookout around your town.

Tobias Funke has been spotted wondering around the con, nevernude as ever. ‘Anyone for a banger in the mouth!’

Holla, live from the Comic Con. Some things should never be made into toys. This is one of them. Seriously, are there really any Rain Man super-fans out there?

2006 was the year of the video. Apple’s video iPod (released late in 2005) started taking over with the help of the iTunes video store which allowed moms everywhere to download all those missed episodes of Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. YouTube became the thing of the moment, letting millions of people easily share all their boring ass home videos and stupid tricks pet tricks with the rest of the world, in horrible quality to boot. Then the ruler of the internet Google, decided there was merit in it and dropped a hefty 1.6 billion dollars in its acquisition. Various intellects are already arguing that YouTube is posing to be the end all of internet streaming video, but only time will tell. In way, but not entirely, these events led to the birth of us. A small website named So Hot Right Now decided to step up it’s game and morphed into Shots Ring Out (hopefully your second stop for all things music videos.) And that’s where this list comes in. We here at SRO have spent quite some time, deliberating, yelling, and debasing each other in hopes of the best year end video list on the web. So here you have it, our exhausting list of the best Shots that Rang Out in the year of our Lord, 2006. Get it.

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