In all of my previous weeks of posting house goodness, you may have noticed a gaping hole in my artist anthologies: Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, better known as Daft Punk. Sure, they popped up in one of the precursor posts to this column, but a group this big, this important, this… French deserves something special.

Before they went on their much-publicized Alive tour, the boys of DP released ‘Discovery’ and changed the world in 2001. To accompany this album, the group teamed up with Japanese anime maestro Leiji Matsumoto to create “Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem,” a space opera action cartoon. Makes total sense right?

In any case, ‘Discovery’ served as the soundtrack to the movie and the movie was the source of the music videos for each single. We can sort of follow along with the plot of the film, starting with the soundtrack of my life, ‘One More Time.’

Looks like the set-up to a great movie to me. Let’s see what happens next in ‘Aerodynamic.’

Ooh, the plot thickens. And synthesizes. To see how the story ends, follow the jump.

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Look at that dude. I’ll bet he’s as proud of that car as I am of these links:

• Here’s what  hedgehog looks like without any spikes. Simultaneously cute and gross.

• This kid has possibly the worst luck of anyone in England: his pimples spell the word ‘arse.’

• Ever wanted to own PB&J pillows? Consider it within reach.

• After hearing the worst news ever (masturbation: the silent killer), now this suckerpunch to the karmic gut: New Zealand women’s breasts are getting bigger. New Zealand men, we hardly knew ye.

• Daft Punk is doing the score for the Tron sequel. One word: AWESOME.

• I always knew M.C. Hammer had a purpose.

Hit the jump for two insane instances of Japanese television.

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I hope everyone enjoyed that look into Sony’s latest product. As we slog through a week leading up to one of the most commercialized holidays of the year, I felt it appropriate to put things in Onion-y perspective. I’ve got a buttload of links to dump this week, which means that a winner is you! Here we go:

• A cow got hit by lightning and survived. Talk about holy cow! (HAR HAR HAR I know, I’m a genius).

• Want to know the weather in your zipcode, and be angry about it? Check out The F*cking Weather.

• Here’s a picture of JFK and Bill Clinton shaking hands. Isn’t the internet neat?

• Barack Obama is tired of your mthrfckng sht, and he isn’t afraid to tell you.

• Check out this very slick collection of something we don’t often think about very much: loading screens. It’s sort of hypnotizing.

• This week’s funny blog explains that This is why you’re fat. Man, that all looks delicious.

Hit the jump for a look into the world of film piracy and the intersection where Daft Punk, the NES and Guitar Hero meet.

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Where did they find all those neat Lego(e)s? In any case, let’s enjoy some links together, shall we?

• A satellite view of the inauguration crowd. If you look long enough, you can spot yourself!

• A cross-section of news papers from around the world reporting on Obama’s inauguration. I like the one from Montreal, where the editorial staff apparently decided that the ball was way more important than the whole becoming-President thing.

• A catalogue of Superuseless Superpowers. My personal favorite: the Complementary Chameleon.

Hit the jump for Hugh Laurie in British commercials, Durex ads and a vision of the future.

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We know you enjoyed last week’s Hump Day Music post, so we thought your Sunday could use a dose of artsy electronica. Michel Gondry, the hipster-famous director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, also moonlights as a director extraordinaire for such acts as the Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk. ‘Around the World’ by Daft Punk is above, and excellent. Hit the jump for the Chemical Brothers’ naturally synchronized ‘Star Guitar.’ Good luck studying.

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