Links: this time it's 2008

• Nice interview with Glen Hansard [the AV Club]
• Article about people that just don't like the beautiful game [Guardian Unlimited]
• New Les Savy Fav video - now with animated creatures and the best night out and worst morning out ever! [Pitchfork]
• Early tip: I'll probably be talking a lot about 'Vantage Point' this year. The album, though, and not the thriller.
  
• Did you see the new Louis Theroux this week? I thought it was pretty interesting, but he didn't get as under-the-skin of the prisoners as he usually does. But that's probably because he was paralytic with fear. [BBC News]
• Sir Edmund Hillary, R.I.P. [Nat. Geographic]
• This week's installment goes directly into the Hall of Fame for Whopper Freakouts, Hulk Hogan 180 and an in-depth discussion of the Wire. [The Best Show on WFMU Archives]
• Jeremy Warmsley put on a TV show from his front room with the Mystery Jets and Laura Marling and of course it's great. [YouTube]
• You'll never guess what happens halfway into this video: