Links of Interest 12/18

2009 is so over. Here’s a list of music artists you should be checking out in 2010.

The physics of space battles.

Ad agencies make the best Christmas cards.

Think being a mascot is easy?

Sportswriter Dan LeBatard interviews Luther “Luke Skywalker” Campbell about his involvement with the University of Miami football team back in the late 80s/early 90s. This will always be one of my favorite bizarre stories. How a rapper can get such access to a collegiate sports program.

2010 is shaping up to be a (minorly) historic year.

William Shatner interviews are always fun.

A Sherlock Holmes expert takes on Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of the icon. The biggest surprise of the article? That there’s a Sherlock Holmes expert.

Secret British sex clubs? Yay! In the late 18th and 19th century? Boo.

The LA Times takes the controversial stance that reality television is bad for society.