Album artwork has to pass label regulations.  Mixtapes don’t—that’s why they’re a lot better (and sometime at lot worse).

Now that the holiday season is put to bed, here’s a list of some the craziest sh*t that was up for grabs… (My apologies to all who actually received something from this list.)

“30 Americans” exhibit in Miami’s Rubell Family Collection, as featured in the GIANT Dec/Jan issue.

In 2008 the Golden Gate Bridge finally gets approval to install a net to catch the 2/week people who attempt to commit suicide there. But fret not traditionalists, it will be YEARS before it actually gets put in.

Man does not live by kale alone. Also, PETA’s boring and spiteful.

It’s 2009. Uggs should be obsolete. The great minds can work on alternative fuel sources, the middling ones can think up a non-Ugg versatile boot situation. We cannot let the Australians win. Go!

Olafur Eliasson’s “Take Your Time” at New York’s MoMA and PS1 museum.

You know the deal. Every time a hot song drops, every emcee feels the need to add a verse or every DJ tries their hand at cutting it up. Here’s a look back at the year’s best (and a few of the worst) remixes.

We need her. Like she needs us. All of us.

Banksy goes big in NYC with “The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill.”