In these troubling times, it's important to acknowledge the therapeutic powers of a good YouTube surf. Below, a few of my personal favorite video tonics, which may even become yours.

1. Still touring in support of New Wave, the best album of 2007, the Gainesville-based punks showed no signs of tiring, playing as if this were the first gig in their hometown after a six-year absence.

Back in 1997 I hit the retro-rock live-gig trifecta, catching three longtime personal favorites -- Cheap Trick (all original members), Kiss (all original members in original makeup), and the Sex Pistols (all original members who probably could've used some makeup) -- all within one week.

1. No one was shouting “Eli, my man!” or “It’s Eli, he LOVES us!” (don’t get it?

1. I once read a news story about a biker-dude lottery winner who lived at home with his mom on Long Island and admitted to enjoying a "sponge shot"—after wiping down the bar at the end of the night, his favorite bartender would squeeze the funky liquid into a glass for our hero to down.