Sigrid talks about two important US holidays, Memorial Day and Labor Day. They are quite different in what they commemorate, but they're combined here because many Americans see them as bookends to the summer season.

What do people traditionally do on Memorial Day and Labor Day? Let's find out.

A student at Harvard, one of America’s most prestigious universities, shows us what daily life involves for her, starting from when her alarm clock goes off in the morning.

After a little early study, our Harvard student skips breakfast and heads out to her first class. It’s a busy life of classes, homework, and dining hall meals, but she still finds time to socialize and even work a part-time job.

The weather’s good, and our student heads outside to study. Cafés and coffee shops are places to work, as well as to hang out and enjoy time with friends. We learn that it's important to her to take physical wellbeing very seriously as well, with several gym workouts every week. At the end of the long college day, there’s a gentle wind down before bedtime.

Social commentary on those famous 15 minutes of fame, an expression coined by Andy Warhol, wrapped in a very catchy tune by Bamby and the Dogs. Music video by Ludovic Pronko

Scottish DJ Calvin Harris pulled a number of collaborators onto the stage for his performance at the BBC Music Awards. John Newman sings "Blame," which is followed directly by "Outside" featuring Ellie Goulding.

Hollywood Vampires is an American rock supergroup formed in 2015 by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry to honor the music of the rock stars who died from excess in the 1970s. The band name derives from The Hollywood Vampires, a celebrity drinking club formed by Cooper in the 1970s which included but was not limited to: John Lennon and Ringo Starr of The Beatles, Keith Moon of The Who, and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. In this video they perform David Bowie's song "Heroes".

"Kids in America” was the debut single for British singer Kim Wilde. Catching the mood and the imagination, this pop masterpiece defines the style and attitude of the early 1980s.

The award-winning New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords started off with a BBC radio series, but now have an American TV series of their very own. Watch Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement perform their hilarious song "Business Time".

New Zealand-based comedy duo Flight of the Conchords performs a hilarious song about a man and a woman's random meeting at a park. This song is part of their special for an HBO stand-up comedy series. Enjoy!

In this clip, an inept band of two seems well matched with their equally inept manager. Enjoy this hilarious skit by the New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords!

Here’s another clip from down under, a second video from Kiwi comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Released in 2009 of their album “I Told You I Was Freaky”, this cut is entitled Tears of a Rapper Enjoy!

The guys from Flight of the Conchords tell us about the different ways that their girlfriends have left them, and their ex-girlfriends respond to their laments with their own complaints.

Here's another clip from the hilarious Kiwi comedy duo Flight of the Conchords off their self-titled debut album. Its serious subject is our current violent world.