1) Ricky fix
“Office” junkies itchy for Ricky Gervais’ new show (“Extras,” debuting this fall on HBO) can sate themselves with radio bits he and collaborator Stephen Merchant contribute to digital radio station xfm.co.uk (downloads are free).
2) Dumb movie ads
Possibly creepier than the entire movie are those ads for “Skeleton Key,” with a resurrected-from-the-grave-of-’70s- horror voice-over: plain-spoken, lacking intonation, inviting all to “celebrate” the tradition of truly scary thrillers like “Rosemary’s Baby.” Sold.
3) Small styles
So desperately needed, it’s amazing no one else thought of it first: the new shop Tiny Living (125 E. Seventh St.), which specializes in multifunctional, foldable furnishings and accessories for your small, overpriced apartment.
4) Guitar strummers
Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash: Who knew he had it in him? The trailer for November’s Cash biopic “Walk the Line” makes last year’s “Ray” look like a Hallmark Hall of Fame special – which it was, Oscars notwithstanding.
5) Chinese screens
His mediocre is better than most director’s masterwork: Hong Kong virtuoso Wong Kar-Wai returns with his mournful, meditative, color-drenched romance “2046.”
6) Cool cameos
Hyper-literate Kevin Smith takes time off from bashing Ben Affleck to direct and guest-star in Canadian teen soap “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” (He makes an “eh?” joke; we will not.)
7) Asian hipster denim
Aside from pulling off one of the most successful reinventions in recent memory, Penguin – purveyor of delinquent-prepster cool – launches a new line of jeans made from “the finest Japanese denim.” Japanese denim = collective hipster aneurysm. Plus, estranged pals Courteney Cox and Brad Pitt both love ’em.
8) Slutty makeup
Though it features regrettably named shades such as “Punkin,'” “Afterparty” and “Anti-Establishment,” M.A.C’s new fall makeup palette – heavy on purples, blacks and greys – is actually perfect for the season’s goth luxe.
9) Dark rooms
Hailed almost unanimously in the U.K. as the debut record of the year, Editors’ “The Back Room” is gloriously black, operatic in its new-wave melancholy, and worth the $21 it’ll cost you as an import.
10) Trailer trash
While it seems more staged than “Laguna Beach,” MTV’s new reality-makeover show, “Trailer Fabulous,” has a surprising amount of heart and an unsentimental refusal to play up the economic disadvantages of mobile-home denizens.
