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In 1979, a baby-faced Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Alan Dempsey of The Cure made their television debut during a live special at Theatre de l’Empire in Paris. This gig took place a few years before Smith adopted his very distinctive look, which came about in the mid 1980s.
The Cure’s full performance that night.
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As part of their daily business, employees at Butser Rubber Ltd of Petersfield near Portsmouth, Hampshire, England mix silicone with the desired color dye and send it through giant mechanical rollers over and over again until the shade is just right. This process of watching the silicon repeatedly go through the machine is oddly mesmerizing and relaxing.
Silicone rubber being mixed and milled before it is used in a compression moulding process. The video shows material being mixed with a blue and white die. Very satisfying to watch.
Mixing in customer-requested orange in 2015.
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In February 2017, the Ibanez Bass Workshop released the SRAS7 “ASHULA”, a gorgeous “dragon eye burst” seven string bass for which four strings are fretted, while the remaining three are fretless.
What is it? Seven Strings? Fretted AND fretless? The SRAS7 Ashula is a groundbreaking product of Ibanez’s forward-thinking Bass Workshop. A hybrid fretted/fretless bass, the Ashula combines an Aerosilk Piezo pickup and SRAS Super J pickups and two distinct fretboards for unlimited tonal adventures.
Bassist Franck Hermanny of the French progressive metal band Adagio, skillfully demonstrated the capabilities of this gorgeous instrument.
via Bass Forward
To celebrate Alien: Covenant invading theaters last week, Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies demonstrated how to make alien egg cake balls.
When composer, cellist and performer Phillip Sheppard was tapped in 2015 to provide the trailer music for the long-awaited Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens, he plotted the score to his original song “The Force Epiphany” in the shape of the iconic X-Wing Starfighter. He then sent the original to director JJ Abrams as a token of appreciation.
Sending this to JJ Abrams as thanks for using my track for promoting Star Wars.
I always write graphic scores for directors I like working with, and to work in some small way on on this franchise was beyond a dream.
via Doc Pop
Zoe Dee of Jigsaw Hearts handmade an awesome Star Wars themed Chewbacca bandolier seat belt cover that will make you feel like Han Solo‘s co-pilot on board the Millennium Falcon. It is available to purchase from the Jigsaw Hearts Etsy shop and Amazon.
These are handmade using faux fur, and high quality marine vinyl trim in alternating light grey and dark grey accents. The back is made of felt with a Velcro closure. Marine Vinyl is an UV resistant fabric that will not lose its color even if sitting in the sun day after day! Each strap is approximately 20 inches and 100% sewn.
images via Jigsaw Hearts
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While at Monsterpalooza convention in Burbank, Tested artist Frank Ippolito interviewed special effects artist Patrick Magee of Magee FX and checked out some of the incredible creature sculptures and masks that he built for films, attractions, and for his own personal use.
An adorable litter of ten teeny tiny kittens had a blast as they gleefully romped around in a fabulous pile of torn paper that their human Natalya-Evgeny Mishukovi graciously provided for their entertainment.
A few weeks earlier, Mishukovi did her very best to herd the ten tiny kittens.
