Two Hamsters Run a Very Clever Maze Created by Their Human With Five Different Levels To Conquer
In November 2018, the human behind the YouTube channel The Secret Life of My Hamster built a very clever maze with five different levels to conquer. In the first round, the big blonde hamster ran the course from start (top) to finish (bottom). Next up was a smaller gray hamster, who ran it backwards from…
The Haunting Beauty of Siouxsie Sioux’s Voice Captured in Isolated Vocal Tracks For ‘The Killing Jar’
Music mixer Joh Ph posted an amazing clip highlighting the exquisitely haunting beauty of Siouxsie Sioux‘s voice as captured in isolated vocal tracks from the recording of “The Killing Jar” for the album Peepshow by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Here’s the song in its fully recorded form. via Dangerous Minds
British Children in 1966 Voice Their Concerns Predicting What the World Might Look Like in the Year 2000
In an eerily predictive BBC clip from December 28, 1966, British school children offered their wisdom about what the year 2000 looks like to them. Most responded with legitimate concerns that are still at hand 19 years past that date in the future. We are still talking about the threat of nuclear war, climate change,…
Gorgeous 4K Drone Footage of a Perfect Rotating Circle of Ice That Appeared in a Westport, Maine River
Todd McKee, founder of Bulldog Aerials, former associate director at ABC News and licensed drone operator captured gorgeous, high definition overhead footage of an unusually perfect rotating ice circle that suddenly appeared in the middle of the Presumpscot River in the city of Westbrook, Maine. According to McKee, this ice floe was massive. It is…
An Adopted Woman Tries to Uncover Her Hidden History in the Netflix Series ‘Black Earth Rising’
In the Netflix series Black Earth Rising, a young woman named Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel) who works for lawyer Michael Ennis (John Goodman) approaches her adoptive mother (Harriet Walter), who is also an attorney, in order to find out from where she came and why her history has remained hidden for so long. The effort…
Gently Debunking the Old Longfellow Adage That Says ‘Music Is the Universal Language of All Mankind’
In addressing the old Henry Wadsworth Longfellow adage that says that “music is the universal language of all mankind”, the fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone makes a number of valid points that gently debunk the statement. By way of explanation, he notes that instruments are tuned differently in modern times thus changing…
Four Critically Endangered Animals Sing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ From Les Misérables in a Powerful Animation
In the heartbreakingly powerful 2016 animation “Dream”, created for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival by Zombie Studio, four very different, critically endangered animals sing “I Dreamed a Dream” from the Les Misérables soundtrack. With the lyrics of the particular song, each animal – a blue whale, a brown pelican, a baby harp seal and a…
A Solar Powered Sound Installation Located in the Middle of the Desert That Only Plays Toto’s ‘Africa’
Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf has created “TOTO FOREVER”, an apt solar powered, six-speaker sound installation located in the middle of the Namib desert. In keeping with the theme, the system is only programmed to play one song repeatedly – “Africa” aka “the internet’s favorite song”. Set in the Namib desert, which is …the oldest desert…