In 1969, the baby-faced members of the band Chicago performed the song “Questions 67 & 68” while perched upon a scaffold in a Paris warehouse, surrounded by models sitting on and around the stage. There were also a number of beautiful people dancing on the floor. While it appears to be a live performance, according…
How Omar of ‘The Wire’ Lived Honorably by His Own Code by Ensuring the Rules of the Game Were Upheld
Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of the television and film analysis site ScreenPrism took a crucial look at fan favorite Omar Little of the superb 2005 series The Wire. From the start Omar is a contradiction in so many ways, he robs, steals and kills, but the thing that makes him different from all the…
A Tiny Puppy Entertains Himself by Knocking Bottles Off the Ledge and Into the Bathtub Just Like a Cat Would
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Leo The Little Cavapoo (@little_leo_the_cavapoo) on Oct 8, 2018 at 10:10am PDT A tiny little puppy named Leo who is part poodle, part cavalier King Charles spaniel, loves to entertain himself by knocking various shampoo bottles off the ledge of the bathtub and into the tub…
Surreal Short Film About Consumer Products Brought to Life Turning on Their Creators When They’re Discarded
The brilliantly surreal, timely and highly plausible short film “Product Wars” by H1 and Stephan Zlotescu, tells the story of the founder of Newgenics James Laver), who discovered how to bring consumer products to life through genetic engineering, allowing the products to literally sell themselves. Unfortunately, as the man admits, the sponsoring humans didn’t take…
Pee-Wee Herman Turns Scary In a Hilariously Spooky Mashup of ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure’ With ‘Halloween’
? In the Funny or Die mashup “Pee-Wee’s Big Halloween“, the goofy and hapless behavior of Pee-Wee Herman becomes very scary when put into the context of the truly terrifying world of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her exacting need for revenge on the man who terrorized her on Halloween. It’s been 40 years…
A Waterfall Fails to Fall Due to the Heavy Winds of Storm Callum on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
A wonderfully thoughtful man named Chris Martin of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland wanted to take his wife Samantha away for the weekend to celebrate their anniversary. The couple decided upon Talisker Beach on the Isle of Skye. As they were driving, Storm Callum was making its way across the British Isles. Before the storm hit, Martin…
How the Term ‘Heavy Metal’ Came to Quite Accurately Describe a Particular Genre of Rock Music
The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone, along with friend Patrick Foote from Name Explain visually and verbally dug into the etymological roots of the term “Heavy Metal”, specifically how it came to describe a certain genre of rock music. There are various theories that explain ranging from the band Steppenwolf to William…
An Impressive 10 Year Old Guitarist Joins the Foo Fighters On the Stage to Play Some Metallica Songs
The Foo Fighters are getting rather well known for bringing unexpected musicians onto the stage and their October 12, 2018 Kansas City show was no exception. A remarkable 10 year old from Shawnee named Collier Rule strapped on a big baby blue hollow body electric guitar. While Rule didn’t know any Foo Fighters songs, he…