While performing at the Santander Arts Center in Reading, Pennsylvania in 2013, the incredibly talented Chris Cornell performed an usual cover of the Metallica song “One” while playing the melody to the classic U2 song “One” in a live mashup of the two songs. The resulting song is absolutely heartbreaking, particularly in light of his…
A Hand Embroidered Animated Music Video For the They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song ‘Lake Monsters’
For week 33 of their rebooted ongoing project Dial-A-Song project, the band They Might Be Giants wrote the song “Lake Monsters” and enlisted Hiné Mizushima, the talented slow crafting materials artist, to direct the accompanying music video. Using a traditional hand embroidered style background, Mizushima’s animation appears to offer a sense of home for these…
Postmodern Jukebox Performs an Upbeat 1950s Cover of Toto’s ‘Africa’ With Casey Abrams and Snuffy Walden
Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox teamed up with musicians Casey Abrams and Snuffy Walden for a rousing, upbeat 1950s style cover of the internet’s favorite song, the now iconic “Africa” by Toto. This lively performance was presented as a short film directed by Abraham Roofeh. We’re kicking off Season 2 with our second PMJ short…
A Fantastic Anime Trailer For ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’
Dmitry Grozov (aka Ahriman) created a fantastic anime style trailer for Star Wars: A New Hope. It’s not clear if he’s going to recreate the entire film, but hopefully that’s the plan.
Highly Detailed Realistic Insects Crafted Out of Bamboo
Japanese artist Noriyuki Saitoh creates absolutely gorgeous, highly detailed insects of all kinds that are completely crafted out of bamboo. Each model looks so real that it seems like its ready to fly, sting or fight. The figures are anatomically correct, although as Saitoh explains, the models are not necessarily completely to scale. Instead, the…
Amazing Footage of Wild Alpine Ibex (Goats) Climbing a Near Vertical Wall of an Italian Dam for Nutritious Salt
In 2015, nature photographer Andrea Battisti of Hybrid Wildlife captured remarkable footage of wild Alpine Ibex (mountain goats) as they climbed up the near-vertical wall of a natural dam in Antrona Valley Natural Park, Italy. These determined animals made their way straight up the wall, stopping every few seconds to lick at the nutrient rich…
Barnaby Dixon Introduces Adam Savage to His Brilliant Puppets While Visiting The Cave in San Francisco
British puppeteer Barnaby Dixon traveled all the way to San Francisco in order to introduce his amazing finger operated puppets to big fan Adam Savage. As they hung out in “The Cave” (Savage’s workshop), Dixon happily explained the mechanics behind his creations, had Bug perform a little dance while another puppet walked across the table…
A Frustrating Montage of People Who Brazenly Block NYC Subway Doors When Others Need to Get On/Off
Jeff Seal and Jen Carlson of Gothamist have created a frustrating slow motion montage that shows those incredibly self-absorbed people who intentionally and rather brazenly, block the NYC subway doors when others need to enter or exit the car. Despite this poor etiquette of said riders, Carlson offers a bit of empathy, along with a…