Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
Dick Mills & Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Describe How They Created the Iconic ‘Doctor Who’ Theme
In this clip from “Masters of Sound,” a feature on the Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set, studio manager Dick Mills and engineer Delia Derbyshire…
Talkative Parrot Loves Being Gently Vacuumed
A talkative parrot named Scooter coos and purrs at his human as she gently runs a vacuum brush over his beautiful crown of feathers.
‘All the Lazy Boyfriends’, A New They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song Track Pondering the Habits of Men
For the 16th week of their year-long Dial-A-Song project (previously), the band They Might Be Giants present “All the Lazy Boyfriends,” an amusing song that…
Stranger Buys Rose Vendor’s Entire Stock on the Subway With a Request That She Give Them All Away
In June 2013, a rose vendor riding the 6 train in New York City got an incredible surprise when a complete stranger approached her to…
‘Live at Guitar Center’, Experimental Musician Records an Album of Instruments Being Tested Out at Music Store
Experimental musician Noah Wall has recorded “Live at Guitar Center,” an album in which the sounds of various instruments as they were being tried on…
Comfortably Numb, A Trio of Rice University Freshman Engineers Develop a System to Make Injections Less Painful
A trio of freshman engineers at Rice University who call themselves team Comfortably Numb have been tasked with the challenge of making the process of…
How the Hero’s Stumbling Exhaustion Enhances a Pivotal Single-Shot Fight Scene in ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’
Vox has broken down a pivotal single-shot fight scene from end of the second episode of the Netflix series Marvel’s Daredevil and noted how the…
An Incredible First-Person View of Cleaning the Windows of the World’s Tallest Building in Dubai
In a 2012 episode of the BBC series Supersized Earth, science reporter Dallas Campbell went on location to join a team of men as they…
Performance Artist Demonstrates His Daily Practice of Balancing on Whiskey Bottles to Do His Push-Ups
Performance artist and fitness expert Adrian Quihuis demonstrates his daily practice of “Whiskey Bottle Pushups“, an exercise in which he balances himself on three identical…
A Handsomely Designed Erlenmeyer Vacuum Flask Cocktail Shaker Set Made From Scientifically Tempered Glass
Periodic Tablewear, whose beaker wine glasses we previously posted, have created a wonderfully and handsomely designed cocktail shaker set made in the distinct shape of…