The always excellent film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism took a look at four different and unique camera techniques used throughout the series Breaking Bad that allowed viewers to remove themselves from the intense storyline and keep their distance for a little while. These specific techniques include wide aerial shots, timelapse, object perspective and “wide…
The Apartment Sessions Plays a Beautiful Cover of Arcade Fire’s ‘Wake Up’ With Help From Neighbors
In February 2018, we wrote about a remarkable pair of roommates who completely clear out their entire apartment in order to host a full orchestra and chorus. Aptly named the “Apartment Sessions“, this ritual is performed, recorded and then posted on a monthly basis. The April 2018 performance was a wonderfully arranged cover of “Wake…
Radiooooo, An Interactive Music Player That Lets Users Pick the Decade and Global Location of Songs
Radiooooo is a really fun interactive player that’s designed to let users not only choose a station but the decade, mood and the global location of the music of a specific era. Based out of Paris, the founding team members have created a musical time machine of sorts using music sourced through user input. Radiooooo…
The Cyborg Drummer Launches a Kickstarter Project to Create a Portable Version of His Prosthetic Arm
In 2015, we wrote about a short documentary by The Atlantic entitled “The Cyborg Drummer”, which told the story of Jason Barnes, a talented multi-instrumental musician who lost his right hand in an accident. Since that time, Barnes has been working with Gil Weinberg and his team at the Center for Music Technology within Georgia…
Champions of the Spivey’s Corner Hollerin’ Contest Demonstrate the Four Basic Types of Field Calls
Since 1969, the small town of Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina has held their annual National Hollerin’ Contest although the name changed to Hollerin’ Heritage Festival in 2013. This festival brings people from all over the country to demonstrate their skills in hollerin’, “a controlled sound that farmers used to communicate with one another before they…
The Microscopic Holes In Bird Eggs That Give a Burgeoning Embryo the Oxygen Needed to Thrive
Adam Cole of the NPR series Skunk Bear explained through very clever animation, how birds and other oviparous animals get in the necessary oxygen and expel carbon dioxide within the hard shell of an egg in order to allow the burgeoning embryo inside to thrive and eventually hatch and draw breath on its own. A…
Braven Ultra-Rugged Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker
For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fantastic deal on the Braven BRV-1M Ultra-Rugged Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker, a petite shockproof, wireless speaker that mounts onto GoPro brackets for easy portability. It also sports 12 hour 2200mAh rechargeable battery with a handy built-in USB power bank and comes in a choice of…
Con Man ‘Harry the Hat’ Fools Cliff Clavin Twice With the Same Hat Trick in a Classic Clip From ‘Cheers’
Harry Anderson, the beloved comedian, actor and magician sadly passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018 at his home in Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 65. One of Anderson’s most recognizable characters was that of Harry “The Hat” Gittes, a sharply dressed con man who always seemed to get the best of the…