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.
The Grateful Dead Performs Live on ‘Playboy After Dark’ After Being Secretly Dosed With LSD in 1969
In 1969 The Grateful Dead performed two of their classic songs on the set of "Playboy After Dark" after being secretly dosed with LSD.
Imaginative Composite Photo Renderings That Merge Various Animals With Unlikely Environments
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ted Chin • Photoshop Art (@tedslittledream) Digital artist Ted Chin has created a wonderful composite photo…
A Vanity Supercut of the Name ‘David’ in Film and TV
Photographer and filmmaker David Friedman (previously) created a “vanity supercut” of his first name by gathering a number of different utterances of the name “David”…
A Coughing Toy Bunny Who Keeps Ripping Out Her Stitches Searches For a Cure in a Touching Animation
“Unbreakable”, created by Roof Studio for INSMED, is a touching animation about a toy bunny named Barbara who comes off the assembly line coughing, wheezing,…
Fascinating Slow Motion Macro Footage of a Whirling Ultrasonic Homogenizer Used on a Variety of Items
In a swirling episode of The Slow Mo Guys (previously), host Gavin Free put a portable ultrasonic homogenizer stick, which runs at an astonishing 30,000hz,…
How the Current Borders of London Were Determined
As part of his “Unfinished London” series, comedian Jay Foreman (previously) takes a humorous look at the current borders of greater metropolitan London, all of…
Oddly Catchy Mashup of ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica With ‘Hip to Be Square’ by Huey Lewis and The News
Video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has put together an unlikely pairing of the Metallica song “Enter Sandman” with the 1980s hit “Hip to Be Square”…
Astronaut Is Told ‘The Moon’s Not That Great’ as She Returns From Lunar Mission in an Insightful Animation
“The Moon’s Not That Great” is a short, award-winning animated film by Mathieu Libman that tells the story of a female astronaut who returns from…
A Beautiful Supercut of a Supermoon in Films
Israeli filmmaker Ariel Avissar has compiled together a wonderful supercut of clips from various films, both animated and live-action, that prominently features a giant supermoon…
A Talented Pig Shows Off His Fine Musical Skills
A rather interactive pig named Rowan quite happily showed off his mastery of musical skills on instruments made for children. The porcine musician needed a…