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.
A Poignant Acoustic Cover of Metallica’s ‘Fade to Black’ Simultaneously Played on Two Guitars by One Musician
Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who performs gorgeous acoustic versions of popular songs, played a brilliant dual acoustic guitar cover of the poignant Metallica song “Fade to…
Snubby J and ZeroElectroDrum Perform a Percussive Duet on PVC Pipe Instruments
Snubby J (Kent Jenkins) collaborated with ZeroElectroDrum to perform a virtual duet on their respective percussion instruments. Snubby J played the RimbaTubes, an instrument he…
The Rich Commonality of Visual Gradations
Japanese filmmaker Daihei Shibata has created a wonderful animated short film that celebrates the rich complexity of visual gradations. In doing so, those objects that…
Brooklyn Man Creates an Octopus Inspired Telescoping ‘Snatchelator’ to Remove Plastic Bags From Tree Limbs
Frustrated by the number of plastic bags in the trees of his Brooklyn neighborhood, Taylor Mali created the "Snatchelator" to remove them.
Barking Bird Tries to Wake Sleeping Dog
A seemingly indignant cockatoo jumped into a dog bed and barked loudly at a drowsy dog who was just trying to get a little sleep.
Scottish Sportscaster Gives His Dogs a Tour of His Home Gym to Recruit Them for Exclusive Membership
While in the midst of building a home gym in his garage, Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter, (previously) tried to recruit his beloved dogs Olive and…
Praying Mantises Watch TV in a Miniature Living Room
German insect enthusiast and breeder Adrian Kozakiewicz of Insecthaus (previously) very cleverly set up an smartphone in portrait mode for the resident praying mantises to…
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Pay Tribute to David Bowie With a Fantastic Cover of ‘Fashion’
During the Rolling Live Studios live streamed event “A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!”, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross performed an incredible live cover…
Wonderful Winter Stories Painted on Used Tea Bags
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruby Silvious (@silvirub) Artist and graphic designer Ruby Silvious, whose 363 Days of Tea project we’ve…
A Haunting Short Macro Timelapse That Shows How Different Organisms Respond to a Lack of Water
Motion designer Christian Stangl, who previously worked on a beautiful film made from photos of the Apollo Space Mission, created “Dry Out”, a haunting short…