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Illuminated River, Bay Lights Artist Plans to Light 15 Bridges in Central London Along the River Thames
Leo Villareal, the artist who created The Bay Lights (previously), a large-scale LED installation on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, has taken this brilliant idea…
John Law ‘Signman’ Closing Reception Featuring a Conversation With Laughing Squid Founder Scott Beale
Signman is a retrospective spanning 42 years of events and projects by legendary San Francisco underground artist, prankster, Laughing Squid partner, author and urban explorer…
Drummer Flawlessly Performs the Rush Song ‘YYZ’ in Perfect Time With the Recording While Blindfolded
Australian musician Mitch Bruzzese flawlessly executed the complex drum track on the classic Rush song “YYZ” while blindfolded. Despite his lack of vision, Bruzzese never…
Measuring Exactly How Much Male Falsetto Has Been Used in Popular Modern Music Throughout the Decades
Video producer Estelle Caswell of the Vox series “Earworm” traces the history of the male falsetto, working with Matt Daniels of The Pudding to figure…
Service Dogs In Training Attend a Private Performance of ‘Billy Elliot’ to Learn Proper Theater Behavior
An adorable, well-mannered group of pups in Meaford, Ontario, Canada who are training to become part of the team at K-9 Country Inn Service Dogs…
Live Footage Timeline of Pink Floyd Transitioning From Syd Barrett to David Gilmour From 1967 Through 1972
Live footage of Pink Floyd performances from 1967 to 1972 shows the band transitioning from Syd Barrett to David Gilmour.
A Squishy Glowering Cthulhu Stress Toy
Pop culture toy and collectables company Entertainment Earth has released a wonderfully squishy, glowering Cthulhu stress toy to hold tight and worshipfully squeeze whenever anxiety…
A Look at How Taylor Makes Their Incredible Guitars
Video producer Caroline Aghajanian of Insider visited Taylor Guitars in El Cajon, California and in Tecate, Mexico in order to get an idea of how…
A Scientific Explanation of the Tragic Sequence of Events That Caused the Chernobyl Disaster
With the sublime HBO series Chernobyl bringing the catastrophic nuclear disaster of 1986 back into the forefront, ACS Reactions crafted a wonderful animated scientific explanation…
A Wonderfully Smooth Double Bass Quintet Cover of the Classic ‘Pink Panther Theme’ by Henry Mancini
A Croatian double bass quintet performed a wonderfully smooth cover of the "Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini.