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Pianist Performs ‘Happy Birthday’ in Different Musical Styles With Increasing Levels of Complexity
Wired presents pianist and composer Nahre Sol performing the classic “Happy Birthday” song in a variety of different styles, each one more complex than the…
An Amusingly Deepfaked Mike Tyson Plays All Parts in the Opening Credits of the 90s Sitcom ‘Family Matters’
Dr. Fakenstein amusingly re-mixed the opening credits of the popular 1990s ABC sitcom Family Matters with a deepfaked Mike Tyson
Multi-Track Acapella Cover of Star Wars Cantina Theme
Musician Felix Carmelo Skjerning-Rasmussen Sánchez aka Felix SR performed a fun multi-track acapella cover of the iconic “Star Wars Cantina Theme” by his lonesome, using…
How ‘The Wire’ Hired Non-Television Writers to Craft Stories That Felt Real to Baltimore and Beyond
Vlogger N.T. Jordan of the excellent cinematic series Behind the Curtain, examines how the sublime HBO series The Wire, which ran from 2002 through 2008,…
A Wonderfully Surreal 360° Landscape Panorama Created by Stitching Drone Images Together
Videographer Parker Paul (previously) has created “All Sight”, a wonderfully surreal bird’s eye panorama of the picturesque Cornwall, England landscape. Paul achieved this slightly disconcerting…
Leafy Garden Scenes Pixelate to Reveal Another During a Psychedelic Walk on a Clear Autumn Day
Russian filmmaker and graphic artist Vladimir Tomin (previously) has created “Portals”, a brilliantly rendered video shot during a walk on a clear autumn day. The…
Musician Plays Amazing Drum Solo on Keyboards
The highly gifted, 16 year old Korean musician Yohan Kim kept time and performed a mean drum solo on a complicated jazz tune using only…
How the Continual Evolution of Realism To Abstract Expressionism Eventually Led to Jackson Pollock
Vlogger Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter takes a look at how restrictions of art of history lead to the rise abstract expressionism. This movement includes…
Cats Inform Neighbor Pup ‘You Shall Not Pass, Dog!’
A team of rescued outdoor cats works cooperatively to ensure that any incoming attack on their human’s yard by the neighbor’s dog is thwarted.
Cooking a Giant 120 Egg Japanese-Style Omelet
In the Season One finale of the Tasty series Making It Big, host Alvin Zhou invited producer Rie McClenny on-camera to share with him what…