Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Driving Over a Frozen Finnish Lake in a Subaru Hatchback With Giant Table Saw Blades as Wheels
Finnish couple Lauri Vuohensilta and Anni Vuohensilta of the Hydraulic Press Channel and Beyond the Press replaced all four tires on their Subaru hatchback with…
A Unique Performance of Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 16
terribletan posted an absolutely astonishing, lightning-fast performance of the Wolfgang Amadeaus Mozart piece Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, which features a…
Director of Restored Archival Film ‘Apollo 11’ Explains His Use of Split Screen in the Moon Landing Scene
Director Todd Douglas Miller of the documentary Apollo 11 explains how he threaded together restored archival footage to craft a stunning narrative of the mission.…
Danish Actor Mads Mikkelsen and Swedish Director Jonas Åkerlund Play a Game of ‘How Nordic Are You?’
While promoting their Netflix film Polar, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen and Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund took part in an amusing game that tested their knowledge…
How Ghost Vocals Appear in Music Recordings
In a haunting episode of the aptly named video series You Can’t Unhear This, the knowledgable host explains the concept of ghost vocals on music…
Kevin Smith Revisits Some of His Most Notable Films While Talking About His Distinctive Film Techniques
A lively Kevin Smith sat down with the IMDb series “Director’s Trademarks” to talk about some of his distinctive filmmaking techniques. In order to effectively…
A Pair of Curious Dogs Ignore Their Human While Attempting to Play With a Couple of Mischievous Otters
A pair of curious Labrador retrievers actively disobeyed the calls of their human in order to try to play with a couple of mischievous otters.
Mike D of the Beastie Boys Gives a Personal Tour of His Beautiful Custom Designed Malibu Beachside Home
In 2013, we wrote about the profile that The New York Times did on Beastie Boys founding member Mike Diamond (Mike D) and his gorgeously…
Common European Birds Recreated With Balloons
British artist Terry Cook translated his deep love for birds into highly realistic balloon art that he situated in natural surroundings. These reproductions brilliantly mimic…
Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ Told as a Two Minute Musical
Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner of Famous Last Nerds hilariously compressed the classic William Shakespeare play Hamlet from its traditional five acts, reworking it as…