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An Oddly Staged But Incredible Performance of the Band Chicago Playing ‘Questions 67 & 68’ in 1969
The baby-faced members of Chicago performed the song "Questions 67 & 68" while perched upon a scaffold in a Paris warehouse.
How Omar of ‘The Wire’ Lived Honorably by His Own Code by Ensuring the Rules of the Game Were Upheld
Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of the television and film analysis site ScreenPrism took a crucial look at fan favorite Omar Little of the superb…
Surreal Short Film About Consumer Products Brought to Life Turning on Their Creators When They’re Discarded
The brilliantly surreal, timely and highly plausible short film “Product Wars” by H1 and Stephan Zlotescu, tells the story of the founder of Newgenics James…
Pee-Wee Herman Turns Scary In a Hilariously Spooky Mashup of ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure’ With ‘Halloween’
? In the Funny or Die mashup “Pee-Wee’s Big Halloween“, the goofy and hapless behavior of Pee-Wee Herman becomes very scary when put into the…
A Waterfall Fails to Fall Due to the Heavy Winds of Storm Callum on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
A wonderfully thoughtful man named Chris Martin of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland wanted to take his wife Samantha away for the weekend to celebrate their anniversary.…
How the Term ‘Heavy Metal’ Came to Quite Accurately Describe a Particular Genre of Rock Music
The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone, along with friend Patrick Foote from Name Explain visually and verbally dug into the etymological roots…
An Impressive 10 Year Old Guitarist Joins the Foo Fighters On the Stage to Play Some Metallica Songs
The Foo Fighters are getting rather well known for bringing unexpected musicians onto the stage and their October 12, 2018 Kansas City show was no…
Jimmy Fallon Opens Up About Taking the Postal Exam as a Fall Back Career in Case Comedy Didn’t Work Out
During the 2018 New Yorker Festival, comedian, musician and television host Jimmy Fallon opened up about crossing coasts back and forth for his career, his…
Ninja Teaches Ellen How to Play Fortnite Battle Royale
Ellen DeGeneres invited superstar Twitch streamer Tyler Blevins aka Ninja to teach her how to play the enormously popular online video game Fortnite Battle Royale.…
Drone Video of a Secret Waterfall in Iceland
While visiting Iceland, Scott Beale flew his DJI Mavic Air drone over a secret waterfall that is totally inaccessible to humans