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The Remarkable Influence of David Bowie Shown by the Sheer Number of Songs That Sample His Music
In a wonderful tribute to the tragically late David Bowie, editors at Vox compiled a visual list of nine songs by other musicians that sampled…
A Grand Theft Auto V Mod That Lets Gamers Play as Motörhead Frontman Lemmy Kilmister
Christian Brandes, FunGt, and jedijosh920 recently teamed up to create a PC mod for Grand Theft Auto V that allows people to play the game…
An Amazing One-Eyed Cat Loves to Swim and Surf
An orange and white one-eyed cat named Kuli who was rescued from the streets as a tiny, malnourished kitten, amazingly took to water like a…
David Bowie and Trent Reznor Perform a Gorgeously Haunting Version of the Nine Inch Nails Song ‘Hurt’
In 1995, David Bowie and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails teamed up during their Outside Tour, to perform a gorgeously haunting electric version of…
Wally the Rescued Squirrel Filmed Eating a Yummy Treat In Slow Motion
Wally the rescued squirrel, who once buried a bunch of nuts in the fur of his Bernese Mountain Dog buddy and politely used a fork…
The New Yorker Partners With Filmmaker Alex Gibney to Create a Weekly Video Series for Amazon
The New Yorker magazine and Amazon Studios have partnered with filmmaker Alex Gibney to present “The New Yorker Presents“, a weekly series that encompasses documentary…
French Photographer Shoots Video Footage With an Old Camera Lens From 1880
In the sixth episode of his series “The Weird Lense Challenge”, French photographer Mathieu Stern took an old, early iris diaphragm lens from a large…
Ralph Fiennes Shows an Actor How to Properly Pronounce His Lines in New Trailer for ‘Hail Caesar’
In the second official trailer for Hail Caesar, an upcoming film by the Coen Brothers set in the later years of the Golden Age of…
Time Lapse Video of a Man Building a Massive 6,000+ Piece LEGO AT-AT Walker in 26 Hours
Charlie Goldberg of Brick Vault recently created a time lapse video that shows him building a massive 6,000+ piece LEGO AT-AT Walker in approximately 26…
A GoPro Camera Captures the Strangely Hypnotic Motion of a Washing Machine in Spin Cycle
While at work in 2012, electronics store employee zfeydo placed a GoPro Hero 3 inside a washing machine and captured the strangely hypnotic motion of…