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‘Declarations of Independence’, A Comic About the Overwhelming Peculiarities of Life With a Toddler
Grant Snider of Incidental Comics has created “Declarations of Independence“, a comic about the “overwhelming peculiarities of life with a toddler.” Posters of Snider’s comics…
Lone Black Dog Gleefully Plays in the Fountains of London’s Central Saint Martins College
On her way to work, commuter Martha Bellingham captured this wonderful footage of a lone black dog merrily playing in the choreographed ground fountains of…
‘A Place We Have Been To’, A Documentary About the Georgia-Based Psychedelic Music Collective Elephant 6
A Place We Have Been To is an upcoming documentary highlighting the rise of Athens, Georgia neo-psychedelic music collective, The Elephant 6 Recording Company, which…
Ello, A Simple and Beautiful Advertising-Free Alternative to Other Social Networks
Ello is a new simple and beautiful ad-free alternative to other advertising-based social networks. The creators of Ello posted a manifesto explaining their reasons for creating the network,…
Baby Groot Gets Metal in a Mashup of Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ & Sepultura’s Song ‘Roots Bloody Roots’
“Groot, I Am Groot!” Luke Gibson of Mastering Engineer has created “Groots Bloody Groots“, a mashup parody of the 2014 Marvel film Guardians of the…
‘A Tale of Two Bridges’, A Look at the State of New York’s Tappan Zee and Brooklyn Bridges
“A Tale of Two Bridges” is a short video by The New York Times that examines the approaches being taken to restore/replace New York’s Tappan…
The Kloons Continue to Lip Sync & Act Out Recorded Chats Between Nik’s Mom & Aunt in Episode 3 of ‘Sisters’
Mitch Lewis and Nik Kazoura of The Kloons are back with episode 3 of their comedy series Sisters, titled “Perfect Pitch“. This time, they act…
Legendary Talk Show Host Dick Cavett and Cartoonist Al Jaffee Discuss the Merits of Yiddish
In a video shot by Jeff Newelt for Heeb Magazine, legendary talk show host Dick Cavett and Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee discuss the merits…
Actor Michael Sheen of ‘Masters of Sex’ Enjoys a Mojito with Paul F. Tompkins on a Recent Episode of ‘Speakeasy’
On the most recent episode of Speakeasy, actor Michael Sheen, best known for his role as William Masters in Showtime’s Masters of Sex and as…
‘Angel City’, Time-Lapse Video of Los Angeles Inspired by the Movie ‘Heat’
“Angel City” is a compilation of time-lapse video of Los Angeles shot by Gavin Heffernan with angles inspired by the Michael Mann film Heat. Since…