Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Musician Accompanies Himself on a Beautiful Theremin and Musical Saw Cover of Handel’s ‘Passacaglia No. 6’
French musician Grégoire Blanc, who performed a brilliant instrumental cover of the iconic Pink Floyd song “The Great Gig in the Sky” on theremin and…
Musician Attempts to Play Piano Inside a Thai Monkey Temple While Wild Macaques Climb All Over Him
Paul Barton, an artist and musician living in Thailand, who often plays piano for rescued elephants at various sanctuaries and does the same for the…
A Heartfelt Christmas Mashup That Combines ‘South of Heaven’ by Slayer With ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham!
As with previous years, prolific video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has created a heartfelt Christmas mashup that primarily combines the heavy metal sound “South of…
A Soft Cuddly Wearable Plush Octopus That Offers a Few Extra Hands Wherever They’re Needed
View this post on Instagram A post shared by takakukei (@takakukei586) Japanese novelty retailer Village Vanguard is featuring an adorable line of soft, cuddly wearable…
A Clever Hack of Using Wine Glasses to Cut Cake
Some very clever people have found a hack that lets people cut the cake even if there is no knife available. This method uses wine…
How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Celebrates the Symmetrical Solitary Beauty Within the Game of Chess
Daniel Netzel of Film Radar explores how the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit captures and celebrates the beauty within the game of chess. Netzel looks…
Making Graceful Insect Sculptures With Plastic Cutlery
Talented woodcarver and artist Bobby Duke (previously) gave a rather amusing tutorial showing how to make a variety of graceful insect sculptures using plastic cutlery…
Satan and the Year 2020 Fall in Love With Each Other in a Fiery Match.com Ad Directed by Ryan Reynolds
The very funny, extremely prolific, and talented Ryan Reynolds directed an amusing and very timely advertisement for Match.com in which Satan and the year 2020…
Pianist Plays an Amazing Mashup of the Peanuts Theme ‘Linus and Lucy’ With the Theme From ‘Friends’
April: "What would a mashup of the @FriendsTV and @Snoopy Peanuts theme songs sound like?"My brother in law Andy: pic.twitter.com/sYwqF2wcwV — drew olanoff (@yoda) August…
Guitarist Plays a Rockabilly Riff With Bird on His Hand
Japanese guitarist Kawai Billy of the band Hachinohe Music Journey, sat on the couch and performed a tasty rockabilly riff with a little blue parakeet…