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Clever Pop Culture Wood-Burning Stoves and Barbecues Made Out of Recycled Materials
Danny Lyons of Trash Metal Fabrications builds wonderfully clever wood-burning stoves and barbecues in the shape of pop culture characters and nostalgic items. Each hand-welded…
Yusuf/Cat Stevens Releases Updated Version of ‘Where Do the Children Play’ With a Powerful Animated Video
In an incredibly powerful music video for an updated version of the very prescient 1970 Yusuf / Cat Stevens song “Where Do the Children Play”…
Intricate Designs Made From Simple Household Items
Artist Adam Hillman, who previously arranged candy and other items into visually pleasing colors and geometric shapes, has continued refining his unique craft with intricately…
The Members of The Boston Typewriter Orchestra Perform Original Symphony From Home via Video Chat
Great Big Story visited with The Boston Typewriter Orchestra, a group of talented alternative musicians who compose and perform original typewriter symphonies. When Great Big…
A Young Leopard Investigates a Defensive Porcupine
A young leopard on the road in Kruger National Park tried to investigate an equally young porcupine who was just crossing the road.
A ‘Free Falling’ Compilation of 50 Hit Songs from 1989 That’s ‘Like a Prayer’ to ‘Fight the Power’ That Be
As part of their Thursday music series, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet compiled 50 hit song music videos from 1989 and…
A Mournful Medieval Cover of ‘Creep’ by Radiohead
Bardcore singer Hildegard von Blingin’ performed a cover of the Radiohead song "Creep" in a traditional medieval style.
A Tiny LEGO Train Rides on Tiny Tracks Through a Canadian Forest in Celebration of Springtime
In celebration of springtime, vlogger TinyTrainTracks laid a long row of LEGO tracks across a trail of the local forest. A tiny LEGO train was…
A Brilliantly Integrated LED Fender Telecaster Guitar Faceplate That Synchronizes With a Band’s Lighting Rig
Immerge Interactive built an impressively brilliant faceplate for a Fender Telecaster that features integrated reactive LEDs that turn the guitar into a light show. This…
Autumn Leaves Become the Flames For a Stick Acting As a Match in a Wonderful Stop-Motion Animated Short
While at the Sasso Art Residency, filmmaker William Crook created “Stickmatch”, a wonderful stop-motion animated short of a wooden stick that becomese as a match…