Crazy Russian Bicycle Trick
I haevn’t actually seen anyone do this in person, but I’ve heard stories.
Squirrel Stuck in a Yogurt Cup
I don’t exactly know why, but watching that squirrel jump around on top of that bush with a Yoplait cup on his head just brightened my day. He was in a complete and utter frenzy. I could watch animal videos all day every day.
17 Year Old Becomes Youngest to Sail Around the World
A Southern California teenager has serious bragging rights: After docking back in his home state late Thursday morning, Zac Sunderland, 17, can claim to be the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
Sunderland was greeted with thunderous applause and congratulations as he arrived at Marina del Rey in his 36-foot sailboat.
“It’s kind of crazy to have it done now because, I mean, for the past year I’ve been just fighting for the next ocean, fighting to get back. And now I’m back so it’s amazing,” he said.
The teen acknowledged the 27,500-mile voyage wasn’t easy. He told CNN that pirates off the coast of Indonesia gave him quite a scare.
“[I] had a boat circle in and ended up calling in the coast watch and they chased them off but, yeah, [I] lucked out there! About an hour and a half of hell.”
Severe storms also were a problem, he said. He spent over a year at sea.
Thanks to Ryan for the link, read more here.
Hippie Makes Music From a Tree
Thanks to Ethan for the link.
“In the garden of my house there’s a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day I asked myself if I could create a piece of music with it.
To tune the tree I picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener. I used two Røde NT6 and a NTG-2 as microphones, combined with a customized stethoscope.
I recorded the tracks live on a Pro Tools LE system. I didn’t use any synthesizer or sampler to create or modify the sounds. All the sounds come from playing the tree, by bowing the twigs, shaking the leaves, playing rhythms on the cortex and so on.”
via The Hippie who made it (he doesn’t look like a hippy, but he made a song with a tree, so he’s a hippy)
Gogol Bordello – Wunderlust King (Letterman)
I have been told numerous times to go see Gogol Bordello live, and I finally understand why. I would totally pay to see these gypsies rock out. I just watched a few of their performances as Coachella 2008 and it looked insane. This song is old but it’s new to me.
via ADK: Tabi Bonney – Jet Setter
It’s been a little while since Tabi Bonney shouted out the Grip, and A Dream Killer just brought his new video to my attention. Loving that glitchy-electro beat. Glad to see my 2nd favorite DC emcee (its close, but Wale takes the crown) back on his grind.
Old School Video: DJ Home School Premier
This was DJ Home School’s first and only performance back in 2008. The DJ game hasn’t been the same since.
New HBO Series: Bored to Death
In September HBO is bringing us a new comedy series staring Jason Schwartzman, Zack Galifianakis, Ted Danson and then a ton of guest stars. The trailer below is promising and I may have found yet ANOTHER TV series to follow.
Fattest Rapper EVER: Big Bone
Big Pun ain’t got nothin’ on this dude. His name is Big Bone and he’s fat as hell. Chances are he will join the ranks of slain rappers in the next few years and the murder suspect will be a Big Buford. DAMN that dude is fat.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOnuEI4vkvg
CLUB SUPER SEX This Saturday @ Icon/Cove
DJ Jeff Brite x CJ Townsend are “CLUB SUPER SEX”
JULY 18TH ICON/COVE
231 NORTH 5TH STREET
THIS SHIT IS GROWN & HARDCORE SEX.
WEAR YOUR SLUT GEAR OR JUST SHOW UP NAKED OR DRESS LIKE YOUR FAVORITE AMERICAN APPAREL AD.
YES THIS IS A CUSTOME PARTY f@cker……….
do it do it……….
JULY 18TH AT ICON/COVE
21 + FREE
18+ FIVE DOLLARS
GRRR/GET RIGHT!!!!!!
PEEP THE HANDLES!!!
Donovann Toatley is a six year old basketball phenom. Hopefully his skills continue to develop as he gets older.
BALLIN!!!
The PEN Story: Stop Motion Art
This is the PEN Story in stop motion. Shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production! Incredible.
M83 & Adulture This Saturday @ The Wexner Center SOLD OUT
If you don’t have a ticket yet, you better get on Craigslist!!!
Greatest Freakout Ever Part 3
You’ve probably seen part 1 which I originally thought was completely fake. Part 2 seems to be 100% legit in my opinion. Now we have a third video that involves the entire family. I’m still on the fence. If they all have good senses of humor, this could easily be fake, but I’ve met some pretty retarded/weird kids in my day (home school) and a kid acting like this isn’t out of the ordinary.
A Look at Today’s Ku Klux Klan
Ignorance never goes out of style. It’s sad. Photos via Life.com.
“The Department of Homeland Security recently issued a chilling report: Americans, it said, can expect an upsurge in “rightwing extremism” from White nationalists, militias, and groups like the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan, of course, has had a hand in some of the nation’s most infamous acts of racial terror and murder. But what does the KKK look like today? Photographer Anthony Karen has documented the modern-day Klan in their homes, at rallies, and at Klan gatherings, taking us deep inside a world we would otherwise never see — a world most of us might not even want to know about.”
Check the rest of the photos after the jump… (more…)
Senate Bill Proposed to Ban Mermaids, Centaurs and Other Manimals
I’m honestly a little surprised that people are actually thinking about this kind of stuff. I think we should at least experiment with human-animal hybrids. They could be useful for all sorts of things.
“This legislation works to ensure that our society recognizes the dignity and sacredness of human life,” said Brownback. “Creating human-animal hybrids, which permanently alter the genetic makeup of an organism, will challenge the very definition of what it means to be human and is a violation of human dignity and a grave injustice.”
The Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act would ban the creation of human-animal hybrids. Human-animal hybrids are defined as those part-human, part-animal creatures, which are created in laboratories, and blur the line between species. The bill is modest in scope and only affects efforts to blur the genetic lines between animals and humans. It does not preclude the use of animals or humans in legitimate research or health care where genetic material is not passed on to future generations, such as the use of a porcine heart valve in a human patient or the use of a lab rat with human diseases to develop treatments.
Shouts to Paul for the link. Read more here.
Cocaine
Learn how Colombia’s rural farmers make and sell cocaine. Many of these farmers cannot survive by growing a selling normal crops, and they still barely make ends meet harvesting the coca plant.
Evian Roller Babies Commercial
Using babies in your commercials seems to be a successful marketing scheme, and this Evian commercial is no exception. The combination of roller skating, break dancing, and “Rapper’s Delight” is hard to resist.
Thanks to Molly for the link!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs
The Great Beer Flood
London faced a surreal emergency on Oct. 17, 1814, when a giant beer vat ruptured in a St. Giles brewery. The resulting wave collapsed the neighboring vats, and 323,000 golden gallons poured into the West End.
“All at once, I found myself borne onward with great velocity by a torrent, which burst upon me so suddenly as almost to deprive me of breath,” wrote a correspondent to the London Knickerbocker. “A roar, as of falling buildings at a distance, and suffocating fumes, were in my ears and nostrils.”
The flood filled neighboring basements and causing several tenements to collapse. In all, eight people were killed — “by drowning, injury, poisoning by porter fumes, or drunkenness.”
via Futility Closet
Cam’ron feat. Ma$e – Get It
Cam’ron and Mase? I’m still in shock. I thought Ma$e was done after that “Welcome Back” jawn he dropped back in ’06-’07. I guess not. I saw this today and thought it was some sort of old mixtape track I had never heard before. WRONG. The beat is oh-so-hard (not really feelin’ the chorus though). I’m still in shock. BUMP THIS!!!
♫ Adulture – Windy Site ♫
Garrett Shrigley aka Adulture had been on the Columbus DJ scene for quite some time . He played Sweatin’ all the time (he was supposed to play the last one, but he was abducted or something) and he also opened for Diplo. Life has taken him to Chicago and he sent me his first track produced in the Windy City. Enjoy!
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