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Thanks to this Stories Behind 10 Johnny Cash Songs article from Mental Floss, I finally know what the hell was up with that weird Chicken in Black song he did in the 80s. In the video above, he’s dressed in bright yellow, accessorized with a powder blue cape. Sound a little off-brand? It was. In …
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Unless you work at the station and are one of the folks who gets to put out the fire, it’s always fun when an employee quits live on the air complete with a word or 2 that might get some folks in trouble with the FCC. Here’s a recent example from an Alaska TV newscast. …
The other day, Carin asked me what ever became of that We Regret The Error thing that Deadspin was doing. It turns out that the one I posted marked June 2013 was the last one they did, giving up because the news really is that incompetent and they couldn’t keep up. But the 3 they …
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Dear news media: You’ve got this all wrong. The amazing part is not that young Félix here is blind. the amazing part is that he’s 10 years old and taught himself to play B.B. King like this.
If you’re interested in what happened at Apple’s recent product launch event but can’t bear the thought of reading all of the dry tech coverage, here’s everything you need to know in musical form.
Scott’s Blog of Doom is a fine place to spend hours watching old wrestling matches. I was doing some of that yesterday since I wasn’t awake enough to do much else and I ran across this from 1997. I distinctly remembered 1997 me loving this, so I gave it a look for the first time …
It’s tempting to call shenanigans on this because how the hell do you do all of that with 4 red balloons and some multitrack recording, but I’m not going to do that. 99 Red Balloons – played with red balloons. FAQ: 1. How many balloons did you use? Four. 2. How long did it take? …
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There are plenty of aspects of foreign culture that can feel free to merrily stay right where they are. But this thing where an angry mob comes together to dump one of its country’s shitty politicians into a dumpster? Canada ought to think about importing that one. The victim, such as he is, is Vitaly …
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A while ago, kids reacted to a Game Boy. So it only makes sense that now they’re reacting to the old Nintendo Entertainment System. The parts where they start cursing at it when the game won’t start or when it looks like they’re about to die reminded me a bit of the way my friends …
I have no idea who the hell does videos in fucking Quicktime anymore and I know even less about the origins of this one, but it’s funny. If advertising types were capable of being honest, this is what it would sound like. Yup, seems about right.