A grown man in a spandex chicken costume scurries up a twelve-foot speaker tower in the corner of the stage. The crowd below him hoots louder with each foothold he makes. By the time he has risen, arms outstretched like some neon shaman, the chicken man has already launched into the VIP section below. — Read the rest
The the latest comedy sketch by the brothers behind Fairbairn Films is a humorous reminder of the days you skipped boring school only to realize you missed the most exciting day ever (e.g., a kid punched a teacher or a water main broke and flooded the entire classroom). — Read the rest
Enjoy this great sketch from Australian comedy duo Lachlan and Jaxon Fairbairn, making fun of America's slow-poke election count. Simple, funny and merciless.
One oddity of the glacial vote count is that while every expert is plainly giving it to Biden in private (or coding his victory as jokes on Twitter), they're still formally calling the election a toss-up. — Read the rest
A reader writes, "Robert Buckingham, dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan since 2009, was fired last Wednesday for critical comments about the university's restructuring plans. When he showed up for work Wednesday morning, two campus security guards escorted him off campus. — Read the rest
(Photo: X-TG 2010, photographed on 05-11-2010, "Our last official photo together," says Chris Carter. Photo by Paul Smith)
Early this morning came sad news that one of the great pioneers in electronic music has died: Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson.
Longtime friend and collaborator Chris Carter now shares this remembrance. — Read the rest
(Snapshots from the BBV Throbbing Gristle shoot by Chris Cooper).
Earlier this week, Boing Boing Video and Richard Metzger shot an interview with art-damage/industrial music godfathers Throbbing Gristle in Los Angeles. They're on a limited tour of the USA, with a show tonight in San Francisco, and dates scheduled in Chicago and Brooklyn (info on dates, venues, and tickets here). — Read the rest
