IKEA in Taiwan used the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to recreate some pages in its new 2021 catalog. As an avid player of the game, I am so tickled by this and appreciate how much effort went into doing it. Some of the substitutions they had to make for the recreations are really […]
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have lost one of their own. Jack Sherman, an early guitarist for the band, has passed away at the age of 64. The band made the announcement on Twitter, "We of the RHCP family would like to wish Jack Sherman smooth sailing into the worlds beyond, for he has passed. […]
Remember the Del Rubio Triplets? The three sisters who played guitars, dressed alike and wore too-short dresses…? You probably recognize their campy act from eighties shows like Pee-wee's Playhouse ("These Boots are Made for Walking" and "Winter Wonderland"), Full House ("Whip it!"), and Golden Girls ("Neutron Dance"). However, Milly, Eadie, and Elena didn't start performing […]
Because of the dumpster fire that is 2020, there is no IRL Black Rock City this summer. But there is Burning Man Multiverse and Burn Week is nigh, people. It starts August 30 and goes through September 6. Am I going to participate in it? Darn right I am. My first Burning Man was 1995. […]
It's set in the not-so-distant future but takes its design cues from the past, specifically the familiar stylings of old Popular Science magazines. Popular Pandemics is the parody publication of Bob Rucker who shared with Boing Boing: When I first saw videos of people in China collapsing on the sidewalks at the beginning of the […]
My pal Brody Q just dropped off some unusual, but delicious, treats to my doorstep, a box of her homemade gourmet "s'mores." Unlike traditional s'mores these are made without a campfire, a sort of culinary response to the climate crisis. She writes: Lapsang souchong (smoky tea) marshmallows dipped in dark chocolate and gluten-free graham crackers. […]
Activist art collective INDECLINE have dropped the trailer for their upcoming documentary (Fall 2020), The Art of Protest. "INDECLINE was founded on the idea that no matter how bad things get, there are concrete actions that can be taken as a form of resistance. They might not always be legal or polite, but that doesn't […]
Years before he played David Brent in The Office, comedian Ricky Gervais sang in a synth-pop group called Seona Dancing. The two-man band, Gervais and his college friend Bill Macrae, was active from 1982 to 1984, splitting up over poor sales. However, one of their songs, "More to Lose," "became an '80s anthem as ubiquitous […]
Barefoot waterskier Benjamin Thompson writes, "The dolphin start wasn't too great but the Butt Slide more than makes up for it." AGREED! 10/10 (Digg) screengrab via Benjamin Thompson/YouTube
Get ready to sympathy itch. Watch Jack Black go from Grizzly Adams to Mr. Clean in a little over five minutes. Ok, maybe not Mr. Clean but some bald guy. The video ends with a "to be continued" teaser and I'm not sure I want to know what's coming off next… screengrab via JablinksiGames/YouTube Thanks, […]
When there isn't a pandemic, Cherie B. Tay works as a Broadway asst/stage manager. Her latest credit is Hadestown which is currently suspended through January 3, 2021. In this forced downtime, she made this recording of herself giving out stage calls for folks who might be missing their work in the theater biz. Thanks, Dave!
Event producers are pivoting to make shows/money happen during the pandemic. Case in point, this "Drive-into Experience" event based on Stranger Things. It's like a haunted house but you remain in your vehicle the entire time. io9 explains: Netflix has teamed up with Fever and Secret Cinema to debut a drive-through immersive Stranger Things adventure […]
On Sunday, for a Kerwin Frost/YouTube Previously: Bid on real "Pee-wee's Playhouse" history: Penny cartoon figures
I have just learned that "Timer," the bulbous yellow character from those old animated Saturday morning healthy-eating PSAs, first appeared in a 1973 afterschool special called The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Trip. Um, WHAT?! How did I not know this? This mind-blowing discovery came about after I shared with friends an amusing conversation between […]
SPOT (NYSE) Taking something boring and turning it into something beautiful is a real talent, and that's exactly what Gladys of Stoxart has done. She's turned stock charts into lovely illustrations of landscapes. It's easy to see why she calls herself a "data visual insights innovator." The stock market is a story worth telling so […]
I bet it won't take you long to figure out what song Randy Rainbow's latest parodies. It rhymes with "Kamala." screengrab via Randy Rainbow/YouTube
To complete your retro-swank lanai, you're going to need one of Shag's new MOAHA wood-burning chimineas. Made by TikiFarm, half the stock of these terracotta tiki-head chimneys has already been scooped up at $399 a pop through Shag's store. The rest will be sold through the TikiFarm website sometime this week. Each one weighs 80 […]
