Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Lost's Final Season Grows






11 Best Homer Simpson Quotes About Movies and Television

Official: 'Earl' finishes list, not going to TBS

Brian Lynch: 30 Rock is a rip-off of The Muppet Show!

8 Starship Enterprise Facts Every Trekker Should Know

The Stories Behind 10 T.V. Theme Songs

10 Celebrity Commercials We're Sold On

A Tangentially Sportive Chat with Survivalist, Tennis Fan and Urine Connoisseur Bear Grylls

Lost's Final Season Grows

Doctor Who and the Terrence Dicks Novelisation of the Earth!

10 Best Uses Of Classical Music In Classic Cartoons

Top 10 Bizarre TV Shows For Kids (via)

6 Songs Used to Torture and Intimidate






Net gives pirate radio the last laugh

Who really benefits from paperless concert tickets?

Oh, my ears! Auto-Tune is ruining music

The anatomy of "Bomb the bass - Beat Dis". Here is the song for real Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis.

The human iPod: Derek Paravicini is blind and severely disabled yet can master any song after hearing it once... What is his secret?

Are downloads really killing the music industry? Or is it something else?

Ten British bands that changed the music world

10 Celebrities Injured on Stage

Music Tidbits: Cyndi Lauper

Complaint Box | iPod Volume

Michael Jackson patented a gadget to perform dance magic

A relatively long list of music videos by Michel Gondry. From his humble beginnings with Oui Oui to his eventual mastery of both space and time. Some great stuff here. Thanks Hypersloth.

12 Greatest Key Changes In Pop Music (via)

6 Songs Used to Torture and Intimidate

And finally, for now, over at Amy's place leave a comment and tell her your oops moment or the craziest thing you have ever done and you could win a prize.

This Is Luck








Look at the top picture and you can see where this guy broke through the crash barrier (right side where the people are standing on the road).

His truck left the road, traveling from right to left. He flipped end-over-end, across the culvert outlet and landed on the left side of it.

Now look at the picture below.


Bad Day






Blue Angels - Raw Cockpit Footage

Footage shot from the cockpit of the United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels (Official Website).



Monday, June 29, 2009

Collapsed Building In Shanghai






7 Simple, Unexpected Ways to Save Water

The madness of temporary ski jumps

The Town Devoured By Rock

6 extraordinarily stubborn 'nail houses'

6 Intriguingly Shaped Communities As Seen On Google Maps


Collapsed Building In Shanghai


The tridge: the bridge's mutated cousin

7 Most Fascinating Underwater Ruins

Spectacular Dams Around the World (via)

The World's Largest Residence

How to Heal Sunburn






Teen diagnoses her own disease in science class

Why your brain just can't remember that word

A collection of images of Nurses taken from Film, TV and The Media from the 1930s to the present, showing how uniform styles have changed over the years.

My stomach was in my shoulder!

6 Disgusting Ways Animals Can Improve Your Health

Gene could allow lab-grown teeth

Australian scientists kill cancer cells with "trojan horse"

How to Heal Sunburn

Mother of 555 pound teenager charged with neglect

Obese Michael Hebranko has lost and gained 3,000 lbs

Doctors Baffled, Intrigued by Girl Who Doesn't Age

Hide and Seek Champ







Winners of the Worlds Ugliest Dog Contest














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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Sigur Ros Talk Takk

In this 30 minute short (links below) you can listen to an interview with the band members in which they talk about each song on Takk individually. The band tells us about the origin, inspiration, recording process, and general comments about the songs on Takk. The interviews are accompanied by images of the band's surroundings in álafoss and reykjavík.


sigur-ros.co.uk - Takk Documentary

Or here on YouTube in 3 parts
Sigur Ros-Takk Documentary(2005) 1/3
Sigur Ros-Takk Documentary(2005) 2/3
Sigur Ros-Takk Documentary(2005) 3/3


Takk


Takk is still far and away the most played CD in my collection. A complete classic.

Here's a few stunning videos on YouTube featuring some of the songs from the album in full.

GlĂłsĂłli
HoppĂ­polla
Sæglópur