Bad Little Children’s Books
American illustrator, cartoonist, author and designer, Bob Staake, has some fun with classic children’s books and turns them into something quite… dark.
More after the jump…
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American illustrator, cartoonist, author and designer, Bob Staake, has some fun with classic children’s books and turns them into something quite… dark.
More after the jump…
Here’s another little jeweled sequin to add to the collection called Seventies: A BBC news report on David Bowie, as he prepares for his last public concert at the Odeon, Hammersmith, July 4th, 1973.
This is the edited version of a longer report, which was originally filmed at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens, and aired on the current affairs show Nationwide on May 25th, 1973. It is well worth watching for the unbelievably condescending and inadvertently hilarious commentary by the BBC reporter, who describes Bowie as ‘freakish’ and narrates the whole story with a growing sense of eye-brow raised horror.
Our besuited Man from Auntie then thrusts his microphone at celebratory fans and family: Lulu, Tony Curtis and Mrs Angie Bowie (who gives the best line), demanding to know what they think they’re doing. Alas, the original interview with the man himself is absent, sadly edited out of this version, but we do see him in prep for his big night, giving it laldy onstage before being whisked-off in a limo.
Great stuff. And you can compare this version with the original feature, which is available two parts, here and here.
British food sculptor Paul Baker has recreated The Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover using the main ingredients of an English breakfast with garnishes - beans, mushrooms, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, toast and fruit.
Note that he used mushrooms to create Paul McCartney out of respect for McCartney’s vegetarianism.
Via The Daily Swarm
A totally ridiculous (but boy does it work with the video!) metal version of Bob Marley’s “Is This Love” by Andy Rehfeldt. You can almost believe this is real.
Via KMFW
Canadian recording artist Charlotte Diamond sings “Dicky Dinosaur” from her Diamonds And Dragons album.
No relationship to Lil’ Wayne’s “dinosaur dick.”
What do you do when you find your mom sleepwalking in a beatific Ambien trance in the middle of the night? Why, you’d videotape her and upload it to YouTube, of course!
There’s also a reaction video of mom when she watches herself doing her specialty,“The Tomato Cage Waltz.” Watch it here.
Side note: I once woke up with a raw potato in my bed. No clue how it got there.
Via the entire Internet
Something Awful held a Breaking Bad meets Star Wars GIF mash-up contest. Most of the submissions were, well…awful. However, I do like the above GIF submitted by The NPR Store.
See the rest over at Something Awful.
Via Nerdcore
According to the description on Amazon
“Hand made hand painted ** Limited addition ** Quality - excellent. ** Very colorful, detailed artwork. ** Lacquer finish. *** Signature on the base. **”
They’re $31.00 + shipping for the 5 dolls.
Motorhead Russian Nesting Doll Hand Made 5 Pcs / 6 in
Via Cherrybombed
Yes, it’s totally ridiculous, but actor and comedian Josh Robert Thompson does a spot-on impression of Morgan Freeman.
There are a lot of F-bombs in this one, so NSFW.
Via High Definite
According to the YouTube description, this Pier 1 Imports rap-style “Let’s” Coaching (their name not mine) training video was made in 2003! Normally these kind of craptastic rap gems are from the late 80s and early 90s!
I can’t believe some ad agency (in this case, the comically named RAProductions) actually got paid to come up with an idea like this in 2003…
Now, let’s connect with the customer and make a sale y’all!
With thanks to Glen E. Friedman!