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Man Sits on Whale Being Eaten by Sharks for Fun
12.11.2009
08:35 pm
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This guy sat on a dead, floating whale while tiger sharks ate the shit out of it. That’s baller. So baller.

An Australian man has been photographed sitting on a dead whale while it was being eaten by tiger sharks in an attempt to dispel myths about the predators.

Leon Deschamps, 32, said he wants to show that the sharks are not merely blood thirsty killing machines and was prepared to put his own life at risk to prove it.
The conservationist from Shark Bay in Western Australia - said people perceive all sharks to be the same and that tiger sharks are victims as a result.

“We fear tiger sharks because we do not understand them,” he said.

(Telegraph: Man pictured sitting on a dead whale in the middle of shark feeding frenzy)

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.11.2009
08:35 pm
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What’s The Perfect Krautrock Jam For A Rainy Weekend ?
12.11.2009
05:13 pm
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The ebulliently minimalist classic “It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl” by Faust, naturally. Enjoy !

  

video bonus: the only footage I’ve ever seen of the original line up of Faust at play in their communal home/studio in W?ɬ

Posted by Brad Laner
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12.11.2009
05:13 pm
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Brandon Voges’ Upside Downy Face series
12.11.2009
02:49 pm
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Clever (slightly constipated looking) upside down portraits by photographer Brandon Voges.
 
(via Mister Honk)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.11.2009
02:49 pm
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The Rise and Fall of the Boombox
12.11.2009
02:01 pm
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A snippet from NPR’s “A Eulogy For The Boombox”:

Before there were iPods, or even CDs, and around the time cassettes let break dancers move the party to a cardboard dance floor on the sidewalk, there were boomboxes. It’s been 20 years since the devices disappeared from the streets. It’s high time to press rewind on this aspect of America’s musical history.

Back in the day, you could take your music with you and play it loud, even if people didn’t want to hear it. 150 decibels of power-packed bass blasted out on street corners from New York City to Topeka. Starting in the mid-‘70s, boomboxes were available everywhere, and they weren’t too expensive. Young inner-city kids lugged them around, and kids in the suburbs kept them in their cars.

They weren’t just portable tape players with the speakers built in. You could record off the radio, and most had double cassette decks, so if you were walking down the street and you heard something you liked, you could go up to the kid and ask to dub a copy.

They were called boomboxes, or ghetto blasters. But to most of the young kids in New York City, they were just a box.

 
Read more of A Eulogy For The Boombox by Frannie Kelley
 
(via Nerdcore)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.11.2009
02:01 pm
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Snoop Dogg Does It TomTom Style
12.11.2009
01:36 pm
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Who wouldn’t want Snoop Dogg telling you to “show up left…so fly?”

Snoop Dogg has voiced a new VoiceSkin for TomTom GPS driving navigation systems.  The rapper can be heard giving directions and driving instructions on the application, which is available to download from Voiceskins now.  Snoop Dogg has added his own witticisms to the instructions, which include him saying “Keep left ahead, and you’ll be bona fide” and “turn around when possible and keep it ‘G’, ya d-i-g?”  As well as providing directions, Snoop Dogg has also recorded a ‘Points Of Interest’ file for the TomTom, containing the locations of places of special significance for the rapper, plus his favourite Los Angeles haunts.

 
(via NME)

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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12.11.2009
01:36 pm
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Student Brings Typewriter to Class
12.11.2009
12:44 pm
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Student Brings Typewriter To Class - Watch more Funny Videos

 
This kid rules!

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.11.2009
12:44 pm
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Ar Avatars
12.11.2009
03:54 am
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Crazy cool animated fashion gifs created by Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader for Spiral Mag.
 
Reed + Rader
 
(via Today and Tomorrow)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.11.2009
03:54 am
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Sarah Palin Parking Lot, Part 2
12.11.2009
12:00 am
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This time around: what does Sarah Palin mean for womankind?

Posted by Richard Metzger
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12.11.2009
12:00 am
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The Fabulous South Korean Chanteuse: Kim Jung Mi
12.10.2009
10:20 pm
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Why hello there everyone. First of all much thanks to Brad, Richard, Tara and Jason for having me here. I shall do my best to keep pace (a little) with your collective geniuses.
 
I thought I might begin by offering a sampling of the mysterious South Korean chanteuse Kim Jung Mi. I’ve been bewitched by her stylings and especially the raw production and playing on her early 70’s records ever since being introduced to her by the amazing vinyl archivists over at Mutant Sounds (about whom much more in future posts). I’ve found virtually nothing on her in English so I certainly welcome information from any Korean pop aficionados out there. So far the best bit I could glean was from YouTube user “ProudKoreanGuy” who claims : “Her songs kept getting censored so much by the South Korean government at that?ج

Posted by Brad Laner
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12.10.2009
10:20 pm
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Jukebox Hero: Jonesy’s Jukebox returns online
12.10.2009
10:14 pm
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When I moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1991, one of the first things I noticed right off the bat (besides the 99 Cents Only stores, the vast number of strip malls and the LA Weekly ads for butt cheek implants) was how great L.A. radio was. Notice I wrote was... as in past tense.

Cut to 2009 and the radio landscape in the City of Angels is getting kinda lame. If you’re not into the far right talk of Dr. Laura, the all reggaeton, all the time stations or Britney Spears, you’re pretty much out of luck these days. When Indie 103.1 morphed into the Latin format of El Gato earlier this year, it really felt like the final nail in the coffin for L.A. rock radio. High-profile rock DJs like Henry Rollins and Sex Pistol Steve Jones were cut adrift from their loyal listening audiences and there was sadness in the streets.

But now rock fans, rejoice, for Jonesy is back! Jonesy’s Jukebox is operational again, but this time on the Internet, streaming live for one hour a day on the www.iamrogue.com website run by producer Ryan Kavanaugh.

Now L.A.‘s finest DJ can spin for the rest of the world. I, for one, certainly will be listening.

Below: Young Mr. Jones and some of his mates swearing on live television in 1976:

Posted by Richard Metzger
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12.10.2009
10:14 pm
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