`47. Express Delivery
Keith Moon
Item: Customized milk truck
Cost: $595
In 1971, Who drummer Keith Moon bought a British electric-powered milk delivery cart and had it converted into a “mobile Victorian parlour” — with armchair, wallpaper, cocktail cabinet and gramophone. To fit it in his garage, Moon also removed his Corvette and drove it into a nearby hedge. [..]
30. Establishing Boundaries
Paul McCartney
Item: Gigantic fence
Cost: $170,000
Herds of wild boar were becoming a problem on McCartney’s 1,000-acre English estate, tearing up trees and carrying swine fever. But he didn’t want the guilt of the pests being shot on his property, so in 1999 he had a four-mile long fence built to keep them out. “He does whatever he wants because he can afford it,” said a disgruntled local farmer.’
‘Look, now, I got a lot of bitches to plough.. So you can fuck with me later, but you should fuck with me now..’
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Lots and lots of music videos from the 80’s. You love it.
`A student who used images of the concentration camp at Auschwitz in a hoax publicity video for a techno rave will be prosecuted for discrimination, a prosecution spokeswoman said Monday.
The student, identified as the 23-year-old Dickie Thijssen by Dutch media, will appear before a magistrate Wednesday, Jechien de Graaf of the Rotterdam prosecutor’s office said.
If convicted he faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a 4,500 euros fine.
Thijssen, who is living in the southwest of the country, apologised extensively on the internet for the offence caused by his video.
The clip, which was widely circulated on the Internet last year, purported to give details of a techno music festival called “Housewitz”, a reference to techno “house” music.’
Followup to Housewitz – Tanzen Macht Frei.
`It was a discovery that flabbergasted conservationists cleaning Britain’s highest mountain last weekend. There, beneath a pile of stones on the plateau that caps Ben Nevis, was a piano.
Speculation began as to how it had arrived on such a blustery clime: perhaps it was a prank by a team of students and a helicopter pilot, perhaps a tornado had dropped it there?
But an even more incredible truth has emerged. It was carried there by one man as part of a charity stunt 35 years ago.
“It must be mine,” said Kenneth Campbell, 64.’
`Transferring music from CDS onto iPods and other MP3 players will no longer be illegal after federal cabinet agreed to make sweeping changes to copyright laws.
But beware the trap of downloading from the internet. The Government will increase surveillance and fines on internet piracy in a package to be announced by Attorney-General Philip Ruddock today.
Once the new laws are passed, “format shifting” of music, newspapers and books from personal collections onto MP3 players will become legal. The new laws will also make it legal for people to tape television and radio programs for playback later, a practice currently prohibited although millions of people regularly do it.’
The 80’s was the best period of human history to date. Don’t believe me? This will prove it.
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`Milliseconds before a giant star dies in a spectacular explosion, it hums a note around ‘middle C’, astronomers say. [..]
“Our simulations show that the inner core starts to execute pulsations,” says Professor Burrows.
“They show that after about 500 milliseconds [after the core collapses] the inner core begins to vibrate wildly. And after 600, 700 or 800 milliseconds, this oscillation becomes so vigorous that it sends out sound waves.
“In these computer runs, these sound waves actually cause the star to explode, not the neutrinos.”‘
`What exactly is it about Hollywood and fame that gets into people’s heads? What is it that penetrates into the minds of performers and makes them feel omnipotent? Make them believe they are all powerful and knowing and that everything they touch will turn to gold? Is it the mandatory narcissistic obsession that comes with being a star? Is it the constant exposure to drugs and alcohol? Is it the close proximity of greasy executive and slimy producers who are out to exploit anyone and everyone to make a buck?
We are not sure, we’ll let you be the judge as to the drives and/or motivations behind the current list of nominees for the Fade To Black Rock & Roll Hall of Shame. So crank up the volume and prepare to listen to your favorite Rock & Roll classics sung by the likes of Andy Griffith, Pat Boone, Leonard Nimoy and more!’
`An Australian woman will face court on Tuesday charged with repeatedly stabbing her partner because he played an Elvis Presley song over and over again, police said on Tuesday. [..]
The man, whose injuries were described as “non-life threatening,” had been repeatedly playing the song “Burning Love,” a police spokesman said.
The 1972 song was the U.S. rock great’s 40th and last top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.’
`I’m a sucker for a bizarre cover, a great cheesecake cover or something that just plain is so cool that you know you’ll never see it again. I have to snap these up. Partly because I want to archive as many of these kinds of covers as I can, before they disappear forever. They don’t make ’em anymore, you know. The other reason is that these big 12″ X 12″ pieces of art really are just that — art.
It’s a crying shame that those little CD covers will never have this kind of impact.
In the back of my mind, I’d someday like to put out a coffee table-style book of the greatest and strangest LP covers that ever were. But that’s probably where the idea for such a book will stay — in the back of my mind! So, why not post some of my favorites here on the internet?? [..]’
`A fortysomething man in overalls sings about proper terminilogy for your anatomy. You don’t often see a song played on a miniature guitar that contains the word “vulva”.
This clip originally appeared in the 1984 video Strong Kids, Safe Kids, starring Henry Winkler.’
[sings] Our anus is a useful thing indeed, the anus gives relief in times of need..
Remixes of Imagine and Walk on the Wild Side by George Bush.
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Some guy lost a competition with his friend and had to carry a boombox around playing the shittiest mix tape they could come up with at full volume.
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Some strange man rapping strange stuff. I assume he’s being ridiculous on purpose, but you never know.
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‘It’s not clear whether or not this is William Hung, but it’s ALL final countdown. See those kids running off at the beginning of the video? Ya, they were on to something there.’
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‘Just started bustin’ rhymes, finally found my groove,
Now the SS on my jacket stands for super smooth..
And when I step into the clubs you know I’m steppin’ with style,
I raise my left hand, party people say heil..’
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An amusing song about train drivers..
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I’m not the man they think I am at home..
Oh no no no..
I’m a rock-et man.
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time..
Lalala. 🙂
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[sings]
Linday Lohan .. she got some big ass titties..
Mariah Carey .. she got some big ass titties..
Safe for work if you have headphones. 🙂
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‘grandmaster flash vs. george bush video mix’
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‘It rubs the lotion on its skin
Or else it gets the hose again
It rubs the lotion on its skin
Or else it gets the hose again
(Yes it does Precious)’
Kinda catchy. 🙂
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Hey love crusader, I want to be your space invader.
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