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18 year old guitar virtuoso Kent Nishimura, performed a stirring fingerstyle acoustic cover of the Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stirring Fingerstyle Cover of the Pink Floyd Song ‘Comfortably Numb’ on Acoustic Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bardcore musician Constantine Bard performed a melodic cover of the Rolling Stones song “Paint It Black” on traditional medieval instruments.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Bardcore Cover of the Classic Rolling Stones Song ‘Paint It Black’ Performed on Medieval Instruments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Old-timey musician Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq. performed an acoustic cover of the iconic AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" on a Bodhralele. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Old-Timey Musician Plays AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ on a Beautiful Hybrid Banjolele With an Irish Drum Body first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Craftsman Cao Shennge created an absolutely exquisite Alien King Maquette out of 200 recycled tires.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Exquisite ‘Alien King’ Sculpture Made Out of 200 Recycled Tires first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Andrea Love created a needle felted stop motion animation of a cookout, complete with a grill and all the fixings of an outdoor barbeque. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Relaxing Needle Felted Stop Motion Summer Cookout first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Adam Savage shared the creepiest prop that they ever used on MythBusters, the realistic "Robocat" designed by Grant Imihara.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adam Savage Reveals the Creepiest Prop Ever Used on ‘MythBusters’ While Announcing Charity Prop Auction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musicians Frank Steinjns and Jitse Zonneveld play a heavenly cover of the Motorhead song "Ace of Spades" on church bells and guitar.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Heavenly Cover of the Motörhead Song ‘Ace of Spades’ Played on Church Bells and Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designer Tomohiro Okazaki of Swimming Design made a creative series of stop motion animations that feature matchsticks with red tips.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Extremely Creative Series of Stop Motion Animations Featuring Matchsticks With Red Tips first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a Foo Fighters show in Bonner Springs, Kansas, Dave Grohl invited a teenage fan onstage to play guitar on their song "Monkey Wrench".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dave Grohl Invites Teenage Fan Onstage in Kansas to Play Guitar on the Foo Fighters Song ‘Monkey Wrench’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nexus Studios has created an animated short featuring a variety of interesting characters at a cocktail party enjoying a snappy jazz band.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Animation of Interesting Characters at a Cocktail Party Enjoying a Snappy Jazz Quartet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Seattle fabricator Michael Alm made a tutorial that shows how to create decorative geometric patterns on edge-grain plywood.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make Edge-Grain Patterned Plywood first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A musician with Electronicos Fantasticos performed the traditional "Ganke" of the "Nishimonai Bon Odori" on a hybrid Telesen.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Performs Portion of ‘Nishimonai Bon Odori’ (‘Dance with the Spirits’) on a Unique Hybrid Instrument first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Woodworker Nick Zammeti used a lathe to turn a stack of old records into a colorful vinyl wave.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Woodworker Uses a Lathe to Turn a Stack of Old Records Into a Colorful Vinyl Wave first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Skunk Train offers tours of the Mendocino County redwoods on two-person electric railbikes.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Tour of the Mendocino County Redwoods on a Two-Person Electric Bike That Rides on Train Rails first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens Heidler of Another Perspective captured beautiful super slow motion macro footage of several insects taking off into flight. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Super Slow Motion Macro Footage That Captures the Magnificent Beauty of Insects Taking Flight first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios created a 3D animation that compares the size of microorganisms reimagined in larger scale.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 3D Animated Size Comparison of Microorganisms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ruth Shelley and Robert Oestmann are a unique young British couple that prefers to happily live their lives as if they were in the 1930s.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Young British Couple Live As If They Were in the 1930s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Type the Alphabet is an online game that challenges the player to type the English alphabet to see how fast they can type.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Online Game That Challenges Players to Type the Alphabet as Fast as They Can first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Grégoire Blanc and GlassDuo perform a striking theremin and glass harp cover of the theme from 'Howl's Moving Castle".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Striking Cover of the Theme From ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ Performed on Theremin and Glass Harp first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tom Scott worked with local authorities governing river and road traffic in order to have a chance to raise the iconic Tower Bridge in London.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tom Scott Raises the Iconic Tower Bridge of London first appeared on Laughing Squid.

CGP Grey explores the long etymological history of the popular 1980s name "Tiffany".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Long History Behind the Popular Name ‘Tiffany’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An old blind man helps a sad young man get out of his head and see the world around him.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Touching Animated Short About a Blind Man Showing a Sad Young Man How to See the World Around Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Foo Fighters trolled Westboro Baptist Church picketers with a disco performance and a message of love while in Kansas City for a show.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Foo Fighters Hilariously Troll Westboro Baptist Church Protesters With Disco and a Message of Love first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Bill McClintock created an amusing mashup combining lyrics from "Jump" by Van Halen with steel guitar by Hank Williams Jr.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Mashup That Combines Van Halen’s Jump With Steel Guitar by Country Legend Hank Williams Jr. first appeared on Laughing Squid.

IKEA Canada has provided very helpful instructions that show how to repurpose and recycle IKEA furniture and shopping bags.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Repurpose IKEA Furniture and Shopping Bags first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sandcastle artist Leonardo Ugolini sculpted an absolutely gorgeous, highly detailed Millenium Falcon out of sand.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Detailed Millennium Falcon Sand Sculpture first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Guitar quartet 40 Fingers performed a lush, multilayered acoustic cover of The Police song "Message in a Bottle".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Guitar Quartet Performs Multilayered Acoustic Cover of The Police Song ‘Message in a Bottle’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of National Mustard Day on August 7, 2021, French’s Mustard has partnered with Plantedosi Bakery in Malden, Massachusetts to create a yellow mustard-infused hot dog bun. While the company has tried other pairings in the past with ice cream and beer, this savory bun with their traditional recipe baked right in seems to be a perfect match. Yup, we actually mixed our tangy Classic Yellow® right into the dough. The result? The brightest buns your ‘buds will ever taste. The mustard bun will be making its debut across the United States on August 7 and August 14, 2021.…Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post French’s Mustard Flavored Hot Dog Buns first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chewie's Meme Town imagines what Yoda would sound if he used normal and definitive speaking patterns rather than his usual lopsided syntax.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What Yoda Would Sound Like If He Spoke Normally first appeared on Laughing Squid.

"Voice Above Water" profiles a 90 year old Balinese man who cleans the river of plastic pollution so that future generations can fish again.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Profound Short Film About a 90 Year Old Balinese Fisherman Who Catches Plastic Instead of Fish first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Dhruva Aliman shared a wonderful compilation of footage from the 1890s that shows what cities around the world looked like at the time. Included in the cities that were visited are Jerusalem, Bohemia, Moscow, London, Selkirk, New York City, Geneva, Berlin, and Paris, just to name a few. The remastered footage was gathered from the Lumiere archives and set to a beautiful soundtrack composed by Aliman. The start of motion pictures, late 1890’s. Rare film of cities, towns and countries. High-quality remastered prints from the Lumiere archives and EYE Film Museum via Open CultureFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful 1890s Footage of Cities Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1964, the great Dionne Warwick stood upon a Paris rooftop and sung what would be her best-known hit “Walk on By”. As she walked up and down the roof, a group of men in suits interacted with her in a distinctly choreographed fashion in what appears to be an early music video. Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine restored the original footage using artificial intelligence to smooth out the rough edges of the video and remastered the soundtrack for better sound. Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound. “Walk On By” is a song composed by Burt…Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dionne Warwick Sings ‘Walk on By’ on a Paris Rooftop in a Remastered 1964 Music Video for the Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@solopsist Eat the rich ##HoldMyMilk ##chocolatelover ##ediblefoodcravings ? original sound – solopsist solopsist has created an amusingly surreal series of videos where they interact with the nearly-extinct public phone booth. Each video shows the prankster interacting with the hanging receiver. The receiver might be a pickle, it might be made of chocolate, it might just go limp or it might shoot strawberry jam from both the mouth and earpiece. The phone itself could also be a piñata filled with candy. There appear to be no limits to this person’s wonderful imagination. Nothing is real everything is permitted @solopsist Nothing is…Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Series of Surreal Interactions With Phone Booths first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Artisanal Brew Works (@artisanalbrew) Novelty candy maker Warheads has partnered with Artisinal Brew Works in Saratoga Springs, New York, to create a line of Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Seltzers. The initial introduction will be the Cherry-Lime flavor. Black Cherry, Watermelon, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Extremely Sour Warheads Candy Hard Seltzers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The prolific band Weezer, who are no strangers to cover songs, performed the classic Metallica anthem “Enter Sandman” in their distinctive fashion, using rather spooky imagery in the video to enunciate the dark theme of the song. Profits from this song will go towards a good cause. All profits from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Weezer Covers of ‘Enter Sandman’ For a New Metallica Tribute Album Complete With a Spooky Music Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bruce Willis playing arms dealer extraordinaire Tony Amato in Miami Vice’s first season. Four months later, he was trading barbs with Cybill Shepherd as P.I. David Addison in Moonlighting pic.twitter.com/w9NClkIizv — Daniel Holland? (@DannyDutch) August 4, 2021 Photographer Daniel Holland has Tweeted out a rather comprehensive list of famous actors...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Rather Comprehensive List of Famous Guest Stars Who Appeared on ‘Miami Vice’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Donald Gorske, a self-described Big Mac enthusiast in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin who set the Guinness World Record in 2016 for the most Big Mac burgers eaten in a lifetime (28,788) has happily broken his own record in 2021 by consuming an incredible total of 32,340 Big Macs just five years later. Gorske stated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wisconsin Man Sets the Guinness World Record For Eating More Than 32,000 Big Macs Over 50 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Danish filmmaker Casper Rolsted captured the exquisite beauty of Denmark throughout the year in a series of four short timelapse films. Each film is dedicated to a specific season and notes the changing landscape and the activities associated with the time of year. Every season has its own beauty. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Four Short Films That Capture the Exquisite Beauty of Denmark During Each Season of the Year first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gamer Among the Hidden, who enjoys creating foolish, random, short films featuring the video game Age of Empires II, made one such film about a villager from the game who takes a photo of himself in the same spot every year for his entire life, much in the way that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Villager From ‘Age of Empires II’ Takes a Photo of Himself Every Year in the Same Spot for 100 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joerg Daiber of Little Big World captured the awesome beauty of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany through the lens of an aerial tilt-shift timelapse. This particular area, which has become a UNESCO World Heritage site, is very busy with the bustling of trains, trucks, and people, all of which...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Awesome Beauty of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany Captured in an Aerial Tilt-Shift Timelapse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

60 Second Docs profiled talented San Francisco fashion designer Lance Victor Moore who creates unique couture masks that are both protective and non-protective. Each mask features an elaborate assortment of such adornments as large jewels, shiny spikes, pointy quills, glittering tusks, and curling horns. Lance Victor Moore…is a couture face...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The San Francisco Designer Who Makes Unique Couture Masks for Lady Gaga & Other Famous Clients first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Adrian Smith of Ant Lab (previously), who is also a scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, captured the absolutely ethereal beauty of seven different moths as they took off to flight in slow motion against a purple background. Take off flight sequences captured at 6,000 fps! All...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ethereal Beauty of Moths Taking Off in Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

For their animated series “Mutant Sequencer”, Brain Dead introduces a pair of trash-eating mutants, known as S.L.U.G.Z., who sail their boat around a sunken New York City in search of food while fending those who want to take what’s theirs for their own. It is 2026. New York City is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Trash Eating Mutants in a Post-Human World Sail Around a Sunken New York City in Search of Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

MattiasN shared a compilation of vintage footage taken from 1939 to 1940. The film starts out with people enjoying summer sports on Jones Beach, which is on the South shore of Nassau County on Long Island. The film then cuts to people skating somewhere in New York City, although the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vintage Footage of Summer and Winter Sports at Jones Beach, Long Island, and Other Areas in New York City first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured super slow motion macro footage of colliding drops of water under different conditions of varying levels, ranging from 1 (“water on water”) to 10 (“fun with neon colours”). Each image was shot using high speed photography and raw images. Water Droplet Collision Highspeed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colliding Drops of Water Captured in Super Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Nostalgia Museum” is a touching short film by Sofie Kodner and Eleonora Bianchi for the KQED Arts series Truly CA that focuses on the Musée Mécanique (previously), a wonderful antique arcade in San Francisco that has been run by proprietor Dan Zelinsky for the past 40 years and by his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Proprietor Dan Zelinsky Talks About Working to Keep San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique Open to the Public first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt (previously) embarks on a virtual search for the largest black hole in the universe. In doing so, they explain through their distinct animation, the different classifications of black holes from the smallest (primordial) to the largest (Ultra Massive). While they’ve previously explained how black holes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Size Comparison of Black Holes in the Universe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tably is a very helpful smartphone camera app that uses artificial intelligence to determine how a cat is feeling. The primary function of the app is a “grimace scale” that is able to read mood and health according to subtle feline facial cues. This allows humans to monitor their cat’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tably, A Helpful Camera App That Uses Artificial Intelligence to Determine How a Cat Is Feeling first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Boxlapse Films (previously) has put together their fifth timelapse compilation that features various plants pushing through the soil and growing over the course of many days. Plants included are Chia, tobacco, Trinidad scorpion chili, avocado, and clover, all grown from seeds. The number of days ranges from 30 to 174...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Timelapse Compilation of Plants Growing to Jazz first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The wonderfully affable Danny of Rate My Takeaway traveled to Shepherds Place Farm in Haxey, England to try their famous Terminator 3 English Breakfast, which is said to be the biggest Full English Breakfast in the world. This incredible plate of food features four of everything in a traditional fry-up....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Attempts to Eat the Biggest Full English Breakfast in the World That Has Twelve of Everything in One Hour first appeared on Laughing Squid.