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While performing live, the legendary Roy Clark played an absolutely incredible, lightning-fast cover of the classic Euday Bowman jazz instrumental “12th Street Rag” in the early 1960s. As with most of his performances, Clark added a bit of comedy to his music with facial expressions and guitar sounds. Roy Clark...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Great Roy Clark Performs a Lightning Fast Guitar Cover of the Classic Instrumental ’12th Street Rag’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly talented Australian musician Alan Gogoll, who previously played 1000 harmonics on his guitar in under 90 seconds, upped his game by a factor of 10 and performed a frankly unbelievable 10,000 harmonics in a little over 14 minutes. As with his previous demonstration, Gogoll stated that he did...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Performs an Unbelievable 10,000 Harmonics on His Guitar in a Little Over Fourteen Minutes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese multi-instrumentalist Ichika Nito demonstrated his talent on an incredible 14-string electric guitar by playing an original jazz arrangement. The instrument, which looks like a modern version of a Baroque lute, emits a beautifully rich sound that offers a wide variety of different tones due to the number of strings....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Electric Guitar With 14 Strings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Becky Stern (previously), a talented maker in Brooklyn, showed how to make simple, but very attractive embroidered Zodiac constellations with dark fabric and embroidery floss. Stern’s tutorial also showed how to add an LED light source to make the starry piece glow. Here’s an easy beginner embroidery project that celebrates...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make Embroidered LED Zodiac Constellations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A concerned human who was getting “door open” alerts on his phone, realized that his beloved dog Sadie had exited out the side gate that he had accidentally left open. Rather than panic, he used the intercom feature video doorbell to tell her firmly to get back in the house....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Tells His Escaped Dog to Get Back in the House Using the Intercom Feature of His Video Doorbell first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Father and son David and Jeremiah Carter have worked together to create “Stick Libraries” at dog parks around their Saskatoon, Canada home for their dog Nala and other local canines. So far the duo has built a library at the Avalon Dog Park and at Chief White Cap Offleash Dog...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dad and Son Build Stick Libraries For Local Dog Parks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In anticipation of Saint Patrick’s Day 2021, the folks at Coldstone Creamery have partnered with Lucky Charms cereal to create a limited edition “Lucky Charms Ice Cream”. Cold Stone Creamery is delighted to partner with General Mills this month to bring the magic beyond the cereal bowl and introduce this...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cold Stone Creamery Partners With ‘Lucky Charms’ For a Limited Edition Marshmallow Cereal Ice Cream first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MyHeritage (@myheritage_official) Online ancestry company My Heritage has partnered with D-ID to offer an incredible feature that animates personal photos from any time period that are uploaded to their “Deep Nostalgia” page. The feature uses AI learning technology to predict the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Remarkable ‘Deep Nostalgia’ AI Learning Technology That Can Animate Photographs From Any Time Period first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Peter Szucsy (@peterszucsy) Artist Peter Szucsy of Steampunk Gallery has created a intricate line of Steampunk styled spiders that are made from antique watches. The watches, which were once gold in color, have taken on a dark patina that gives a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Intricate Steampunk Spiders Made From Old Watches first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shyle Silver Jewelry (@shylebyastha) Indian jewelry designer Shyle Silver Jewelry is featuring a highly detailed sterling silver Ketli Chai ring. This statement ring features a tea kettle with a working lid that appears to be pouring its contents into an attached...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Detailed Sterling Silver Chai Tea Kettle and Cup Ring first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While headlining at the Sydney Opera House in 2012, the incredibly talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) performed an impressive and rather amusing cover of the iconic surf song “Misirlou” by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. On Tuesday 6th March 2012 The Ukulele Orchestra of Great...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Impressive Live Cover of the Dick Dale Surf Song ‘Misirlou’ by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tweed-wearing, banjolele-playing musician Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq., who previously had No More F***s to give and played a completely fitting original song dedicated to the year 2020, performed an old-timey cover of the classic They Might Be Giants song “Birdhouse in Your Soul” while wearing a blue plaid waistcoat. As...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Old-Timey Banjolele Cover of the Classic They Might Be Giants Song ‘Birdhouse In Your Soul’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ?? ?? ? (@haruru125_art) Haruki Kudo, a 20 year old artist in Japan, creates incredibly photorealistic drawings of really cute cat faces using only colored pencils. Kudo first creates the outline of the feline’s head and then painstakingly captures every detail,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Photorealistic Colored Pencil Drawings of Cat Faces first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An interesting clip from the Discovery series “How It’s Made” shows how aluminum cans are cut, shaped, and formed through an automated process that starts with a large, thin sheet of the metal itself. via The Awesomer Related PostsA Detailed Look at How Vehicle Headlights Are MadeHow to Make a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Aluminum Cans Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Cyriak Harris, whose many wonderfully odd projects we’ve written about, decided to celebrate his reaching two million subscribers on YouTube with an incredibly surreal “dance party” that brings together remixes of some of his most famous animations with his cat acting as the party DJ. Get ready for a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 30 Minute Dance Party Featuring a Compilation of Cyriak’s Old School Animations With His Cat As the DJ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Twosongssanctuary (@twosongssanctuary) A truly affectionate kangaroo named Erik who lives at Two Songs Sanctuary (previously) in Port Lincoln, South Australia gave his human Linda Davies a giant hug that fully encompassed her entire body. The hug was so tight and loving...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Affectionate Kangaroo Gives His Human a Giant Hug first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Personal Whiskey & Water Decanter available at Uncommon Goods (previously) is a handy dual-chambered glass globe that pours the correct flavor-enhancing ratio of water to whiskey in a unique and convenient way. The decanter’s portable elegance also allows for a bit of modern style in there as well. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Personal Dual Chambered Whiskey & Water Decanter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Retro gaming channel haikarate4 posted a nostalgic compilation of classic animated commercials from the 1960s for a variety of kids cereals. Included in this list are the origins of such modern idioms as “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” and “Trix are for kids”, while the other ads for such cereals as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Compilation of 1960s Kids Cereal Commercials first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Clown Motel (@theclownmotelusa) The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada is an aptly described place of temporary lodging that features a comical yet creepy clown theme in each of its 31 rooms. The motel is located directly next to the Old...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Creepy Clown Hotel That’s Located Right Next to a Ghostly Mining Cemetery in Tonopah, Nevada first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of digitizing more than 2 million books, the Internet Archive (previously) employee Eliza Zhang demonstrates the wonderful binding-saving manner in which these books are scanned, one page at a time. Zhang told co-worker Wendy Hanamura that she enjoys this work immensely. When I asked Eliza what she likes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Internet Archive Demonstrates How They Digitize Books in Their Collection One Page at a Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

photo via Madame Tussauds New York As restaurants in New York City officially open to 35% indoor occupancy on Friday, February 26, 2021, the legendary Williamsburg, Brooklyn steakhouse Peter Luger has partnered with Madame Tussauds New York to help their patrons maintain proper indoor social distancing by filling their deliberately...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Peter Luger Steakhouse Fills Socially Distant Empty Seats With Wax Celebrities From Madame Tussauds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedienne Julie Nolke, who occasionally visits her past self from the present among other things, amusingly enacted out the incredibly frustrating part of sweeping in which the last few pieces of dirt can’t be gathered unless the dustpan is constantly moved backward. In a humorous exaggeration, Nolke herself backing up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Frustrations of Sweeping Amusingly Exaggerated first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Graham Beck of the philately series “Exploring Stamps” takes a hard look at a rather ingenious plan enacted by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II that infiltrated the German postal service to further weaken the waning faith that the German people had under Nazi rule. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Postage Stamps Postage Played a Key Role in Covert OSS WWII Missions in ‘Operation Cornflakes’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A lively dog excitedly ran up the stairs of the porch and took an unexpected slide across the incredibly slippery surface. The surprised canine somehow then made a rather graceful exit through the open spaces in the wooden handrail. When it was all over, the dog came back to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dog Makes Graceful Exit Through Wooden Handrail After an Unexpected Slide Across a Slippery Porch first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Animals Without Necks :) (@nonecks) No Necks is a rather amusing Instagram account featuring oddly adorable, manipulated photos of animals who are missing their necks. A normally elongated giraffe is reduced to regular size without a neck, a sweet little donkey...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Oddly Adorable Photos of Animals Without Necks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Murat Y?ld?r?m (@muartive) Turkish digital artist Murat Yildirim has quite brilliantly reimagined six iconic works of art by great artists in digital 3D fur. These “Furry Artworks” include “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh, “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Digital Artist Reimagines Great Works of Art in Fur first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dirk of The Metalist very cleverly crafted an iron axe head that’s shaped just like a gloved hand. After cutting, shaping, and attaching the head to its handle, Dirk sharpened the outer edge closest to the pinkie. Whenever the axe is in use, it looks just like a karate master...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Metal Worker Creates a Clever Hand Shaped Iron Axe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Suck UK (previously) has created a truly gnarly cardboard cat scratcher that looks just like a real skateboard. Just like their previously novelty cat products, the Cat Scratch Laptop and the Cat Scratch Turntable, this clever feline accoutrement allows your cat to participate in human activities without ruining the furniture....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gnarly Skateboard Shaped Cardboard Cat Scratcher first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When a fire ripped through a shed in Medina, Ohio that was holding a number of turtles and several tortoises, quick-acting firefighters with the Medina Fire Department rushed to save as many of them as they were able. The department fitted tiny oxygen masks over each rescued turtle and tortoise’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Medina Ohio Fire Department Revives Turtles and Tortoises With Tiny Oxygen Masks After Shed Fire first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Eric Nakagawa, co-founder of the early and quite infamous image macro website I Can Has Cheezburger?, selected some of the original Lolcat meme art from his personal “I Can Has Cheezburger?” collection and put them up for auction as NFT art on OpenSea. Included in this collection are such classics...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Some of the Original ‘I Can Has Cheezburger?’ Lolcat Memes Are Now Available Through an NFT Art Auction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designers Honest Kevin and Jevgenija Jones of Moon Armada have created the BabyBot – Light Theremin, an incredibly clever LED integrated synthesizer that’s housed inside a rather unsettling baby doll. The doll features all sorts of knobs around its body that emits lights and sounds at random intervals. This synth...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Creepy Red Baby Doll LED Integrated Synthesizer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Neil Bromhall (previously) of the Oxford, England plant identification database Right Plants compiled a series of 4K timelapses showing the entire lifecycle of various iris flowers. Each flower gorgeously bloomed, flourished and then died away. Compilation of Iris flowers opening and dying time lapses. Bromhall previously captured the marvelous sight...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Compilation of 4K Timelapses Capturing Iris Flowers as They Go Through Their Full Lifecycle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brazilian pixel artist Mauri Helme (previously) has reimagined the entire opening sequence from the very first season of South Park in a crisp 3D voxel art Minecraft style animation. A voxel art tribute to South Park. Based on the original animation by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. submitted via Laughing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Minecraft Style Version of the ‘South Park’ Opening first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Naochika Sogabe of Healing Music for Spirit on Oud & Lute performed a lush arrangement of the Interstellar theme by Hans Zimmer performed on a beautiful Baroque lute. Naochika framed the entire performance to be a relaxing experience for both the ears and the eyes, noting how both the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Lush Baroque Lute Cover of the ‘Interstellar’ Theme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Finagle a Bagel (@finagleabagel) Finagle a Bagel is a lovely café with locations in and around the city of Boston that makes kettle-boiled New York-style bagels. Like other bagel places, Finagle a Bagel has a full menu of deli-style sandwiches, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Boston Bagel Shop Uses a Side-Mounted Buzzsaw on a Conveyor Belt to Cut Their Bagels in Perfect Halves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Moonwalk” by Finnish director Nalle Sjoblad is an amusing ad for the telecom company Eitislat that features a variety of unlucky people slipping, tripping, falling, and generally being clumsy in a variety of different situations. While the results vary in severity, not one of Sjoblad’s subjects really appears to be...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Ad of Unlucky People Slipping, Tripping, and Being Clumsy in a Variety of Different Ways first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Since 2017, editor Chris Shaw has embarked on the very noble, if not thankless task of tracking down and identifying the source photos of every person who appeared on the cover of The Beatles‘ iconic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. So far, he seems to have made a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Editor Searches for the Source Photos of Everyone on the Cover of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Israeli filmmaker Ariel Avissar, who previously compiled live-action and animated footage that prominently featured a giant supermoon, created a rather rhythmic supercut of film and televsion characters first pondering their words before setting their fingers to keys and typing away. Avissar cleverly used Leroy Anderson’s “The Typewriter for Orchestra” as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Rhythmic Supercut of Typewriters in Film and TV first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eclectic Method (@eclecticmethod) The wonderfully creative Eclectic Method (previously) partnered with the legendary Bootsy Collins (previously) to create a crypto art in the form of a colorful animation of the musician doing what he does best while riding a lotus leaf...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Eclectic Method Partners With Bootsy Collins to Create a Colorfully Psychedelic Animation For an NFT Auction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After its historic descent and touchdown on Mars, the NASA Perseverance Mars Rover captured and sent back the first incredible 360° view of its landing site at Jezero Crater on the planet’s surface. The video, which is completely interactive, allows the viewer to explore the famously red terrain for themselves....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The NASA Perseverance Rover Sends Back the First 360° View of Its Landing Site at Jezero Crater on Mars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

People have done a lot of creative things to sell their homes. One realtor dressed up as Bigfoot to sell a home in Felton, California, while others promote the rather unique features of their homes to gather bids. One such home for sale is an income property duplex in South...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Real Estate Listing for Lake Tahoe Duplex Features a Multitude of Mannequins Modeling in Every Room first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Woofbowl (@woofbowl) Woofbowl is a food truck that caters exclusively to dogs, offering fast-food items for doggies that are organic, non-GMO, high in protein, and free of preservatives and artificial flavors. Each item looks like human food but is specifically formulated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Woofbowl, A Foodtruck That Caters Exclusively to Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When the NASA Perseverance Mars Rover landed on the planet Mars on February 18, 2021, cameras on the spacecraft captured its own historic descent and touchdown. The footage was automatically downloaded and sent to Mission Control and has become part of the mission’s video collection. ASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astonishing Footage Taken by the NASA Perseverance Rover During Its Historic Descent and Landing on Mars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Joel Haver, who imagined how non-player characters (NPCs) might have acted when the person playing the video game is killed due to a disconnected controller, also released an amusing pair of animated videos that show the incredible enthusiasm players show on the very first time they play an RPG...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animations That Capture the Waning Enthusiasm of Playing an RPG From the First Time to the Second Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the incredible work of guitarist Andre Antunes, the talented pianist Brandon Ethridge (previously) gave his own treatment to televangelist Kenneth Copeland. Ethridge insted turning the Copeland’s demanding rant against COVID-19 into a rather melodic mini-musical that made the preacher seem as if he were performing on Broadway instead....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pianist Turns a Television Evangelist’s Demanding COVID-19 Rant Into a Melodic Mini-Musical first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vintage British Pathé footage from the 1950s captures a London barber performing a (then) rather unusual hairstyle on a man. This style, called “The Elephant’s Trunk”, not only involved making waves with a hairdryer but also using a hair extension to complete the look. The extension was placed upon the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Elephant’s Trunk, An Unusual 1950s Hairstyle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The rock star robots of The Cybertronic Spree, a Transformers themed tribute band who previously performed a truly righteous cover of the Led Zeppelin’s “The Immigrant Song”, quite adroitly tackled the classic Heart song “Barracuda”. The lead singer happily paraded around and jumped upon her bed while belting out the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Transformers Themed Band The Cybertronic Spree Performs a Cover of the Classic Heart Song ‘Barracuda’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Legendary guitarists Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Slash of Guns N’ Roses performed together on Morello’s song “Interstate 80”. As the two musicians alternately shredded in an ultimate guitar battle, they each flashed into their instantly recognizable counterpart selves from the game Guitar Hero. The song is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Guitarists Tom Morello and Slash Battle It Out as They Flash Into Their ‘Guitar Hero’ Selves on ‘Interstate 80’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Steve Miller Band’s ‘The Joker’ but the Wolf Whistle Happens After Every Line pic.twitter.com/4Wyt9kBlpi — Matthew McVickar (@matthewmcvickar) February 19, 2021 Web developer Matthew McVickar has quite amusingly remixed the classic Steve Miller Band song “The Joker” so that the iconic “wolf whistle” that takes place after the line “Some...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Steve Miller Band Song ‘The Joker’ Remixed to Put the Iconic ‘Wolf Whistle’ in the Song After Every Line first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vintage fashion and beauty archive Glamour Daze has remastered a film clip of silent film actress Pola Negri taking her seat at the then hopping guinguette Robinson Pavillon Lafontaine. The original footage, taken in 1927 at the height of the Roaring Twenties, has been enhanced with colorization and 4K high...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colorized Footage of Paris in the Roaring Twenties first appeared on Laughing Squid.