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In 1977, the New York City band Ram Jam recorded an updated, heavy metal version of the classic Leadbelly song “Black Betty”. The accompanying music video (long before MTV) very much epitomizes everything about the late 1970s. Here’s the original Leadbelly version. Related Laughing Squid PostsBlack Sabbath Performs a Jazz Version of Their Heavy Metal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Music Video for Ram Jam’s 1977 Cover of the Leadbelly Song ‘Black Betty’ Completely Epitomizes the 1970s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On an episode of the Loudwire series Gear Factor, legendary guitarist Nancy Wilson of the band Heart shared how she and her sister Ann Wilson became involved in music, how The Beatles inspired them at a young age, where they played their first gig and how they borrowed from Nazareth the iconic riff at the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Nancy Wilson of Heart Shares How the Iconic Riff From ‘Barracuda’ Was Borrowed From a Nazareth Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Belgian artist Joanie Lemercier (previously) has created the large scale installation “Constellations”, which incorporates fine mists of water from a high-pressure hose with projected light to send sparkling geometric shapes up into the air. “Constellations” is an audio visual installation. Light is projected on invisible water particles to form shapes and intangible structures in the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Constellations, Fine Mists of Water and Projected Light Interact to Create Sparkling Geometric Shapes in the Air first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a biographical Ted Ed Lesson animated by Ivana Bošnjak and Thomas Johnson, educator Iseult Gillespie talks about the life of legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Gillespie specifically addresses how Kahlo’s experience with disability, a strong sense of culture and the pervasive feeling of political unrest all combined to make Kahlo the unusually talented artist...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Frida Kahlo’s Experience With Disability, Culture and Political Unrest Made Her the Artist That She Was first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the 2007 Midwest Freestyle Canoe Symposium, competitor Marc Ornstein of Dogpaddle Canoe and Woodworks took to the water in a jacketless tux and gracefully paddled his canoe to the 1986 Chris de Burgh song “Lady in Red”. Ornstein moved in time with the music, hypnotically making his boat dance with the greatest of control....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Man in a Tux Paddles Gracefully to ‘Lady In Red’ During the 2007 Midwest Freestyle Canoe Symposium first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The wonderful Dancakes is a company in St Louis, Missouri that was co-founded by Daniel Drake and Hank Gustafson. They also employ talented pancake artists who create colorfully illustrated flapjacks for timelapses and live audiences upon request. Included their wonderful work are the edible images of Bugs Bunny, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, birds and animals, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Timelapses of Colorfully Illustrated Pancakes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

????????????????? pic.twitter.com/Qhgm9Mwh3L — Peridot (@hiroki99837) March 25, 2019 An adorable Shiba Inu named Ken-kun in Hokkaido, Japan remarkably runs his own sweet potato stand. The watchful dog politely tends to whatever the customer need, however, he is not able to accept payment. That situation is solved with a slot in which to put the money....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorably Watchful Shiba Inu Tends to the Customers of His Own Sweet Potato Stand in Hokkaido, Japan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a 2018 Ted Talk in Sydney, Australia, beatboxer Thom Thum had laryngeal surgeon Dr. Matthew Broadhurst insert a camera through his nose and down his throat so that the audience could see how his larynx reacted while he performed. While the demonstration is a bit graphic, it is truly fascinating to see the actual...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Beatboxer Puts Camera Down His Throat During Ted Talk to Show What His Larynx Does As He Performs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chinese beauty vlogger and makeup artist Yukamika uses her own face as a canvas that she transforms into amazing likenesses of very recognizable celebrities and extremely well-known personalities from art and history. Her transformations include Mona Lisa, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Audrey Hepburn, Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp, Scarlett Johannson, Albert Einstein, Taylor Swift, Shilpa...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Makeup Artist Transforms Herself Into Highly Recognizable Celebrities Using Only Cosmetics first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Alex Moy has created “Idle, Torrent”, a wonderfully meditative animated short that features quivering geometric lines that burst into colorful shapes over and over again. A calming soundtrack by The Bee completes the mood. The film was first started as a personal relaxation project that blossomed into a work of art. When I first...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Quivering Geometric Line Drawings Burst Into Colorful Shapes in a Highly Meditative Animated Short first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City photographer Winnie Au created the wonderfully whimsical series aptly entitled “Cone of Shame”, featuring a number of truly adorable dogs wearing decorative custom Elizabethan collars aka “cones of shame”. Au stated that this is an ongoing project she created to help dogs in need. An ongoing personal project featuring dogs wearing the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Whimsical Photo Series Featuring Dogs Wearing Decorative Custom ‘Cones of Shame’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman of Port Townsend, Washington a unique couple in that they prefer to happily live their lives as if they were in the 19th Century. Their home is from the Victorian era, their clothing is made in the Victorian style and they prepare their food on the wood stove in their kitchen....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Unique Couple in Port Townsend, Washington Happily Live As If They Were in the 19th Century Victorian Era first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Debra Rapoport finds all sorts of recycled, discarded, found and unusual materials and gives them a brilliant second life as high fashion couture. No items or material of any origin are out of consideration for her “Gifted and Thrifted” unique creations, all of which fetch quite a pretty penny. A self-described “advanced style star”,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post New York City Designer Creates Colorful High Fashion Couture From Recycled and Discarded Materials first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Martin Heck of Timestorm Films (previously) has captured hard-won footage of the absolutely gorgeous Aurora Australis taken from the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in an absolutely frigid environment. As Heck indicates, the aurora could only be seen under very particular conditions, but resulting timelapse is beautiful beyond words. The South Pole is one of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Absolutely Stunning Timelapse of a Brilliantly Glowing Antarctic Aurora Australis Over the South Pole first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an amative episode of the Rolling Stone series The First Time, best friends Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner of Game of Thrones shared the history of their friendship through the first time they did certain things. Included is the first time they met, the first time they had a sleepover together, the first time...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner of ‘Game of Thrones’ Share Their History of Being Best Friends first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable little rooster named Frog happily greets his favorite human Savannah Lindsey when she arrives home on the school bus every day. This routine started after the Lindsey family noticed Frog’s devotion to the children of the family. From the very start, the family knew that Frog was different from other roosters. He was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Elated Rooster Runs to Greet His Favorite Human When She Arrives Home on the School Bus first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jason Hardesty, a self-described “easily entertained UPS driver” in New Orleans happily poses with the adorable dogs that he meets along his daily route. Like others who came before him, Hardesty really gets to know these pups and tailors his position to bring out the dog’s unique personality in photos that he posts on a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gregarious UPS Driver Happily Poses With the Adorable Dogs Who Live Along His New Orleans Route first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A conveying report for Cheddar explains how the commonly accepted international etiquette rule of “stand right, walk left” is not necessarily the most efficient way of riding an escalator. This practice puts undue weight on one side of the escalator leading to malfunction and increased exit congestion. Additionally, escalators were not made for walking, as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why the Accepted Escalator Practice of Standing Right Walking Left Isn’t Necessarily the Most Efficient first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful continental giant rabbit named Cocoa Puff lives in Seattle, Washington with a very loving family. The little girl of the family and Cocoa Puff have fallen for each other. This adorable pair seem to do everything together – snuggle, play in the snow, go for a ride, sleep, play. The two are the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Little Girl and a Giant Rabbit Are the Best of Friends first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designer Magnhild Kennedy creates absolutely gorgeous, intricate masks that each carry an elaborate sense of emotion, history and drama. Every mask is completely handcrafted with unique materials that offer Kennedy a narrative while she’s making them. I work with masks as autonomous works of art as well as action-objects. For me the mask is a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautifully Intricate Handcrafted Masks That Embody a Unique Sense of Emotion, History and Drama first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1977, British broadcaster Joan Shelton interviewed Florence Pannel, a wonderfully forthright 108 year old woman who opened up about what life was like for women during the Victorian era. Pannel owned a beauty business which she ran out of Paris and London, but she was the exception rather than the rule. Most women, according...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderfully Forthright 108 Year Old Woman Talks About Her Life as a Business Owner in Victorian Europe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Stev Aleksic plays his ukulele in front of a giant tabby cat who hilariously sings the classic Blondie song “One Way or Another” in a high-pitched voice while seemingly stalking him. Aleksic has created a whole series of these wonderful giant cat videos that feature songs such as “The Ace of Spade” by Motörhead,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Plays Ukulele While a Giant Tabby Cat Sings Blondie’s ‘One Way Or Another’ as She’s Stalking Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the premiere of the eighth and final season of the HBO series Game of Thrones growing closer, the folks at White Animation created an amusing and rather helpful three-minute summation of the events that took place in the seventh season and the six seasons before that. Everything you need to know before the final...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Helpful Whiteboard Animation That Recaps the Seventh Season of ‘Game of Thrones’ in Three Minutes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Professional Domino artist Lily Hevesh aka “Hevesh5” set up several amazing pool table trick shots that were made quite elaborate and colorful with the strategic placement of dominoes. Pool table trick shots with dominoes! Using ramps made of dominoes, mini staircases, and larger sized dominoes, I had domino lines hit the pool balls into the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Pool Table Trick Shots Made Using Colorful Dominoes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The company Autec has created an amazing commercial robot that prepares sushi at an amazing 200 maki rolls per hour with just a touch of a button, while another version of the machine can prepare up to 2400 nigiri rice balls in the same amount of time. These machines are especially useful for high-volume preparation...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Automatic Sushi Making Robots first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Prankster Oobah Butler (previously), who also works as a freelance writer for Vice hilariously tried to break as many seemingly ridiculous, ancient British laws while in the presence of police, military and other forms of official security. Some of the laws that Butler broke include handling a salmon suspiciously, gambling in a library, shaking a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Witty Prankster Tries to Break as Many Ancient British Laws as Possible While in the Presence of Police first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a decoctive episode essay for Cheddar, producer Sylvie Borschel takes a look at the daily coffee habits of co-workers and asks “How “Bad” Coffee Took Over America”. In doing so, she speaks with the founders of Birch Coffee and other coffee drinkers to find out what exactly constitutes a good cup of coffee and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Bad Coffee Became Popular in the United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1951, Walt Disney made a film entitled “How to Catch a Cold” in which an animated “common man” falls prey to the common cold, while a little version of himself named “Common Sense” badgers him to remember where he was and what he could have done to avoid his current predicament. …the man still...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Classic Disney Films About Avoiding the Common Cold first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The online home store Poketo is selling a handy three-pack of curved brass sticks that help provide structure and support to nascent growing plants while adding a nice bit of shininess in the process. Show your plants some love while giving them a little sculptural flair with Fruitsuper’s Plant Sticks. Three modern shapes of brass...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Shiny Brass Sticks That Give Support to Growing Plants first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Every Spring, Dutch farmers turn over their blooming flowers in order to strengthen the bulbs. This tradition happily provided photographer Claire Droppert with the opportunity to create a buoyant series of these “worker blooms” taking flight above those they’ve been designed to protect. Droppert aptly entitled this series “Gravity – Flower Power”. In my Gravity...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Dutch Flowers Take Flight in a Buoyant Photo Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Serbian filmmaker Sava Zivkovic has created “Freight”, a starkly beautiful digital animation about a gorgeously modeled humanoid who lives inside a mysterious cave and performs a single, but arduous purpose of fetching and carrying a red stone to feed into a hungry mouth that protrudes from the wall. After completing his task, the tired creature...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tired Humanoid Finds Out That Things Can Always Get Worse in the Stark Digitally Animated Short ‘Freight’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an affable Ted Ed Lesson written by archeologist David Ian Howe and animated by Cabong Studios, narrator Addison Anderson explains the turbulent history of how dogs went from wild, unsocial and threatening beings to the domestic, loving animals of today. Since their emergence over 200,000 years ago, modern humans have established communities all over...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated History of Domesticated Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Dj Hammers (previously) who enjoys capturing the subway trains in and around New York City captured hypnotic, high-definition footage of a 100 minute ride along 8th Avenue Express A train as seen from the operators point-of-view. The train started at 207th Street in Inwood, Manhattan and culminated at the beachside town of Rockaway Park,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Hypnotic High Definition Footage of 100 Minutes on the A Train From Uptown Manhattan to a Queens Beach first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In promotion of their soon-to-be-released Björk tribute album, the Vitamin String Quartet performed an incredible string interpretation of the Icelandic vocalist‘s classic song “Venus as a Boy”. Accompanying this cover wonderful stop-motion paper cut animation by Seen Film that visually enriches the music. The official music video for our take on @bjork’s “Venus As A...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Stop-Motion Music Video for an Incredible String Quartet Cover of the Björk Song ‘Venus as a Boy’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Russian freelance artist Aleksei Vinogradov has created a wonderful digitally illustrated series of famous fictional characters posed with their equally well-known alter egos or their favorite pets. Included is Ron Perlman alongside Hellboy, Raven Darkhölme with Mystique perched upon her shoulder, Jon Snow with a baby Ghost, Leeloo with an imagined puppy and Bruce Wayne...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Digital Illustrations of Famous Fictional Characters Posed With Their Alter Egos or Their Favorite Pets first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A trio of strangely adorable snails heartily enjoyed a meal of all sorts of yummy goodness that was put upon a plate for their convenience. This footage was made into an amusing timelapse that made it appear as if these hungry gastropods were gobbling their food down as fast as they could in order to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Strangely Adorable Timelapse of Three Hungry Snails Gobbling Down a Yummy Meal as Fast as They Can first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The AbleChair is an incredibly versatile wheelchair that can be adjusted into a number of positions between sitting and standing with a sliding touch on a smartphone app with recallable positions. The chair is designed to help with physical therapy, gait strengthening, and strengthening exercises. The chair has an embedded USB charger and can go...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post AbleChair, A Versatile Power Wheelchair That Easily Adjusts From Sitting to Standing Using an App first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French musician FKJ performed a beautiful live set upon the stunning Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia, the largest salt flat in the world. The event, produced by the livestreaming media channel Cercle, was half-planned, half-improvised according to the artist. WoopLive at Salar de Uyuni for Cercle now on YThttps://t.co/4N06tXnZz3?half planed – half improvised pic.twitter.com/XdfeHoGefP...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post French Musician FKJ Performs Live on Salar de Uyuni, The World’s Largest Salt Flat in Southwest Bolivia first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Areaware has released an adorable, bite-sized mini-puzzle that looks just like a scrumptious chocolate bar that can be taken apart and put back together as many times as you want without worrying about the calories. This puzzle is part of Areaware’s “Little Puzzle Thing” series that features foods from broccoli to sugary cereals to full...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Scrumptious Bite-Sized Chocolate Bar Mini-Puzzle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Eiko Ojala (previously) creates amazing digital illustrations that look like they were constructed out of paper. Because Ojala works are featured in a number of newspapers and magazines around the world, many of his creations have an editorial bent to them. This includes those illustrations that are medical in nature, focus on the world’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Digital Paper Cut Illustrations That Focus On Editorial Issues of the Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2016, gaming vlogger Old Game Box put together a very handy animated guide to making a basic but good cup of coffee. He first starts off with the type of beans and the different roasts from which to choose, before moving on to helpful suggestions such as the type of water to use, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated Guide to Making a Basic Cup of Coffee first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The day after the 2019 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, vlogger Casey Neistat posted a really beautiful and inspiring documentary that he and his filmmaker brother Van Neistat made as the Neistat Brothers in 2003 about the legendary Lillian Vernon, founder of Lillian Vernon catalog company. Vernon was born Lillian Menasche in Leipzig, Germany but fled...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Entrepreneur Lillian Vernon Visits the Homes Her Family Left Escaping the Nazis in a 2003 Neistat Brothers Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Kevin B. Parry has created a series of tantalizing stop-motion animations that reveal the hidden mosaics that live inside fruits and vegetables. Each piece was meticulously cut and photographed, frame-by-frame to create the seamless flow of each reveal. Amongst the produce he exemplified was an apple, an orange, a banana, an avocado, a tomato,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tantalizing Stop-Motion Animation That Reveals the Hidden Patterns Inside Various Fruits and Vegetables first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Amiel Stanek, an assistant food editor at Bon Appétit, takes a look at the incredible, edible egg and demonstrates how flexible this viscous protein can prepared be with 59 different recipes. Stanek bakes the eggs, fries the eggs, steams the eggs, scrambles the eggs, irons the eggs, mashes the eggs and even provides several raw...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Food Expert Shares 59 Distinct Ways of Cooking Eggs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brooklyn kinetic artist Joseph Herscher (previously) of Joseph’s Machines invited fellow machine maker Sprice Machines of San Diego to dine with him at a very long table. When Joseph asked for the salt, Sprice set into motion an intricate Rube Goldberg machine that ran the length of the table and took over four minutes to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Intricate Rube Goldberg Machine That Takes Over Four Minutes to Pass the Salt Across the Table first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an astute animated Ted Ed video essay written by Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler, narrator Addison Anderson explains the origins of the word “Machiavellian” means and the history of the verbose Italian diplomat behind the name. The essay also offers its general definition as being self-interested, without empathy or moral regard and a desire...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Machiavelli May Have Been Issuing a Warning About Tyranny Rather Than Embracing Its Philosophy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The talented students of the North Bergen High School Drama Club took on a really ambitious project of adapting the classic Ridley Scott film Alien into a theatrical production. According to those in attendance, the performance was simply out of this world. The club created stage props and scenery out of recycled items, making the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post North Bergen New Jersey High School Drama Club Performs a Fantastic Stage Adaptation of ‘Alien’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In September 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on The Dick Cavett Show where they talked with the host about the breakup of The Beatles, particularly whether or not Yoko was the cause. She didn’t split the Beatles …The Beatles were drifting apart on their own. …everything’s fun off and on you know so,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post John Lennon and Yoko Ono Discuss the Breakup of The Beatles and Other Subjects With Dick Cavett in 1971 first appeared on Laughing Squid.