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In an incredibly elucidating essay, vlogger Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter examines the 1991 Nirvana song “Polly” from their breakout album Nevermind. The song, despite its musical simplicity, is incredibly complex, as listeners are led directly into the mind of an attacking rapist and was based upon a tragic situation in which the unironically named...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Nirvana’s ‘Polly’ Takes Listeners Inside a Rapist’s Mind In Order to Show the Depravity of Sexual Assault first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Illustrator Roberto Maki, a “Japanese-Brazilian living in Brooklyn”, has quite cleverly reimagined the famous woodblock print “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by ukiyo-e artist Hokusai with bespectacled cats forming the white foam of the break. The great wave of cats I’m a Japanese-Brazilian living in Brooklyn now. I usually draw cats. ? pic.twitter.com/P4GRBPIwxt — Roberto...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Illustrator Cleverly Reimagines the ‘Great Wave Off Kanagawa’ by Hokusai With Cats Wearing Glasses first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an amusingly informative interview with Wired, twin brothers Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer talk at wonderful length about the incredible number of films from which they drew inspiration for their imaginative Netflix series Stranger Things. By way of explanation, the brothers juxtaposed scenes from the referenced films with the scenes from the show. Being...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Stranger Things’ Creators Ross and Matt Duffer Talk About the Many 1980s Films Referenced in the Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In his fascinating video series around the HBO show Chernobyl, video essayist Thomas Flight examines how the use of changing subjective perspectives serves to engage the audience on a more personal level. By experiencing the horrific event through the eyes of an involved individual -a witness, a worker, a scientist or a victim – the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Subjective Perspectives in ‘Chernobyl’ Served to Engage the Audience on a More Personal Level first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cosplayer Hot Glue Burns, who is of Osage Nation and Oglala Lakota heritage, made a very prescient and personal statement with his native interpretation of the Marvel hero Captain America. Burns calls his costume Captain Native America, which he premiered at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Since his debut, Burns has received a great deal of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Captain Native America at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an alternative culinary stop-motion animated short by filmmaker Omozoc (previously), an angry mother who is woken up in the middle of the night by her very loud teenager dancing in the hallway, decides to make a meal out of the blaring iPhone and speaker (with a large shot of wine) to shut them all...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Angry Mother Goes to Extreme Culinary Steps When Her Teenager Wakes Her Up in the Middle of the Night first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jenn and Brett Epstein of True Bloom LLC (previously) have created “Beep”, a handy silicon cover for streaming device remotes that pairs with a small, transmitter to trigger an audible alert indicating where it is. The transmitter conveniently adheres to any solid surface and has a handy button that sends out a signal to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Beep, A Silicon Cover for Streaming Remotes With a Built-In Locator That Beeps When a Button Is Pushed first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While in Cape Town, South Africa, the very talented photographer Richard Silver (previously) captured the very colorful homes that dot the hills of the Bo-Kaap neighborhood and the beachside bungalows of Muizenberg Beach along Chapman’s Drive. The colorful Bo-Kaap neighborhood in Cape Town. Cape Town Beach Huts in Muizenberg Beach, South Africa. Related Laughing Squid...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Vividly Colorful Bo-Kaap Homes and Muizenberg Beach Bungalows in Cape Town, South Africa first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The short animated tale “The Nova Effect” by The Pursuit of Wonder tells the story of a man named Eric who lost his dog Nova to a taunting rabbit while they were out walking. After a few days, a lovely woman named Vanessa brought Nova back. Eric and Vanessa fell for each other and eventually...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Nova Effect, A Profound Short Animated Tale About the Incredibly Random Nature of Luck first appeared on Laughing Squid.

TasteAtlas is a wonderful searchable, interactive map that plots exactly where the best and most popular local foods can be found anywhere in the world. The idea behind the project is to ensure that local recipes and traditional foods that have been handed down for generations aren’t lost or left behind with increasing technology. TasteAtlas...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post TasteAtlas, An Interactive Map That Plots Where Popular Local Food Around the World Can Be Found first appeared on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco distance runner Lenny Maughan very strategically planned out a route for an endurance run that created a city street portrait of artist Frida Kahlo that could be seen on a map he recorded using the Strava app. This highly creative run was a remarkable 28.9 miles that took over six hours to complete....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Runner Creates a Mapped Portrait of Artist Frida Kahlo With His 28.9 Mile Route Through the San Francisco first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nothing is cuter than seeing a cat or a dog trying to channel their inner lion with handy pull-over costume lion manes. While some animals may be more amenable to wearing such a noble headdress, each and every one of them looks adorable while doing so. Manes such as these are available for purchase in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Lion Manes for Cats and Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Visual artist Michael Murphy of Perceptual Art in Brooklyn, New York crafts absolutely brilliant installations created out of smaller pieces that are strategically hung to create a specifically recognizable image, which changes depending upon the viewer’s location. Murphy has done a great deal of commercial work. Murphy first gained notoriety when he created the first...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Brilliant Art Installations Created With Strategically Hung Smaller Items To Create Distinct Images From Afar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Clay artist Dean McRaine of Lightwave Pottery creates absolutely beautiful, psychedelic millefiori ceramic art. McRaine achieves this gorgeous effect by strategically rolling together different colors of clay in hidden patterns. Similar to the scary-looking animae bread we previously posted, the actual desired design is revealed when the roll of clay is sliced crosswise. Here are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Colored Clay Strips Strategically Rolled Together to Reveal Stunning Designs When Sliced Crosswise first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Jeremy Meyer, whose amazing recycled typewriter sculptures we’ve posted about previously, was featured on the 17th episode of the Wired series Obsessed. During the episode Meyer talked about how he discovered typewriters as a medium, how he comes across old typewriters, and how he incorporates the parts into remarkable sculptures. Meyer also shared several...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Jeremy Mayer Shares How He Makes Such Remarkable Sculptures Out of Vintage Typewriters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay takes a look at the 2004 film Before Sunset, the second film in the Richard Linklater “Before” trilogy that stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as nearly star-crossed lovers. Tucker divides the plot into five acts, analyzing each through the lens of storytelling. While the film is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Invisible Dramatic Convention That Runs Throughout the Unconventional Film ‘Before Sunset’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Deep Scrolling is a digital project that encourages social media users and consumers to unfollow those things and people who post negative ideas designed to make others feel bad and instead follow those who post creative ideas such as art. Deep Scrolling is an artistic, social movement that aims to positively change our relationship with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Deep Scrolling Project Encourages Social Media Users to Unfollow Negativity and Follow Creativity Instead first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Alexandre Dubosc (previously) has created a brilliant chocolate cake zoëtrope entitled “Freequencies”. This incredible spinning optical illusion features the theme of music with floating notes, alternating piano key sizes and a big tuning fork on top. Related Laughing Squid PostsPOP Melting, An Incredible Chocolate Cake Zoetrope Animation by Alexandre DuboscPhytopage, Fantastic Cake Zoetrope Animation...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Freequencies, A Musically Themed Spinning Chocolate Cake Zoëtrope by Alexandre Dubosc first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When his human stepped out of the room to take a phone call, a beautiful but mischievous little white-bellied caique (parrot) named Jalapeño Pancake immediately jumped inside his human’s refrigerator and gleefully tossed the grapes that were sitting in a cup directly onto the kitchen floor. was making Jalapeno’s dinner so I had the fridge...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mischievous Little Bird Gleefully Tosses Grapes From the Refrigerator Onto the Kitchen Floor first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In June 2019, we posted about incredible footage of the rare sight of a giant squid just 100 miles south of New Orleans that was captured by marine biologists participating in the NOAA mission “Journey Into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone”. Marine biologist and crew member Dr. Edith Ridder (previously) of ORCA...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Dr. Edith Widder Explains How Her Bioluminescent Camera Captured Rare Footage of a Giant Squid first appeared on Laughing Squid.

That Japanese Man Yuta, a vlogger in Tokyo who teaches Japanese, challenged several pairs of international tourists to go off in search of a public trash can within Shibuya, Tokyo. This challenge proved more difficult than expected. Per Yuta, this elusiveness may be due to public safety concerns. As you can see, it’s pretty hard...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Japanese Man Challenges International Tourists to Find Public Trash Cans in Shibuya, Tokyo first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist David Sze of Humism creates stunningly sleek wristwatches and timepieces that use the moving minutes and hours of a ticking clock to create mesmerizing kinetic art. Each design is based upon concentric circles that weave in and out of each other creating unique, hypnotic patterns. Humism was founded in 2017 as a design studio...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Sleek Watches That Incorporate the Ticking Hands of Time Into Mesmerizing Kinetic Art first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Hunter of Skatune Network performed an absolutely amazing ska cover of the classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory song “Pure Imagination”. In doing so, Hunter impressively played every instrument on the song including trumpet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboard, bass and guitar. Come with me and you’ll be in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Ska Cover of the Song ‘Pure Imagination’ From ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a vivid video essay for Insider, narrater Nate Lee explains how premium digital movie formats, such as Dolby Atmos and IMAX, differ from one another in terms of picture and sound. What Lee and producer Clancy Morgan learned is that Dolby offers a highly immersive experience while IMAX offers a much larger screen. Either...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Premium Movie Formats Differ From Each Other first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ben Ouaniche of Macro Room captured what various vitamins and pills look like when they dissolve after being submerged in water. The resulting timelapses are simultaneously beautiful and vaguely disconcerting. via Vimeo Staff Picks Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Beautiful Beads of Color That Form From the Mixture of Common Ingredients Under a Macro LensPills Beautifully...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Disconcerting Beauty of Pills Dissolving When Submerged in Water Captured in Macro Timelapses first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video essayist Jesse Tribble takes an interesting look at the unseen filmmakers who were ever-present in The Office and how their presence helped to further the emotional narrative of the office. Without these filmmakers present, neither Jim nor any other character would have reason to repeatedly look directly into the camera, which played a large...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Unseen Documentary Filmmakers Helped Further the Comedic Narrative of ‘The Office’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While at San Diego International Comic-Con 2019, horror fan Greg Nicotero, who is the special make-up effects supervisor and an executive producer of The Walking Dead and writer Joe Hill announced a reboot of the classic 1982 horror comedy anthology Creepshow (written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero), but for small screen, through...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Greg Nicotero of ‘The Walking Dead’ Reboots ‘Creepshow’ for Shudder Horror Streaming Service first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In mid-2018, filmmaker Ri Crawford more than successfully funded his idea for “The Moon’s Milk” a stop-motion animated short taking place at a time when a sailor could reach the moon by ladder to gather the sweet milk within its craters. Crawford had been working on this idea since 2013 and it finally came to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Moon’s Milk’, A Stop-Motion Animated Short About the Final Time the Moon Could Be Reached by Ladder first appeared on Laughing Squid.

You’re Not A Monster is a funny new animated IMDb mini-series for adults about a very troubled “para-therapist” Max Seward (Eric Stonestreet) whose practice is dedicated to the treating the supernatural. While Dr. Seward has no fear of his patients, his deep insecurity amongst humans leaves him at odds with his own inner demons as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘You’re Not a Monster’, An Insecure ‘Para-Therapist’ Treats Troubled Monsters in Animated IMDb Mini-Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On June 5, 1968, the United States and much of the world were taken by tragic surprise when Robert F. Kennedy, a sitting U.S. Senator, was suddenly gunned down in the midst of his nascent presidential campaign and pronounced dead just 26 hours later. Subsequent images and reports of the horrific event were widely televised...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Mister Rogers Gently Advises Parents About Grieving After Tragic 1968 Assassination of Robert F Kennedy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic 1990s sitcom Friends, the coffee chain The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has collaborated with Warner Brothers to create a limited-edition line of “Central Perk” coffees, teas and mugs in tribute to the iconic café that served as a second home to the characters. To commemorate...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Celebrates ‘Friends’ 25th Anniversary With ‘Central Perk’ Coffee, Tea and Drinks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

HBO has released a trailer for the highly enigmatic series Watchmen, a serial interpretation by Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) of the legendary limited series alternate reality superhero graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. In Lindehof’s version, masked vigilantes who are seen as outlaws, are running out of time to use their former...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Clock is Ticking for Masked Vigilantes to Choose a Side in Damon Lindelof’s Adaptation of ‘Watchmen’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the third season of the HBO series Westworld, the newly independent hosts find out that the outside world isn’t what they expected it to be. Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), more powerful than ever, takes up with a very human construction worker (Aaron Paul) who came to her rescue while Maeve (Thandie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Independent Hosts Find Out the New World Isn’t What They Expected in the Third Season of ‘Westworld’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cartoonist Lenivko Kvadratjic of Lazy Square, who interpreted the classic Simpsons Couch Gag as a Russian art film, previously created a rather self-deprecating, equally dreary animation depicting thirty years of his life in thirty seconds. (translated) Summing up the last anniversary. Kvadratjic also illustrated a far more cheery reverse animated timelapse traveling back 20 years...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Cartoonist Depicts 30 Years of His Life Over 30 Seconds in a Dreary Self-Deprecating Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented image manipulator Ronald Ong has created a wonderful series of animals that have been cleverly merged with matching foods. Ong has replaced a zebra’s body with Oreo cookies to create a “ZEBREO”, swapped a fox’s body with bread to create a “LOAFOX”, encased a duck in a banana peel for “DUCKNANA” and traded out...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Images of Animals Cleverly Merged With Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During an April 2019 interview with journalist Jancee Dunn in Washington D.C., Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy talked about the music that he hated while growing up and how he revisited that same music after he became an adult. Tweedy found that performing this exercise regularly expands his musical knowledge and opens his mind to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated Jeff Tweedy of Wilco Talks About the Benefit Revisiting Music That He Once Shunned first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the upcoming Star Trek series Picard on CBS All Access, a troubled Captain Jean Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) finds that his regrets for past events weigh heavily upon him as he continues to live a terrestrial life. When a situation warrants his attention and involvement, he once again returns to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Captain Jean Luc Picard Finds Terrestrial Life Trying as He Looks Upward to Put Right What Once Went Wrong first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In September 2018 we wrote about a wonderful photo that Sony Pictures had posted of actor Tom Hanks dressed in a red sweater and blue tennis shoes for his portrayal as the late, greatly missed Fred Rogers for a film set to come out in 2019. As promised, Sony Pictures has released a trailer for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Tom Hanks Plays Fred Rogers in ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’, A Film Based on a 1998 Esquire Article first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After a day of angling, a generous fisherman on a Haida Gwaii beach on the northern Pacific coast of Canada, decided to share a bit of the wealth by feeding the local bald eagles. Instead of joining in on the feast, one cheeky bugger decided that the human’s GoPro was much more interesting and took...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cheeky Bald Eagle Steals a Fisherman’s GoPro first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, we wrote about how Netflix partnered with The Henson Company to create the prequel to the late Jim Henson‘s visionary 1982 film The Dark Crystal. Filming of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance in 2017, using illustrations from the film’s original designer Brian Froud and Henson’s amazing creatures. During San Diego Internation Comic-Con...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Sneak Peek Into Jim Henson’s ‘Dark Crystal’ Prequel Netflix Series ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Producer Austin Brown of Great Big Story visited the Wattana Panich restaurant in Bangkok to learn about and sample their renowned neua tuna (beef noodle) soup, which contains a healthy amount of beef products and a really flavorful broth. The recipe is such that the taste gets better the longer it’s cooked and the rich...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Restaurant in Bangkok Has Been Simmering Their Renowned Beef Noodle Soup for 45 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

South Korean fashion designer Henry Kim very cleverly built a unique floating “wheelchair” device that helps a disabled fancy goldfish remain afloat within one of the aquariums he keeps at his home. Like others before, this fish suffers from swim bladder disease, an internal disorder that causes a floating fish to flip over or sink...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Compassionate Man Builds a Floating ‘Wheelchair’ Device to Help Keep His Disabled Goldfish Afloat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the San Diego International Comic-Con 2019, Netflix released the trailer for their new series The Witcher. The series is based off a popoular fantasy book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which also inspired a video game and a graphic novel of the same name. The show centers around a mutated witcher (monster hunter)...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mutated Monster Hunter Finds That Humans Are More Evil Than the Creatures He Hunts in ‘The Witcher’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the tenth season of the long-running post-apocalyptic AMC zombie series The Walking Dead, the communities of Alexandria, Hilltop and The Kingdom come together against The Whispers, their common and very dangerous enemy. They prepare for all-out war with new welded medieval-style weapons (including Aaron‘s badass morning star prosthetic hand) and a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Communities Prepare For All-Out War Against the Whisperers in the Tenth Season of ‘The Walking Dead’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland of Rick and Morty shared a short peek what lies ahead in the upcoming fourth season. While working in the garage, Morty and Jerry order a captive alien named Glootie to take down an app. Glootie refused. Morty got frustrated and told Glootie to contact...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Ominous Beeping Noise Hints at What May Lie Ahead in the Fourth Season of ‘Rick and Morty’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, the very talented music, film and social media promoter Mark Schiller, co-founder of Wooster Collective (previously), suffered two strokes on both sides of his brain, which left him with aphasia, a language impairment that affects his ability to speak. Since that time and with the help of his Wooster Collective co-founder wife Sara...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘No Bone’, A Documentary by Wooster Collective’s Marc Schiller About the Devastating Strokes He Had in 2015 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While traveling around Turkey, award-winning GoPro photographer Vedat Dumanli akaFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post GoPro Captures Turkish Vendor Performing Sleight of Hand Tricks While Delivering an Ice Cream Cone first appeared on Laughing Squid.

David Anderson of Science Insider consulted with biologist Maria Wojakowski to learn about what goes on below the surface of the shell and why a turtle could not survive without their shell. As it turns out, the shell is also part of the turtle’s basic anatomy, just as a ribcage is to humans. The shell...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Turtles Can’t Survive Without Their Shells first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor the rocketman has very cleverly juxtaposed the 1983 music video for the Sir Elton John song “I’m Still Standing” alongside the staged version from the 2019 Taron Eggerton biopic Rocketman (previously). While a couple of details were overlooked, the film version appears to have done a good job in replicating the music video....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Comparison of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ Music Video With the Staged Version From ‘Rocketman’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Wendy Goodman of the New York Magazine series Interior Lives visited with set designers Julian LaVerdiere and Erica Hohf at Empire Engine 19, their renovated firehouse home on the border of the Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. The creative couple leased out the first floor of the firehouse to Stumptown...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Inside a Black Painted Renovated Firehouse in Brooklyn That Houses a Stumptown Coffee and Archery Range first appeared on Laughing Squid.