July 2019
July 16, 2019
Poop Slinger - The Game
It doesn’t exactly look like the most sophisticated game. So why are copies of Poop Slinger selling for close to $3000 on eBay? Because it’s the rarest PlayStation 4 game in existence. Only 84 copies were ever sold, making it a collector’s item.Read the full story at: vg247.com
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 16, 2019 -
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Category: Overpriced Merchandise, Excrement, Collectors, Videogames and Gamers
Prometheus’s Garden
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 16, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, History, Surrealism, Stop-motion Animation, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1980s
July 15, 2019
Bluetooth Cassette Player
From Ninm Lab comes a new music player that combines the inconvenience of a cassette player with the convenience of wireless headphones:Apparently the idea of this appeals to a lot of people, because the Kickstarter for this device was easily funded.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 15, 2019 -
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Category: Music, Technology
I Dreamt I Saw Khrushchev (in a Pink Cadillac)
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 15, 2019 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Politics, 1960s, Russia, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
July 14, 2019
Smell Like Pavarotti
Paul's post yesterday, in which he suggested the idea of fine-art fragrances that would allow people to smell like their favorite artist, reminded me that back in 1995 a Pavarotti perfume did come to market, allowing the wearer to smell like the famous tenor.
Vancouver Sun - Dec 9, 1995
Los Angeles Times - Apr 20, 1995
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 14, 2019 -
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Category: Perfume and Other Scents, 1990s
The Handy Dandy Evolution Refuter
Read online here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 14, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, Antiques, Anachronisms and Throwbacks, Authorities and Experts, Eccentrics, Conspiracy Theories and Theorists, Curmudgeons and Contrarianism, Science, 1970s
July 13, 2019
Sausage of the North
When British sausage-maker Heck announced that it was going to construct a gigantic sausage statue as tall as Big Ben alongside the A1(M) motorway in England, most people assumed they were joking. Especially since they made the announcement on the day before April Fool's Day. But it turns out, they weren't joking and appear to be proceeding with plans to build the "Sausage of the North."More Info: Northern Echo
— HECK! (@HeckFood) March 31, 2019
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 13, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Statues and Monuments
Follies of the Madmen #434
I think there should be a line of fine-art perfumes. Imagine the allure of "Smell like Salvador Dali!"
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 13, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Perfume and Other Scents, 1950s
July 12, 2019
Alternative Opening Sequences for The Simpsons
The Russian arthouse version:The fever dream version:
via Reddit
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 12, 2019 -
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Category: Television, Cartoons
Pingu’s “The Thing”
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 12, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Animals, Anthropomorphism, Body Modifications, Horror, Surrealism, Stop-motion Animation, Twenty-first Century
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