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World Beard & Moustache Championships 2011

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It's not too early to begin planning your trip to Trondheim, Norway, for the World Beard and Moustache Championships in May.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 12, 2011 - Comments (0)
Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Foreign Customs, Europe, Hair and Hairstyling

CanKan


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Uploaded by leleyla. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.

Here's one description of Cankan: "CanKan is tagged as: the worst thing ever to happen to music, failed at life, shake that ass girl, officially shallow, dark ambient. CanKan is a group that represents some random Turkish guys from Germany that makes Turkish music."

My own description would be "Borat meets The Matrix."

Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 04, 2011 - Comments (2)
Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Asia, Europe

Crystal Eyes



"I can smell the stench of chaos!" A line worthy of Spinal Tap. Nobody rocks like the Swedes!

For more of the music of Crystal Eyes, visit their home page.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 16, 2011 - Comments (1)
Category: Goths, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Fantasy, Europe

A Word to the Wise

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 02, 2011 - Comments (3)
Category: PSA’s, Birth Control , Children, Europe

Creepy Centipede

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Doesn't this supposedly whimsical and charming kids' fantasy illustration show undertones of weird horror? An obscene alien monster keeps a human female slave..... Shades of Jabba the Hutt and Slavegirl Leia!

See more of Robert Hogfeldt's work here.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 13, 2010 - Comments (2)
Category: Art, Horror, Children, 1940s, Europe, Feet

Dan Balan:  “Chica Bomb”



Proving that cheesiness knows no boundaries, here's some Moldovan limburger.

The Dan Balan homepage.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 19, 2010 - Comments (4)
Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Video, Europe

Funny Cut

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Last week I was in Hamburg, Germany, for a literary conference. I snapped this foto at the Dammtor train station.

I am not sure of the wisdom of getting one's hair styled at a place with this name.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 08, 2010 - Comments (5)
Category: Hair Styling, Europe, Mistranslations

Englishman in the Mails

As a creator of "mail art" (you can see some of my stuff here), I immediately dived upon the book pictured to the right. It tells the life story of W. R. Bray, who invented the concept of messing with the mails, even going so far as to mail a live dog and himself! It's full of Grade-A weirdness, and beautifully illustrated.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 12, 2010 - Comments (5)
Category: Outsider Art, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Postal Services

Next up on World’s Deadliest Jobs - Mushroom Hunters

While it might seem quaint to walk through the woods to find and pick mushrooms, apparently it can be quite deadly. Authorities in northern Italy say that at least 18 people have died recently while hunting for the tasty fungi. Avid seekers are growing careless and ignoring safety procedures because the weather for the month of August has lead to a surge in mushroom growth. Most of those who have died fell off the slippery mountain slopes. Now, I realize that truffles can be worth more per ounce than gold, but I don't think it's worth a person's life.

Posted By: Nethie - Mon Aug 30, 2010 - Comments (8)
Category: Accidents, Death, Jobs and Occupations, Nature, Europe

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