2000s
Missing Cat Poster or Art?
In 2002, artist Tracey Emin's cat, Docket, went missing. So she put up 'missing cat' posters around her neighborhood. But since she was a famous artist, people immediately began taking the posters down and selling them. Reportedly, they fetched prices as high as £500 each.
This prompted a spokeswoman from Emin's gallery to issue a statement: "Tracey does deal with memorabilia, but the posters are not works of art, it's simply a notice of her missing cat to alert neighbours."
Artist Tamarin Norwood, on her blog, offers these thoughts on the sociology of what was going on with the pilfered Missing Cat posters:
Incidentally, Docket was eventually found.
More info: BBC News (Mar 28, 2002)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 22, 2018 -
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Category: Art, Cats, 2000s
Sleeping Betty
Sleeping Betty by Claude Cloutier, National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 06, 2016 -
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Category: Humor, Myths and Fairytales, Cartoons, 2000s
Trigger Happy TV
More episodes on YouTube.
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 09, 2016 -
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Category: Television, 2000s, Pranks, Europe
The Sonic Bed
Sonic Bed - Kaffe Matthews from Avatar on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 19, 2016 -
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Category: Avant Garde, Interior Decorating, 2000s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Uncle Wiggly vs. DONNIE DARKO Rabbit
Equally creepy? The earlier guy the inspiration for the later one?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 20, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Games, Movies, 1920s, 2000s, Fictional Monsters
What A Waste
In 2003 800,000 gallons of Jim Beam was spilled into a retention pond and ignited by a lightening strike causing a fire tornado to form. Not sure why UPI reran the story of the firenado except that it was the 12th anniversary of the event. The fire show is definitely worth a view though.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 05, 2015 -
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Category: Destruction, 2000s, Alcohol, Sadness
Insanity Defense for Illicit Sex
Apparently, slightly more complicated strategy than merely saying, "Baby, you drive me crazy!"
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 23, 2014 -
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Category: Delusions, Fantasies and Other Tricks of the Imagination, Sexuality, Teenagers, 2000s
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