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- The Week Jimi Hendrix Toured with the Monkees
- The Shortest Weather Forecast Ever
- Louise Darko - This Is Why You Shouldn't Eat Burgers Right Before Bed
- Cleaning Up Ugly Graffiti
- 10 Historic Shot Towers around the World
- How Maritime Law Works
- The Bourbon Burger
- DeepWarp: Changing the Gaze of an Image
- Soccer Balls on Demand for Kids in Brazil
- Guy Wearing Dinosaur Onesie Edits Himself Into Photos Of Famous People
- Singapore Steet Food Makes Culinary History by Earning Michelin Stars
- A Cosmic Groaner
- The Fresh Tank Engine of Sodor
- Blasters Are So Uncivilized - Slice 'Em With A Saber Instead!
- Clones of Cloned Sheep Aging Normally
- People Who Got The Last Laugh With Their Hilarious Headstones
- The Man Engine
- When The Boss Institutes A Strict Dress Code, Start Cosplaying At Work
- Dog Fetches Brother
- Where Our Food Crops Come From
- A Supercut Tribute To The Greatest T-Shirts In Film History
- The Stretch Batmobile and Other Crazy Limousines
- Conan Patrols Comic-Con In His Superhero Suit
| The Week Jimi Hendrix Toured with the Monkees Posted: 27 Jul 2016 04:59 AM PDT
In the wild and crazy history of rock music, many strange, bizarre and quite unbelievable things have happened. Being now fully acquainted with the genius of Jimi Hendrix, and needing an opening act for their tour, the Monkees avidly recommended the virtuoso to the tour's producers. Both they and Hendrix agreed, and thus, it was all set. Also on the tour would be the group The Sundowners and Australian singer Lynn Ranall. One wonders why Hendrix would agree to tour with a band like the Monkees in the first place. At the time, although he had three hits in England, Jimi was still virtually unknown in the States. Quite simply, he knew how popular the Monkees were and he needed the exposure in America.
But after the initial shock and surprise, Jimi's music was drowned out by chants of “We want Davy!" and “We want the Monkees!" Furious, embarrassed, and no doubt very shocked, Jimi left the stage. The great Jimi Hendrix had laid an egg big enough to feed a dozen hungry lumberjacks at breakfast.  | ||||||||
| The Shortest Weather Forecast Ever Posted: 27 Jul 2016 03:59 AM PDT Perhaps, as Scott Beale at Laughing Squid suggests, it's a blooper. But I'm skeptical. The weatherman is just getting to the point. It's not like he's getting paid by the word. If only other people communicated as succinctly as Keith Monahan of KARK-TV news in Arkansas does! | ||||||||
| Louise Darko - This Is Why You Shouldn't Eat Burgers Right Before Bed Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:00 AM PDT Bob knew it would be a mistake to let Louise stay up late and watch Donnie Darko, but since he'd never seen it and had to open up for that early morning burger crowd he gave in to her whining. Besides, if it kept Louise occupied and too tired to wake up Tina and Gene at the crack of dawn Bob was all for it, although that did mean he'd have to bus tables by himself at the restaurant. Later that day, as Bob and Linda were cleaning up after the Linner rush, poor little Louise wandered into the restaurant with a shellshocked look on her face, muttering something about imaginary bunnies and time travel... Sport this Louise Darko t-shirt by Ed Harrington around town and you'll become like a wild stallion named Jericho to your fellow fans, because they'll see you as a trailblazer and a style icon. But don't take my word for it... Visit Ed Harrington's Tumblr, official website and Instagram, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more delightfully geeky designs:
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| Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:00 AM PDT Graffiti tags are not exactly street art; they are more of a signature just to say “I was here.” As such, they are rarely legible. French artist Matthew Tremblin took on a project to “clean up” the tags on the streets of France, by changing those signature tags to a legible font.
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| 10 Historic Shot Towers around the World Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:00 AM PDT
Once upon a time, to make bullets and cannonballs, nations and businesses would build shot towers. These are industrial sites sometimes hundreds of feet tall. Workers would drip molten lead from the top. These droplets would form spheres during their descent, then cool in that form when hitting a pool of water at the bottom. This technique permitted the mass production of adequately well-made ammunition. Some of these shot towers still exist, such as Taroona Shot Tower, which is pictured above. The iron merchant Joseph Moir built it in Tasmania in 1870. The 150-foot tall tower is no longer active, but is well preserved and open to the public. The beautiful Taroona Shot Tower is 1 of 10 well-preserved shot towers that still exist around the world. You can see others at Atlas Obscura. | ||||||||
| Posted: 26 Jul 2016 10:00 PM PDT The oceans make up vast areas of the earth’s surface that are under no governmental control. That’s where maritime law comes into play. There are zones of the oceans that are controlled by the country on the nearest shore, but which laws they can enforce vary depending on how far away from the beach you are. In international waters, some things depend on what country your ship is registered in. Other matters are rules agreed on by various nations, but it’s rare to get all nations to agree on anything. It gets confusing, but Wendover Productions makes it as simple as they can as they explain maritime law to us. -via reddit | ||||||||
| Posted: 26 Jul 2016 09:00 PM PDT
Chicken & Sons, a restaurant in Chatsworth, New South Wales, Australia, now offers the perfect breakfast burger. Their $22 Bourbon Burger has bourbon-glazed bacon, bourbon-based barbecue sauce, and a whole shot of bourbon in a cup cut into the bun. It comes with beer-battered fries that have been glazed with bourbon. I suspect that you could also order it with bourbon on the side, too. -via That's Nerdalicious! | ||||||||
| DeepWarp: Changing the Gaze of an Image Posted: 26 Jul 2016 07:59 PM PDT So you’ve taken what would be the perfect group picture, except that Uncle Roy is staring at your sister-in-law’s bosom. A new technology called DeepWarp can change that part without making Roy look unnatural.
I didn’t understand any of that, but that’s not what’s important. What’s really interesting are the examples given on the project page. You can pull up any of 16 pictures of faces and move their eyes around. They can look you up and down, they can shift left and right right, or they can roll around. It’s a shame they can’t move independently of each other, but what you will see is creepy and funny enough as it is. -via Metafilter | ||||||||
| Soccer Balls on Demand for Kids in Brazil Posted: 26 Jul 2016 06:59 PM PDT The campaign by Brazilian cookie company Biscoitos Zezé is called "Be More Child." It places soccer balls in locked bins in the streets of Brazilian cities. Local kids have keys to the bins, so they can play soccer whenever they want. You can see more photos of the bins at Pop-Up City. | ||||||||
| Guy Wearing Dinosaur Onesie Edits Himself Into Photos Of Famous People Posted: 26 Jul 2016 05:59 PM PDT You know what every single photo taken of a celebrity is missing? A dude wearing a dinosaur onesie while hanging out with said celeb, that's what, and since Lorenz Valentino owned a onesie and had the Photoshop skills he went to work editing himself into their photos. Thanks to his skills, and his sweet onesie, Lorenz now hangs out with Macklemore, dates his dream Kardashian, err, Jenner, and poses like a sexy python ready to strike with his "longtime friend" Jennifer Lawrence. No biggie, just another day in the imaginary life of a dino onesie wearing dude who just happens to be friends with virtually every famous face on the planet. See more from Dude Edits Himself Wearing Dinosaur Onesie Into Photos With Celebs here | ||||||||
| Singapore Steet Food Makes Culinary History by Earning Michelin Stars Posted: 26 Jul 2016 04:59 PM PDT
To earn a star in the Michelin travel guide is a great victory for a restaurant. Since 1931, the company has secretly sampled and rated the finest restaurants in the world. Getting even just one is a mark of fame. 3 gives the establishment a reputation for the highest excellence. And now, for the first time in its history, Michelin has awarded stars to street food stalls. A pair of stalls in Singapore has each earned a star. Reuters reports:
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| Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:59 PM PDT Redditor terrafarma lives on a small farm, so my guess is that he is responsible for this sign. If you don’t get the joke, you might want to listen to the song. If you get the joke, you’ll love the comment flammablepenguins left underneath.
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| The Fresh Tank Engine of Sodor Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:00 PM PDT YouTube user marioboy22601 remixed Will Smith's famous introduction to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with the theme music of Thomas and Friends. It totally works! Thomas definitely should leave the mean tracks of Philly for a safer environment on Sodor. I found this video at Boing Boing, which has links to other Thomas and Friends re-mixes, including the music of Biggie Smalls, Cypress Hill, and AC/DC. | ||||||||
| Blasters Are So Uncivilized - Slice 'Em With A Saber Instead! Posted: 26 Jul 2016 02:00 PM PDT Blasters are so Uncivilized by WinterWolfMedia Just because you're fighting a war that spans the galaxy, just because you're a force of evil who uses the dark side of the force to kill those who dare to rebel against your Imperial policies, doesn't mean you have to act in an uncivilized manner. You should always try to maintain your dignity and composure no matter what the odds, so your warrior energy shines brightly like a star instead of merely flashing for a second like a blaster beam. Rebel or Empire, Jedi or Sith, you have to set a good example for the others and lead by example, meaning you should holster that blaster you cowboy you! Keep your geeky wardrobe totally classy with this Blasters Are So Uncivilized t-shirt by WinterWolfMedia, it's the most efficient way to show your fellow fans how to keep it classy even when you're geeking out on your favorite sci-fi franchise. Visit WinterWolfMedia's NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs:
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| Clones of Cloned Sheep Aging Normally Posted: 26 Jul 2016 01:59 PM PDT Dolly the sheep was the world’s first cloned animal to survive to adulthood, while 277 other attempts failed. She was born 20 years ago, and lived for six and a half years. When she died of a not-uncommon sheep lung disease, there was some speculation that Dolly might have been suffering the effects of old age because she was cloned from a six-year-old sheep, or possibly that clones age differently from natural-born sheep. However, a few years later, Dolly’s cells were used to produce four more clones. Those clones were assessed at nine years and found to be aging normally and were as healthy as natural-born sheep of the same age. Michelle Kuepper of Research Gate talked to the study’s lead author Kevin Sinclair about Dolly, her clones, and the future of animal cloning. -via reddit | ||||||||
| People Who Got The Last Laugh With Their Hilarious Headstones Posted: 26 Jul 2016 01:00 PM PDT Is it better to die with a smile on your face or get the last laugh? Both options can be seen as temporary, but when you get a funny slogan inscribed on your tombstone the laughs last forever. Everyone wants to leave their mark on this world, something to be remembered by, and for the dearly departed in this collection of Hilarious Headstones their mark sits just above their bones. Regardless of any posthumous plans you've made for your body you're most likely thinking about adding a funny headstone to the plan now, because a name and date is not enough to express who you were in life. See These 25 Hilarious Headstones Got In The Last Laugh here | ||||||||
| Posted: 26 Jul 2016 12:00 PM PDT Monday in Tavistock, UK, a 33-foot man wearing a Cornish miner’s helmet woke up, waved to the crowd, and starting walking across Cornwall. He is the Man Engine, and he’ll be walking or crawling a 130-mile route for two weeks until he reaches the Geevor Tin Mine on August 6th. Along the way, he’ll stop at all ten Cornish Mining World Heritage Sites to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the mines’ designation. The Man Engine is powered by heavy equipment behind and controlled by puppeteers with cables. You can follow the Man Engine’s progress at Facebook. -via Arbroath | ||||||||
| When The Boss Institutes A Strict Dress Code, Start Cosplaying At Work Posted: 26 Jul 2016 10:59 AM PDT Office dress codes are a real drag, even with Casual Fridays, but employees who want to keep their jobs are forced to dress accordingly...or are they? If you go by the experiences of June J Rivas then dress codes don't mean a thing, because when her boss instituted a severe and illegal dress code she replied by cosplaying to work. June feels the new dress code is aimed directly at her and has filed complaints, but in the meantime she's having fun putting “work cosplay” outfits together which technically conform to the new dress code. Cosplayers tend to be a mighty creative bunch, so if this dress code battle grinds on for a while June is going to make her boss wish she'd never had a problem with the way June used to dress! See more from Lady Responds To Strict Dress Code By Wearing Incredible Costumes here | ||||||||
| Posted: 26 Jul 2016 09:59 AM PDT When Derick Duffner wants the presence of his dog Jack, he doesn't call for him. He asks his other dog, Luke, to fetch him. They could walk each other like this. | ||||||||
| Where Our Food Crops Come From Posted: 26 Jul 2016 08:59 AM PDT The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) conducted a vast study of global agriculture and how foods that originated in one region ended up sustaining different regions, both by exported agriculture and by exported food. Part of that study is a map that shows where those foods were once native plants. At the site, the map is interactive and at the top of the page you’ll find links to information specific regions and links to broader articles about the findings. You could end up spending the rest of the week learning about global food systems. -via Digg | ||||||||
| A Supercut Tribute To The Greatest T-Shirts In Film History Posted: 26 Jul 2016 07:59 AM PDT Filmmakers use the production's wardrobe and costumes to help tell their story, which is why they adore slogan t-shirts- because nothing gives a character instant attitude like a tee. From rude to radical, totally hilarious to merely setting the scene, t-shirts are now used as a cheap and easy way to add visual appeal to a film. Robert Jones and Brett Roberts clipped together the first supercut of The Greatest T-Shirts In Film, then Travis Greenwood teamed up with the duo to create the far more complete Part 2, now with over 100 entries! And as you know the NeatoShop has thousands of incredibly cool t-shirts in stock, including many slogan tees from your favorite movies, so check out the NeatoShop for tees that'll make you look like a million bucks! -Via mental_floss | ||||||||
| The Stretch Batmobile and Other Crazy Limousines Posted: 26 Jul 2016 07:00 AM PDT The definition of a limousine is a hired car with a driver, but in practical usage the word means a luxury ride for showing off. Nothing says “Look at me!” like a car that’s so long it has trouble making a turn, or looks like a Brinks truck with a fully-stocked bar. And some limousines incorporate the look of fictional vehicles, like the Batmobile limousine:
But it’s far from the most expensive car in the list. You’ll also see a limousine that resemble an airplanes, a gold-covered car, armored security limousines, a ridiculously long stretch, and more in a list of the 10 Most Over the Top Limousines in the World at Money Inc. | ||||||||
| Conan Patrols Comic-Con In His Superhero Suit Posted: 26 Jul 2016 05:59 AM PDT Conan O'Brien has made it his mission to conquer Comic-Con ever since his show moved to L.A., so now we have show tapings and exclusive figures to look forward to at the event each year. And when Conan hits the Con he hits it hard, bringing some of his patently unpredictable Coco magic with him, this time in the form of a super suit custom made for his bod by Ironhead Studio. Conan claims the suit is anatomically correct, but I think he stuffed his codpiece. -Via Laughing Squid |
Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist 
Micky Dolenz was the first Monkee to discover Jimi Hendrix. Micky was told by a friend that there was this black musician who "played the guitar with his teeth.” Fascinated and curious, Micky went to New York's famed Village and witnessed Jimi playing guitar with the John Hammel Band, indeed, with his teeth.
(Image credit: Micky Dolenz)
Things finally came to a head at Forest Hills Stadium in New York on September 16th. After being booed and jeered by 14,000 teenyboppers, Jimi stopped playing and gave the crowd the finger. He walked offstage, leaving the young girls (and their moms) in a state of complete shock. Emcee Dick Clark was left completely speechless- for the first time.
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