Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

Check out this guy’s artwork.

A cool and bizarre music video from The Avalanches.

Rubber Johnny – mutagenic child freaks out to Aphex Twin.
Supersize me! (with whiskey) – a sendup of Morgan Spurlock’s overwrought McDonald’s saga.
The Nut Bra – supports the boys when they’re feeling low.
The Little Girl – forgotten by everyone – wonderful horrible dark little tale.
Salad Fingers – the newest installment.

Enjoy! Some links might not be safe for work.

Newest addiction – Peekaboom.

Can you identify what movie these scenes come from? Even without the actors in them?

Happy fourth of July to everyone (even you non-US readers!). When you get a moment, you might want to tell Michael Ignatieff how you feel about his essay. You could talk about stuff like “glass houses” and “cast the first stone”.

Why cyclists wear black pants.

As found from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog… Radio broadcasts from the NE Ohio area have been interrupted what what seems like pirate radio broadcasts advertising Radio Free Ohio. Their website used to include diatribes about other local stations, including those owned by Clear Channel.

The kicker? Radio Free Ohio’s IP shows that it is, in fact, a Clear Channel station. Shillitude of the nth degree.

To (ahem) get the taste of that last link out of my blog…

Dracula in blog form.
Contagious media experiments.
Lots of people getting brain freezes (what’s interesting is that many people in the video had the same physical reaction – lift chin, bend over… must be some instinctive drive?).
Other contagious media experiments (chances are you have already been emailed one of these, or read it on a blog or message board.