From the NY Times: "Aristotle declared that humans are the only animal to laugh, but then, he never saw this video of Jaak Panksepp tickling rats. ... It seems to be a happy sound: rats will run mazes... continue reading

posted by maudlin 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 12,457 views • 1:31

Trash that baby boom! Westerberg can write some hooks. And lyrics.

posted by sbchapm 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 261 views

Cell biologist Dirk Pacholsky's short film is a tightly edited montage of microscopic views of cells, set to breakcore artist Venetian Snares' epic track, "Szamar Madar".

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,752 views

Richard Pryor's kid tries to explain how that thing got broken... From Live in Concert (1979).

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 3,157 views • 1:31

Loved Betty Hutton, what a dame, she did it all....Hasta Lluego...Hasta Mañana... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Hutton

posted by choggie 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,424 views • 2:50

by Jefferson Y. Han. Exhibited at Wired's NextFest/2006. Over 200+ channels of live cable television are continuously arranged in real-time to form a mosaic representation of the person that stands in front of it. ... continue reading

posted by lisacat 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,489 views

From the Mr. Show-inspired film RUN RONNIE RUN. Another magnificent performance from Mandy Patinkin.

posted by rickegee 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 2,415 views

In German, but too cool none the less. Nerd power! ;) I wonder if they are using a Halbach magnet array for the track. If someone speaks German I'd be curious to know.... continue reading

Cool music video by Clinton, a dancer goes to a competition to face off against other dancers! Awesome song and video! Disco, dance, breakdance, modern dance, experimental dance.

posted by James Roe 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 3,401 views

One of Louis' Weird Weekends from 1998; this time spent with Christian fundamentalist US TV Evanglists. A hilarious and sarcastic insight into the commercial side of American Christianity.

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 6,668 views

Andrew Bird guests plays on a children's show on Noggin as Dr. Stringz

Oh, I couldn't love this video more if I tried. Just wonderful.

posted by rickegee 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,226 views

No wonder it took so long for Italian Cuisine to progress past spaghetti and meatballs in the USA...

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,562 views

Oh, that's nice... Barbara Lynn playing her song "You'll Lose A Good Thing", which went #1 on the R&B chart in 1962. One of her songs, "Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin')" was later covered by... continue reading

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 3,621 views

The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on the Israeli and the Palestinian sides. ... continue reading

posted by lisacat 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 3,807 views

The amazing Donald O'Connor doing his solo number in "Singing in the Rain". How many pratfalls can one man do in 3 minutes? You're about to find out. He was apparently hospitalized after filming this,... continue reading

One of the all-time greatest songs of all time from any cartoon of all time, for all time...May 28, 1998 We love you Phil!

posted by choggie 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,306 views

Hundreds of thousands of Koreans in red celebrate as Korea upsets Italy 2-1 on Ahn Jung Hwan's golden goal in the 117th minute. "A moment of transcendent glory." ..."Standing there on the field... continue reading

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,532 views

Stanley Jordan covers the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby". Absolutely fantastic tapping technique. Recommended for any music fans.

Amadou and Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Mariam Doumbia (vocals) and Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals). The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute... continue reading

posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,195 views