Three days after settling a law suit against Kanye West, Evel Knievel has left us. The man certainly didn’t lead an easy life.
I’m putting the brakes on my proclivity towards discussing the love/hate relationship with Kanye that haunts my every thought as well as the handful of half baked conspiracy theories that have amassed in the old brain basement.
Instead, please enjoy this beautiful tribute to Evel.
The guys at JamPhat put together an amazing collection of rap songs, graphically depicted. Here are a few of my favorites :
(via Liz)
…And sometimes you feel like a business card.
Now, thanks to Arigatoa, a Japanese company, you can have both at the same time, with Taberu Me– peanut business cards!
If peanuts aren’t your bag, Arigatoa also prints logos, names and telephone numbers on other organic materials like beans and rice. Or you could grab some logo imprinted walnuts from epromos.com– nifty!
According to the AP, a South Korean man in Seoul was killed Wednesday by his cell phone, when the phone’s battery exploded in his shirt pocket. LG, the maker of the phone, claimed this was virtually impossible, but in light of other accidents, one has to wonder.
(via Liz; via CNN)
Nearly every sinister aspect of the “Satanic Heavy Metal Band” stereotype holds true for Norwegian black metal band Mayhem [a.k.a. - "The True Mayhem"]: murder, suicide, Satanic worship (including the arson of churches), and rumored cannibalism.
During the band’s golden era, their shows included ‘Lord of the Flies’ decor: pigs’ heads on stakes, which were also sometimes worn by band members [NSFL - Not Safe For Lunch].
Here is a brief outline of Mayhem’s macabre history:
1984 - Mayhem was founded by guitarist/vocalist Euronymous [Øystein Aarseth], bassist Necrobutcher [Jørn Stubberud], and Manheim [Kjetil Manheim]. They later added vocalists Messiah [Eirik Nordheim] and Maniac [Sven Erik Kristiansen].
1987 - Manheim left the band, tired of the lifestyle; Maniac left the band, institutionalized for depression after a failed suicide attempt.
1988 - Swedish vocalist Dead [Per Yngve Ohlin] joined the band in 1987, and drummer Hellhammer [Jan Axel Blomberg] joined in 1988. Dead was notoriously morbid: wearing rotting clothes and flayed pig skins and cutting himself on stage.
1991 - Euronymous opened-up the band’s independent music outlet in Oslo, called Helvete (”Hell’s Punishment”). This outlet was considered a center for the Satanic cult-like “Norwegian Black Metal Inner Circle”. According to Euronymous, the store’s grim decor was supposed to be “…like a black church in the future. We’ve thought about having total darkness inside, so that people would have to carry torches to be able to see the records.”
1991 Suicide - 22 year old lead singer Dead was found deceased in the home he shared with other band members - the result of an attempted suicide (by knife) and a successful suicide (by shotgun). Euronymous was the first to discover his body; he took photographs - one of which was stolen and became the cover art for a bootleg album of their music [NSFL - Not Safe For Lunch]. Dead left a note saying “Excuse all the blood.” It was rumored that Euronymous ate pieces of Dead’s brain; Euronymous admitted he never did, though he said he had considered it. It is also reported that Euronymous and Hellhammer made necklaces from fragments of Dead’s skull.
1993 Arson - Necrobutcher left the band after the death of Dead and Hungarian black metal vocalist Attila Csihar and bassist Varg Vikernes joined the thinning band. Vikernes was found guilty of the 1992 arsons of Holmenkolle Chapel (Oslo), Skjold Church, and Åsane Church.
1993 Murder - Euronymous owed Vikernes a reported 30,000 Krone for album sales and related costs, which he refused to pay. Vikernes (and 21 year old Blackthorn [Snorre Ruch] from the band “Thorns”) came to Euronymous’s home; Euronymous was found dead with 23 stab wounds, the one in his forehead may have been the fatal blow. Vikernes, who is now serving time for the murder, claims Euronymous fell on broken glass.
1995 - present day - the band has continued on, currently with Attila Csihar on vocals, Blasphemer on lead guitar, Necrobutcher on bass, and Hellhammer on drums.
Their music is avaible for purchase on their Myspace page.
[If you haven't seen this already, it's time you do]:
“Thriller” performed by a reported 1,500+ inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, the Philippines.
A prison sentence offers a lot of free time to practice these kinds of things [and of course, the female lead is played by a man].
(via Memepool, again)
It’s not so much the product as the webpage design that has me impressed with the Toto Washlet. Their intro is certainly worth watching.
It’s a little unsettling: I have a crush on the cute redhead who discusses toilet hygiene.
(via Memepool)
What more can you ask for, than when you get a cut and can cover up your wound with bacon?
And don’t forget…there’s a free toy inside!
(via Laura, via Archie McPhee)
It’s almost hypnotic - I’ve already watched this video three times and still want more. These women are ready for their own stage show:
(via Jodi)
I didn’t have to courage to go in there and meet Arreola in person, but I suspect she is tan and round and sensitive.
Things said during Thanksgiving dinner that sounded dirty:
•Are you a fan of stuffing?
•Mmmm . . . warm buns!
•Give me more dark meat.
•Whose pie would you like to try?
•Breast, please.
Hey Americans . . . (and non-Americans subjected to this holiday) . . . HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
To honor this great holiday we’re offering you, the reader, a fine downloadable “Hand Turkey” to print out and hang in your home . . .
If you’re more discriminating with your holiday art (because “Hand Turkeys” are pretty cliché): the “Foot Turkey”
And if you want cutting edge state-of-the-art Thanksgiving decorations . . .
Behold the patented Blogadilla “Ass Turkey”*
[for those of you who haven't seen this already]
This is brilliant. It’s not a translation of the Indian music video, it’s what the lyrics sound like in English:
My loony bun is fine Benny Lava!
Minor bun engine made Benny Lava!
Anybody need this sign Benny Lava?
You need a bun to bite Benny Lava!
I am once again a bachelor, and old habits die hard, and thus I was in an Army surplus store today - clothes shopping. I’m in my mid-thirties and still think Army surplus stuff is cool.
Three words: Army Surplus Underwear.
And no, they weren’t used/pre-worn. They were new.
If you think about it, this is the underwear of action heroes (though technically ‘commando style’ is probably the real underwear of action heroes) - underwear designed for heavy combat, secret recon missions, and ninjas.
A few thoughts about this underwear come to mind:
•In combat, this underwear may be worn for several days at a time (no, I don’t intend to test this).
•It is brown . . . for the sake of camouflage.
•This camouflage may serve a different purpose: absconding skidmarks.
•Did the military select this particular color of brown for its skidmark concealing abilities?
•Did the military actually run tests to determine this color to be optimal, and if so, how did they do it?
Today marks the 6 month anniversary of Blogadilla, or as I prefer to say, it’s our half birthday. In honor of coming of age as a blog, we’ll be rolling out a few new additions to the site in the next few days. Stay tuned!
Saw both of these today:
Nail’n Joy, Full Service - somehow it just sounds dirty.
“We need a catchy name . . . something that will make kids want to eat oatmeal, something quirky . . . “Apparently they didn’t see Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom
Last night, friends of mine had to go home early. They confessed that they were going home to make a blanket and couch cushion fort in their livingroom, watch TV in it, and fall asleep in it.
Yes . . . a “fort.”
They also confessed that at a business conference last weekend, they made a fort in their hotelroom. They were kind enough to let me post photos of their hotel fort. Awesome. Inspiring.
Love: having someone you can make forts with.
Blogadilla Readers: If you send us a picture of your fort, we will post it.
Have you had enough of college students wearing 3 polo shirts at the same time, each with its own massively popped collar? Are you not convinced that pink is the new black? Are you eager to rebel in fashion choice, but forced to be subtle?
If any or all of the above points pertain to you, or if you just want to laugh, check out ThreadPit’s “Tragically Hip” polo shirts…a hilarious choice for the “I’m-over-polo-shirts,-but-really-not”-type of guy:
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us - it’s that animatronic dinosaurs will not be contained. Animatronic dinosaurs break free, expand to new territory, and crash through barriers . . . painfully . . . maybe even dangerously.
Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience.
Oh man . . . ROBOTS and DINOSAURS!! Two supercool things in one place (much like bacon and chocolate). On tour now, the Bay Area venue is the San Jose HP Pavillion, December 26-30.
