Photograph by RM Sotheby’s On May 2, 2015 RM Sotheby’s will be auctioning off a fully functional, electric version of the Tron: Legacy motorcycle. The bike features a 96 volt, direct-drive electric motor with lithium batteries, a computer controlled throttle, rebound and compression damping with spring-preload front suspension and rigid rear suspension, and front…
Last summer, reddit user MisterBrick found a collection of photos from WWII of his hometown of Dijon, France. As a photo project, he decided to reshoot the pictures to show what the places look like today, 70 years later. If you’re digging this series, you can find many more “then and now” projects featured…
Jeweller and reddit user nais_kong_ipamahagi recently shared a fascinating album of pictures that show the amazing restoration he did for a wedding ring that had gone through a garbage disposal. He uploaded the gallery to Imgur along with comments of the process throughout. Jewellery can hold a lot of sentimental value for some people…
The way the audio was synced to the original video makes this pretty awesome. “Mary Poppins Sings Death Metal” was arranged, played and recorded by Andy Rehfeldt with lead vocals by Sera Hatchett and Thomas Hinds. You can see the original version (for reference) embedded below 🙂
Watch the 2014-15 Louisville Leopard Percussionists rehearse their rendition of Kashmir, The Ocean, and Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. The Louisville Leopard Percussionists began in 1993. They are a performing ensemble of approximately 55 student musicians, ages 7-12, living in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such…
Film producer Adi Shankar just released “POWER/RANGERS”, a 12-minute bootleg film directed by Joseph Kahn featuring James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica). The R-Rated reboot (i.e., violence, profanity, mature subject matter) is a dark departure from the campy television series you may have watched as a kid.
Romanian Art collective Visual Skin recreated the legendary Flying Dutchman ghost ship for the Amsterdam Light Festival which ended in January. The mythical ship originates from 17-century nautical folklore and the Flying Dutchman is said to never make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever. Anchored in front of the ARCAM Amsterdam Centre for…
Photograph by Bethe (@PuzzleBethe on Twitter) In this fun photo, twitter user @PuzzleBethe and her husband recreated Grant Wood’s famous 1930 painting American Gothic, with a Canadian twist. The real painting is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Fun fact, although many believe the man and woman to be husband and…
Listen to this riveting rendition of Darude’s 1999 hit, Sandstorm, as played by the accordion quintet of Munich’s Accordion orchestra, Akkordeonorchester München e.V. As for the Internet’s obsession with this 15-year old trance song, check out this piece on Gawker.
This is the craziest, most elaborate bachelor party idea I have ever seen. A huge group of friends got together to give their friend Dana the surprise of a lifetime, giving him the starring role in his very own action movie. You just have to see it to believe it. Truly a day none…