Claude François was one of France's most successful popstars, a complete song-and-dance act who remained at the top of the charts for almost ten years before his career was tragically cut short when he tried to change a lightbulb while in the bath (youtube ahead). [more inside]
posted by jacalata on Nov 11, 2007 - 19 comments

TV Shows | Cartoons | Anime | Movies | Music Videos | Sports
posted by carsonb on May 19, 2007 - 49 comments

I'm sorry to do this to you, but you must share my agony. Let me know if you get #41 (I have to skip it every time).
posted by Rock Steady on Feb 27, 2007 - 83 comments

Oakland's Taco Trucks: cool site featuring their menus, art, reviews, and locations!
posted by fandango_matt on Aug 29, 2006 - 11 comments

"When humans were busy fighting each other, the Ants had begun their preparations to take over the planet. Six feet tall, they had emerged from their hideouts in the Andes Mountain and had begun their assault in the year 7757." - Science Fiction in Bengal from 1882-1961 [via]
posted by brundlefly on Jun 29, 2006 - 9 comments

Roman Coppola (Youtube warning) battles Nokia in extreme slow-motion, reminding me of a previous post.
posted by tighttrousers on Jun 27, 2006 - 15 comments

Double Read This: Revolution! The Epsilon Rising seeks the BEST DRUMMER EVER! They should be 1)AWESOME; 2)TOTALLY INTO US; 3) ETHNIC (but if not, that's cool, man) 4) POT SMOKERS... At least they like Hawkwind.
posted by klangklangston on Apr 17, 2006 - 62 comments

rectuMTV Fairly twisted music video (Qtime) from the Taiwanese group Loh Tsui Kweh Commune. Definitely NSFW. Starts off innocently enough but goes downhill pretty quick. It's official people, MTV is so last millennium!
posted by Mr Bluesky on Oct 20, 2005 - 27 comments

Happy Sunshine Story Time. It's a one note joke, but it made me laugh. Possibly moderately NSFW for cartoonish nudity.
posted by jacquilynne on Oct 14, 2005 - 13 comments

How good is your parking? (flash)
posted by john_son on Aug 8, 2005 - 56 comments

The Doctor is in: David Tennant, the new Doctor Who (#10), has revealed his look to the world. No long scarf, cricket uniform, or leather jacket this time... instead, a brown pinstripe suit and grubby Converse. He calls it geek chic.
posted by Artifice_Eternity on Aug 4, 2005 - 52 comments

Are we ready for the food police? "It's that they're pestering you." brandz
posted by brandz on Jul 29, 2005 - 28 comments

There are 7 words you can't say in kindergarden. Caution: contains foul language and political thought.
posted by growabrain on Jul 16, 2005 - 41 comments

Tessellations are mathematically created images. Trompe L'oeil geometry that is a visual cousin to surrealism , visual games and mosaics.
posted by nickyskye on Jun 17, 2005 - 12 comments

Xanadu Home of the Future sits rotting in Kissimmee, Florida. It was built in the early 80s by Roy Mason and combined a unique architectural approach with an environment controlled by Commodore computers. Squatters were probably not part of this future plan. You can buy this visionary piece of futures past today or you could buy one in Sedona. However, be aware that the Gatlinburg and Wisconsin Xanadus were not preserved.
posted by PHINC on Jun 10, 2005 - 26 comments

Atlas reveals global devastation....... a new atlas just released by the UN showing before and after satellite imagery of the last 30 years (more or less) of human impact. NEATO!
posted by tarantula on Jun 4, 2005 - 22 comments

Why can't Robert Lansberry get mail?
posted by Lusy P Hur on May 27, 2005 - 7 comments

"Unintelligible at any speed." No, not Ralph Nader mumbling, but the lyrics to "Louie Louie," in the FBI's humble assessment more than 40 years ago. Nevertheless, this week a Michigan school superintendent banned a middle school marching band from playing the song... even without anyone singing the lyrics.
posted by twsf on May 5, 2005 - 47 comments

Words that sound dirty but aren't. I'm a big fan of the white-breasted nuthatch. You?
posted by diastematic on Mar 31, 2005 - 58 comments

What is a Foob? When it comes to juvenile insults, I remember dork, doofus, geek, etc. But this is a new one on me.
posted by livingsanctuary on Mar 31, 2005 - 24 comments

The surrealism, science fiction gallery #y, design and the advertisement--all come from the galleries of the Babelfish translation of Perga.ru. Found it looking for Chesley Bonestell pictures... Purga is a word for snow, is it not?
posted by y2karl on Mar 1, 2005 - 5 comments

This is truly a trippy animation; Kaleidoscope. Place the cursor in the middle of the square, sit comfortably and relax, and let yourself go for 20-30 minutes
posted by growabrain on Feb 19, 2005 - 36 comments

Feral Cities. Imagine a great metropolis covering hundreds of square miles. Once a vital component in a national economy, this sprawling urban environment is now a vast collection of blighted buildings, an immense petri dish of both ancient and new diseases, a territory where the rule of law has long been replaced by near anarchy in which the only security available is that which is attained through brute power. It would possess at least a modicum of commercial linkages, and some of its inhabitants would have access to the world's most modern communication and computing technologies. It would, in effect, be a feral city.
posted by stbalbach on Jan 11, 2005 - 36 comments

There are rumors on the interstates. CoolGov explains why I-90 is I-90. Information scraped from the Department of Transportation.
posted by NickDouglas on Jan 7, 2005 - 33 comments

Is N+1's review of the Life Aquatic more than a bit snobbish or dead on? While I agree with much of the review, particularly how Life Aquatic seemed to lack a plot, I can't help but feel icky having read this. (Link via TMFTML)
posted by box elder on Jan 5, 2005 - 110 comments

Randall the Enamel Animal is an organoleptic hop transducer module. Click on the links, they're about beer!
posted by turbodog on Dec 17, 2004 - 14 comments

An Pre-Emptive Interview With Director Chris Weitz. "On the surface of it, as a fan of the books I would be terrified if I read that I was going to adapt [The His Dark Materials Trilogy]. Let me try to put at ease anybody who is of a mind to be convinced at all..."

(Could be considered a follow-up to this post from 2002.)
posted by grabbingsand on Dec 7, 2004 - 33 comments

Double posts can be offensive but some can be useful. Here Kitty!
posted by apocalypse miaow on Nov 28, 2004 - 35 comments

happiness is a t-shirt whilst poking around to see what's new and cool these days i came across some of the coolest t's i've seen in a long time. check'em out. nice "mantra," too.
posted by tatochip on Nov 23, 2004 - 41 comments

Superman is a dick. So is Batman.
posted by darukaru on Nov 14, 2004 - 29 comments

Macabre Creation -- art with an eye for detail (favourite)
posted by andrew cooke on Nov 14, 2004 - 7 comments

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.

do the math.
posted by specialk420 on Nov 5, 2004 - 133 comments

ADD, Esq. In browsing part-time jobs in NYC, I came across this gem. It would blow my mind to watch this dude in the courtroom... if he doesn't get sidetracked along the way.
posted by adamms222 on Nov 4, 2004 - 3 comments

Andrew Tanenbaum never ceases to amaze me. This delightful surprise was revealed today to visitors of one of his web sites -- which (of late) probably includes 96% of MeFi.
posted by RavinDave on Nov 1, 2004 - 50 comments

were they drunken accidents or a series of murders? the wisconsin town of la crosse is shocked by a series of drownings ... sinister speculations and recriminations fuel the controversy
posted by pyramid termite on Oct 29, 2004 - 4 comments

2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes. A do-it-yourself guide to this season's quickest, least expensive, and spooky-ookiest halloween costumes. My personal favorites are: Florida's Electronic Touch-Screen Voting Machines, The Littlest Prisoner at Abu Ghraib and Jenna Bush's Liver.
posted by Brilliantcrank on Oct 28, 2004 - 24 comments

Where not to hide your drugs. Tips from the DEA. [via boingboing]
posted by srboisvert on Oct 14, 2004 - 24 comments

5000 year old carved skull "HEAVILY carved with mysterious buddhism objects, symbols and Tibetan letters." Crazy.
(Via Boing Boing)
posted by maniactown on Oct 8, 2004 - 22 comments

The Zoomquilt. yes, it's flash, yes it's bandwidth heavy, but it is teh cool. (via Buzz.)
posted by madamjujujive on Oct 5, 2004 - 16 comments

Woody Allen on the 2004 Election
posted by alfredogarcia on Sep 28, 2004 - 27 comments

Theo Jansen makes strange creatures that prowl beaches, powered by the wind [.avi]. "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature." - Strandbeest. [via Tipping The Sacred Cows]
posted by Blue Stone on Sep 27, 2004 - 12 comments

Reverse (Friday Flash Frustration Fun).
posted by LinusMines on Sep 23, 2004 - 22 comments

Fruity!
posted by anastasiav on Sep 2, 2004 - 15 comments

Is Golan Cipel a "gunsel"? Gov. McGreevey's friend Golan Cipel appears to meet the original Maltese Falcon definition (a young man 'kept' for sex by an older man), but not it's later, derived one. Slantpoint provides a timeline of the relationship.
posted by Jos Bleau on Aug 13, 2004 - 6 comments

No Pity. No Shame. No Silence.

"I wondered for a moment what it would look like if just for one day, everyone who had survived sexual violence were visible as a survivor, if we could actually see the extent of it, if we could all know just how very not-alone we are. I wondered how angry and sad it would make me to know. I wondered how much power there might be in the truth."

Bell System Memorial.
posted by hama7 on Jul 25, 2004 - 6 comments

Slick Ball (shockwave) — Fun little German Marble Madness-type game.
posted by Space Coyote on Jul 23, 2004 - 16 comments

Kerry Edwards. Hi, My name is Kerry Edwards. Two years ago I registered this domain name to put up photos for my family and friends.
posted by _sirmissalot_ on Jul 22, 2004 - 32 comments

Spiritual consumption. When advertising is God, this Nike video will be a beautiful prayer.
posted by plexi on Jul 21, 2004 - 36 comments

Lou Dobbs, Call Your Office If Lou Dobbs, the fair-trade crusader, only knew about this one! A few months ago, activists and journalists were blasting the U.S. for plans to buy only branded drugs, made by companies like Merck, to treat patients in poor countries under the president's $15 billion AIDS relief program[...] The result is that the way has been paved for U.S. taxpayers to spend billions to buy drugs made in India that are copies of medicines invented in the United States
posted by Postroad on Jul 14, 2004 - 34 comments