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For ten days in May of 2009, the street artist RIPO used news headlines as inspiration for a painting that he then covered with another painting of the following day’s news–a commentary on the over-saturation of media and fleeting nature of news–before peeling back a strip for each day to created a spectacularly striped, multicolor [...]

Jeanne-Claude, one half along with her husband of the artist duo Jeanne-Claude and Christo, died on Wednesday in New York at age 74 of complications from a brain aneurysm. The couple’s most iconic work, incidentally, was probably their Gates installation in Central Park in 2005, but the two had been active since the 60s. (They [...]

We’ve become a little jaded in our old age (oh, hey, we celebrated our first anniversary on Tuesday!), and lately we find most lists very uninspiring. Every so often, though, a brilliant list reminds us why we signed up for this life of lists. Heavy’s listicle of the Top 5 Songs About Having Sex With [...]

There’s something very appealing about the idea of having a funny tombstone, rather than one that is solemn and muted. After all, if there’s anywhere that needs a little humor to lighten the mood it’s the cemetery. Manofest has done some impressive digging to find The 25 Funniest Tombstones, out favorite of which marks the [...]

As much as ads annoy us if we have to sit through them at moments not of our choosing, when we get to watching beautiful commercials by incredibly creative designers and directors we can’t get enough. Our latest round-up of cool (mostly) new commercials is all about animation (mostly computer animation, but not exclusively), and [...]

Though many seemed to think that the Internet would serve solely as a vessel for pornography and scams, those skeptics clearly underestimated the power of cats. Yes, our feline friends have become such web celebs (”welebs”?) that they’ve begun to take on certain human characteristics. For proof, we recommend checking out Kitty Stampede’s listicle of [...]

We’re very anti-soda to begin with, but when soft drink (or “pop”, as it’s called in our homeland) companies start getting all ridiculous with odd hybrid beverages we really lose interest. Seriously, give us water, coffee or something with an alcoholic kick in it, anything’s better than sugary and corn syrup-y soda.
As much as Coke [...]

The famous clip that featured the debut of Mickey Mouse as we know him, Steamboat Willie, first aired on November 18, 1928, making today Mickey’s 81st birthday. (He appeared in Plane Crazy six months earlier, but that version of the character, considered by many to be more interesting, was scrapped and re-worked for Steamboat.)
He’s now [...]

By now, hopefully, you know all about the Three Wolf Moon T-shirt meme (if not, watch this), and if so then you’ll know just how parody-friendly this particular meme is. So much so, in fact, that alternate versions of the original shirt have popped up all over, leading the web culture experts at Urlesque to [...]

One of these days we’re going to put together an epic listicle of supercuts (the fan-made videos that feature “every time x happens in y”), but until then we’re going to keep posting some of the best as stand-alone vidsticles. The latest we’ve come across features every death (including animals and robots) in the Arnold [...]

As far as music video concepts go, when all else fails you can’t really go wrong with nudity… or can you? At least one of the following videos uses nakedness in a decidedly un-sexy way, but we’ll let you decide which one we’re thinking about. Above all, enjoy the sexy people in these 7 Naked [...]

Sunday was America Recycles Day, but since we were out gathering cans and bottles and the like we weren’t able to blog about it. As is out wont, we’re over-compensating for our oversight with this graphic listicle we found of 44 Recycling Logos, some of which may look familiar, while others are rather geographically specific [...]

Our laptop used to overheat every five minutes, which was great when we needed an excuse not to do an assignment, but also made for some of the most fast and furious work sessions in the history of computers. We would sit in the middle of a room full of fans, hoping the extra air [...]

Did you know that November is National Model Railroad Month (NMRM) here in the U.S. of A.? No? Well, how could you, really, unless you rode one every day or so. Most of us only use the model railroad very occasionally, and it’s generally an occasion for bedazzled wonder. Daily model railroad commuters have it [...]

We once went to a concert in the Sydney Opera House, and though the actual performance hall was a spectacular wood-paneled space and the exterior is stunning, the halls and communal spaces inside the opera house look like a parking garage. So we wonder if it really belongs on The Coolist’s listicle of 10 Modern [...]

We’ve always been a little skeptical about video game acting, since we’d really much rather play Pacman than have to sit through tiresome (pretty though they may be) interludes with tacky “drama” and trite dialog. Of course, we’re all for the increased interactivity of media, and we have to admit that there’s something appealing to [...]

There are few things more spectacular (a really good block, perhaps) in a basketball game than a dunk that actually breaks the hoop. They occur fairly regularly, especially if you include all the various pro, college, high school and amateur leagues, but only a select few are truly exceptional. Brobible has assembled what they deem [...]

Given that hip-hop is so focused on showing off the hot gear you’ve got, it’s only fitting that claims to being the coolest one year will sound silly the next. This is especially true with technological goods, which already become obsolete quickly before considering the accelerated life cycles of hip-hop fads. Accordingly, rap is full [...]

The movie to end all movies (and the world), 2012, comes out today, and we have to admit that there’s something to the succinct title that makes it rather catchy and epic-sounding. Of course, 2012 is hardly the first such year-titled movie.
It follows a long lineage of such films, including the subcategories of future year [...]

We love single-serving sites, especially ones that are always adding new content all the while staying within very strict thematic or formal boundaries (like this blog!). It seems like there’s a new one every day (or several), and every week or so one leads to a book deal, so it’s nice to get a big [...]