January 2010
“All this led to an incident which is reported in almost every biography of me, a...”
– Werner Herzog in Herzog on Herzog (ed. Paul Cronin), in the discussion of the filming of his 1970 film Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen (aka Even Dwarfs Started Small). (via hangingfire)
The self-initiated rumor about nailing a camel’s knees to the ground is similarly priceless. Herzog was...
Monstrous Beasts: 14 Bizarre Dinosaurs and... →
hangingfire:
Enormous flightless birds, terrifying sea-creatures, an 8-foot-long centipede. There have been some strange and wondrous animals on this earth.
The history of life on earth is wondrous beyond imagining.
Informal poll
hangingfire:
What’s your number one reason for staying with any social networking tool (tumblr, Twitter, Faecebook, etc.)? Or to put it another way, what’s the thing stopping you from deleting your account on any or all of these networks tomorrow?
Honestly, I’m thinking of quitting Twitter just because so many people I know are saying the exact same things on their Tumblrs and FB feeds,...
williambenton:
Lucky Pineapple has been invited to perform at SXSW 2010.
WOOHOO! Lemme know if ya’ll need a place to crash!
“[..] I imagine a guy living alone, eating alone, washing and putting away his...”
– Gompr: On Rotating The Dishes (via fleetfootedfox)
I am that sad guy who carefully rotates. VIRGO FOREVER!
The 20 Worst Beatle Covers of All Time →
While I’m on my current Beatles kick, here’s an amusing list, most of which is spot-on—particularly Michael Jackson’s sick cover of “Come Together,” which is even more perverted considering that he sang it while John Lennon’s son Sean watched (and shook a glowstick, no less) on Michael Jackson: Moonwalker. William Shatner’s “Lucy in the Sky...
Feeling 10,000 Years Old, pt. 699
crackedwatercolors:
I know I probably irritate people with my sense of style; but, jesus god, can we please stop with beards on skinny, young hipster dudes?! I am so tired of seeing throngs of people who look like they just walked off the set of a Wes Anderson film. There has to be something better than this to replace the oversized clothing fad of the ’90s.
AMEN, sister. I tire of the...
