Willoughby Sharp, RIP

The newly deceased artist Willoughby Sharp sounds like a WEIRD UNIVERSE kinda guy. Judge for yourself by the following short film in which he stars.

Happy (Iranian) New Year!

Shampoo allows deaf girl to play violin

This video raises two interesting questions:

a) What in the world does it have to do with shampoo?
b) How can a deaf person learn to play a musical instrument?

Some answers to the second question can be found at physorg.com, which notes that deaf people can feel the vibration of sound. Therefore, percussion instruments that make a lot of vibrations are the easiest for them to learn. But what highly accomplished deaf musicians (such as Beethoven and Evelyn Glennie) share is "musical training, perfect pitch and excellent hearing before they suffered its loss."

Sweet Dreams

See three more videos by Kirsten Lepore here.

She Doesn’t Have to Shave

Following up on Alex's "Couvade" post: here's a musical exegesis of the eternal tradeoff between daily facial shaving for men, and monthly menstruation for women.

God, I miss Squeeze!

Transporting bricks, the hard way

Today give thanks that you don't have this guy's job.

Get Ready for Thanksgiving!

A dog and a duck

All the blogs are posting this, but if you haven't seen it yet, it's a must see.

Lucifer in Chatanooga

More proof that Chatanooga is a happening place.

Jumping on Eggs

The unique Mr. Tony McCabe is a man who claims he can jump on hen's eggs and human noses without breaking them.

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