Foreign Customs
Bolivian Heavy Metal—Now with Pan Pipes!
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 02, 2014 -
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Category: Music, Foreign Customs, South America, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Googoosha
A music video from the daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan. "We have ways to make you dance!"
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 21, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Children, Parents, Foreign Customs, Asia, Europe
Lampy, the Multimillion-Dollar Garden Gnome
Read about Lampy here.
More Gnome history here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 21, 2013 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Cult Figures and Artifacts, Horticulture and Gardens, Foreign Customs, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Fictional Monsters
Wawa Grande
Thanks to my pal, KW Jeter, who now lives in Ecuador, I learned about the existence of that country's own Bigfoot monster, "Wawa Grande."
Wawa Grande, which takes its name from the Quechuan word for baby and the Spanish word for big, reportedly stands upright on two legs and has thick, light gray or reddish hair. The Wawa legend dates back at least 200 years in Ecuador's southern Andes but several reported sightings since the 1980s sparked international interest.
Of course, a monster whose name translates as "Big Baby" instantly assumes less fearsome dimensions.
Read more here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 25, 2013 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Foreign Customs, South America
Nigerian Pen Pals
Wait a minute--my spam filters are all set up to protect against "Nigerian pen pals!" Not to vilify a whole country just on account of a few million citizens who are scammers, but I don't think Nigeria would be my first choice when seeking global camaraderie.
But if you're interested, here you go.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 04, 2013 -
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Category: Crime, Foreign Customs, Africa
Ancient Minoan Culture Illustrated with Barbies
More here. (Scroll down.)
This incredible find courtesy of hardcore WU-vie Zoltan Ness.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 26, 2012 -
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Category: History, Toys, Outsider Art, Foreign Customs, Reader Recommendation
Babymetal
Japanese pre-adolescent heavy metal girl group.
Learn more here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 15, 2012 -
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Category: Evil, Goths, Music, Children, Foreign Customs, Asia
Finger-Lopping
Anthropologist Holly Wardlow did extensive fieldwork among the Huli people of Papua New Guinea. She offers this account of a curious way that Huli women get the upper hand (so to speak) in marital disputes:Source: Wayward Women: Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea Society
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 16, 2012 -
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Category: Body, Body Modifications, Domestic, Misbehavior, Rebellion, Acting-out and General Naughtiness, Foreign Customs
Men’s Adventure Magazines
Here is a site guaranteed to chew up hours of your idle time.
My pal, Phil Stephensen-Payne, runs a page dedicated to the history of magazines. He recently put together a wing dedicated to the "true story" men's mags.
If you follow this link, you come to a page containing the names of over 150 such zines. Click on any title and be presented with a gallery of cover images like the one above.
Happy viewing!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 28, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Destruction, Magazines, Sexuality, Sports, Stereotypes and Cliches, War, Foreign Customs, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Men, Fictional Monsters, Graphics
Finnish Rap
Elastinen - Anna Soida by QDog
More whiteboy hip hop. Learn more about the perp here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 09, 2011 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Foreign Customs, Europe
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