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Nobody Beats the Drum

babysmash — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:10:08 +0000

This video for Dutch electro group, Nobody Beats the Drum is fantastic! It’s not CG, but actually a sequence of 4,085 photos!

Really?!

babysmash — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:48:02 +0000

Now maybe I’m super naive, or maybe this isn’t a huge deal, but when I saw this picture I had to share it, along with the story…I never knew the animal world worked so well together!

“A zebra at Zurich Zoo appeared to be staring into the jaws of death when visitors saw it nose to nose with an open-mouthed hippopotamus.
But the hippo had no intention of having the zebra for lunch – it was having its teeth cleaned.
The extraordinary sight was captured by photographer Jill Sonsteby, from Jacksonville, Florida.
She said the teeth-cleaning session lasted 15 minutes and the zebra came to no harm.”
Read the rest here.

Funny Picture of the Day

babysmash — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:17:26 +0000

This series called “Potency” by Nina Maria Kleivan (a Danish-Norwegian artist), shows her daughter dressed up as various dictators to show how “[w]e all begin life the same. We all have every opportunity ahead of us. To do good, or inexplicable evil.”

What Could Have Been…

babysmash — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:28:48 +0000

We are so spoiled with the keyboards we have and we probably don’t even realize it. Of course much hard work came together to give us the little typing devices, here’s are some keyboards that could have been made, but really just weren’t that practical…

Matchbook Stories

babysmash — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:25:03 +0000

Zürich based illustrator and designer Madeleine Stahel has created a lovely big project in a little medium, match books. Each are to be a vision of the past, future, and friends, although not always so obvious as to how it pertains, these little booklets of joy are just that, delightful.

See them all here.

Luke Pearson Illustration

babysmash — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:42:51 +0000

Some interesting and diverse work from Luke Pearson.

Slightly Amusing

babysmash — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:13:00 +0000

I’m not sure how I feel about this, but I did kind of laugh.

House of Cards, Literally.

babysmash — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:04:14 +0000

Bryan Berg, has created a wild, Guinness Wold Record breaking, piece of art using simply 218,792 cards. That’s 4,051 decks. Berg is an American architect who created the “house of cards” to replicated the Venetian Macau, where it resides.

Coco is on the Run

babysmash — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:56:00 +0000

Well kind of. He’s going to be making his way across 30 cities this April, May, and June. He’s called this tour “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.” So far it is being summed up as “a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence” with Conan, Andy Richter and members of the Tonight show band. Sounds like loads of fun. You can find out more details here. Follow him on twitter which he has been discussing the tour (as well he post funny things).

Conan O’Brien – 2010 Tour Dates
April 12 Eugene, OR – Hult Center For the Performing Arts
April 13 Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
April 16 Spokane, WA – INB Performing Arts Center
April 17 Enoch, AB – River Cree Resort & Casino
April 18 Seattle, WA – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
April 22 San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
April 24 Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
April 29 San Diego, CA – San Diego Civic Theatre
April 30 Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theatre
May 01 Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theatre – Palms Casino
May 04 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino – Grand Theatre
May 05 San Jose, CA – San Jose State University Events Center
May 06 Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
May 09 Boulder, CO – Mackey Auditorium
May 13 Dallas, TX – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium-SMU Campus
May 14 Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
May 15 Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
May 16 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
May 18 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
May 19 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
May 22 Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
May 30 Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Spa & Resort – Event Center
June 01 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
June 02 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
June 04 Boston, MA – Wang Theater
June 06 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
June 07 Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
June 08 Washington, DC – Constitution Hall
June 11 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 14 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre

OBEY Haiti Awareness

babysmash — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:28:32 +0000

Everyone can and should do their part to help those in need. With the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti, they are in need. OBEY has put their forces together and made this Haiti Awareness tee to do their part in helping with the disaster. You too can be a part of this by purchasing one of the Haiti Awareness tees here.