Mushroom John
My travels to Seattle have led me to the trail of Mushroom John. An elusive web presence and word of mouth descriptions are all I have for now, but the dedicated surfer can, if sufficiently interested, scramble through his site for such clues to the inner workings of his mind like Drool Donkey, and the [...]
Our World: One Giant Hologram
For real:
For many months, the GEO600 team-members had been scratching their heads over inexplicable noise that is plaguing their giant detector. Then, out of the blue, a researcher approached them with an explanation. In fact, he had even predicted the noise before he knew they were detecting it. According to Craig Hogan, a physicist at [...]
Melvin Edward Nelson
Via Accidental Mysteries:
Melvin Edward Nelson, aka M.E.N. which also stands for Mighty Eternal Nation, was born in 1908 in Michigan. Nelson, an inventor, was fascinated with the universe, planetary bodies, and atoms. He built a “Planetron” — a device that allowed him to track UFOs. One night, a UFO landed in a clearing near his [...]
Hillbilly Science
The breeder calls these “Twisty cats”; other people call them “squittens.” And apparently some people love them. Mendel might have used selective breeding to discover genetics, but I’m sure you could give these breeders some Redbull and an eightball of meth and they’d invent Sarah Palin. More amazing links at Buzzfeed.
Do Not Blow Up the Whale!
“The hope was that the the dead whale would be disintegrated by the blast.” Not so much.
Playing Banjo During Brain Surgery
Shit. You go on vacay for two weeks and the interbrains (and world) blows up with awesome/scary/beautiful news. Via NYT’s Ideas Blog:
A twangy high note for brain surgery: the bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock plays his banjo during an operation to treat a hand tremor. During the procedure, which someone filmed, surgeons in Nashville used Adcock’s [...]
John McCracken
Everyone’s favorite metaphysicist has a new show at David Zwirner opening on Sept. 11:
My own work has puzzled me-especially as it relates to the plank. I kept wondering if I was being habitual or obsessive or responding to demand, or if there was more to this plank form than I consciously realized. I wondered if [...]
Fuck You, Long-Ears!
There’s something sexy going on down at Pooh Corner…
Via Robin Bougie.
Bitches Be Gettin’ Into Trouble
Queenie really needs to choose her suitors better. Also, WTF is up with that dude seeing through walls via his whiskey bottle??
From The Dogway Melody circa 1930