Robo Geisha!
Man, remember Tokyo Gore Police? That shit was awesome. Well, the special effects guy on that movie teamed up with the visual effects guy from Machine Girl, to create the best movie of this young millennium. FRIED SHRIMP.
[Via Buzzfeed]
Shrunken Heads
Good nightstand reading material: A scholarly paper about the practise of head shrinking:
The enemy and those who accompany him are killed as expeditiously as possible. Although the Jivaro-Shuar are known to use blow darts and a curare-like toxin for hunting and, as mentioned, will exchange gunfire with their enemies in the hostilities exchanged before the [...]
Drill Baby Drill
I have to admit I’ve never watched any conventions. Looks fun!
via Street Boners
Great Wall 5
From The Big Picture, which has some of the best and biggest photographs on the web:
Earlier in June, China launched a week-long series of anti-terrorist drills called “Great Wall 5,” in preparation for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. The drills involved emergency responders, police forces, the People’s Armed Police, the People’s Liberation Army and the [...]
She’s Ready. What About You?
The best part is the girly giddiness at the end. Via JahJahSphinx.
Stuff Black People Like: Space
Turns out that spaceships stand in for slave ships:
Echoes of Sun Ra and NOI [Nation of Islam] are audible in the music of George Clinton, who must have had both in mind when he transformed Parliament from a doo-wop group into a mother-ship-worshipping acid-funk congregation in the 1970s. Clinton’s mother ship, of course, was likelier [...]
Beware of that Hopping Donkey
He’s mean! He’s like: “Oh what the fuck are you laughing at? You want some too? Huh?” And I love how he stops for a second to scratch his butt. Via Andrew Sullivan.
King Kong Is Dead
Some amazing pics from Brent Stirton, who documented the search party for four mountain gorillas killed in Eastern Congo last year. One of them was a silverback alpha male, the leader of the group, who was shot.
via we make money not art
With Friends Like These…
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Thou shalt not get high and shoot guns while being shot at, k?