http://www.xkcd.com is wonderful. If you don’t know, educate the mind. This is specifically taken from this comic: http://xkcd.com/154/ Make sure to check them all out, because it remains wonderful to this day.
Mike Tyson Continues To Be Wise.
Dress humbleness upon you is my new favorite phrase. Some wisdom for your tuesday from r/quotesporn. It’s important to know where your blindspots are and to get back up even when you’re taking shots. Muhammed Ali said so too. Check it below.
Hoop Perfection: Form, Mathematics & Beats
Etereas / Animation Shortfilm from Flaminguettes on Vimeo
All of you amazing people need to watch this stupendous hooping video. I cannot imagine how many hours in post-production this took, especially when it came to the sheer volume of vector artwork that was added to the stunning hoop work. It’s the afternoon, you can take a break and watch it, I promise. You earned it for getting through Monday and this morning. (via @MASSEDMC)
Sid Vicious Helps You Kick Monday In The Teeth.
Undermine authority, reject facist moral standards, play freaking guitar and sow the seeds of disruption. Because Sid Vicious would have wanted that. Go forth and conquer.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot Has Gone “Missing” (Updated)
The BBC reports that jailed, hunger striking member of the punk band Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has gone missing. Her husband states he’s not gotten any information on his wife’s whereabouts since she was moved 10 days ago. He spoke to Buzzfeed as well, and their article was published yesterday.
#FreePussyRiot
Update! Pussy Riot has gone free! http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/pussy-riot-nadezhda-tolokonnikova-freed-russian-prison
Jaydos Provides Some Hilarious Tips On The Melbourne Cup Festival (Severely NSFW)
It seems that the Australian festival scene is representing some very good hooliganism with Jaydos and his boys. There’s a huge amount of satire and reminds of what not to do by him doing the ever living fuck out of it. It was remarked to me that it’s kind of amazing how much work went into this. The script is complete and obscene while being entertaining as all hell. It involves a llama, I’m not kidding. It reminds very vaguely of Hunter S. Thompson’s discussion of The Kentucky Derby (full text for anyone who hasn’t enjoyed this thoroughly). This kid’s pretty smart and I’ll be checking out the rest of his work. Be Excellent to each other & Party On Dudes.
Ringo Starr Reconstructs Picture Of High School Friends 50 Years Later
In one of the more bizarre uses of fame & stardom, Ringo Starr apparently recreated the shot of 5 friends skipping school to see The Beatles in 1964 while he toured in the USA. Ringo apparently got the group on the Today Show to reconstruct the photograph and there’s a whole lot of backstory there. Apparently they drove up to the limo and he grabbed the shot. Hit the Daily Mail link for more info: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2479851/Photograph-taken-Ringo-Starr-high-school-friends-peering-Chevrolet-reconstructed-50-years-group-reunited.html Good on you dude. Way to live up to your Simpsons portrayal.
Calvin & Hobbes Dancing. (Animated Gif)
Calvin & Hobbes dancing because it’s Friday. Not everything needs to be profound or verbose.
Fan Dying Of Cancer At His “Last Rave” Reminds Us All Why We Do this.
http://edmmaniac.com/fan-with-terminal-cancer-spends-last-rave-at-escape-from-wonderland/
Something really special & powerful was communicated on Facebook/Instagram yesterday and I think it’s important to note it no matter your age or your scene. A club kid with terminal cancer who “knew he was going to die soon” decided to hit up Escape From Wonderland, Insomniac’s SoCal Fall Fest that went down last weekend as a last party (for all he knew). He walked up to a random other attendee and asked, and I’m going to quote again, because this is important: “if you promise to never give any of it away, will you take all of my kandi for me? (Instagram of it for the disbelievers: http://instagram.com/p/gA69n5jvmx) The kandi was exchanged after the second attendee emotionally accepted.
I think this gets to the core of why so many people willingly get assaulted by bass and ripped off at the bar week after week, year after year. When it comes down to it, those two people connected, in a very powerful way, getting at the type of interaction a lot of us seek. Kandi means quite a bit to people in the rave & club kid scene, with years upon years of meaning embedded into these pieces, symbolizing an oral history of their party career. Real talk, emotion and knowing you’re supported and cared for. People struggle to find that in every major institution, so it’s sought after more and more on the dance floor and in the warehouse. I can’t imagine the conversation they must have had, or how powerful that experience was for all involved. It’s easy to dismiss people who attend these events as drug users or drop outs from society, but that’s not only laughably wrong but it underscores a fundamental ignorance about the types of positive experiences that are possible. Community feels way better than drugs. I hope this kid gets the appropriate care to ease his passing if he can’t fight it off. (via EDM Maniac)
Happy Halloween! And Hunter S. Thompson Thursday!
Seriously, that should be a regular thing around here. I’ll speak to the management. From r/quotesporn as always 😀 There will be something topical today as well, I just wanted to drop this independent of the holiday.
Terry Gotham 