R.I.P. Keith Charles Flint 1969 ~ 2019

•March 5, 2019 • Leave a Comment

Keith Charles Flint, best known as the vocalist frontman and dancer for the British electropunk band The Prodigy has died. He was aged 49.

I remember one particular house-party, listening to the best music ever because my friend had mad taste, and this one song played that I needed to know the name of because I had never danced so hard in my life!! Yeah, (lol) great times. “No Good” was the track:

Flint was originally cast as a dancer in the group but was propelled into the spotlight after featuring his vocals on Firestarter. He soon became renowned for his unique hairstyles, heavy eyeliner and energetic live performances.

The Prodigy shot to fame for taking their underground rave sound into the mainstream with number 1 singles like ‘Firestarter’ and ‘Breathe’. The band became one of the UK’s most successful of the 1990s, racking up six number 1 albums throughout their career.

Thanks for the music.

🍑🍆💦 Hunt for “butt plug bandits” Who Stole Sex Toys from Lower Hutt Adult Store

•February 19, 2019 • Leave a Comment

When news hits hard in New Zealand, it is devastating. The country feels it. We unite. We show-up and the world takes notice of our down-to-earth nature. Between those moments however, Kiwis are either getting slapped by seals, hit by dildos, or just outright stealing dildos for hard-hitting slappers. Yeah, it gets pretty slapstick down under 🤭

On Sunday, two “rugged-looking” women entered the Peaches and Cream store in Petone and made off with a collection of toys.

These included two anal climaxers worth over $300 each, a Hustler brand rabbit vibrator worth over $250 and a leopard print dress worth $95. They also attempted to steal a wand vibrator worth $220.

Newshub spoke to the staff member who caught the pair. She says they aroused suspicion when they split up after walking in. As they went to exit, she noticed their bags had grown inside since entering the shop and gave them the opportunity to return the items. One – who looked “pretty scared” – opened her bag, returned one item, and apologised. However the other refused to open her bag and left with unpaid-for merchandise. “I gave her multiple chances to return the item but she said no,” the staff member told Newshub.

The post has drawn much attention from the community, who have identified the women as targeting other stores in the region.

“Police have been around her house multiple times but she’s never home,” one person commented on Facebook.

“Probably hiding in the bedroom with her collection of buttplugs,” came the reply.

A police report has been filed and police told Newshub they have completed “initial forensic analysis”.

It’s not the first time the stores have been targeted. Peaches and Cream have a whole Facebook album of people caught on security camera.

“They steal lube, they steal vibrators, they steal masturbators, they steal lingerie, they steal DVDs,” the Peaches and Cream CEO told Newshub.

“I think most of it would be personal use but some are stealing products to resell.”

The culprits are usually taken to court and forced to reimburse the store for the products they stole.

“We don’t normally want them back,” the CEO says. [NewsHub/butt-plug-bandits]

And there you have it, just another day in NZ really. …She’ll be right.

Flight Facilities — “Need You” (Ft. NÏKA) [♬]

•February 14, 2019 • Leave a Comment

“A Theory of Flight” by All in Pixel [animation]

•February 10, 2019 • Leave a Comment

All in Pixel created this animated masterpiece for The Verge’s Better Worlds’ project. Based on a short story by Justina Ireland, it’s a science fiction tale about a woman determined to leave Earth for a more hopeful future on a colony only attainable for the wealthiest of people:

Narration: Andia Winslow / Music: Ambrose Yu / Sound Design: Sono Sanctus / Screenplay: Laura Hudson / Animation: All in Pixel / Based on a story by Justina Ireland / Read Justina Ireland’s original story

R.I.P. Dick Miller 1928 ~ 2019

•February 1, 2019 • Leave a Comment

Richard Miller was an American character actor who appeared in more than 100 films, including my favourite film of all time, Explorers (1985). He passed away aged 90.

Though Miller never became a major Hollywood star, he was highly respected within the film industry. Admiration, enjoyable projects, loving wife and children; I’d take that over mega stardom any day. My condolences.

Kiwi Singer Gets Face Tattoo of Harry Styles’ Face

•January 31, 2019 • Leave a Comment

*Sigh* I avoid celebrity smut, which is to say shameless and misguided publicity stunts, because it always results in me feeling sorry for people. But sometimes, just sometimes, human behaviour takes a big slice of that yolo cake we call life and just throws it the fuck back up, and the resulting mess is so illogical it needs to be shared with the world, lest we forget how uncouth our fellow inhabitants can be.

Case in point, this girl who got a poorly drawn depiction of another person’s face tattooed on her face, and the dick tattoo artist who agreed to do it:

The Los Angeles-based, Gold Coast raised singer Kelsy Karter is from New Zealand, believe it or not. That’s right, she’s a born Kiwi, making her sort of an ambassador for our humble country when abroad (unfortunately).

“He’s introduced the kids to the kind of music I want to make. For that, I’m really grateful. I also just want his career. I feel like I’m a female version – I really want to work with him.”

The tattoo is meant to be of pop star Harry Styles, and her reason for getting it is… Well… On the one hand, self-serving people deserve the consequential shit they put themselves through, and on the other hand, in what society is this not deemed pathetic? To love something so much you believe branding yourself with another person’s likeness, on your face, by means of a strangers’ ability to do so, is a worthwhile step in a positive direction. There’s humour in this, for sure, it’s just hard to see through all that weak-mindedness. Makes me want to yell ‘money isn’t everything, people!’

Really casts a shadow on her potential as a respectable artist, and on society for not having a backbone (parents, friends, fans, career managers and business owner operators alike). This sort of thing just bums me out.

“I’m a big fan of Harry and I’m not afraid to express it! I honestly just don’t really know how to do anything half-arse.”

I so wanted to take the shit out of her spoiled decision-making skills, but it speaks for itself. How does someone goes from this:

To this:

Time to redefine your meaning of career girl.

“Listen, I want a 50-year career,” she says. “I want to be as big as I can be. I want to make music and make movies and tour the world. If I’ve learned anything about myself it’s that I’m built for this. I didn’t really know what to expect; I’m not the kind of person that thinks before she jumps. So it wasn’t, ‘Oh, what should I prepare myself for?’ It was, ‘Yep, I’m gonna do this,’ and off I went. You have to be resilient and innovative and strong and independent — and I’m all of those things.”

I am an optimist at heart and in mind. It’s one of my better qualities and core beliefs. That also means I see the best in people and their potential to do better. I believe we are all capable of striving for more than what is offered, for things better than what is known to us, and a facial portrait ‘prison-tattoo’ of a yesteryear pop idol goes against everything!! Sorry not sorry, for ranting, but thanks for reading this far I guess.

……Learning is fun!

MUNYA — It’s All About You [♬]

•January 28, 2019 • Leave a Comment

“This song is about my dream, this fantasy and obsession of wanting someone so bad that it hurts.” ~ Québécois musician Josie Boivin aka MUNYA

Sun through the blinds
The heat comes down
Wish you were mine
What can I do ?

Gotta be real
Gotta be true
I’m going crazy
Can’t see the world
I’m walking through
It’s all about you

Laser Harp [♬] [DIY]

•January 4, 2019 • Leave a Comment

Take a great string instrument, add lasers, win. One step closer to Futurama’s holophonor:

These aren’t just any old microcontroller-generated sounds. Rather than simply generating a tone or controlling a synthesizer, the PIC32 uses the Karplus-Strong algorithm to model the vibration of a plucked string. The result is very realistic, with all the harmonics you’d expect to hear from a plucked string. [Alex] does a decent job putting the harp through its paces in the video above. [hackaday.com/laser-harp…]

Or screw the harp all together and become a one man entertainment machine:

Yeeeaaaah, fuck ancient instruments 。゚(˵¯̴͒ᗨ¯̴͒˵)゚。 If that isn’t extra, I don’t know what is.

No Doubt — “Oi To The World!” [♬]

•December 25, 2018 • Leave a Comment

M e r r y   C h r i s t m a s   F a m ! ! !

Haji was a punk just like any other boy
And he never had no trouble ’til he started up his oi band
Safe in the garage or singing in the tub
‘Til Haji went too far and he plugged in at the pub

‘Twas a cold Christmas Eve when Trevor and the skins
Popped in for a pint and to nick a bag of crisps
Trevor liked the music but not the Unity
He unwound Haji’s turban and he knocked him to his knees

If God came down on Christmas Day
I know exactly what He’d say
He’d say oi to the punks and oi to the skins
But oi to the world and everybody wins

Haji was a bloody mess, he ran out through the crowd
He said We’ll meet again we are bloody but not unbowed
Trevor called his bluff and told him where to meet
Christmas day on the roof down at 20 Oxford Street

If God came down on Christmas Day
I know exactly what He’d say
He’d say oi to the punks and oi to the skins
And oi to the world and everybody wins

On the roof with the nun chucks Trevor broke a lot of bones
But Haji had a sword like that guy in Indiana Jones

Police sirens wailing, a bloody dying man
Haji was alone and abandoned by his band
Trevor was there fading and still so full of hate
When the skins left him there and went down the fire escape (oi oi)

And Haji saw the north star shining more then ever
So he made a tourniquet from his turban saving Trevor
They repelled down the roof with the rest of the turban
And went back to the pub where they bought each other bourbon

If God came down on Christmas Day
I know exactly what He’d say
He’d say oi to the punks and oi to the skins
Oi to the world and everybody wins
If God came down on Christmas Day
I know exactly what He’d say
He’d say oi to the punks and oi to the skins
And oi to the world and everybody wins (oi oi)

Jewelry-Stealing Prank in China Has Employees Leaping Over Counters

•December 24, 2018 • Leave a Comment

Watch these poor jewelry shop clerks come close to a heart attack as they leap over counters chasing down customers who are running off with jewelry, except they aren’t:

Jewelry store “customers” try on expensive merch, then sprint towards the exit door. As the store employee chases after them, the prankster then casually stops in front of a mirror near the front door, as if that had always been their intention. Although not so nice, it’s hard not to chuckle at how well the frantic employee transitions into an about face and casually walks away.

The jewelry-stealing prank is believed to have been inspired by an Indonesian influencer’s shoplifting prank, Harvinth Skin, which went viral in Asia last month. Chinese pranksters upped the stakes by essentially pulling off the same prank at jewelry stores:

Lost & Found [stop-motion animation]

•December 22, 2018 • Leave a Comment

*Cough-right-in-the-feels-Cough* An endearing animated short about the selflessness of true love that tugs at the heartstrings. A knitted toy dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life:

Lost & Found is an endearing stop motion film that chronicles a dramatic turning point in the sweet relationship between two crocheted animal toys. A foxy fox and smitten dinosaur have enjoyed many special memories in their adopted home of a Japanese restaurant’s lost and found bin. But when the fox topples into a fountain, the dinosaur must give his all to save her. The short film imagines the inner lives of its stuffed animal protagonists and uses the fragile nature of crochet as the crux of the storyline. Lost & Found has been widely lauded at film festivals since its debut this year. You can see behind the scenes of the film below:

“Bohemian Rhapsody” on Boomwhackers [♬]

•December 21, 2018 • Leave a Comment

HarvardTHUD performs a charming cover of Queen’s Magnum Opus on their colorful plastic noisemakers:

I didn’t know what boomwhackers were before watching this. Impressive coordination, but I still can’t wrap my head around what the crap a boomwhacker is for, as in, humanity has reached a point where we have things called instruments! I’m serious. And…I wanna wear a fancy hat.

Here is the only rendition I need; one man bearing his souly soul: