Mahna Mahna

2007-01-28

“The question is, what is a Mahna Mahna?”
“The question is, who cares?”

The Mahna Mahna song (Piero Umiliani, 1968).

Performed by Mahna Mahna and the Snowths, (The Ed Sullivan Show, 1969). From YouTube.

See also:

song history on Wikipedia,
lyrics on poppyfields.net,
audio (mp3) on latke.net,
video (mpeg) on mahnahmahna.net.

Categories : music, video

DailyLit

2007-01-27

“We created DailyLit because we spent hours each day on email but could not find the time to read a book.
Now the books come to us by email. Problem solved.

This works incredibly well not just on your computer but also on whatever the PDA of your choice.”.

DailyLit. “Too busy for books? Read them by email.”.

Categories : books

Head On

2007-01-14

“It’s a home lobotomy kit”

“This incredibly annoying commercial is evidence that the end of the world as we know it is near”

Head On

“Head on. Apply directly to forehead. Head on. Apply directly to forehead. Head on. Apply directly to forehead.”.

Head on. On YouTube, the most annoying commercial in history and his spoofs.

Categories : phenomena

Handbuilt by robots

2007-01-04
Fiat Strada
English
“Hello, the engine is on fire”

Italian
“Ciao, il motore è in fiamme”

“In August 2001, a worn out Fiat Strada began a journey from Stroud to Turin where it was handbuilt (by robots) 25 years ago…”.
(from fiatstrada.co.uk)

Above: Fiat Strada (1978), blueprint detail, from fiatstrada.co.uk.

Categories : online culture

The Destined Collective

2007-01-03

The Destined Collective is “an online collective and magazine.

Destined consists of a growing group of graphic artists located worldwide.”.

The site has also a beautiful audio feed; listen these tracks:

Chromakey Dreamcoat (Boards of Canada, The Campfire Headphase, 1995)

The Outer Banks (The Album Leaf, In a Safe Place, 2004).

Categories : music