A giant fireworks explosion ripped through a market in Tultepec on the outskirts of Mexico City.
It blew up real good:
A reminder to be careful come New Year’s Eve…
Update: Seeing reports of 26 dead.
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Fireworks Market Explosion in Tultepec Mexico
Tuesday, December 20th, 2016Shoegazer Sunday: Tears Run Rings’ “Belly Up”
Sunday, December 11th, 2016Tears Run Rings have a new album, In Surges, out this month, and “Belly Up” is off of it.
Colin Furze’s Insane (Yet Functional) Turkey Cooking Device
Thursday, November 24th, 2016This is from last year, but I thought it would be perfect to save for Thanksgiving.
Bon appetit, and Happy Thanksgiving!
The Annual William Shatner Warning Not To Set Yourself on Fire Frying a Turkey
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016In the now-annual tradition, I bring you a public service announcement from William Shatner: try not to set yourself on fire while frying a turkey.
Behold the Shatner!
For those with low Shatner thresholds, the advice is:
If you’re going to fry a turkey, this is pretty sound advice.
Live Action Ghost in the Shell Trailer Drops
Monday, November 14th, 2016I was pleasantly surprised to get to the end of the trailer and not automatically think “Boy, this is going to suck.”
It might still suck, but it looks like they’re making a good-faith effort to capture the postcyberpunk vibe at the heart of the franchise. Never mind that I’m a much bigger fan of GitS:SAC than I am of the original movies, and that the movie leans much more heavily on the latter. (“No Tachikomas for you!”)
Mood: Cautious optimism.
Shoegazer Sunday: Japanese babY
Sunday, November 13th, 2016Japanese babY [CIC] hails from Krasnodar, Russia. Here they are with a live version of “Твое солнце.” No, I don’t know how to pronounce that. The sound’s a little raw, as you might expect from a live club recording, but the riffs are tasty.
(Note: The old version died, so I found another, and I don’t think the sound quality is as good.)
Influences seem to be Jesus and Mary Chain, Sigur Ros, and maybe just a tiny hint of Laibach.
Because Everyone Else is Posting “Hallelujah”
Thursday, November 10th, 2016Shoegazer Sunday: Curve’s “Horror Head”
Sunday, October 30th, 2016For your Sunday-before-Halloween dose of Shoegaze, here’s Curve’s “Horror Head”:
Shoegazer Sunday: Dead Leaf Echo’s “So.Wrong”
Sunday, October 23rd, 2016New York City-based Dead Leaf Echo was another band at the Luscious Heaven shoegaze event last Saturday. Here they are with “So.Wrong”:
Halloween Horrors: 20 Scary Urban Exploration Videos
Monday, October 17th, 2016Here’s some nice creepy viewing: 20 scary urban exploration videos:
I’m not the sort of person to poke around abandoned buildings any time, much less at night, but here are some creepy, scary, and unexplained things that urban explorers have chanced across doing just that.