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Revenge CD and Ear Plugs. Stairway to Heaven, as Schubert wrote it. Yog-blogsoth. Second edition: the dark version - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - So You've Decided to be Evil. A Step-by-Step Guide to joining the Forces of Darkness Congratulations on your decision to join the forces of darkness!

So You've Decided to be Evil

Evil always needs more tools... I mean... agents... for its unholy army of the night, and by joining now you can rest assured that your remaining years will be spent pursuing the 'good' things of life: lust, greed, debauchery, the slaughter of hapless innocents... Your favorite hobby can become a lifelong career! Thus, this handy guide has been created to nurture any potential lunatic into a lifetime of evil and destruction. Sign My Guestbook View My Guestbook Graphics used with permission from Deb's Computer Graphics Old Guestbook Entries, Old Guestbook Entries #2 , Old Guestbook Entries #3, Old Guestbook Entries #4 Copyright 2001 Neil Zawacki.

YuppiePunk. Music For Maniacs. NEWS of the WEIRD. LEAD STORY -- Noise Is Golden The Formula One circuit is generally thought to attract fans as a showcase of motorcar technology and racing skill, but organizers of the Australian Grand Prix (the first of the 19 races on the annual circuit) threatened a lawsuit in March against Formula One management because the races should also be showcases of noise.

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Formula One has softened cars' power this year in order to make breakthrough achievements in fuel efficiency, but that also tamped down Formula One's "trademark ear-shattering roar," according to a Business Insider report. Fans are less likely to buy tickets, the organizers fear, if they lose the deafening, 100-decibel vroom that is a "visceral element of the fan experience.

" [BusinessInsider.com, 3-20-2014] The Championship Brackets -- Most Commandments Violated: James Chatten, 46, pleaded guilty in January to several Commandment violations stemming from a July incident at the Christian Horizons church in Peterborough, Ontario. Oops! S Beware of the Blog. The unusual, obscure and fascinating trips to my reel to reel collection, and the offbeat, unknown and one-of-a-kind records from the archives will wait until another day and another post.

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My hero is gone. Pete Seeger, 1919-2014. For my money, the best singer ever recorded, and that I've ever heard anywhere. No one comes close. His voice was the purest expression of joy, or sadness, or anger, or righteous indignation, or whatever else was called for. And not only that, Pete was without question in my mind, the most important American musician of the 20th century. I could support those statements, if I had the time and the space - it would take (and has taken) a book.

There is also a much more detailed version of this post, with nearly 20 samples from his career, in a post you can find here. Before the music, a trip back in time to one of the pivotal events in Pete's life. Overheard in New York. The Space Age Pop Music Page. Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness. Weirdomusic.com. Daily Rotten: Weird News. Today in Rotten History. We live in a slightly mad world Dec 23 1888 After an argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh takes a razor and removes a portion of his left ear.

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Their quarrel regarded the prostitutes in Arles who seemed to prefer Gauguin over Van Gogh; the painter delivered his ear to one Rachel, who preferred Van Gogh. She fainted. Dec 23 1948 Japanese Premier Tojo and 6 others hanged by the War Crimes Commission at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, for the crime of starting an aggressive war. Dec 23 1968 The first US incident of motion sickness in orbit. Dec 23 1972 Magnitude 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die. Dec 23 1975 Leftist members of November 17 faction murder Athens CIA station chief Richard Welch.

Dec 23 1985 In a school playground, James Vance presses a shotgun to his chin and pulls the trigger. Dec 23 1994 Actor/dumbass Christian Slater arrested while trying to board a plane with a semiautomatic firearm. Dec 23 1995 Dec 23 1997 yesterday | today | rotten | NNDB. Feral House.