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Free Ultra Minimal, One-Page Résumé Template Presents Information Elegantly. Guitar Solo Faces Make A Lot More Sense When Guitars Are Replaced With Giant Slugs. Catching a rock star in the middle of an intense guitar solo makes for a truly memorable picture.

Guitar Solo Faces Make A Lot More Sense When Guitars Are Replaced With Giant Slugs

Blogger and Photoshop genius Michael M. altered photos of famous musicians jamming out to make it look like they are holding massive slugs instead of instruments. The resulting images are pretty funny. Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix and John Mayer seem like they might be crying over their new pet slugs. In contrast, the members of KISS don’t even look surprised to find themselves in such a sticky situation. Check out the photos below. H/T: Distractify, Photos Courtesy: Tumblr. The 14 synthesizers that shaped modern music - FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. In 2014 the synthesizer is as important, and as ubiquitous, in modern music as the human voice.

The 14 synthesizers that shaped modern music - FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

The concept is simple enough – a basic circuit generates a tone, and the tone can then be controlled by some sort of input, human or otherwise. It’s a concept that has provided the backbone for countless instruments over the last 100-or-so years, and like it or not, has informed the direction of modern music both in the mainstream and in the underground. These days it’s easy enough to boot up your cracked copy of Ableton Live or Logic and open any number of VST synthesizers, giving you access to decades of technological innovation. It is however important to know how these sounds took hold in the first place, and why they were so successful. Sometimes it was simply the fact that there was no competition (the Minimoog) and sometimes the success was simply down to price and availability (the MS-20). Also check: EMS VCS3 Released: 1969 Original price: £330 + £150 for the keyboard Who used it? Helpful Infographic Perfectly Pairs Wine with Food.

Whether you consider yourself a wine connoisseur or not, you could probably use this infographic to learn a thing or two about the liquid of the gods.

Helpful Infographic Perfectly Pairs Wine with Food

How many calories does a typical glass of white wine versus red wine have and, more importantly, which wine should you pair with tonight's dinner? Sure, you may know that rich meats go with a bold red and that sweet desserts pair well with a dessert wine but what should you drink when you're dining on a cream-based pasta? Wine Folly has created this beautiful chart to show us the answer to that question and more. See below for the full version. (Click to enlarge.) Wine Folly website via [Slate] JIMMYNELSON.COM. 13 Iconic Movie Quotes With Internet-Obsessed Twists. Mouses. Amazing Festivals Around The World That You Should See Before You Die.

Tweet Once a year some of the countries around the world hold magical and outrageous festivals.

Amazing Festivals Around The World That You Should See Before You Die

Some like the Brazilian carnival and Spanish bull chase are famous world wide while others few people know about. So if you fancy living it up then check out our list of 20 of the most amazing festivals from around the world that we recommend you should see before you die. 1. Carnaval — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Feb. 28 – March 4 (for 2014) Much like Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnevale in Venice, Canaval is a nonstop party, just with special addition of Brazilian flair. [SEE ALSO - 35 Clearest Waters In The World To Swim In Before You Die] 2.

Though there are many smaller offshoots of Oktoberfest around the world, Munich’s original fair is the biggest beer festival in the world. 3. The Harbin festival is the largest snow and ice festival in the world, and it features carvings towering over 20 feet in height and full-size buildings made from gigantic blocks of ice. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The 12 Types of Procrastinators [COMIC] Mais 21 animais que você não imaginava que existiam de verdade. Para quem achava que já tinha visto todos os animais mais diferentes nesse post aqui, fizemos uma nova seleção de animais das mais diversas espécies até então pouco conhecidas da população.

Mais 21 animais que você não imaginava que existiam de verdade

Parecem evoluções e derivações de espécies que já conhecemos, mas continuam sendo muito interessantes. Dá uma olhada: 1. Cobra Pênis, anfíbio raro de corpo alongado, cilíndrico e de pele lisa que pertence à família das chamadas cobras-cegas, o maior deles tem 1 metro de comprimento, foi encontrado em Rondônia, Norte do país. Créditos: Bol 2. Créditos: imgur. IKEA or Death. 33 Amazing Ideas That Will Make Your House Awesome. 2.

33 Amazing Ideas That Will Make Your House Awesome

Chandelier That Turns Your Room into a Forest Image credits: Hilden and Diaz 3. Indoor-Outdoor Pool Image credits: unknown 4. Image credits: psfk.com 5. Image credits: Justin Kemp 6. 7. Image credits: Because We Can 8. Image credits: Hernandez Silva Arquitectos. Yellow Bird Project : Charity T-Shirts: Bon Iver, The National, Of Montreal, Rilo Kiley, Bloc Party, The Shins...

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