merlin:

John Lennon with Cheap Trick - “I’m Losing You” (1980)

John Lennon: I’m Losing You | The Beatles Bible:

On 12 August 1980, Cheap Trick’s guitarist Rick Nielsen and drummer Bun E Carlos arrived at the Hit Factory studio to record I’m Losing You and Ono’s I’m Moving On. Lennon played a second guitar part, and Tony Levin added bass guitar.

“The whole band tracked the song live. John played guitar and sang, I played drums, Rick played guitar, Tony Levin played bass, and George Small was on keyboards. Tony had the fretless bass and George on piano. With those two guys and Lennon, the road was paved for us musically. Those guys were all top dogs and it was really a pleasure to do. John was like Chuck Berry, he was the perfect rhythm guitar player…”

“We walked through the song a couple of times. Rick came up with the song’s main riff and I came up with some drum parts. I asked, ‘What speed do you want this?’ And John said, ‘Oh, whatever speed you think it should be.’ They just kind of let me and Rick take the lead on it. We did a few takes and that was it.”

—Bun E Carlos, Cheap Trick

What a bonerrific bridge.

unconsumption:

Used pool (billiard) balls upcycled into unisex rings, made by Eleanor Salazar.

sarahpalmer:

These are recycled glass jar night lights that I make by hand and sell in my Etsy shop. You want one, don’t you? You should probably treat yourself.

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DUDE! IT HAS A $&#*@ FLYING CARPET!!!

wilwheaton:

laughingsquid:

The Rogue Taxidermy 2012 Biennial Group Art Show

Paging Jenny Lawson…

The Mary Sue defines what it means to be a geek, (↬ It’s Okay To Be Smart)

Via: Mary Popova http://www.brainpickings.org/

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thenearsightedmonkey:

Special to the What It Is class:

What will your book look like on May 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM?

howtodoityourself:

Mini Notebooks -

Materials:
• Scraps of thin decorative paper for covers,
• filler paper (this can be regular computer paper or sketch paper)
• thin cardboard for the covers (the kind on the back of a sketchpad will work fine)
• glue (I use PVA but any white glue would work fine)

Instructions:

1. Start by printing your message on your paper. They should fit onto strips of paper as wide as printer paper (8.5″) and about 2″ tall. Then, cut out your strips (with your message on them), and fold them like an accordion. Cut cardboard covers slightly larger than the size of your accordion, folded up. I folded the paper first, then measured the folded size to determine the cover. I made the cardboard covers overhang by about 1/8″. I cut the cardboard with a utility knife and metal ruler. 

2. Cut decorative cover paper for the cardboard so that it overhangs all sides by 1/4″ and trim off the corners so they’re mitered (at a 45 degree angle) that way there’s less bulk in the corners when you glue them them. Apply glue and fold opposite sides together. So long sides first, then top and bottom.

3. Gluing the inside is the trickiest – fold up your accordion inside, and put glue on the facing side of the last sheet, then adhere it to the first cover. For the second cover, put glue on the sheet facing you and then lay the cover on top like you’re putting together a sandwich.

Voila! If you’d like, tie a ribbon into a bow and glue to the front. x

funnyordie:

A Killer Awaits

Don’t say you weren’t warned.

avaritagrace:

Ann Sheridan on the cover of Screenland, 1941

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photojojo:

These miniature handmade sculptures by Shay Aaron are irresistibly cute, and if they were slightly larger, delicious.

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typographicalwarfare:

 Letterpress poster printed with wood type on chipboard by Starshaped Press