The thumbnail may give away the reason behind the McDonald’s McPizza failure but before all that, the question, for me, remains: did they really need to add pizza to their repertoire? The most remarkable thing was that while McDonald’s discontinued serving McPizzas, a franchise o … | Continue reading
Even after all the Steamed Hams memes in recent years (of which I’ve covered a few), there are new ones popping up that flip the narrative further. The above example sees Principal Skinner not burn his roast and he and Superintendent Chalmers have an unforgettable and honestly wh … | Continue reading
Back in 2015, Dan Nosowitz spoke to linguists and other experts about how Italian-American culture and how words like capicola and mozzarella became gabigool and mutzadell: Most immigrant groups in the United States retain certain words and phrases from the old language even if t … | Continue reading
Ever heard of 33 Thomas Street in Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, New York City? Maybe you known it as a Brutalist skyscraper with no windows that allegedly houses an NSA alleged mass surveillance hub known as TITANPOINTE? Project X is a 10-minute short that takes viewers on a journey … | Continue reading
Viva Magenta 18-1750! Pantone’s Color of the Year, Viva Magenta 18-1750, vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. Viva Magenta is brave and fearless, and a pulsating color whose exuberan … | Continue reading
PushingUpRoses examined another buckwild Stephen King adaptation and this time it was Sleepwalkers, his first screenplay exclusively written for the screen, rather than book-to-screenplay. The film tells the story of vampiric shapeshifters who suck the life out of human female vi … | Continue reading
Designer Arun Venkatesan wrote an article on Gabriel Lluelles Rabadá, a lesser-known Spanish designer behind some of Braun’s greatest designs, including the hand blender: […]Soon after his promotion to chief designer and head of product design, Dieter Rams met with Gabriel Lluell … | Continue reading
I found an interesting paper by TCU faculty assistant, Jeanelle Kevina Hope, on Black British feminism, surrealism, and Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum. Here’s the abstract: This article delves into Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum, examining how the cultural text builds upon Black femini … | Continue reading
For Hypebeast, Camillia Kazem spoke to Rami Afifi about Palestine, his projects, and how nostalgia influences his work: You’re well-renowned for acknowledging Palestinian culture and creating around it – could you talk about what inspires you the most and how you like to portray … | Continue reading
In 1992, Homer Simpson was in the hit drama series, L.A. Law. He was even played by Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson. Except it wasn’t in the way you’re probably thinking. The episode, “L.A. Lawless”, aired on 22nd October 1992 and starred Dan Castellaneta as David Ch … | Continue reading
Hackaday tackled the infamous “online toaster hoax” where a group of friends decided to amend the Wikipedia article for the “inventor” of the electric toaster. Here’s an excerpt from the original BBC story: On 6 February 2012, Alan was at a university lecture, when the class was … | Continue reading
In September this year, Dr Laura Guimarães Corrêa and Dr Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris spoke to each other about Black representation within London’s urban advertising sector: Suzanne: My forthcoming research is focuses on the representations of Blackness by the (I)NGO sector, whic … | Continue reading
This came up as a recommended YouTube video and it’s right up my street, having loved Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as a kid. Here, we see the original Dragonzord, the Dragonzord Battle Mode, and the Mega Dragonzord at the end. I never had these toys but I loved seeing them in all … | Continue reading
(Spoiler alert: it’s mostly Raúl Julia) 4 years ago, Michael Saba reviewed the 1994 live-action film adaptation of Street Fighter. While he called it a “bad film”, he countered his point by saying “it’s also one of the greatest movies you’ll ever see” and explored its very messy … | Continue reading
In my list of top meme-worthy RoboCop media, this Korean RoboCop Fried Chicken commercial from the 1990s falls in second place behind this weird and wild RoboCop video collage but it was a close fight. Lotte Ham, the makers of the poultry dish, specialise in luncheon meat and oth … | Continue reading
I thought I’d blogged about this before but I obviously not. Vincent D’Onofrio and Barry Sonnenfeld spoke to Rachel Handler about the famous ‘Sugar Water’ scene from Men In Black: The stiff walk, the way Edgar speaks, his facial expressions — where did those come from? D’Onofrio: … | Continue reading
The last time I visited Nottingham Castle was in 2017 with a friend and then I heard about it closing for refurbishments which included a new visitor centre, and updated galleries. However, £33m and a year and a half later and it hasn’t helped bring more visitors in as the Nottin … | Continue reading
Remember when McDonald’s pulled out of Russia? Well, something had to replace it as the premium burger emporium and a Russian-based fast food chain called Vkusno i tochka (вкусно и точка in Russian or ‘Tasty and That’s It’ in English) took on that mantle and they’ve already expan … | Continue reading
Congratulations to Mike Korostelev who won European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 for “Hippo World!”, a shot an underwater hippo family in South Africa: A few years ago in South Africa I discovered a salt lake with clear water, where several hippo families (Hippopotamus … | Continue reading
On a UK quiz show, a question about what toto, conkies and cassava pone all contained. The answer was ‘coconut’ but of all of the foods, I’d never heard of toto. Then I found out it was a Jamaican coconut cake and I felt terrible. Why didn’t I know about a dessert from Jamaican c … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever admired the brutalism that adorns Melbourne, Australia, you might have wanted to find more. Luckily, Blue Crow Media have you covered with their Concrete Melbourne Map. The compact map showcases the city’s brutalist architecture with 50 buildings detailed on the re … | Continue reading
I chuckled at the headline and the laughs kept coming: Bob Chapek Announces Disney- to House All Their Old Racist Shit Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced this week that the media giant will be launching a second streaming service, Disney-, to house the massive amount of racist mater … | Continue reading
Sci-fi/horror author and science writer J. Dianne Dotson wrote a Medium article on The Thing and why it’s still a hit today: Knowing then that the creature is extraterrestrial and can assimilate other life forms AND imitate them, AND having been cut off from outside communication … | Continue reading
One of the first facts I learnt as a kid was that the English, despite making a personality out of tea, aren’t even the biggest drinkers of it (apparently, in 2016, Turkey ranked #1 in the most tea consumed per capita; the UK was third behind Ireland). But where did the obsession … | Continue reading
Dinosaur Comics exposed the problem with having so many words in English to describe one concept. I don’t think it’s a major problem once you get to know the language better over time and a particular situation calls for a particular word but it makes you realise why thesauruses … | Continue reading
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing wrote a timely piece on William N. Selig’s 1898 short film Something Good-Negro Kiss, “the earliest known depiction of black intimacy on screen”: In 1898, [Gertie] Brown and [Saint] Suttle were predominantly known as vaudeville performers and their ap … | Continue reading
Megachile pluto aka Wallace’s giant bee aka raja ofu is the world’s biggest bee. You can find one in Indonesia where they are classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List (same classification as hippos). Wallace’s giant bee has a wingspan of 63.5mm, or 2.5in, and it’s quite the com … | Continue reading
A great piece in Salon about unique pizzas in different US areas that “exist outside a certain radius”: “I didn’t realize Indian pizza was regional until very recently,” muses Bromfield, who’s the creator of the ascendant Regional American Foods Twitter account. He started it in … | Continue reading
Colossal covered Roman De Giuli’s art project, ‘A Sense of Scale’, which gives the impression of aerial views of mystical lands and oceans: Look a little closer, however, and you will find these effervescent terrains are composed of paint, powders, and water that the artist appli … | Continue reading
A Fish Called Wahoo should really be a parody film or band name or SOMETHING! I mean, look at its opening paragraph on Wikipedia: Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed … | Continue reading
I had no idea there was a Sesame Street Tumblr and I wish it was still active. But at least it’s still around for posterity (albeit in a bad state). The post Sesame Street has a (dormant) Tumblr appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Anne Ewbank looked at the historical food rituals of Halloween where people tried to predict marriages through them, amongst other things. Here’s an old game called Snapdragon: Some Halloween love rituals were considered spiritually dangerous. (I’m looking at you, dumb supper.) B … | Continue reading
Stephanie Ijoma of Nnesaga interviewed Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Quintessa Swindle & Noah Centineo for the release of Black Adam. I still need to see it but given the high praise that Stephanie bestowed onto the movie in her interviews, I’m looking forward to it. The post Nnes … | Continue reading
So, I’ve covered the following types of milk on the site: Moose milk (but not the Canadian cocktail) Potato milk Pea milk Donkey milk Now’s the turn of buffalo milk and a company in Somerset called Buffalicious that makes products from it. According to their website, Buffalicious … | Continue reading
Simone (syx) is an Italian software engineer with a showcase of websites that look like different kinds of desktops. They range from command line to Windows 95 to Ubuntu. It’s a nostalgic trip for those who remember the interfaces of Web 1.0 and 2.0 and don’t like the homogeneity … | Continue reading
If you didn’t already know, I’m a proud Bradfordian. I left when I was 6 but my childhood memories of the city are strong and prevalent in my life. The Kirkgate Centre figures in many of them and, since leaving, I’ve had the privilege to return quite a few times. Then a few weeks … | Continue reading
The one thing I hate about modern trailers is how they seem to give the entire movie away in about 2–3 minutes. I blame the likes of Netflix for this and while this style of condensed storytelling can help you dodge a bullet, it can often ruin a film you would have enjoyed had yo … | Continue reading
[…] if you are doing it correctly, your work will be undetectable. Now you’re looking sharp. Razor sharp. If you want respect, you must look respectable. I need him to iron my shirt sleeves. And that iron. The post Gus Fring teaching us how to iron a shirt appeared first on Cultr … | Continue reading
Thought I’d try a clickbait title for the first time. Ultimately, this mini doc shows clips from a previously lost version of Mrs. Doubtfire starring the late Robin Williams as the titular character. Compared to the final cut, scenes from this “lost” version were more R-rated and … | Continue reading
My new favourite poem by Ricardo Reis, one of Fernando Pessoa’s many personas: Segue o teu destino,Rega as tuas plantas,Ama as tuas rosas.O resto é a sombraDe árvores alheias. A realidadeSempre é mais ou menosDo que nós queremos.Só nós somos sempreIguais a nós-próprios. Suave é v … | Continue reading
However you pronounce them, GIFs are iconic pieces of internet history. But they also form a significant part of our social history in a highly technological age. Jenny Brewer spoke to artists and experts about GIFs from the past, in the present, and their future: Both for the Gi … | Continue reading
Liam Brown’s hiking videos are the best and his recent venture took him to the Outer Hebrides in Scotland where he hiked 156 miles. No matter what the weather, he’s out there exploring some of the most beautiful parts of the UK (and sometimes the continent), on foot or in his van … | Continue reading
I enjoy GQ’s “Actors Talking About Their Best Known Characters” videos but this one was the most candid I’ve seen to date. Christian Bale spoke about some of his biggest roles including Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, Bruce Wayne and Batman in The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Tre … | Continue reading
For gal-dem, Kemi Alemoru spoke to Pam Grier about her life and legacy: In a number of her films, Grier would bare her body, distracting hopeless men and wielding her sexual power over her enemies. “I wanted society to see Black women as owning their sexuality. Isn’t that a part … | Continue reading
WaPo posted a cool infographic examining the health benefits of coffee and tea. But which hot beverage is the healthiest? Do you start your mornings with a potent dose of caffeine from a freshly brewed cup of Joe? Or do you prefer a slightly less caffeinated nudge from a warm and … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wondered what inspired some of the more peculiar designs of the Pokémon franchise, look no further than yokai, the Japanese word meaning ‘strange apparition’ which describes a wide group of monsters, ghosts, and other spirits. YOKAI explores those traditions in a b … | Continue reading
I’ve covered a few codices on the site including Codex Seraphinianus, Codex Argenteus, and Codex Regius. But there’s a giant one with a sinister edge: Codex Gigas. What is Codex Gigas? Codex Gigas is a medieval manuscript from the 13th century, written by a monk from Bohemia (now … | Continue reading
Sam Lin-Sommer chronicled Heinz Tomato Ketchup’s victory of catsup for tomato sauce supremacy in Atlas Obscura. It came down to marketing, and an attack on those using preservatives: Thanks in part to high-quality ingredients, Heinz’s new tomato ketchup cost two to three times mo … | Continue reading