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http://vimeo.com/33181232 …and after several rounds of zinc whiskers, take to the stage for a rousing if slightly off-key rendition of The Animals’ 1964 version of The House of The Rising Sun. From Vimeo user PURETUNE, who writes: For this video i recorded each instrument separately with a decent stereo mic and i also used a […]
OK Go’s new video for the song Needing/Getting has the band playing a thousand instruments… with a car. Yep, they rigged up a Chevy Sonic hatchback with retractable pneumatic arms, then drove a course with specially tuned instruments at specific intervals while extending the arms to hit each in time with the song. This allowed them to capture both the video itself along with audio elements, which they mixed into the the final track. Elements of which were aired during the Superbowl as an ad.
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw… whole lotta steel from Hufnagel Cycles. ferrofluid close up from Matt Abinante. chuck key from jmillerid. army men bowl 01 from Whamodyne. LaserGlasses from Pete Prodoehl. Just resurrected Mousey the Junkbot! from nitdoggx. Switch from TomMadeO.
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: be my valentine: red velvet shortbread bites, by jek in the box Blackbird Brooch, by fizzee* Fern Green Flower Earrings, by Jewelrybynala Big octopus, by JoJoNeiL Organic Mary Janes, Chery Dot, by weepereas
It pains me to think that things from 1995 might be considered vintage… I picked up this I Can’t Believe I’m Crocheting! book today while running crafty errands. The title definitely made me giggle in the store. What are some of your favorite crochet books? Related: Crochet 101
Spending the past week at CHA in Anaheim meant meeting tons of new creative contacts, then seeing everyone’s awesome business card holders. Everywhere I turned, there was a new crafty person with a unique card storage solution. I think that this embroidered mini business card holder from Jodi at Sew Fearless would have fit right […]
I’m fond of holiday artifacts that avoid using the expected go-to holiday symbol. So, Christmas wrapping paper that isn’t covered in Santas or reindeer, Thanksgiving decorations that don’t feature turkeys or Pilgrims, and Valentines that aren’t exploding with hearts. In that spirit, these “love bug” Valentines by Danyelle of [dandee] get two thumbs up from […]
