nothing says it’s friday like the yummy-ness of a colossal squid autopsy! yes, the folks at wired have a delectable photo slideshow of a big huge squid autopsy. i believe this particular squid was the same colossal squid caught off the coast of new zealand in february of 2007. and the colossal squid is technically bigger than the giant squid - just in time for breakfast too! enjoy!
mmmm … delicious!
it’s friday and list-of-the-day has an excellent post archiving the fine art of photobombing - the act of inserting yourself into someone else’s picture. very good stuff. i can only hope to see more of these. much much more.
the makers of the fantastic & inspiring film One Giant Leap are coming out with a new film titled What About Me? the first chapter of the movie is titled Bombardment. the entire chapter (spanning 15 minutes) is available to view on the whataboutme website & even better at dailymotion as well. this movie looks to be as moving and as powerful as their first project, with a wonderful message that we all have & share many more similarities than we do differences. the project creators use music & song as a common thread to connect artists & musicians from around the world along with interviews with people like eckhart tolle, noam choamsky, timothy “speed” levich, and more. take a look when you get a chance & thanks claudine for the link!
brain scientist and neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor spoke recently at the TED conference. the speech she gave is available on the TED talks site. what she talks about it is very fascinating, beautiful, and moving. from the TED talks website: One morning, Jill Bolte Taylor realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. it’s friday and it’s time to enhance your brain and perspective on your life, your mind, and your world. please enjoy Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight. it’s great!
sexy is so many things.: security - with just a dash of daring, confidence - with a just brief hint of vulnerability, raw power - with a scant wiff of innocence, sharing, eye contact, charm, interesting hobbies, music, and yes, perhaps black speedos too? is that possible? yes, all of those things! it’s friday and we know sexy when we see it. yup. extra additional hotness on the fail blog too.
it’s friday, and this weekend you may be heading out on a lukewarm to semi-hot date. need advice? no problem! that funny fella dan clark is here to help you with the conceptual art that is dating. first, please watch and learn with dan clark’s 10 reasons not to take drugs on a date.
next, to make sure you arrive okay, here’s 10 ways not to arrive for a date …
good advice!! last but not least, & this is very important: 10 things you should not say after sex.
it’s friday, and with our fingers on the pulse of celebrity gossip, apparently will arnett is getting hella busy with ashley olsen. wow! i didn’t know he drove a prius either. please watch for yourself (ps - turn it up loud so all your co-workers can hear the gratuitous swearing). thanks fecalface for the humor!
it’s friday, and no matter how cool you think you are, you’ll NEVER be as cool as liberace’s red, white, & blue shoes. sorry, it’s true. photos of liberace’s shoes and other fine items can be seen on the giantmonster flickr set titled Liberace Museum, Las Vegas.
it’s friday, and giantmonster would like to ask do you know where your rick astley is?
it’s friday and let’s celebrate billboards. first, there’s the fantastic AT&T and the National Security Agency billboard re-interpretation done by the marvelous billboard liberation front (BLF) around san francisco. awesome! thanks BLF! (& here’s more detailed photos of the AT&T & NSA billboard and the billboard liberation front’s photostream on flickr). if you don’t know what the connection is between AT&T and the NSA, there is plenty to read online about domestic spying.
and although it has nothing to do with the NSA, there’s is the equally powerful king of jews - king of beers billboard masterpiece done near hoston, texas back in 2006. i’ve always looked at billboards as public space and am glad to see these magnificent uses of those public spaces. more please!
it’s friday, and is that bike you’ve parked on the street secure? not sure? if you have any doubts, then you need the hot new cheek lock invented in the giantmonster labs. yes! all security systems pale in comparison to this awesome new bike lock. never wonder or worry about where you’ve parked your bike again. totally! order one today.
it’s friday and giantmonster would like to remind you that bananas are a valuable source of vitamin B6, vitamin b12, vitamin C, magnesium, and potassium. bananas have a high iron content and one medium-sized banana (about 4 ounces) contains 100 calories. there you go. have a banana for lunch please!
it’s friday and giantmonster would like to provide a clear example of how to ruin a billboard. it’s simple, as seen in these pics from the las vegas mccarran international airport baggage claim area. just place the words ‘carrot top’ and ‘fantasy’ right next to each other. you look up and read ‘carrot top fantasy’ and your mind will almost immediately shut down. carrot top and fantasy are words that should NEVER be used in the same sentence, much less follow each other in the same sentence. yet in vegas, such horrors exist. why? so scary. you are warned. please travel safe! previous carrot top horrors unleashed here.
it’s friday, and my philippine prison is waaay better than your crummy american prison! how so? while your prisoners are busy hiding meth in their orifices, lifting weights, and fighting, my super rad phillipine prisoners from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in cebu, philippines, are busy re-enacting all the dance moves from the michael jackson video ‘Thriller’. yes. really. in unison. all 1,500 of them. complete with a (scary - yikes) tranny stand-in for ola ray. POW!
it’s friday and time more fun with puppets! this time it’s a bit instructional and a bit musical. get the simple how-to on how to make a beat from this funky puppet with an english accent. so clever, you’ll watch it twice. nice.
it’s friday, and are you feeling troubled? down? we hear you! when the staff at giantmonster feels down or has trouble finding direction, we seek comfort in the words and wisdoms of gary busey. yes. nothing can be more calming and affirming than the sage advice dispensed from the star of the awesome made for tv movie quigley. it’s better than aromatherapy, with plenty of boat analogies. the ocean is a spirit … the wind is your spirit … totally.
yes, it’s friday, may 25th - and it’s totally star wars day. everywhere. i mean everywhere. star wars, star wars, star wars! to celebrate the star wars-ness, here is a joy: it’s The Two-Hour Star Wars Holiday Special in only Five Minutes! you’re welcome. and what a five minutes. there’s art carney (gotta have art carney - whatever it takes), bea arthur, wookie life day, chewbacca’s disfunctional family, stormtroopers, luke skywalker with waay too much make up, jefferson starship/airplane awfulness, han solo hugging wookies, wookies hugging han solo, bizarre wookie religious ritual, and so much more. all done on a budget of $100! remember though, it’s 5 minutes of your life that you won’t get back. but then there is the largest slave leia photo shoot coming up to rescue you.
it’s friday, and your fat. yes, you are. sorry. it happens. not to worry though! the giantmonster super ultimate fitness crew of personal trainers are here to work you out and get you in shape! start by watching this intense abdominal workout video and you’ll have flat abs in no time. feel the burn!
it’s friday, and what do you do when there’s a big - really big - man-shaped thing walking around in your back yard. call 9-1-1. good stuff. this audio clip is edited & i haven’t been able to find the full version. in return, i offer you this rad stabilized film clip of the famous patterson bigfoot footage (via bigfootencounters.com). previous sasquatch joy here.
david hasselhoff. eating a hamburger. visibly drunk. being filmed by one of his children. wearing blue jeans. and no t-shirt. sound kinda weird - like a crazy dream? well, it is weird and it’s definitely not a dream. and yes, of course, there is video (this is the full video, sans commentary). other vids here and here too. oddly enough, this performance by david hasselhoff is considered sober. crazy. so yes, it’s friday, and no fancy black trans-am can save you now. i blame garthe knight.
it’s friday & i am going to have to hit the gym now after watching this über pumped up video by german electro pop band deichkind (link contains embedded audio). power up! you can do it! touch yourself! please watch ‘Ich betäube mich‘ (links to quicktime) which means ‘you’re doing great!’ directed by Alex&Liane. director of photography by christopher häring. lots of in-your-face beefcake + infomercial + WTF video goodness. seems even better that i can’t understand what is being said - all i get is the raw power! giantmonster wants to know why tim biskup’s helper monster is running around in the background? that seems to make it more strange though, so all is well. thank you claudine for the link!
it’s friday - the end of the week. and you’re hungry. well hunger no more! grab your spoons for only the finest: cock flavoured soup! spicy too! yum yum! this is either a really naive choice in wording or a brilliant marketing design. so good! and sure, there is really high sodium content in just 2 tablespoons of this flavorful cock soup. but how else can you get that intense cock flavor? don’t answer that. thank you jim for bringing this in!
it’s friday, april 6th. and, yes, in two days it’ll be april 8th - easter sunday. but more important than marshmellow peeps and chocolate rabbits, april 8th is biz markie’s birthday. yes! so happy birthday biz markie! the diabolical biz markie was born marcel hall in harlem, new york, way back in 1964. i am a sucker for biz markie’s goofy, ill, silly, real, semi-retarded, happy style, humor, and vocals. makes me smile & dance every time. seriously. if you disagree, then perhaps it is time you had a heavy dose of vitamin biz via a rather swell rendition of ‘benny & the jets‘ or the super silly and equally great ‘just a friend’ video. so good. nobody beats the biz, especially not the easter bunny. so april 8th give a happy birthday shout biz markie! please enjoy the embedded vids and mp3s below.
Biz Markie - Benny & The Jets
Biz Markie - Just A Friend
download:
happy-birthday-biz.zip ( 24.6 megabytes)
ye mighty track list:
Biz Markie - Just A Friend
Biz Markie - Nobody
Biz Markie - Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz
Biz Markie - Benny And The Jets
Biz Markie - Spring Again
it’s friday - what the hell are you waiting for? it’s high time for bukkake! you know it. bukkake milk that is. celebrate the moments of your life with o-so crazy japanese make-believe commercial parody of cultural nonsensical crazyness. totally! feline disrespect from behind, indeed! in the future, all commericals will be like this.
it’s friday. and all i can say is this hella heavanly van is waaaayy cooler than your van. totally. way. cooler. hats off! wow - that is too good. i wanna ride! we can roll by the comic-con in style! neverending story 1 on the passenger side + never ending story 2 on the driver side = HOT!!!!!!!!!!!
it’s friday. time for a music comparison, with the same song sung by two vocal heavyweights. the song? ‘It Was A Very Good Year‘ (links to lyrics). the singers? only the finest. frank ‘chairman of the board’ sinatra VS william ‘james t kirk’ shatner. for mr. francis albert sinatra, the song comes from his great 4-disc complilation album the reprise collection. for bill shatner, the song is one track from his experimental album titled the transformed man. powerful stuff, yes. but who will win? i leave that for you to decide (in the comments, if you please)…
Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year
William Shatner - It Was A Very Good Year
it’s friday. end of the week. i hope you are wearing a half-shirt today. yes, it’s time to turn gay. yes, truly. and giantmonster wants to help! how? simple (way more simple than you think!). apparently & according to love god’s way ministries you can put all this pent up heterosexuality behind you and turn hella gay by listening to specific bands & music that will make you a gay. amazing. elton john is so gay he’s mentioned twice. and very little disco. wow - who knew? well, not just ted haggart, but donny davies too. donnie seems to know a thing or two about gayness. if this offends anyone, please just relax, let the spirit of andy kaufman fill your heart and say ‘meet the new borat.’ and, if you like, you can also bolster your heterosexuality by listening to non-gay ( a.k.a. ’shitty’) bands too. save that for later. for now, just access those music mix below (sorry, no elton john) and get onto turning gay! you’re welcome.
download:
music-to-turn-gay-by.zip (39.6 megabytes)
track listing:
Bjork - All Is Full Of Love
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)
Queen - Play The Game
Judas Priest - Turbo Lover
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Interpol - Not Even Jail
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
it’s is friday. full week. time for another dose of video insanity showcasing spoken word singing (a.k.a. bad music). combining chain smoking, baldness, a slow & steady zoom-in, kojak floating in space, a giant blonde women’s loving gaze, full body tan, creamy, hushed speaking tones, shirts with no buttons, & the art of soft focus - it can only be telly savalas singing ‘if.’ don’t watch this if you are high - you will implode.
it’s friday and it’s the holidays. gonna be lots of food on the table. maybe some carrots. which could mean there’ll be a lot of left-over carrots. not much you can do with left-over carrots … either eat them or throw them out. i highly recommend throwing them out. they can get really, really disgusting after a while. and speaking of gross leftover carrots … um, what the fuck happened to carrot top? creepy. scary. yikes. and, now more than ever, still not funny. should’ve posted this for halloween. images of the horror that is carrot top 2.0 borrowed from the endless stream of disturbing content that is totallycrap.com. must go burn out eyes now.
it’s friday and i hope you have time to kill at work. for some really cute, simple, and highly enjoyable flash game fun, please visit orisinal, created by artist ferry halim. my friend jason tipped me off to this site a long while back. there’s a lot of really amazing and pleasing flash games to enjoy. so if you need to be on the internet a little longer today, please make sure to do so playing cranky crabs, chicken wings, bugs, metal armor, or any of the other rad choices.
