Prince was a great ping pong player, says Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon celebrates the life and music of Prince by sharing a memorable story of when the Purple One randomly challenged him to a game of ping-pong.
McDonald’s Introduces Musical Placemats in the Netherlands
The McDonald’s placemat: It’s just a paper placemat that turns into a full music production station called McTrax. By the use of conductive ink on a piece of paper you can connect your smartphone to their placemat via Bluetooth and never have a reason to leave.
Watch 50-Year-Old Russian Breakdancers Do Their Thing For A VERY Good Reason
In 4/26/86, breakdancing enthusiasts from all over the USSR attended a dance festival in Vinni, Estonia. Break Dance 80s tracked down 50 of the event’s participants – now in their late 40s to 50s – for another chance to show their stuff, as there may never be a better time to dance all of our troubles away.
The time Saturday Night Live booked the punk band Fear to perform
John Belushi once who lobbied successfully to get the punk band Fear a spot as a musical guest on the 1981 Halloween episode of his former show Saturday Night Live. Belushi had originally offered Fear the soundtrack for his major motion picture Neighbors. The film’s producers eventually forced Fear off the project, and Belushi got them the infamous SNL gig as compensation. The band’s appearance included a group of slamdancers, among them Belushi, Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat (and later Fugazi), Tesco Vee of The Meatmen, Harley Flanagan and John Joseph of the Cro-Mags, and John Brannon of Negative Approach. The show’s director originally wanted to prevent the dancers from participating, so Belushi offered to be in the episode if the dancers were allowed to stay. The end result was the shortening of Fear’s appearance on TV. They started their second song by saying, “It’s great to be in New Jersey”, drawing boos from SNL’s New York live audience. Fear played “I Don’t Care About You”, “Beef Bologna”, “New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones”, and started to play “Let’s Have a War” when the telecast faded into commercial.
It wasn’t too long before the slamdancers started treading the boards, the floor, and the set. Cameras, a piano and other property were damaged.
Steve Martin’s hilarious Life Achievement Award speech for Tom Hanks
It’s old, I know, but it never fails to crack me up. It’s a Masterclass in comic timing, and Steve Martin should host everything.
The strangest beat-making machine you’ll ever see
Koka’s beat machines are electromechanical musical instruments, which are programmable and produce different kinds of rhythmic and melodic patterns. It looks like something out of an old sci-fi movie, but could now find itself on a Drake album. Maybe.
Koka's Beat Machine No. 2 from nikoladze on Vimeo.
Blind People Describe Loved Ones to a Sculptor
“Enjoy their enjoyment.” Sounds like perfect advice, right there.
You Can Virtually See The White House on a Dollar Bill Using the New 1600 App
Smartphone users can now put a virtual White House on a dollar bill with the new 1600 app.
“As you experience a year at the White House – from the Easter Egg Roll to a State Arrival Ceremony – you’ll see that even as seasons and people change, the White House endures as an institution of American democracy. That’s why we teamed up with the White House Historical Association and Nexus Studios to create this augmented reality experience – to educate and inspire Americans to learn all about what the People’s House stands for. “