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Jack White played the first vinyl record in space

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Aug 1, 2016

Nashville rocker Jack White has successfully played a vinyl record in space — the first person ever to do so. On Saturday, White launched a gold-plated 12-inch master of Carl Sagan’s “A Glorious Dawn” using a ‘space-proof’ turntable attached to a high-altitude balloon. The vessel — known as “The Icarus Craft” — ascended 94,413 feet above the earth in less than 90 minutes.

The #IcarusCraft at peak altitude — 94,413 feet above Earth — at 1:21:20 flight time! pic.twitter.com/4jrBoN1S2i

— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) July 30, 2016

What goes up… pic.twitter.com/2Dw8zrrhwZ

— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) July 30, 2016

Jack White & Neil Degrasse Tyson discuss Third Man’s plans to play a record in space circa 2012. pic.twitter.com/wYtZApho81

— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) July 29, 2016

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Parrot Sings Drowning Pool’s “Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor)”

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Parrot Sings Drowning Pool’s “Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor)”

This parrot can sing metal better than me.

How to make speakers out of paper

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I am almost useless around the house when it comes to fixing stuff. There are no starting-off points with me, either. And while you’ll never know when you’ll need to make a pair of speakers out of some strips of paper, this video will help you win points with your family or housemates. If you figure out how to do it, don’t worry about telling me how to do it, I still won’t be able to.

https://youtu.be/Pv1oz2TogUk

Annoy yourself (and others) with “The World’s Most Unwanted Song”

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Annoy yourself (and others) with “The World’s Most Unwanted Song”

“The Most Unwanted Song” is a song created by artists Komar and Melamid and composer Dave Soldier in 1997. The song was designed to incorporate lyrical and musical elements that were annoying to most people. These elements included bagpipes, cowboy music, an opera singer rapping, and a children’s choir that urged listeners to go shopping at Wal-Mart.

For The People’s Choice: Music CD, “The Most Unwanted Song” was paired with “The Most Wanted Song,” which incorporated musical elements that were “wanted” by listeners, again as determined by a public opinion survey. Instruments such as guitar, bass, piano and drums, and lyrics about love were “most wanted” by the survey respondents, and are included in the song, which has been described as “Celine Dion-esque”.

The vocals for “The Most Wanted Song” are provided by Ada Dyer and Ronnie Gent; Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid is featured on guitar.

Music Doc: The Rise Of Radio One DJ Featuring John Peel, Kenny Everett And More

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Music Doc: The Rise Of Radio One DJ Featuring John Peel, Kenny Everett And More

“When Auntie BBC put on a kaftan and beads and entered the pop age” murmurs the solemn opening commentary of this 1970 ‘Man Alive’ TV analysis of UK pop radio. This BBC film looks at the rise of the Radio One DJ and features Emperor Rosko, John Peel, Kenny Everett and Tony Blackburn. Posh voices in sepia suits submerged in cigarette smoke poke earnestly at this strange new radio thing growing with alarming speed its petri dish.

Walk Around A Salvador Dalí Painting With This 360º Virtual Reality Video

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Walk Around A Salvador Dalí Painting With This 360º Virtual Reality Video

Go inside and beyond Dalí’s painting Archeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus and explore the world of the surrealist master like never before. Experience Dreams of Dalí in the special exhibit Disney & Dalí: Architects of the Imagination at The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, or here.

This TED Talk explains what exactly happens when you reply to spam email

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This TED Talk explains what exactly happens when you reply to spam email

Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a hilarious, months-long exchange with a spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal.

https://youtu.be/_QdPW8JrYzQ