Congratulations to Lady Gaga, who, at 30, has passed her California road test and been given her first-ever driver’s license.
Jazz legend Elvin Jones builds a drum beat
From 1960 to 1966 Elvin Jones was a member of the John Coltrane quartet (along with Jimmy Garrison on bass and McCoy Tyner on piano), a celebrated recording phase, appearing on such albums as A Love Supreme. Following his work with Coltrane, Jones led several small groups, some under the name The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine. His brothers Hank Jones and Thad Jones were also jazz musicians with whom he recorded. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1995.
Here in 1979, he’s playing full of gusto as when he was just starting out.
Read Calvin & Hobbes 3D Comic Strip
Sketchfab member elbriga made a three dimensional version of a Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. It’s also compatible with virtual reality headsets, so you can enjoy even more Bill Waterson’s amazing landscape adventures of a boy and his tiger and Spaceman Spiff.
NikeLab Dynamic Reveal American and Brazilian Olympic Jackets
NikeLab made jackets for the eventual American and Brazilian medalists at the 2016 Olympics to wear when they receive their award. The jackets have a windproof front, ventilated side and rear and ribbed knit sleeves for comfort. Youn can buy yours starting July 28.
Elie Wiesel on What Happens When We Die
Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel says the body may not be eternal, but the soul is. Watch as he shares what he believes happens when he dies. Elie also reveals how he felt his father’s presence as he fought for his life after emergency open heart surgery.
Isolated Vocal Track Of That “Ahhs” Segment In The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life”
Here is the “ahhs” segment of The Beatles iconic “A Day In The Life” that appeared on their classic 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Produced by George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick, there used to be some confusion to who is actually singing here but as told by Emerick in his book Here There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles: “Paul’s vocal was being dropped into the same track that contained John’s lead vocal and there was a very tight drop-out point between the two- between Paul’s ‘went into a dream’ and John’s ‘ahhhh’ that starts the next section.”
Lukas Graham’s Isolated Vocals For “7 Years”
When Lukas Graham’s 7 Years hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart, it became the first chart-topper by a Danish act since Aqua’s Turn Back Time in 1998. The music video has received over 230 million views while the lyric video has received over 80 million views as of June 2016. Along with the UK, the song also hit #1 in Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, and Canada.
Mr. Potato Head Gets A Wonky Makeover…And You’ll LOVE The Reason Why
You all remember Mr. Potato Head, right? You likely decorated it with a variety of plastic parts like ears, eyes, shoes, a hat, a nose, and a mouth that attached to the main body.
But he’s recently been given a very drastic makeover, like it was designed by Picasso or Dali.
Meet Wonky Mr. Potato Head, created from a partnership between Hasbro and UK grocer ASDA to get people to appreciate imperfect vegetables.
Why?
Because every year 6 billion pounds of produce in the U.S. is unharvested or unsold because of cosmetic reasons.
It looks a bit different, but is perfectly fine and has the same taste. “Food waste for a long time didn’t get the airtime it deserves, so we welcome celebrity allies like Mr. Potato Head,” Ben Simon, a rep for the company, said. “I hope he can make people smile and realize how silly these cosmetic standards for produce really are.”
Abe Vigoda was so great, he even had his own baseball card
Abe Vigoda, who passed away in January at the age of 94, had over 100 acting credits over 65 years. He played Sal Tessio in “The Godfather.” He played Detective Fish in “Barney Miller.” He had his own baseball card in Topps’ 2013 Allen & Ginter set, which features sports stars, historical figures and pop culture icons.
Noah St. John’s “The Last Mile” Monologue Will Get You Right In The Feels
Exploding onto the performance scene by grabbing the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Championship, watch as 15-year-old Noah St. John electrifies the Snap Judgment Stage with a stunning performance – winning 2012’s “NPR Snap Judgment Performance of the Year.”