Unsung Hollywood: Pam Grier

Watch a short doco on the life of The Black Marilyn Munroe – from her early roles in Roger Corman’s women in prison flicks through AIP classics like Coffy and Foxy Brown and, of course, Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. Includes testimonials from the likes of Corman, Snoop Dogg, Robert Forster and others.

The Tanning of America [Documentary]

Music marketing industry heavy-weight Steve Stoute, is certain that you can draw a line connecting the birth of hip-hop, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, directly to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where President Obama is serving his second term in office. It's a story Stoute told in his 2011 book titled 'The Tanning of America' that has now been turned into a documentary on VH1, with the same name - but now features commentary from hip-hop legends such as Russell Simmons, Reverend Run, Rick Rubin, Nas and Diddy.

Part 1 is up top, Parts 2, 3 and 4 are after the jump.

Hello New Zealand

An American loner photographer named Shaun Reeder spent 3 months traveling around New Zealand in a campervan. Here's what he saw.

Honeycomb Art

In North America, Europe and many other parts of the world, bee populations have plummeted 30-50% due to colony collapse disorder, a fact not lost on artist Aganetha Dyck who for years has been working with the industrious insects to create delicate sculptures using porcelain figurines, shoes, sports equipment, and other objects left in specially designed apiaries. As the weeks and months pass the ordinary objects are slowly transformed with the bees’ wax honeycomb.

Eat Some Deer And Change An Entire Eco System For The Better.

When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. A few deer were sacrificed for more foxes, eagles, otters, trees and rivers. Really.

Well, That Was Random.

 

Curling In Brazil

Fuck.

2 years and a bunch of months too late for me.

Submerged Turntable

Apparently with the right electronics you can submerge a record player and still get nearly perfect audio, as demonstrated in this Submerged Turntable installation by artist Evan Holm.

Watch A Film About Making Music

'What Difference Does It Make?' is a film about musicians and the creative process they go through to make music and get heard. Featuring Brian Eno, Thundercat, Rakim, Erykah Badu, Q-Tip, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bernie Worrell, Egyptian Lover, Steve Arrington, Tom Moulton and a bunch of up-and-coming-never-heard-befores. Enjoy.
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Chick Quits Her Job. Becomes Internet Sensation For All The Wrong Reasons.

This 'HOPA' girl thought she was slick quitting her job in an interactive email. Her boss saw her lol and raised her a lmfao.

It's waaay too big to copy and paste so just go here to see how it plays out.

LINK: This Employee Quit Her Job Horribly. How Her Boss Responds Is Worse.

Climb The Tallest Building In The World, Then Climb The Scaffolding Sitting On Top Of It.

650m above Shanghai is where crazy foreigners hang out.

Chug Life

Put a smile on your dial

Regulation Goal Leads To Amazing Celebration

Wait for it.

That, Was Remarkable.

Crow gets his think on for a single berry.

Hello Well Art Directed Spiders

Arachnophobia has never looked to beautiful thanks to photographer Jimmy Kong, whose managed to capture macro shots of these hairy aliens from his native Malaysia.

Scientifically Accurate Flintstones

Your super great grandparents were gross. It's science.

 

Contract Killer Richard 'The Iceman' Kuklinski Talks. Listen.

Get to know paranoid psycho-sociopathic killer, Richard Kuklinski, through a series of interviews conducted by psychiatrist Michael Baden.

 

Incase You Were Wondering How Fast Those Nascar Cars Were Travelling

Shake and bake

Feeding Gourmet Food To Kids

Caviar, squid ink pasta and gold. Mmm.

10 Things You Should Know About Money

It can be summed up in two things really; It's gross, and something about Charles facing the other way when he's king.

Hot Coffee From Your Tap

So Tui got their idea from some Norwegians. C'mon son.
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