Icelandic necropants

Rob Beschizza at 4:49 am Thu, Oct 24, 2013 • 2 •

"If you want to make your own necropants (literally; nábrók) you have to get permission from a living man to use his skin after his death. After he has been buried you must dig up his body and flay the skin of the corpse in one piece from the waist down. As soon as you step into the pants they will stick to your own skin

As seen on Miami Vice

David Pescovitz at 12:46 pm Wed, Oct 23, 2013 • 10 •

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What do Ben Stiller, Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Julia Roberts, Benicio del Toro, Viggo Mortensen, and Michael Richards have in common? As young, mostly-unknown actors they all appeared on Miami Vice, my favorite TV cop show (except for Barney Miller). Yes, that's Ben Stiller in the above clip

Thru Tokyo, Music Video Remix of the Sights & Sounds of Tokyo by Kutiman

By EDW Lynch on October 23, 2013

“Thru Tokyo” is a fantastic music video remix of the sights and sounds of Tokyo by musician and video artist Kutiman. The video features a cadre of Japanese musicians, including Nobumichi Tosa of art group Maywa Denki playing the Otamatone. The video is the first in a series of original shorts produced by PBS Digital Studios. We’ve posted a number of Kutiman’s wonderful remixes over the years