When they started, R.E.M. were no one’s idea of a sure thing. Every decision they made flew in the face of common sense. After a nightmare supporting the Police in 1983, they vowed no more high profile support slots. No to American Bandstand because frontman Michael Stipe was uncomfortable lip-syncing. […]
LINKS: Optic Science of Rainbows: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/bows.htm Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow Flying through rainbow (first video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU-K-dpflgo Flying through rainbow (second video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNBHm8W90lU Petrichor (the smell of rain): http://www.wordsmith.org/words/petrichor.html Why do wires knot so easily? http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/latest-questions/question/1824/ Scientific paper on random knotting of an agitated string: http://www.pnas.org/content/104/42/16432.full Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor Music courtuesy of Jake […]
This encounter between a hot air balloon and a high-voltage wire goes about the way you’d expect. “On 7 January 2012, a scenic hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a high-voltage power line while attempting to land, causing it to catch fire, disintegrate and crash just […]
For a limited time, use the link in my description to get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory09201 Emerging in the late 80s, Shoegaze would go on to be one of most essential genres of the last thirty years. It was the moment where punk’s cacophonous noise gave […]
