This week’s artist was quite a treat for me, although I’ve always loved Jane’s Addiction, I didn’t know much about their lead singer. Turns out he’s done a whole lot for the music community at large. Pe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/music-tidbits-perry-farrell/Scientists have named a newly discovered species of beetle, Agaporomorphus colberti, in honor of humorist Stephen Colbert. One of the outstanding features of the species is the genitalia of the males. “Th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/stephen-colbert-immortalized-in-beetle/I just love the whimsical designs of Polish artist Roman Klonek! This picture shown is a detail from an animation called Cheewing Gum. Link to artist's site. http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/attack-of-the-kloneks...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/roman-klonek/Bowen, Australia, a town about 700 miles from Brisbane, is seeing in influx of eastern tarantulas, also known as "bird-eating spiders". Dozens of spiders have crawled out of gardens and have made their way into public ar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/giant-spiders-invade-outback-town/In any building, it's always good to know how you're going to get out in case of an emergency. As we all know now, it's not always easy in a skyscraper, or even a building with a few floors. Several innovative systems...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/high-rise-escape-systems/While cutting through some Egyptian limestone recently, stone masons in Italy made an interesting discovery. A whale fossil! They called in experts who confirmed this was a 40 million year old whale. Then the fun really...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/whale-fossil-discovered-in-unlikely-place/W00t! It's time for our collaboration with the always-fun What is It? blog. Can you guess what this strange contraption pictured to the left is for?Place your guess in the comment section. One guess per comment, please -...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/what-is-it-game-98/I've been waiting for this post since our last one numbered 12,345 back in January 2008. It took us a a little bit over a year to post the remaining 7,655 posts reach 20,000 (that's an average of 17 posts a day!). I'd...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/neatorama-post-no-20000/Chris of Cynical-C blog has a nifty series called You Can't Please Everyone. In it, he collects one-star Amazon reviews of classic movies, music, and literature.Take, for instance, The Sound of Music starring Julie Andre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/you-cant-please-everyone/I can't get enough of this: The Simpsons theme song, the a cappella version sung by Canvas. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Land-O-LinksThe Simpsons, Canvas, a cappella...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/the-simpsons-a-cappella/Graphic designer and writer Megan Deal is moving to Greensboro, Alabama to build a design lab for young designers in Hale County, one of the poorest places in the United States. In preparation, Megan is selling everythin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/goodbye-waffle-maker-megan-deal-is-selling-everything-to-move-to-greensboro-alabama/I won't pretend that I'm "with it" when it comes to comic books, but it was a complete surprise for me to find out that, starting in 2005, Marvel began issuing limited series of comics in which the superheroes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/marvel-zombies/German urban art group Mentalgassi covers big glass-recycling containers on the streets of Berlin with something unusual: giant faces! The results are weird "metal heads" that creepily stare at you as you walk...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/metal-heads-urban-art/We don't know much about Mexican artist Chiara Bautista ("Milk" on MySpace) - but we sure know this: from Lucha Libre to science fiction, her artwork is fantastic!You can view her latest illustrations here: Lin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/07/girl-walking-at-at-by-chiara-bautista/
