Lady Gaga (Stephanie Germanotta) at a 2005 NYU talent showcase

November 19, 2009 @ 12:29 pm

Remember that video of Stephanie Germanotta — oops, I mean, Lady Gaga — from 2006 that I posted earlier? Well, somebody has dug up an even older video from a 2005 NYU talent showcase and this video makes Lady Gaga look sooooooo incredibly normal compared to her current look.

I guess Stephanie Germanotta couldn’t break out in NYC with all of the other female vocalists with a piano in the area so she had to resort to turning herself into Lady Gaga. Pfft.

Richard Avedon’s notes to his printer

October 27, 2009 @ 1:36 am

After seeing this image above, I am so glad that my current job does not require me to work in the darkroom to tweak exposures on a photograph.

Don’t get me wrong, I really do enjoy working in the darkroom, but I think I’d sooner quit than start doing something like this IN THE DARKROOM for the amount of photos I process daily. Yeesh. I guess it just goes to show how awesome Richard Avedon is/was. [via]

Rafale – Drive

October 6, 2009 @ 11:10 pm

Empire just posted this amazing cycling video of a cycling daredevil careening down New York City streets on his bike.

The song here is “Drive” by Rafale.

Oprah Oprah Oprah

September 11, 2009 @ 3:24 am

How can somebody be so excited about Oprah? I don’t understand the power she has over some people…

Man sets fire to Toronto Transit bus

September 3, 2009 @ 7:54 pm

Man Sets TTC Bus on Fire from Tim Shore on Vimeo.

This video makes absolutely no sense to me.

But I will say that it does goes well with the taxi cab that caught fire earlier today in Manhattan. Mmmm, yes it does.

Insane jump-rope dance routine from the US Naval Academy

August 21, 2009 @ 1:16 pm

You have to check out this insane jump-roping routine from the US Naval Academy’s King Firecrackers. Most people I know can barely jump-rope for a steady 5 minutes, and these girls do it longer than that while skipping, flipping, crossing, and running across a basketball court.

Thanks Liza!