SirSwithin

this isn’t the park you piece of shit

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theonlymagicleftisart:

(Juha Arvid Helminen)

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cracked:

If not for some filthy thief, you would have had to take your mom to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway instead of American Idiot.

4 Crazy Reasons Classic Albums Almost Never Got Made

#4. Green Day’s American Idiot Replaced a Completed Album That Was Stolen from the Band

When [Green Day] finally reconvened to record a follow-up to the folk-influenced Warning (a B-sides and rarities collection, Shenanigans, was released in 2002), it should come as no surprise that the band made a focused effort to return to their roots by recording an album of up-tempo punk songs reminiscent of those found on their earliest records. What is slightly more surprising, though, is what happened when they finished recording that album.

Apparently, someone just stole that shit. Like picked it up and walked out of the studio with it, never to be seen again. That’s the story the band has always stuck to, at least. The album would have been called Cigarettes and Valentines and, if I’m guessing, it would have been kind of terrible. Evidence of that can be found in what the band decided to do after the theft, which, basically, was to take it as a sign that they should just record a different album altogether.

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ancientpeoples:

Golden armband with Herakles knot

Armband inlaid with garnets, emeralds and enamels. The herakles knot was thought to cure wounds and evert evil. This made the knot a very popular piece of jewellery. 

Hellenistic

3rd - 2nd century BC

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

theonlymagicleftisart:

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vimeo:

Dimid brings us “Dubai Timelapse” showcasing the city in all of its futuristic, neon glory. 

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typeworship:

Graphic Lamps by Delightfull

I love these floor, table and wall lamps based on different typefaces. There are some truly beautiful lights in their alphabet and numeral set. I think I need that slab serif ‘E’.

Delightfull, who are based on Porto, will be at Clerkenwell Design Week coming up next week in London.

Thanks to @Mae84 for the awesome link.

cracked:

There’s no one in this picture because everyone is dead from the decor.

‘Harmless’ Fads That Caused Widespread Destruction

#5. The Victorian Craze for Green Dye Poisons Thousands

In the mid-1800s, Victorian England was hip-deep in a craze for Scheele’s Green, a popular dye that stained everything the color of a Ninja Turtle’s rippling bicep. Scheele’s Green was used on everything — clothing, accessories, toys, candles, curtains, and wallpaper were all considered in vogue if they carried the dark-green hue of a forest of Christmas trees. However, the primary ingredient in the dye is arsenic, which as some of you may be aware is a potent poison. People were literally coating their clothes, toys, and walls with an organ-liquefying metalloid.

The worst part is, people knew damn well it was poisonous. The murderous properties of arsenic were well-known at that point, and its presence in Scheele’s Green wasn’t a secret. But for some inexplicable reason, that didn’t stop anyone from using it to dye their furniture and drapery. It was even used in freaking food coloring.

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