Plastic homes, plastic food, plastic pets, plastic entertainment - well not quite, but plastic appreciation, or its continual manufacture in today's society, is undeniable, even manic. Even in the magical art form of music, plastic is rife, with … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Amazon Tribes Bushwhack Brazilian Power Plant
On the edge of a diminishing rainforest world, hundreds of impassioned Amazonian tribesmen have stormed a hydroelectric power plant in Brazil. Adorned in full war paint and armed with bows and arrows, 300 Indigenous protesters from six different … [Read more...]
Behemoth – Scientists Discover Biggest Star Known
In the darkest corners of deep space, scientists have discovered the most gargantuan galactic fireball ever known to mankind. The star, known as R136a1, is a staggering 265 times heavier than the sun and millions of times brighter. The new … [Read more...]
9000-Year-Old Beer Sells for $15 a Bottle
Milton - the US town named by eminent 17th century English poet John Milton, is now breathing poetry of another kind, all over its citizens. Sam Calagione and the folks at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery have recreated a 9000-year-old Chinese beer made … [Read more...]
Poland Vilifies Mickey Mouse Nazi Poster
In an audacious move to express what he terms the "horrors" of America, Italian artist Max Papeschi has concocted an image with a Mickey Mouse head on a nude female body laying in front of the swastika symbol. The picture, which stretches up to a … [Read more...]
Total Solar Eclipse Plunges South Pacific into Darkness
A spectacularly rare solar eclipse has projected an 11,000 kilometre arc over the Pacific, thrusting the mysterious Easter Island into near total darkness. At precisely 4:15am AEST, approximately 700 kilometres south-east of Tonga, the lunar umbra … [Read more...]