This fun and playful panda at the Japanese zoo “Adventure World” just wants to have a good time, especially if that means not listening to what his caretakers have to say.
https://youtu.be/WygNJbBGlq8
One Of The Greatest Moments In “The Price Is Right” History Involves A Horrible Golfer
It’s fun to watch game shows on TV, because we all know we can do better. We’re obviously smarter and more athletic than any of the contestants, right? Well, maybe not, but watch as this woman takes forever to get set up to play The Price Is Right’s Hole In One game, flubs her first shot, and does something remarkable at the end.
The Ed Sheeran $2 Peep Show Experiment Is A Gem To Watch
If someone tells you that for $2 you can have Ed Sheeran play for you privately in a booth, they’re lying. Unless that someone was Ed Sheeran last Friday.
Band Makes Song And Video Out Of Every Instrument They Can Find
Pink Floyd once attempted to make an entire album out of kitchen utensils, and quickly abandonded the idea once they realized it wasn’t very good to be begin with. Enter Wintergatan, the Swedish band, who find anything, and everything they can get their hands on, to create a song and video. Wait, come back! It’s much better than anyone has a right to expect, especially with their vital spark that fuels their creative spirit.
You Can Make A Guitar Out Of Cardboard
The all-important guitar is a tough instrument to play, and even tougher to build. Cardboard Chaos riffs on a new idea…Rock out with your cardboard stock out! Watch the guys work with a master builder at the Fender Custom Shop to see if paper has the ability to handle the look, feel and sound of one of the world’s most recognizable guitars, the Fender Stratocaster. A master builder can make just about anything look good, but will it sound good? Will it have tone and will it be able to handle the heat and get approval from one who rocks for a living in one of the most ass kicking bands of the last two decades, Linkin Park?
Abandoned Puppies Running Towards Their Mom…A Capybara?
A mother’s instinct knows no bounds! Cheesecake the Capybara at the Rocky Ridge Rescue shelter in Santa Clarita, CA, raises a litter of adorable puppies like they were her own.
Watch How A Little Bit Of Alcohol Can Turn $50 Into $10
In this year’s fraud alert, watch how a little bit of alcohol can turn a $50 bill into $10. And I’m not just talking about buying drinks at a club. It’s like the opposite to a scratch card, you pay $50 you win $10.
https://youtu.be/RTVPNxPksM0
The Top 25 Concerts By Grosses In 2015
As the sun began to set on Chicago’s Soldier Field, the positive vibe was palpable as more than 70,000 fans — most of them clutching American Beauty roses — settled in for arguably the most highly-anticipated shows of 2015: the Grateful Dead’s Fare Thee Well 50th anniversary concerts.
As ever, the fortunes of the concert industry are driven by who is touring, and the business fielded some of its biggest stars in 2015. Pop sensations One Direction put the caps on one of the biggest two-year runs in history, Taylor Swift (arguably the biggest star on the planet) topped even 1D in 2015, and box office titans including U2, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Kenny Chesney, AC/DC, and Madonna were all on the road this year. Billy Joel’s sold-out run as a “franchise” act at New York’s Madison Square Garden easily would have been the No. 1 Boxscore of 2015 in a “normal” year, taking in $26.3 million from 12 performances within the time frame Boxscore tracked. Swift, whose 1989 tour was the highest-grossing trek of 2015, has seven entries among the Top 25 Boxscores, more than any act.
Via Billboard
You Can Still Get Your Free Star Wars Edition Google Cardboard
The Star Wars: Force Awakens train is a rollin’ and Google has gotten involved in a few different ways. One was by offering a special edition Google Cardboard in four Star Wars limited edition themes in Verizon stores on December 2nd. They were handed out to Verizon customers for free, but I was told that a lot of stores ran out.
Welp. If you want one, you can still get one. For free. Just order it through the Google Play store (US only). You don’t even have to pay for shipping.
In case you aren’t sure of what this thing is or does, Google Cardboard lets you drop your iPhone or Android phone into it and lets you view 360 degree videos and photos quite nicely.
Via TechCrunch
Do We Still Need Fourth-Quarter Blockbuster Albums In The Age Of Music Streaming?
Streaming services threaten recorded music’s traditional schedule. Full access to Spotify, Apple Music and their ilk requires a paid monthly subscription, whereas album and song downloads are a la carte. As consumers gradually move away from buying a particular album and toward paying $10 a month into the record business as a whole, industry observers and executives see less imperative behind an October street date.
“You need not release your big titles at Christmas in the access world,” says Republic Records founder/president Avery Lipman, referring to the subscription-streaming future. “If anything, you may not want to release your biggest titles there. Advertising rates are more expensive, generally, during that time of year. You may want to spread it around.”
The portion of albums sold during the October-to-December period already has been drifting downward. From 1999 to 2007, the fourth quarter averaged 33.1 percent of annual sales, ranging from as high as 35.1 percent in 2003 to a low of 32.1 percent in 2004, according to Nielsen Music data. Since 2008 (the year Spotify launched), fourth-quarter sales have averaged 31 percent, bottoming at 29.1 percent in 2013. “Giving the gift of a CD isn’t what it used to be,” says Russ Crupnick, managing director at research firm MusicWatch. “To me, it increasingly makes sense to fill up more of the calendar to get attention for releases.”
Via Billboard
