Daito Manabe is a Japanese artist and programer who has figured out a way to make his face involuntarily dance to music: by using electricity. Each beat hits a different part of his face with a quick shock. The result is disturbing, yet highly entertaining.

tags: using electricity, face dance, japanese artist, programer, shock, music

Now remember, this is a rumor, but our friends over at the Boy Genuis Report are saying that they are hearing rumblings that the iPhone will be hitting Wal-Mart soon, and the price is going to be $99 a pop. Now, we’ve heard these Wal-Mart and iPhone rumors before, and we are almost certain that the iPhone will be hitting your local Wally World soon. However, the word here is that you’ll be able to ...

tags: boy genuis report, iphone, rumblings, wal mart

Breaking news this afternoon from the heart of the Inland Empire: John Driscoll, the Democratic challenger in the 6th Legislative District, has prevailed over incumbent Republican John Ahern, a just completed recount shows. Here's the official announcement from the Auditor:The Spokane County Elections Department has completed the mandatory hand recount of ballots in the 6th Legislative District race between John Driscoll and John Ahern.The total number of ballots counted, 75,947, was the same as in ...

tags: spokane county elections, county elections department, county elections office, washington secretary of state, republican incumbents, pat lantz, house democratic caucus, john driscoll, incumbent republican, democratic challenger, john ahern, representative don, inland empire, legislative district, republican party, vote count, open seat, seal the deal, challengers, ballots

Attention high rollers: If you're looking for a quaint spot to throw your New Year's Eve party, local hospitality impresario Quentin Ertel has the place for you. He's offering up The Saint as an NYE clubhouse, complete with full-stocked bar, staff of nine (cooks, servers, bartenders), and a DJ to be named later. Sez Ertel, "For the next three days, the offer is on the table: The Saint can be all yours on ...

tags: high rollers, bar staff, impresario, bartenders, clubhouse, cooks, december 31, new year, eve, hospitality, dj, servers

This just in from BikePortland: Price Media, the publishing stalwarts who bring you Outdoors Nw (sic on the small "w") magazine, have cooked up a new magazine, NW Cyclist. It'll be published just once per year; the premiere issue will be available in March 2009 at the Seattle Bike Expo. We were bemoaning the lack of a bright spot in any industry during this recession and we totally didn't think about bikes. Bikes are pretty ...

tags: bike expo, seattle weekly, w magazine, bike magazine, premiere issue, stalwarts, new bike, recession, biker, bikes, newspapers

This morning on the radio I heard that Homeland Security had decided to put their bioweapons research in Manhattan, KS. Unfortunately, a lot of the weapons are meant to kill plants and animals. And so they are putting this THING in the middle of the US heartland and breadbasket, They are devastatingly naive about security and experiments. Many labs have released things into the world that they did not mean to -- or ...

tags: plum island, manhattan ks, plants and animals, prevailing winds, breadbasket, heartland, insanity, homeland security, beats, weapons, radio

In this guest editorial, Chris Kaasa, a senior at the University of Washington, responds to John Fay's controversial pro-Prop 8 article, published last week in the UW Daily. by Chris Kaasa John Fay says: "Gay Marriage? Let’s Stop and Think About This." Oh yes. Let us please. First of all, thank you to Sarah Gaither for holding down the fort. Someone in her article’s comments suggested framing her piece next to John Fay’s bizarre screed. I second. The difference ...

tags: john fay, temper tantrum, marriage issue, marriage rights, faggotry, transitive property, nby, kaasa, gay marriage, california voters, guest editorial, rational basis, difference of opinion, planet earth, fags, screed, gender race, noh, gaither, housewife

OBAMA! OBAMA!: No, not that Obama. In fact this event has nothing to do with the President-Elect and everything to do with art--really bad art, to be specific. Spend your Thursday night enjoying (or eviscerating) the Official Bad Art Museum of Art (acronym: OBAMA) at Cafe Racer. Drink some booze, hear a band (called "God's Favorite Beefcake", no less), and enjoy glitter paintings of Elvis...could anything be better? We didn't think so. Band at 8p.m. ...

tags: free membership card, champagne champagne, cocktail lounges, lone argument, stimulus package, roosevelt way, seattle city, president elect, bad art, obama, shaky hands, n12, personal collection, 8p, music scene, booze, art museum, neverything, museum of art, glitter

This month, Xbox LIVE kicks off the Friendship is Free program. Over the course of this month, multiplayer will be available for all Xbox LIVE members for eight Xbox LIVE Arcade games. The Xbox LIVE Arcade team will open up the multiplayer functionality for A Kingdom for Keflings, Aegis Wing, Bomberman Live, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades, UNO, Small Arms and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.  So round up your silver friends and get some ...

tags: xbox live arcade, hardwood spades, multiplayer functionality, hardwood hearts, xbox live, arcade games, bomberman, aegis wing, street fighter ii, xbox, hd, friendship

Just in case I’m not the last person on earth to have seen this video:

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Kingblind.com Top 15 albums of 2008 Well folks here it is... Our final top 15 albums of 2008. From writers in 8 countries we have tallied all the votes, crunched the numbers and POW... this is it... broken down into 3 groups (15 to 11. - 10 to 6. then 5 to 1.) Here is our list for the year. ENJOY! Now for the top of the heap, Number 5 to 1!!1 Tv On the ...

tags: electric pylons, david sitek, guitar interplay, haircut 100, rock ballad, top of the heap, tunde adebimpe, difficult music, broken guitar, funky guitar, guitar line, whirr, tv on the radio, lovely family, hedge trimmer, guitar notes, s tv, afrobeat, experimental music, art rock

p>The Black Friday Wal-Mart trampling incident of security guard Jdimytai Damour has predictably led to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the victim’s sister. Police indicate in this AP video (embed below) that they are still scanning the Wal-Mart security videos looking if they can find people in the crowd criminally responsible. Geek sidenote: YouTube has started prominently pushing their search as 10% of the size of their video window placed at the top. It’s too ...

tags: wrongful death lawsuit, nthe, damour, black friday, criminal charges, security guard, wal mart