Robbie Maddison jumps his motorcycle over 120 feet onto the top of the Arc de Triumphe at the Paris Las Vegas… then jumps back down. Holy shit.
Month: September 2009
The genius of Lasse Gjertsen
Amateur, performed and edited by Lasse Gjertsen, a genius animation and video artist from Norway. “All the sounds are the actual audio from the original video tape”. Each note, chord, beat, and symbol was played individually and edited into music in the video editing stage. It’s hard to believe Lasse’s claim that he “can neither…
Danny Way jumps Great Wall of China on his skateboard
Danny Way breaks skateboard history records by ollie-ing over the Great Wall of China. Skip to 3:25 if you’re in a hurry. Incidentally, Way is the same crazy son of a bitch who set the land speed record on a skateboard earlier this year.
Moondog, Bird’s Lament
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/birds-lament.mp3|titles=Bird’s Lament — Moondog] Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) was an incredibly talented, blind New York City composer. He spent much of his career busking on the streets of midtown Manhattan in (homemade) Viking garb and his iconic horned Thor helmet. Buy Birds Lament 1, “Bird’s Lament” here.
a capella Pet Sounds: You Still Believe in Me
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/beach-boys-a-capella.mp3|titles=You Still Believe In Me Beach Boys] This stand-alone vocal track is from a 4-CD Pet Sounds box set released in 1997 called The Pet Sounds Sessions. You Still Believe in Me is one of over a dozen vocal tracks and snippets featured on the fantastic 30th anniversary collection.