I’m excited about this one. It’s fun living through this new pinball golden age.
Andy Kaufman’s Helpful Hints
Renfield and I caught the new Kaufman documentary at the Indie Memphis Film Festival yesterday, which of course sent me down the YouTube rabbit hole later. These clips are not in the movie, but a good sampling of some of the things he did to enrage the locals during his Memphis wrasslin heel stint in 1982. Hilarious.
The guy they keep cutting back to is Dave Brown, weatherman and co-host (along with Lance Russell) of the local wrestling program on our NBC affiliate.
Nigel Tufnel On Steve Vai
Steve Vai will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Online Guitar Lesson!
New Netflix Series
I’ve heard from a few online friends in the last couple of days that this is worth a look. Any of you bastards checked it out yet?
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
Hold My Beer
Sebastian Steudtner — a German pro surfer — rode a wave over 115 feet tall at Nazare, Portugal.
I’m not this tough. Or brave. Or talented…pic.twitter.com/b7p1RW8tTO
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 7, 2020
Jump Rope Gazers
New Beths album out recently. Their last one never left heavy rotation on my Walkman.
Spying On The Scammers
Fascinating stuff. This is part 1 of 4.
When a scammer connected to my PC, I was able to reverse their connection and discover that they had CCTV. You’re going to see the most detailed exposé of a tech support scam ever seen on YouTube. The company were called Faremart.com – A travel agency in Delhi who use their buildings and VOIP telephony to run various scams. They are one of hundreds of scam call centres in India and this one group will make over $3 million per year with scams.
Speaking Of KISS
Bally produced 17,000 of these things back in 1979. Nowadays, median asking price is $2,550.
Fat Elvis, you need one.
This Guy Again
Sorry, this stuff fascinates the hell out of me.
Ever wonder why we pronounce words differently than we did 100 years ago? Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down four of the most mind-blowing facts we know about human language.