Mildly Interesting

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1372366

As those who follow me on Reddit may have seen with my posts over the past few years, I love the New Zealand indie rock scene to death. I have posted songs constantly from the Dunedin Sound, made write-ups about artists on the label like The Chills and Chris Knox, and have tried everything to promote this untapped goldmine (at least from outside of New Zealand) to the mainstream public. I'm trying to get anything from Flying Nun records and have been trying to get anything Flying Nun related that I can possibly get (at a reasonably price). One of these things that I have not found before, either online or physically, until now is copies of Rip It Up Magazine.

Rip It Up is a music magazine in New Zealand that was one of the biggest music magazines in the country during the 80s, where it reached a height of 30,000 copies monthly. The reason why I am so interested in this magazine is that it covered the Dunedin and Flying Nun scene extensively during its birthing period and beyond, with interesting articles detailing some of the history behind bands that may have only existed for a couple years, and wonderful pictures of these artists. It's such an interesting artifact of a time and a place that I would have loved to have seen back when it was bustling and thriving.

The particular issue that I purchased was an issue from April 1982, right at the birth of Flying Nun and after Boodle Boodle Boodle's runaway success for the label. The issue has a picture of the Clean on its cover page, which is always cool to see. The articles it discusses related to the scene discuss the Dunedin scene as it was starting to take off, covering the various bands that would be present on the compilation album that would later be called the Dunedin Double, such as the Chills and the Verlaines, and further coverage of the Clean in the lead-up to their second EP Great Sounds Great, released the following month. It's such an amazing document of a scene just getting started and I am craving to get more issues of this magazine in the future.

(credit to u/Pasquinel)

They build a 25 meter tall tower out of wooden sticks over the course of four days and then make it all collapse. I thought it was pretty cool.

Saw this in a parking lot today. I feel bad for the bee but that's pretty mildly interesting.

In the late 1700s, Thomas Jefferson wanted the United States to adopt a unified system of measurement and saw the metric system as the best solution. However, a pirate attack in the Caribbean disrupted these plans. Joseph Dombey, a French scientist carrying a kilogram and meter stick to demonstrate the metric system, was captured by pirates. By the time France sent another scientist to explain the system to the Americans, Jefferson was no longer in office, and plans to go metric were disregarded.

I bet that feels really weird to ride

In 2012, Jinichi Kawakami emerged as the last surviving ninja grandmaster. Kawakami believed that the art of ninjutsu has no place in the modern age, as we have better weapons, the internet, and better medicines. Masaaki Hatsumi, another surviving ninja grandmaster, has not appointed an heir. Once Kawakami and Hatsumi pass away, ninjas will forever cease to exist.

Comment below if you want to talk about music, as I make sure to dig into music of the past.

Cinema Canada - Cinema and Video House.

You can use Google Translate to translate the website content from Hebrew.

There is an actual "Paint" alike software there.

Title.

This still makes no sense to me.

During the stock market crash of 1973, shortages plagued the American people. Gasoline, electricity, and even onions became scarce. Everyone began nervously asking what area of their lives would be touched next.

In an attempt to alleviate fears, television comedian Johnny Carson came forward with the so-called toilet paper crisis.

The public, however, didn't think it was funny.

Wonder Woman with her ass superglued to a chair sold it for me.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1236153

Would come as surprise to many of the readers just like me. Personally I didn't even know that was a thing!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/771016

Not my post, just cross-posted. OP wrote:

I’m concerned