Furie

Matt Furie is far out.

Rock-afire Explosion

The Rock-afire Explosion documentary.

“The Rock-afire Explosion” is the story of a small-town disc-jockey, a struggling inventor, and an animatronic rock band, that quickly becomes an eccentric portrait of childhood memories, broken dreams, and the resilience of the human spirit.

With the closing of Showbiz Pizza Place in the early nineties, and the subsequent removal of the Rock-afire Explosion, a small but determined group of fans persisted with the hopes of reviving their fallen obsession. It wasn’t until 2007, with the resurgence of the Rock-afire Explosion on YouTube with songs like “Ms New Booty,” “Hey There Delilah,” and “Love in This Club,” that the animatronic band found its way back into the public consciousness. Chris Thrash, a car salesman from Phenix City, Alabama who recently purchased a Rock-afire Explosion, has led the charge with his inventive programming and clever song choice. Aaron Fechter, creator of the Rock-afire Explosion and sole employee of Creative Engineering Inc., has worked closely with his fans and in conjunction with his starsof.com website with the hopes of revitalizing what was once a 300 employee, 20 million dollar per-year industry.

Here’s a sample of it at work today:

Gaahl

This is the fifth installment of Vice’s True Norwegian Black Metal. It’s a great journey/interview with Gaahl from Gorgoroth. You’ll also notice Peter Beste in the video.

Check out all five installments over at VBS.TV.

Bread

Don’t worry, it’s all made out of bread…

From The Daily Fork:

The baker is Kittiwat Unarrom, and he has a master’s degree in fine arts. His canvas of choice: bread. Using his family’s bakery as his studio, Unarrom sculpts his creations using dough, raisins, cashews, chocolate, and whatever other edible supplies can provide a spine tingling realism to his terrifying baked goods.

Read more on Kittiwat’s Buddhist inspired creations here.

Cakeland

Hi-Fructose has a great look at Scott Hove’s Cakeland.
Head on over to check out an exclusive virtual tour and photos of Hove’s CakeVault

D&D

Finalist in the 2006 D&D Fan Film Contest.

(Thanks Max)

Gold

From Three Frames.

Skinner

Bizarro Vader Skywalker Child by Skinner.
Check out Skinner’s newer work here.

Large Denominations

(via Wikipedia)

I had no idea that these American bill denominations ever existed:

* $500: William McKinley, equal to $6,220 today
* $1,000: Grover Cleveland, equal to $12,440.55 today
* $5,000: James Madison, equal to $62,202.73 today
* $10,000: Salmon P. Chase, equal to $124,405.46 today
* $100,000: Woodrow Wilson, equal to $1,591,521.2 today

Check out the full entry here.

Danzo

Dan Olsen, showing you how it’s done. Check out his awesomeness here.