Each of these Japanese trace mix volumes is pretty darn good work music. I like Shingo Nakamura’s on the first track best so far.
Volume 1 “Land of The Rising Sun” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHlqS…
Volume 3 “Perception”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_kNj…
Volume 4 New 2021 Mix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OIiS…
Learning about Kowloon walled city has been something of an adventure for me over the years. Even though it’s long since been demolished, it’s story is absolutely fascinating.
So, imagine my joy when I found out there is existing footage from a film partly shot there. Here’s some of the relevant scenes from the 1984 Hong Kong movie Long Arm of the Law (Sang gong kei bing) 1984.
I LOVE classic haunted house stories and attractions. I’m not talking about modern ones that appear in every major city at Halloween – where actors try to gore you out or have people jump out screaming while dressed up in leatherface costumes or as zombies. And especially not ones that submit you to highly questionable experiences.
My favorites ones are dark rides. I got addicted to spooky rides as a kid going to Indiana Beach. They had 2 major rides I would take as many times as I could. First was Dr Frankenstein’s Castle and the second was the Mystery Mansion dark ride.
Later in life I got to visit the spiritual father of them all – Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride. I loved that ride and did it too many times. Turns out, Park Ride History has done a great job on how the attraction evolved. I had no idea there were so many amazing ideas – I wish they could even do another or expand the mansion further to include some of them.
There’s lots of interesting other YouTube videos about the Haunted Mansion – including the reason the stretching room exists. Give them a go.
COVID has ended almost all world, domestic, and even local travel. This means we have to get creative. I started touring the world – but virtually. One of the things I found is that dedicated fans have made extremely high quality 4k recording of almost every major amusement park and ride around the world.
I recommend a good number of the rides at Tokyo Disneysea in Japan. But maybe you’d like some Star Wars, or Indiana Jones, Beauty and the Beast, or one of my favorites Expedition Everest.
Go on youtube and explore all the amazing adventures around the world you can have in 4k video for free.
This song. Man. Brings me to tears more often than I’d like to admit. Such a hope filled song that everyone that on the journey of faith understands.
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole sadly died at the age of 38 due to problems stemming from his extreme obesity, but he created some beautiful music. Here he sings his famous rendition of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’
If you find him haunting, I recommend Geoffry Gurrumul Yunupingu that I wrote about earlier.
Want to get good at Blackjack? You can memorize some odds tables and then go have some fun! But remember, the house odds ALWAYS win in the long term. However, if you hold your own for a long time, you can often rack up a lot of perks.
For single decks, you can memorize the above table and play here https://www.arkadium.com/games/blackjack/
If you go to Vegas, things change up a little because they use different rules and often a lot more decks.
Ever had that experience of being at a high place and image falling or even jumping? Maybe you even get a little shiver when you do – even if you don’t feel suicidal?
“L’appel du vide” is a French term that roughly translates to ‘call of the void’ – and describes just that feeling.
Atomic Marvel has a few Blender creations on his Youtube page. This particular one asks – what if I fell into a running jet engine? Fortunately, it’s a particle-based animation – so it saves you from the horrific gore that would be the actual result.
Most online rhyming dictionaries are pretty garbage. These two aren’t too bad:
My favorite test word is ‘spaghetti’ – something a Snapple bottle cap said has no rhyming words. They’re wrong. See if you can think of a few first yourself. 🙂