Thursday, May 31, 2007
Shoe Lacing Methods
Who knew that there are two trillion possibilities. And no, Lester Bilbo has not tryed them all.
www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm
Bembo's Zoo
Letters of the alphabet are cleverly arranged to make zoo animals. Lester Bilbo was wondering what Bembo would do with X.
www.bemboszoo.com
We Didn't Start the Fire
A fast-paced illustrated version of Billy Joel's great song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MuGGhnJCY
The Lovely Lana Landis, America's #1 Pinup Model
40's cheesecake lives on. Lana loves those old movies and those glamorous models. You will too. Safe for the whole family.
www.lanalandis.com
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Strindberg and Helium
Follow the adventures of the morose Swedish playwright, August Strindberg and his insanely happy little helium-filled balloon buddy. Lester Bilbo wants a hat pin.
www.strindbergandhelium.com
Penguin Calls
Recorded voicemail calls that have been 'penguinized.'
www.spinnerdisc.com/penguincalls.html
Monday, May 28, 2007
Jenny Are You There?
Remember the classic 80s song by Tommy Tutone called 'Jenny 867-5309?' Here is a site where somebody called that number in every area code in North America, asked for Jenny, and listed the result. And you say Lester Bilbo should get out more.
danstheman.com/Jenny.htm
For those of you who need reminding here is Tommy Tutone doing Jenny jenny.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu4TP7yC5FQ
I Hate Clowns
The No-Clown Zone and the anti-clown community website. The place for people who are afraid of or simply hate clowns. Associated with the 'I Hate Mimes' website. Lester Bilbo isn't realy a clown fan but he has always wanted to walk around in big floppy clown boots.
www.ihateclowns.net
Baby Boomer Death Counter
A "cheery" way to start your day if you are a boomer like Lester Bilbo.
www.boomerdeathcounter.com/canada.htm
Saturday, May 26, 2007
The Ugliest Car In the World
A unique and somewhat bizarre vehicle, handmade by an eccentric New York priest as the ultimate safety vehicle.
www.rexfeatures.com/features/516925
The Hobby of Coin Stacking and Penny Sculpture Comes Out of the Closet
Did you know that you can build a cantilevered bridge from pennies? Even Lester Bilbo doesn't have this much time on his hands.
www.fincher.org/Misc/Pennies
Gurning
The second (almost annual) worldwide gurning contest. The ancient and noble art of making faces.
www.ansaman.com/secondgurnrules.html
500 Years of Women In Art
An interesting morphing of 500 years of female portraiture in western art. And it only takes 2:52.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_xs
Friday, May 25, 2007
Their Circular Life
Views of an Italian city complete with sounds. Drag the triangle around the circle of everyday life and become an omniscient observer.
www.theircircularlife.it/frameset.htm
The Online Guide to Whistling Records
The invaluable reference souirce for all things whistling. Pucker up and just blow. Didn't Mae West say something like that in one of her old movies?
www.whistlingrecords.com
Oly-Hay Ible-Bay
The first translation of the bible into Pig Latin.
www.museumofconceptualart.com/ible-bay.html
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Zombo.Com
Welcome to Zombo.Com. You can do anything at Zombo.Com - except Do something.
www.zombo.com
Welcome to Obmoz.Com. Zombo.Com has lied to you.
www.obmoz.com
Whatzits
A menagerie of crazy jumping whatzits and bizarre whozits.
www.legnog.com/exhibita/menagerie/whatsis.html
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Toast Leaners' Club
It has been suggested that Lester Bilbo has too much time on his hands. How about these people? They sit around and lean toast for fun! Why lean toast? One might equally ask, "Why breath?" "Why live?" or "Why exist."
www.malevole.com/mv/misc/toast
Monday, May 21, 2007
Martin Denny - Quiet Village
Lester Bilbo has seen some really bad Hawaiian videos in his day but this may be the worst. Any time you have bird calls and a fat guy coughing in a video that can't be good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJK2LwD_nEY
Sideshow World
All things sideshow - photos, history, performers, freaks, oddities, two-headed racoons etc. Hours of gross and exploitive fun.
www.sideshowworld.com
Los Bravos - Black is Black
Lester Bilbo feels a little guilty for liking this, especially the nerdy guitarist with the thick glasses.They were Spanish with a German vocalist who sang in English.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPt8ofRLVc
Saturday, May 19, 2007
What Is You Worldview?
Lester Bilbo is a cultural creative, what are you?
Quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=23320
Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny
It seems like an unlikely pairing but the two were good friends. Apart from a television commercial and an interview with Edward R. Murrow, Marilyn's only television appearance was on the Jack Benny show in 1953. Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_IzdZDyT0w
Friday, May 18, 2007
The Geometry of Melons
Do not underestimate the power of the melon. Amaze your friends with melon facts assuming you still have any after you've melonized them.
www.melonisland.net/useless/geometry.html
Camel Simulator
Turn the handle and watch him (or her) go. Does the world really need this?
www.arseiam.com/fx/55.htm
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Cleese Idol
Lester Bilbo never thought he would see the day when John Cleese and Ben Mulroney share the same stage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbmVujjLXig
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Manx Language Samples
You will thrill as you listen to an argument between a clergyman and a woman who keeps a pig and allows it to eat its breakfast from a bowl in the kitchen. Manx, a dead language - and deservedly so.
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaelg/goo/samples.htm
Bacontarian
Bacontarian: a person who supplements an otherwise normal diet with large amounts of pork. Bacon ice cream, bacon popcorn - your source for all things baconic.
bacontarian.com
The International Hedgehog Association
I'll bet you didn't know that the little critters come in 92 colour varieties.
hedgehogclub.com/colorguide.html
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Kooky Chow
A fine and distinguished gallery of rations for the curiously famished. Weird packaged food: canned dandelions; tuna jerky for dogs,cats and YOU; pork brains in milk and gravy. Don't overlook the smoked sausage made from pork stomachs, pork skins, pork spleens, pork tongue trimmings and beef tripe. Lots more 'yummy' stuff.
kookychow.com/kookychow/index.htm
Anti-Pizzicato 5
Polka Heaven. The first and only 24-hour webcasting polka music internet site in the world. Could the world survive a second?
www.247polkaheaven.com
Monday, May 14, 2007
Les Pizzicato 5
Despite the name this group wasn't French it was Japanese. P5, as they are known to their legion of devoted fans, were the godfathers of the Japanese kitsch-pop deconstructionist scene. Lester Bilbo has no idea what that means. All Lester Bilbo knows, or cares, is that P5 were Tokyo's coolest hipsters. Lester Bilbo fancies himself to be a cool hipster, so you see the connection. And I think Lester Bilbo has a crush on Miss Nomiya Maki. P5 were incredibly prolific. A quick search will yield dozens of videos and televison clips. Here are a few:
La Regle du Jeu:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ8AkqGPiXE
Playboy Playgirl:
video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=2145909
Happy Sad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j94k1EjooZk
Twiggy Twiggy (This is Lester Bilbo's favorite but even he can't explain why they are wearing coonskin hats):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FGm6wGYxY
Europe and Italy
Dedicated to the theory that Italians are not the same as other Europeans.
www.infonegocio.com/xeron/bruno/italy.html
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Tommy Seebach: Apache
Lester Bilbo loves bad videos. He loves the bad videos more than the good ones. Therefore he positively adores this Danish video from 1977. Set outdoors, it features bad dancing, worse clothes and hairstyles, meaningless and pretentious lyrics, electric instruments being played without visible power sources and it manages to degrade both women and native Indians at the same time. It's got everything Lester Bilbo loves.
youtube.com/watch?v=eTKL8MNH95Q
Welcome to the Parlor of Janet Klein
Enter and click Showtime. Scroll down the page to see Janet and Her Parlor Boys perform 'Yiddish Hula Boy.' Lots of antique vaudeville photos, paintings and other fun stuff.
janetklein.com
Friday, May 11, 2007
Instant Jazz Singer
Become a jazz singer this very instant. Shoo - Bee - Dooo - Waah.
www.halfgiraffe.com/jazz.html
Virtual Dali
Paintings, photos, biography, wallpapers of Salvador Dali.
www.virtualdali.com/#galleryEarly1
He Ain't Heavy He's My Luggage
A moving tribute to a suitcase with character set to the haunting sounds of the Hollies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6m-TATgwiI
Apoteket Orchestra
Click the kids in the orchestra to activate them or use the menu at the bottom of the screen.
www.apoteket.se/orkestern
Thursday, May 10, 2007
The Great Roy Smeck and His Aloha Islanders
Smeck's virtuosity on banjo, guitar, steel guitar and especially the ukulele earned him the title - 'Radio's Wizard of the Strings.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiol_mLw_h0
The Gallery of Forgotten Girlie Mags
They are all here - covers of Bachelor, Dude, Gent, Scamp and lots more. Also early 'art' magazines - the kind men like. Pretty tame stuff by today's standards.
www.popcultmag.com/oddglimpses/mensmags/mens1.html
Celebrity Hangman for the Next Generation
Choose your celebrity victim.
www.hotpopcorn.com/celebconnection/hangceleb
The Great Pop Vs. Soda Controvery
Which is it, pop or soda? Includes maps of the distribution.
www.popvssoda.com
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
The Everyday Happenings of Weebl (and Sometimes Weebl's Friend Bob)
It's all about the pie don't you know.
Heist: www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/heist.html
Paper: www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/paper.htm
The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation
A support group for those who have suffered trauma from petting zoo goats.
www.goat-trauma.org
Virtual Toilet Paper Museum
Maybe they should have a toilet paper museum. Would you like that? So we can see all the toilet paper advancements down through the ages. Toilet paper in the Crusades. The development of the perforation. The first six-pack.
nobodys-perfect.com/vtpm/index.html
The Happy Capy
A site devoted to the world's largest rodent, the capybara. Here you can find the answer to that age-old question, "What is a capybara?" Includes a gallery of capybara pictures, capybara literature and links to other capybara sites - believe it or not, they do exist.
www.capybara.com/capybaras
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Talking Pregnant Trailer Trash Doll
The anti-Barbie if there ever was one. She smokes, she wears a leather jacket, she's pregnant. Press her distended tummy and hear her say things like, "Pour me a double, I'm drinkin' for two."
www.stupid.com/stat/TTTR.html
Baarmy Sheep
A sheepish remix of William Blake's 'Jerusalem.' Ewe must be joking.
www.golakes.co.uk/baarmysheep
Nobody Likes Edgar
He thinks differently. He runs differently. One day he went to the zoo. The animals did not like Edgar either.
chemicalnine.com/edgar/episode1.html
Wee Winkle Tinkle
Electronic toilet lid position signal. As seen on TV - so you know it has to be good.
www.weewinkletinkle.com
Monday, May 7, 2007
Lester Bilbo Does Dildo
Captain Dildo welcomes Lester Bilbo. Dildo is a charming little town about an hour from St. John's. It is considered the mark of a true Newfoundlander if he can say the town's name without a childish smirk. Childishly smirking tourists steal the road signs all the time.
An oil tanker hauling Newfoundland black gold.
A small iceberg or bergy bit.
Icebergs and Dildo harbour.
Update: Bananaphone
You can't have too much bananaphone. Well .... actually you can. This is Raffi's version + a baseball bat.
ghostalmedia.com/banana
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Ringringring Bananaphone
A dancing banana sings an insanely catchy tune. There is a hidden easter egg here. Click on the banana and you'll get more weirdness.
www.transbuddha.com/osaka/osakaphone.html
Ravin' Mavin
A wonderful tribute to the great movie stars of the 30s and 40s. Can there be a greater fan of Ronald Colman that Lester Bilbo? Colman was fabulous as Conway in 1937's 'Lost Horizon.' You will find stills, audio clips, biographies and more about Colman and about a dozen others.
themave.com
Friday, May 4, 2007
Britt Savage and Twang Deluxe
Lookin' Like I'm Gonna (Japanese Subtitles).
www.youtube.com/profile?user=Countrypolitan
Seven Kitsch Wonders of the World
Carhenge, The Big Pineapple, The Teapottery (home to every conceivable teapot design), and lots more.
www.worldofkitsch.com/features/seven_wonders/index.html
The World's Worst Food
Lester Bilbo tells me that the bacon and fruit casserole is his favorite. He also suggests you try the link to 'The Gallery of Regrettable Food,' and its 'Cookin' With Dr. Pepper.' Beware anything that has an apostrophe instead of a final letter.
www.flaneur.org.uk/html/food.html
Competitive Cornhole
This isn't as bad as it sounds. Lester Bilbo prides himself on having a PG-13 site.
www.playcornhole.org
Mysterious Coincidences In Commercial Advertising
Advertisements that use the same images.
www.coloribus.com
Thursday, May 3, 2007
National Fancy Rat Society
Lester Bilbo already collects stamps so he doesn't need another hobby but perhaps you do.
www.nfrs.org/about.html
I've Got A Big Bag of Crabs
If you know of a more annoying tune that this one, keep it to yourself. Lester Bilbo can only stand so much.
www.skammich.com/crab.html
Virtual Heino
Heino is a famous German albino singer. That is a disturbing concept in itself but what we have here is a virtual albino. Lester Bilbo's German is not extensive but he knows enough to tell that Virtual Heino's lyrics are inoffensive. Even so, Lester Bilbo finds this kind of threatening. And it seems to go on forever.
img137.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img137&image=heino7vg.swf
The Wonderful World of Cheese
Cheddarvision.
Tired of watching paint dry? Why not watch a hunk of cheddar cheese age on TV. If you have opposable thumbs you'll want to wrap your knuckle's around this one. Check out the time-lapse featurette and suggest a name for the cheese. Not being a qualified cheese-sexer, Lester Bilbo has come up with two names - Corrie if it is a boy cheese and Summer if it is a girl. Cheddarvision: 132 days and counting, in milliseconds.
www.cheddarvision.tv
The Bible According to Cheese. (Or a brie history of time)
The story of Parmesan the Baptist and Edam and Eve and much more. Has links for serious Bible and cheese study.
Permit Lester Bilbo to be serious for a millisecond. The Bible According to Cheese demonstrates the superiority of Western civilization. We have the freedom to make fun of everything, no matter how sacrosanct. Don't hold your breath waiting for the Koran in melon balls.
www.alltooflat.com/serious/cheese
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