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Video Tribute to Rowdy Roddy Piper Set to ‘My Way’ from 1987

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 18:03:35 +0000

Video tribute to the retiring Rowdy Roddy Piper from the March 14, 1987 edition of WWF’s Saturday Night’s Main Event. It’s set fittingly to Frank Sinatra’s My Way.

Tommy Wiseau’s Reddit AMA Was Delightfully Strange

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:44:53 +0000

Tommy Wiseau, director of cult classic The Room, answered user submitted questions on Reddit today and it was as weird as you’d expect.

Lost Douglas Adams Poem Discovered in School Cupboard

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 05:13:29 +0000

A long lost poem written by Douglas Adams in January of 1970 has been discovered! The legendary author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would have been 17 years old at the time.

Frank Frazetta was a paperback book cover model

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:55:23 +0000

[Boing Boing] Read Full Post: Frank Frazetta was a paperback book cover modelTags: art, booksOriginally published on Rowsdowr.com

Peter Weller Soundboard

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:12:31 +0000

Peter Weller Soundboard featuring sound clips from such Peter Weller classics as Robocop, First Born, and Of Unknown Origin. Made by my good friend Paul Turowski. Read Full Post: Peter Weller SoundboardTags: people, robocop, webappsOriginally published on Rowsdowr.com

Ultimate Warrior Promo Compilation [video]

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:39:39 +0000

YouTube Link Bonus: Ultimate Warrior Anti-Smoking PSA Read Full Post: Ultimate Warrior Promo Compilation Tags: televisionOriginally published on Rowsdowr.com

R.I.P. Harvey Pekar (1939 – 2010)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:59:01 +0000

You will be missed. From the A.V. Club Underground comics icon and American Splendor creator Harvey Pekar was found dead early this morning, discovered by his wife Joyce in the Cleveland Heights home they shared. He was 70 years old. There’s no word yet on cause of death, although the police report notes that foul […]

Steve Wiebe reclaims Donkey Kong Jr. world record

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:06:35 +0000

via joystiq.com Steve Wiebe’s done it again. After claiming the Donkey Kong Jr. record back in April, he was usurped from the throne by Oklahoma-based gamer Mark Kiehl the following fall. But, as of yesterday, Twin Galaxies reports Wiebe’s back on top with an epic score of 1,190,400 points. Posted via web from Ichi’s Links […]

A Thanksgiving Prayer by William S. Burroughs

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:38:35 +0000

For John Dillinger In hope he is still alive Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986 Thanks for the wild turkey and the Passenger Pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts thanks for a Continent to despoil and poison — thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger — thanks for […]

Boris Artzybasheff

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:10:51 +0000

SchizophreniaFrom Artzybasheff’s “As I See” American Art Archives: Boris Artzybasheff – bio and gallery Technorati Tags: boris artzybasheff, art Read Full Post: Boris ArtzybasheffTags: artOriginally published on Rowsdowr.com