Amusements and Distractions

Amusements and distractions

Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us.

And we’re back to distract and amuse, amuse and distract…let’s start with by swooning – what’s not to love about Ira Glass listing what he loves to read?

What kind of reader are you? Find out…

Don’t try this at home: 19 dangerous home remedies from 100 years ago.

Who doesn’t love a good gif? Here’s a bunch that hilariously demonstrate ‘The Publishing Process in GIF form’.

Famous album covers recreated with socks? Sure, why not.

In memory of the late-great Neil Armstrong, forever the man on the moon, Time Magazine take another look over their coverage of the lunar landing and here Armstrong himself talks about the famous event.

A few other wonderful space related distractions:

• a slideshow on pre-space travel films about space-travel
• what is on Mars Curiosity’s morning mixtape? Here’s the playlist.
• an amazing Apollo 15 topographical map compliments of NASA.

And from the Moon to Sun – you can stream Cat Power’s new album here for a limited time. Wrap your ears around it!

Let’s head into the weekend with some classically stupid internet laughs – everyone loves a good news blooper and, well, it’s almost time to dance…soooo, we only hope you can boogie as well as these guys.

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