This is a delightful video of 93-year old Grandma Droniak rating some of her outfits from the 1950’s, or her 50’s fits, if you will. “I won’t.” That’s okay too. Damn, the 50’s — that was a long time ago! She sure slayed it though, even 70 years ago. I’m
This is a video of a banjo player recording a cover of ‘Climbing Rose Mazurka’ on a wax cylinder set up by collector of the antiquated technology, Wyatt Saab. The recording is then played back so we can hear what a wax cylinder recording sounds like (SPOILER: not hi-fi). Will
This is a short video from Youtuber Rescue & Restore, demonstrating the functionality of a 19th century candle snuffer, a device that automatically extinguishes a candle after it’s melted to a certain point. Pretty clever. And here I thought the only way to extinguish candles was to wait for the
This is a video of “freelance paleoartist and science communicator” Tyler Stone explaining how dinosaurs were able to grow so insanely huge. SPOILER: Nothing to do with the earth’s gravity or oxygen supply. It involves the dinosaurs’ air sacs (still present in modern birds), which allowed them to remain relatively
WARNING: SONG STARTS OFF HOT WITH THE F-BOMBS, DO NOT PLAY DURING A TEAM MEETING Reimagined by Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously), this is a cover of Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’ in the style of a 1920’s early swing style song. I imagine this would
This is a video of musician Abraham Cupeiro playing the Cornu de Pompeii, a replica of a capital G shaped horn found in the ruins of Pompeii that he and María Ruíz reconstructed. It sounds like…sadness. Appropriate.
Proof (albeit not definitive) that tasty jams are tasty no matter what language they’re performed in, this is a video from vocalist Ja Khole Thaisii, who teamed up with bardcore musician Stantough to perform Nirvana’s 1991 banger ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ with lyrics translated into classical Latin. It still hits.
Youtuber Retrofreak84, who I’m guessing was born in 1984 and is 40 years old this year (now I Just need the city he was born in and first pet’s name and I will become Retrofreak), took a gamble on an eBay listing for a vintage Sony Video Tape for a