More than 4,000 videos exist starring Keyboard Cat. The original cat, Fatso, owned by Charlie Schmidt of Spokane, Wash., died in 1987. But the Keyboard Cat videos didn’t become a big craze until two decades later. Vice interviews Brad O’Farrell, who popularized the cat and forever changed how we perceive the Internet.
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RUBY JOULE
Deep in the heart of Texas, Austin’s Ruby Joule reigns as a porcelain queen of burlesque. Her finely etched tagline: “The gem you’d like to polish.” Joule is a co-founder and headliner for the Jigglewatts Burlesque troupe, known for her graceful and glamorous stage presence. A native of Austin, she’s a classically trained ballet dancer and also studied traditional Polynesian dance before perfecting her cabaret act.
She lives up to her billing as “a silky debutante with a talent for scandal” with this sultry 2011 performance at Bustout Burlesque in New Orleans.
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At the Dallas Burlesque’s Salute the Troops in 2012, Ruby offered her own take on how to add some jazz and pizzazz to the Miss America talent competition.
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To visit her website, click http://www.halliemartin.com/home.html
Wall Street Journal Editorial board member Steve Moore on why President Obama is to blame for the sequester. Moore says the sequester was originally Obama’s idea and now it won’t be replaced by a more sensible plan because the president isn’t really serious about making any cuts in federal spending.
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In this segment of his Virtual State of the Union, Bill Whittle talks about why politicians want to focus on gun control rather than crime control, and delivers the factual evidence and historical truths that make the case for the Second Amendment self-evident.
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It’s the number one topic for internet searches, but do we ever consider how pornography can actually rewire our brains and affect whether we enjoy real sex? Discover the hard science behind the ‘porn epidemic’ – the internet’s drug of choice. H/T AsapSCIENCE
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Egyptian poet Abd Al-Rahmin Al-Abnoudi expresses horror that both Egypt and Tunisia are becoming like Afghanistan, falling under the grip of fanatics who rule through suppression and the not-so-veiled threat of assassinations. It’s now official: The Arab Spring didn’t produce a wave of freedom. It just toppled a few long-standing despots, allowing a new set of thugs to seize power.
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A Japanese transplant to London has an unflattering view of her new environment, until she takes a deeper plunge and begins to see the beauty hidden by the grime and dreary weather. This work by Gaelle Denis won the BAFTA, Britain’s equivalent of an Oscar, for best short animation in 2005. The music by Joanna Newsom fits perfectly with the surreal animation. Yes, it is strange, and undoubtedly an art film, but a lot of fun, and does leave a lingering impression.
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Jeff Wysaski offers some handy tips on how to get a more natural smile when posing for photographs. H/T Pleated Jeans
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ROXY DIAMOND
Raised in Switzerland and now based in Berlin, Roxy Diamond embarked on a career in burlesque after coming to New York to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which counts Grace Kelly and Katharine Hepburn among its alumni. Her performances are often filled with movie references. She has an original act “Bates Motel” that pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and another show, “Eyes Wide Shut,” inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s kinky thriller. Even so, Roxy is perhaps most celebrated for her Champagne Glass acts. She takes a dip here at the International Burlesque Circus in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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We’d show you one of her movie acts, except none can be seen online, although a trailer exists for “Bates Motel” on YouTube. In the absence of same, here’s a fan dance by Roxy, set to Billie Holiday’s blues ballad “Love me or Leave Me,” and performed at the Plaza in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Visit Roxy’s website at http://www.roxydiamond.com/index.php
