'Unhear It' - Get One Annoying Song Out of Your Head With Another (The One)
Unhear It is a simple website with a simple goal: To get the annoying earworming song out of your head. Unfortunately, the most reliable way to achieve it is by listening to another song of even higher earworming status. The playlist includes crowd un-pleasers Rick Astley, Los Del Rio, Antoine Dodson and Ke$ha, among others. Just be forewarned that if you have "California Gurls" stuck in ...
Best of the Week on Vimeo - Cobblers at Work, A Font in Motion, A Monk and a Monkey
Press pause on the cat videos -- it's time for a journey through the internet's artistically viable pastures with Best of the Week on Vimeo! We've got another computer animated video from the geniuses at Ringling College of Art and Design, a speed-tutorial in rhythmic shoe-making and a sleek font that will make design nerds weep Helvetica tears in their not-so-comfortable but very ...
'Jersey Circus' and the Internet Tradition of Family Circus Parodies
In the vein of #KanyeNewYorkerTweets, here's another genius pairing of incongruous things: Wholesome old Family Circus cartoons with quotes from Jersey Shore, together known as Jersey Circus. As the creators put it: We strive to reconcile our guilty delight in Jersey Shore, a bastion of trash, with our eye-rolling fondness for the Family Circus. We do this by juxtaposing the two in a very ...
Watercolor Animation Music Video for Breakbot's 'Baby I'm Yours'
Are y'all ready to get a little funky on this Tuesday? (Office remains silent.) Well, this music video from French DJ and producer Breakbot is terrific regardless. It's composed of approximately 2,000 hand-painted watercolor images, plus the song has a nice Bee Gees-iness to it. ...
Improv Everywhere's 'Black Tie Beach' Mission (The One)
Improv Everywhere is at it again: This time, Charlie Todd and his army of agents covered a mile-long stretch of New York's Brighton Beach in black tie attire. Participants were instructed to find cheap formalwear at thrift stores, so prepare to see a lot of '80s prom dresses and boxy tuxes frolicking in the heat and swimming in the ocean as though that's remotely comfortable. Wet underwear, ...
Merengue Dog Should Probably Just Judge 'Dancing With the Stars' Already
I've seen a lot of cute animal videos in my years on this internet, but never have I felt so compelled to make this statement before: I would consider taking a bullet for this dog. Yes, he's wearing a silly costume and prompted to do tricks for a bunch of clapping people in a strip mall parking lot, but that dog is smiling the whole time, tail wagging, not missing a step. Looks like dance ...
Air Drummer on NYC Subway Platform Jams to Menomena Song
Here's a video of a homeless man on a subway platform who some have described as "super awesome" thanks to his air-drumming skills. Between the song (Menomena's "Dirty Cartoons") and how hard he commits to his air drumset (he takes the time to set up his high-hat and everything), it's a captivating clip. Here's hoping he finds some equally passionate air-bandmates to jam with. ...
Tinkerbell the Rat Takes a Bath, Is Actually Cute (The One)
When you think of cute animals, rats may not be the first to jump to mind, but you'll have to put your faith in our hands with this one. Tinkerbell the rat doesn't live in the sewer, she takes baths in the sink, and as her owners say, she's very thorough. Her speciesmates scuttling around the subway tracks stand to learn a thing or two. ...
Baby Laughs at Spoon Popping Out of the Couch
It wouldn't be so cute if you found your dad crouching under your desk at work holding a cooking spoon like a puppet and grumbling like Cookie Monster. But it is definitely, definitely cute when this dad does it to his 8-month-old baby on the couch at home. ...
Cat Plays With iPhone, Click-Click-Click-Click-Click
You can always count on us here at Urlesque to provide you with up-to-the-minute coverage of cats using people gadgets. Today is no exception, as this cat has some very important text messages to send. All he needs to do is figure out how to text, which way to hold an iPhone and what an iPhone is, then he should be good to go. ...
























