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Rockin' Chainsaw (Jackyl Band) May 13, 2009

Jackyl is an American redneck rock band formed in 1990. Their sound has been described as hard rock, heavy metal, Southern rock, and glam metal. The band is probably best-known for its songs "Down On Me", and "The Lumberjack," which features a chainsaw solo by lead singer Jesse James Dupree. Dupree would rev the chainsaw's engine or use the chain brake to slow the engine down to keep the beat. He would also perform this stunt live and the number would climax with Dupree slicing up a wooden stool onstage, smashing it, and throwing the sliced pieces out to the crowd. He once had been asked, "How the hell can you play a chainsaw?" to which he responded, "How the hell can you not play a chainsaw?"

Dr. Albert Hofmann (Inventor of LSD-25) Apr 18, 2009

Last Friday, April 16, 1943, I was forced to interrupt my work in the laboratory in the middle of the afternoon and proceed home, being affected by a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness. At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination. In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors. After some two hours this condition faded away.
Now, little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes. Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux.

Rudely Short Song Mar 27, 2009

The British grindcore band Napalm Death holds the title of having the shortest song officially. Their single "You Suffer" taken from their debut album Scum (1989) earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest recorded song ever. It's exactly 1.316 seconds long and consists entirely of the lyrics "You suffer, but why?" The song was written by band members Nicholas Bullen and Justin Broadrick.