Music performed entirely on typewriters. A collective endeavor which engages in rhythmic typewriter manipulation combined with elements of performance, comedy and satire. BTO aims to entertain the masses while providing an outlet for the creative urges of its members.

The Hum. ‘For some time now there appears to be certain people who have sensitive hearing that can hear a low frequency humming noise late at night or in the early hours of the morning. The problem appears to be all over the North Shore of Auckland. We don't know the origin of the generic hum which appears to be world-wide.’

“1974: Basil Brown, a 48-year-old health food advocate from Croydon, drank himself to death with carrot juice.”

Playful and ironic photos and little installations.

"Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed, diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping into their eyes."

"What you see when you die." (Yeah, so I had a list of YTMNDs on my computer and I decided to put them all in Delicious, but every single one except this one was Captain Jean-Luc Picard singing about cake and drunken ping-pong with Ronald McDonald.)

"This is the best invention of all and I can’t even hardly believe someone has finally taken the time to invent this. You’ve probably seen this at any local pizzeria located within an audioanimatronic aviary."

For your next "flavor tripping party." "It's called the 'Miracle Fruit' because it can alter the taste of sour items. Miracle Fruit is also easier to say, and spell, than its official name — synsepalum dulcificum." $90 minimum order, though.

Excellent surreal porcelain sculptures, drawings, etc. Her "Once I had a Child" is used on Canadian supergroup Swan Lake's "Beast Moans" cover. Awesome!

"He's like Bobby McFerrin, Aphex Twin and Cole Porter playing scrabble."

"The Utilikilt offers the Utility Patented Pleat System #6,282,723 which separates our product from any other Mens Unbifurcated Garment on the market today."

"The following responses were among those given to a survey conducted in Lagos last year by the Daily Times of Nigeria that asked people whether they believed rumors that answering cell-phone (GSM) calls from certain 'killer numbers' causes death."

A horse that rides in a car, eats cheeseburgers, fetches a beer, answers the phone, sleeps in bed.

"'The marking on the shell was like the devil wanted us to to know he was down there.'"

"The drawings -- which include human figures as well as animals such as birds, monkeys, and felines -- are believed to have been created by members of the Paracas Culture sometime between 600 and 100 B.C."

"All about Jay Maynard, the TRON Guy."

This is incredible. "What are these creatures, that they spin silver lariats for the sheer joy of creation? And what sort of creatures are we, if we cannot appreciate and protect them?"

"Seneca Creek State Park's history is not devoid of creepy occurrences."

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"It's too late in the game now to expect any patriot remaining within government service to rescue us from the brutal destruction that lies ahead, but the American people can save themselves from these satanic destroyers of liberty & life..."

"You guys have no idea what's down there."

"Now unprotected, our mailbox's life turned nasty, brutish, and short."

"They ran outside and were met by a worried neighbour, Mamaila Baloyi, who says an errant stone hit her on the cheek."

"The Iranian daily Etemaad says the creature is believed to have grown from larva to an adult frog inside her body."

"This book attempts to teach you the ability to have lucid dreams. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you know that you are dreaming."