Awesome Leisure

The Journey track Don’t Stop Believin’ made its mark on the pop charts, as a baseball team anthem, and playing on the jukebox in the final moments of The Sopranos. Now, hear it like you’ve never heard it before. Musician Frank Tedesco switched it up and played the melody in a minor key, which always makes things darker and more dramatic.

DJ Cummerbund’s latest musical mashup pays tribute to three musical greats and a wrestling legend. The tune is a delicious bouillabaisse of sounds from Wham!, Amy Winehouse, ZZ Top, and Blink-182, resulting in the most upbeat song ever about a heavy subject. Bonus points to TonyZed68, the YouTube commenter who called her Amy Whamhouse.

This fun DIY kit from Robotime’s ROKR line lets you build a hypnotic wood and plastic marble run. It includes a motorized elevator to bring balls to the top of the track, and lots of twists, turns, ramps, and a high-speed spiral. Bundle it with the Night City marble track for a even larger display.

It’s been a while since we saw the early concept for Squirrel with a Gun. The finished game is almost here, and it’s just as deranged as the title sounds. The sandbox shooter lets players use their squirrel’s jumping and climbing abilities while wielding firearms to shake down the neighborhood for treats. Coming to PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 5 Fall 2024.

This cool retro LEGO kit is based on the design of a 1970s portable AM/FM radio. The 906-piece kit has working power and tuning dials, a movable antenna, and a carrying handle. It includes a Sound Brick with fun vintage radio sounds, and you can place your smartphone behind its speaker grille to listen to your own tunes. Drops 6.1.2024.

If you spent any time on the Web in the early 2000s, you surely encountered some of those over-the-top song covers performed by Crazy Frog. Musician Luca Stricagnoli classes up the joint with a fingerstyle acoustic guitar medley of the Frog’s Eurodance remakes of Axel F, Popcorn, and Blue.

Prior to this video, the fastest recorded flight speed for a battery-R/C drone was 224 mph. Luke Bell and his dad, Mike, built a custom drone that set a new Guinness World Record of 298.47 mph and an unofficial top speed of 317 mph. But the feat wasn’t without its challenges, including multiple battery fires. Stick around til the end for some cinematic shots.

These playful playing cards from magician Bao Hoang’s company BAOBAO Restaurant are the perfect deck for sushi lovers. The box art is designed to look like a bento box full of sushi, while each card is decorated with artwork inspired by delicious Japanese meals – and the royal court is chowing down. Choose from salmon or tuna nigiri card backs.

LEGO adds another awesome kit to its NASA collection with this Lunar Rover Vehicle (LRV) model inspired by the one carried by Apollo 17. The 1913-piece Technic set is packed with details, including three mini equipment sets based on experiments the LRV toted on the moon. The finished rover measures 5.5″ H x 15″ L x 10″ W and folds up like the real thing.

No sensible human has asked for a peanut butter-flavored tequila, but here it is: Chica-Chida, a peanut butter and espadin agave spirit. Co-creator/Barstool Sports personality Caleb Presley calls it “peanut butter, butt better.” Puns aside, it pairs well with PB&J sammies and uses allergen-free peanut butter extract, so no-butty gets hurt.

Intent on breaking the world record for the longest ski jump, Ryōyū Kobayashi and his team realized there was no ski jump long enough to make it happen. So they flew to Iceland and carved a massive ramp into a snowy mountain, enabling the Olympic medallist and FIS World Cup Champion to fly 291 m (954.7 ft) and stay airborne for 10 seconds.

The Daft Punk hit Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger owes its funktastic sound to Edwin Birdsong’s Cola Bottle Baby. Instead of using samples, Josh Plotner performed the groovy dance track on soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones. A robot was still involved – in the form of a drum machine.

“You will no longer be beloved celebrities. You will be wrathful gods.” Homelander grows even more powerful within Vought and decides that he and The Seven are done playing nice. Meanwhile, Butcher thinks he’s found a hell of a weapon. But if you watched Gen V, you’ll probably be as conflicted as The Boys are about it. Season 4 premieres 6.13.24 on Prime Video.

While it’s not as well-made as something by a luthier, Bernth’s homebrew harp guitar has more strings than we’ve ever seen on a string instrument. He cobbled it together from several smaller instruments and tuned them all differently to perform his track I’ll Still Miss You. We’re impressed that he can remember how all of the notes are arranged.

Masked Marble used thousands of GraviTrax parts to create this incredible 6.5-foot-tall, 9-foot-long model of Notre Dame that incorporates multiple marble runs. Before getting to the big build, he assembled a few off-the-shelf models of the iconic Parisian cathedral and built marble tracks through them.

In 2016, freeskier Jesper Tjäder performed a crazy stunt: He skied a rail grind through a loop-de-loop. Now, he’s back to attempt a similar stunt. This time, the top of the loop is missing, so he has to jump from one side of the loop to the other while upside-down. Here’s a different perspective of the trick, captured from beneath the loop.