Awesome Leisure

We love the way that Lake Street Dive incorporates the trumpet and swinging rhythms into their cover version of the 1985 A-ha classic, which we’re so used to hearing played on synthesizers. We’re also impressed with vocalist Rachael Price’s ability to hit that high note.

Also known as Ralph Breaks The Internet, the follow up to Disney’s wonderfully fun 2012 animated feature Wreck-it Ralph sends Ralph and Vanellope on a journey through the World Wide Web to search for a rare part needed to keep her video game working.

While there really is little difference between the way that macaroni was prepared back in 18th-century England and now, we were still completely drawn in by this video from Townsends about the joy of making and eating such a simple and delicious dish.

For their latest experiment, The Slow Mo Guys perfectly lined up an axe with the barrel of a gun, and fired a bullet at it so we could see what it looks like slowed down. It’s cool, but it’s the custom two-way axe they built that produces truly satisfying results.

“Ooh, in this darkness please light my way.” The first track off of Moby’s album Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt is sad, but relatable musical poetry which we think reflects the state of the world we live in, and the glimmer of hope that we possess for better times.

The guys over at BangShift shared this clever idea for displaying and collecting Hot Wheels and other similarly-scaled toy cars. Simply scour eBay for the appropriate 1970s-era Chevy pickup grille, hang, and fill. (Thanks Craig!)

Inspired by The Boring Company’s flamethrower, maker Peter Sripol decided to build his own version – though this one is smaller – and much more dangerous than the one Elon Musk was peddling. We love how he calls it a “Temperature Enhancement Device.”

The Screenholder is a transparent shower curtain that has vertical and horizontal pockets for smartphones and tablets. It’s also conductive, so you can still interact with your mobile devices while they’re safely inside the waterproof curtain.

The men of steel, the men of power are losing control by the hour… The mighty Floppotron takes on one the ’80s biggest hits, Genesis’ sociopolitical commentary wrapped in a pop song, Land of Confusion. It’s perhaps even more relevant today than it was 30 years ago.

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon star in this HBO movie adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel about a bleak future in which so-called “firemen” burn books to control the minds of the people. Drops May 2018.

“Is this your king?!” Hot Toys presents the villain from Marvel’s latest hit movie, Black Panther. The Erik Killmonger action figure is dressed in the Golden Jaguar suit. It stands over 12″ tall and comes with four pairs of hands, an extra unmasked head, a sword and a spear.

The Nomad is a 20L backpack with a built-in hammock. It uses an intuitive system of straps and Velcro patches to guide you in unfolding and folding the hammock back with the rest of the bag. It’s made of Cordura 1000 nylon and nylon mesh.

During most of his concerts, musician Rob Scallon performs Rain, a tune that relies heavily on a delay effect pedal. But he recently decided to see if he could replicate the sound through a combination of room acoustics and enlisting the help of two other guitar players.

RC Media World presents footage of a remote-controlled airplane replica, based on Howard Hughes’ 8-engine H-4 Hercules aka “Spruce Goose.” Builder Jürgen Schönle’s surprisingly quiet flyer has a 12-foot wingspan, and can take off and land on water, just like the real deal.

Guitarist Luca Stricagnoli impresses yet again with a fantastic fingerstyle trio of tracks by the godfathers of rave music The Prodigy: Invaders Must Die, Omen, and Voodoo People, performed while he wanders through seemingly endless stacks of freight containers.

Metaphump performs jazzy funk covers of rock and metal tunes. Here, they turn in an excellent rendition of Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name, with a groovy bassline and vibrant horn section. Their Metallica and Megadeth covers are worth a listen too.

Mezco Toyz new flattened, but still slightly plush fabric collectible toys. The first figures are based on horror faves Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees, and Chucky. Each one measures about 12″ tall, making them perfect couch decorations. We love the button eyes on Freddy and Chucky.

LEGO weapons specialist ZaziNombies presents one of his largest scale models yet. It’s based on the minigun from the hit battle royale game Fortnite. The scale model is made of about 6,500 pieces, measures over 4ft long and weighs over 18lb.

Back in 2010, musicians P.B. and M.D. took the time to translate and painstakingly line up the lyrics of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody into their native tongue of German. You don’t have to spreche ein bisschen Deutsch to enjoy their energetic performance.

The lightning fast and well-supported open world arcade racer Burnout Paradise is coming to the PS4 and Xbox One with remastered visuals, with up to 4K resolution and 60fps frame rate on the PS4 Pro and Xbox One. A Windows version is coming as well.

(Gore) Jessica Curtright and Santiago C. Tapia created this tense and brutal short horror film which starts out looking like a home invasion gone wrong, but quickly reveals itself to be something even darker and more insidious.

We’ve always assumed that chocolate was meant to be eaten, and not used as a kitchen utensil. But after you watch this video from Kiwami Japan, you’ll see how chocolate can not only be moulded into the shape of a knife, but it can be sharpened enough to actually cut food.

(PG-13: Nudity) Jared Leto stars as an American soldier imprisoned in post-WWII Japan and who ends up serving as a Yakuza enforcer as a way to earn his freedom. Based on a concept by Sons of Anarchy Executive Producer John Linson. Coming to Netflix on 3/9/18.