Strange

Remember Andy Moog Boy’s Transistor Ladder Filter tattoo?
Last time we saw it, it was looking a bit sore and nasty.
Now it doesn’t look sore at all.

The tat reproduces the circuit design of Bob Moog’s seminal Transistor Ladder Filter. Now that’s hardcore!

If you’ve ever wondered how pictures of you French-kissing a giant chicken ended up on Flickr, you’ll be glad to know there’s a scientific explanation: bars use loud dance music to get you drunk.
A study to be published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research on the effects of music levels on drinking in bars found [...]

bechillnow’s awesome Rave Cat.

The Electric Pick Synth is one of the stranger circuit bent instrument ideas.
Features:

2 Photo-Cells
1 Pitch/On-Off
Tone range switch
8 Ohm Speaker
Speaker On-Off switch
Guitar contact hookup wire
Runs on a 9 volt battery

Suggested uses:

Route the pick into a reverb and a wah-wah pedal for an instant analog filter
Dazzle the your band-mates with 3 outputs [...]

If you’re planning on going to a Russian rave, you may want to wear protective eyewear:
Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow have been partially blinded after a laser light show burned their retinas, say Russian health officials. 12 cases of laser blindness were recorded at the Central Ophthalmological Clinic in the city.
Ravers [...]

The Graphite Sequencer is an art piece that explores turning a record player into a tangible interface for sequencing music:
Disc are coded with graphite, which conducts electricity. Two wires touch the paper discs as they spin.
The wires are connected to a simple tone generator.
When a line is drawn across the disk, connecting the two wires, [...]

Remember the recent post about binaural beats?
When two tones at slightly different frequencies are presented separately to your ears via headphones, the brain produces a phenomenon resulting in low-frequency pulsations in the loudness of a perceived sound. A beating tone will be perceived, as if the two tones mixed naturally.
According to some research, binaural beats [...]

This simple but creeptacular video is a promo for Grace Jones’s album Hurricane, to be released in October 2008.
Co-produced by Jones with Ivor Guest, the eight-track set will also feature contributions by long-time collaborators Sly and Robbie, Brian Eno, Wally Badarou, Tricky, Uzziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson, Mikey ‘Mao’ Chung, Barry Reynolds, John Justin, Martin Slattery, Philip [...]

This video showcases the Thingamakit, a fun DIY project that lets you build your own anthropomorphic noise maker.
Comes with:

detailed instructions
fully labeled components
simply layed out circuit board with minimal hand wiring.
2 ready to blink LEDacles
control panel and face stickers

Bleep Labs has introduced the Thingamakit - a DIY project that lets you build your own anthropomorphic noise maker.
According to Bleep Labs, the Thingamakit features “all the sounds of Thingamagoop plus
triangle wave LEDacle with shape and speed control. Second photocell patchable to modulator and photocell rate. Square and Triangle wave output.
The satisfaction for making an [...]