Feb. 12, 2021
Fri. 02/12 - He Made a Guitar Out of His Uncle's Skeleton
The story of how two brothers gamed the YouTube system thirteen years ago and have since used that method to raise nearly 14 million dollars for charity. An interactive site that simulates the audio experience of being at your favorite bar. Coca-Cola is trying out paper bottles. And the guy who built a functioning guitar out of his dead uncle’s skeleton. For real.
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Links:
- Project For Awesome 2021
- imissmybar.com
- I Miss My Bar is like audio therapy for barflies (The Verge)
- Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle (BBC)
- Well now: A man has turned his metalhead uncle's bones into a "Skelecaster" guitar (A/V Club)
- This Dude Built a Guitar Out of His Dead Uncle's Skeleton (MetalSucks)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
