Have you ever held a kitchen match and thought, “Why make fire when I could make Hogwarts?” Yeah, we haven’t either. Does that make us pyromaniacs? Possibly, but let’s take a minute to admire the special few who view tiny flammable sticks as art supplies for elaborate creations. Some matchstick artists devote years to building a single structure, using hundreds of thousands of matches along the way. Pretty cool, eh? Check out an incredible collection of matchstick cities, matchstick instruments, and matchstick cars after the jump, and try not to imagine how fascinating it would be to set them all aflame (that is, unless you’re a matchstick Voldemort in a matchstick battle).
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Today at Flavorpill, we got our first glimpse at Andrew Garfield in his Spidey getup. We found out that we have an entirely new astrological sign. We tried to imagine a musical version of Fight Club. We read some incredibly cute letters from little kids to Hogwarts. We applauded Bay Area rapper A-1, whose new album samples the theme songs from The Golden Girls, Family Matters, and All That. We wholeheartedly agreed with a flowchart about why it’s important to cite sources on the internet. We psyched ourselves up for Monday’s Skins premiere with a playlist from RCRD LBL. We wanted to try this highbrow coffee that takes its name from a Thomas Pynchon novel. We joined the Facebook campaign to get the Mountain Goats a guest appearance on Law and Order: SVU. And finally, we looked at some photos of bloggers, blogging, in the dark — like the vampires that we all secretly are.
Today at Flavorpill, we discovered that reciting Kelis’ “Milkshake” as quickly as possible is something that people do competitively. We watched four minutes worth of Nicolas Cage completely freaking out. We wished that we could really take the NYC subway to Hogwarts. We visited some of the most colorful cities in the world. We thought about what fair use means in the case of Sarah Palin vs. Gawker. We went behind the scenes of Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which at this point is the most expensive Broadway show ever produced. We stumbled across what has to be the prettiest Twitter visualization ever. We tried to imagine a world with no new Disney princesses to warp little girls’ minds. We learned how to make an Altoids Tin Martini Kit. And finally, we were frightened by this simple freckle prevention device. Perhaps because it’s powered by a steam engine.
EW.com turned us on to artist Lucy Knisley‘s ’80s-inspired comic strip version of Harry Potter, Hogwarts High, which seeks to answer the question: What would the film adaptations have looked like if J.K. Rowling had written her series 20 years earlier? Mark Paul Gosselaar, Anthony Michael Hall, and John Cusack are all there, as are Brooke Shields and Christopher Lloyd. David Bowie. Michael J. Fox. Falcor. Bad synth music. And of course, special guest star Will Smith. Peep it after the jump.
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