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On Wednesday, venerable sketch comedy institution Saturday Night Live confirmed that clown hunk Chris Pratt will be ringing in the 40th season of the show as its first host.

Pratt has been riding a wave of success this summer with his movie Guardians of the Galaxy breaking records and surpassing box office expectations.  Since then, Pratt has proved himself to be the male Jennifer Lawrence, showing off his dorky side by doing things like rapping the Dr. Dre part in an Eminem song on live radio:

Throwing out bad first pitches:

And participating in an ice bucket challenge:

SNL, of course, is hoping people tune in to see Pratt be funny and adorable. He'll be joined by demon victim Ariana Grande as the musical guest.

Saturday Night Live premieres on September 27.

Starting this month Verizon FiOS customers can get upload speeds every bit as fast as their download speeds. Since that means faster, easier sharing of high-res illustrations, designs, and photos, FiOS is sponsoring a series of posts on Colossal to help us commission and share these super hi-res animated GIFs from some of the most amazing artists we could find.

Art director and designer Kevin Weir uses historical black and white photographs forgotten to time as the basis for his quirky—and slightly disturbing—animated GIFs. His path to online GIF superstardom began when he was in high school. He tells us that “my parents’ boss bought me a copy of Photoshop and I decided I wanted to be some kind of designer.” Having mastered the software, he found himself five years later “making black and white GIFs as a way to occupy myself during the downtime of an internship I had during grad school.” He shared the images on his Tumblr, Flux Machine where they quickly went viral.

Weir makes use of photographs he finds in the Library of Congress online archive, and is deeply drawn to what he calls “unknowable places and persons,” images with little connection to present day that he can use as blank canvas for his weird ideas. Perhaps it’s the nature of his imagination, or maybe a result of the medium’s limited frames of animation to communicate anything too serious, but despite the creepiness factor, it’s hard to not to smile at the absurdity of his ideas.

Weir is now an art director at Droga5 in NYC, he also also animates music videos and sassy birds.

Apparently the devil wears nada, and Vancouverites are fighting to keep it that way.

The Internet was laughing its proverbial head off on Tuesday when news broke that a naked Satan statue had been erected in East Vancouver. (WARNING: The statue is, er, somewhat anatomically correct.)

Public art? An...uhh...unusual...satan statue has popped up in East Vancouver (Via @Reddit) pic.twitter.com/CIKqDNxARw

— Sheila Scott (@Sheila_Scott) September 9, 2014

Its location was near the SkyTrain, for all to see and curse.

http://t.co/NGO6yuPTp1 A Statue Of Satan With A Huge Erection Has Appeared In Vancouver For Some Reason #share ... pic.twitter.com/Zktmf8k7NH

— The Revenge (@TruthRevenge) September 10, 2014

Uh... this was erected in #yvr - watch the report from @JeremyHunka http://t.co/Yb5n8zT6rP #satanstatue pic.twitter.com/TLeuDudGbu

— Cody Coates (@CodyCoates) September 10, 2014

The City of Vancouver promptly got rid of it.

“The statue was not a piece of City commissioned artwork and consequently it has been removed,” city spokewoman Sara Couper told Global News.

You really want to understand, right? http://t.co/H8viFclwwZ Of course you do. pic.twitter.com/sZvhZQoTID

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) September 10, 2014

The pedestal used to hold a statue of Christopher Columbus, according to the Georgia Straight, but that was moved elsewhere 10 years ago. The devil statue was approximately eight or nine feet tall, reported CTV News.

One of the workers said he was "gonna have nightmares."

my favourite pic from the van city workers removing the satan statue. you can only see his uh, "tail" stick out pic.twitter.com/5jVUGD4IgF

— Chris_T (@chicosez) September 10, 2014

Well, here's the fiery development: Some locals created a petition asking for the city to bring the statue back. It states:

It simply cost its creator(s?) time and energy to construct and install with no thought of monetary gain, especially from the public purse. Just like the beloved "Dude Chilling Park" sign that was clandestinely installed and later allowed due to public pressure and support, the Giant Beelzebub-With-a-Boner statue should be reinstalled as a piece of public art and serve as a reminder that art is in the eye of the beholder and nothing more.

Another petition was set up asking the statue to be donated to the "Odditorium" of comedians The Granger Bros. Huh.

There really ain't no rest for the wicked.

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Welcome to Burden of Proof, a regular column in which Julia Belluz (a journalist) and Steven Hoffman (an academic) join forces to tackle the most pressing health issues of our time — especially bugs, drugs, and pseudoscience thugs — and uncover the best science behind them. Have suggestions or comments? Email Belluz and Hoffman or Tweet us @juliaoftoronto and @shoffmania. You can see previous columns here.

Another day, another diet study. In one week, it's not unusual to find two studies on the same topic with contradictory conclusions — in this case, about what kind of eating would help people lose the most weight.

Those studies are not exceptional. There are at least 75 randomized controlled trials published every day — and that number continually increases. According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, every couple of days we now create the same amount of information that we did from the dawn of civilization all the way up until 2003.

Part of this new knowledge includes an overwhelming quantity of health information. It's constantly produced, reproduced and transmitted to public audiences. Not only are we confused; even the best scientists can't stay on top of it all. Much of it is wrong.

This has led us to a frustratingly paradoxical place: we have more science than we've ever had to make the best possible decisions about our health. Yet in reality, this knowledge usually hits us like a tsunami. We're drowning in bytes of data we don't know how to make sense of. Despite all the advances in science, it can even seem as though we're moving away from evidence-based thinking and toward magical beliefs in miracle cures and fast-fixes.

A lot of the information out there is simply wrong. Consider this recent study of Wikipedia entries about medical conditions: not only did they contain many errors, but nine out of ten of the articles examined significantly deviated from the best-available evidence.

The challenge before us is this: how can we find and capitalize on all good information — and avoid wrong information — to have healthier lives and societies?

Julia Belluz on Dr. Oz's big weight-loss lies (and one truth).

How doctors beat the deluge of medical evidence

Like their patients, doctors used to scramble in the information deluge. They'd often end up using outdated information from medical school or authority figures — and not the best-available evidence — to guide their practices.

Then, in the early 1990s, came "evidence-based medicine." It sounds redundant, almost silly, but it was a revolution in medical practice. Essentially, the movement called on doctors to apply the scientific method to the clinics through "the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients."

One of the key insights of evidence-based medicine was that doctors needed accessible and trustworthy research to inform their decisions. They, too, needed help wading through all the research out there.

Statisticians paved the way by coming up with particular methods for making sense of science. One of the earliest examples was published by the British Medical Journal in 1904. Back then, a statistician named Karl Pearson was asked by the government to look at whether a vaccine against typhoid fever had reduced infection and death among soldiers who had used it in various parts of the British Empire. In his review, he looked at data from places like South Africa and India, and pointed out all their flaws and weaknesses, suggesting that an experiment — calling for volunteers to take the vaccine, and giving every other one a dose — would be needed to find out whether it actually worked.

A nerdish revolution

Pearson laid the groundwork for this idea that researchers needed to look critically at medical evidence and combine the results of many studies to find out where bias or holes in the science might lurk.

The group that's done more to further that cause than perhaps any other is the Cochrane Collaboration, an international not-for-profit established in the early 1990s. You've probably never heard of it (incidentally, like the evidence-based medicine movement, it was also co-founded by prudent Canadians) but they're one of the best sources for unbiased medical information in existence and they should be your first stop before you hit Google or WebMD.

Their mandate is to create syntheses of science — known as "systematic reviews" — on important clinical questions. The idea is simple and should sound familiar by now: many studies, involving thousands of patients can get us closer to the truth than any single study or anecdote ever could.

Combining the results of a bunch of studies also reduces bias and the play of chance that can color individual studies. So the folks at Cochrane designed a process for their systematic reviews. Basically, independent reviewers use well-established and transparent protocols to search the literature about health questions and then apply statistical methods to combine them so that they can see where the preponderance of evidence lies. The process is called "meta-analysis" and it's repeated at least twice and then published so that others can verify or repeat their steps. After all, not all systematic reviews are created equally.*

We can do better than Dr. Google

Today at Cochrane, you'll find reviews on everything from the effects of acupuncture for preventing migraines (maybe works) and premenstrual syndrome (may not work), to the usefulness of cranberry juice to treat bladder infections (probably doesn't work). The hard-working people behind Cochrane even translate their conclusions into "plain language summaries" and podcasts.

These summaries are considered the gold standard of medical evidence because they allow doctors to make decisions not just on the basis of whatever random research they come across, but on the totality of science about whatever medical question they have.

Now, there are a number of other databases that bring together high-quality reviews on health issues and the Cochrane methodology has been applied to other areas of science — from education and crime to health systems questions. (See chart below.) These summaries are more accessible than ever before, not just for doctors, but also for the rest of us.

[Image: Procedural Brutalism by Cedric].

Here are a few GIFs of procedurally generated architecture by a game developer named Cedric, built using Unity. Cedric describes himself as an "indie game dev focused on social AI, emergent narrative and procedural worlds."

[Image: Procedural Croydon by Cedric].

These were pointed out to me by Jim Rossignol, who has both guest-posted and spoken at length here on BLDGBLOG about procedural architecture, and whose own development company, Big Robot, is behind the awesome "British Landscape Generator" whirring away beneath the rolling hills and cliffsides of Sir, You Are Being Hunted.

[Image: Procedural facades by Cedric].

The GIFs here are relatively big, obviously, so it might take a while for them to load, but then you can just sit back and watch the rule-based production of built structures pop, rise, and expand like urban accordions.

Imagine whole game worlds powered by real-time computation at the building level, constantly and parametrically fizzing with architectural forms, barely predictable new Woolworth Buildings and Barbicans sprouting on-demand from the ground whenever needed.

Makers, meet your DIY dream car. Toyota‘s Calty Design Research Studio just unveiled its brand new Urban Utility concept car – an ultra flexible vehicle with a transforming interior designed to meet the needs of today’s on-the-go makers. Toyota packed an amazing amount of space into a footprint the size of a compact car. The U-squared can seat up to four passengers, or you can fold down three seats and roll out an array of racks, movable rails, and storage trays that can accommodate everything from surfboards and bikes to bulky equipment (like your homemade tesla coil). Inhabitat is reporting live from San Francisco today to bring you a first look at this uber-customizable car – read on for more details!

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Netflix has a lot of kung fu, and almost all of it is great. I say almost because some of it is very terrible, such as Protector 2. Recently added to Netflix's roster and starring Muay Thai superstar Tony Jaa, the Protector 2 is the culmination of terrible CGI choices and a half-assed plot. Luckily, Netflix has much better to choose from.

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BRZBrands’ Hot Art brings paintings to your home that do more than just warm your soul — each work of art doubles as an energy-efficient infrared heater. Hot Art brings spa quality heat to any room indoors and out, while showing off a flair for style, for a relatively affordable price of $279.

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by Stevie Wilson | The story of Vancouver is one of continuous development, and despite our city’s relatively short history it nonetheless features more than few unusual, unexpected, and straight-up odd chapters.

One fascinating example of what could have been is Project 200, an ominous-sounding urban plan from the 1960s that sought to wipe out much of the waterfront in present-day Gastown to make way for a re-imagined pedestrian plaza and, of course, a massive freeway.

Following WWII, many cities across the world began planning their reconstruction and rehabilitation with an optimistic eye towards the future. Despite not having endured the catastrophic physical destruction that took place in most European cities, Vancouver (and indeed Canada as a whole) was still very much in the throes of post-war redevelopment thought.

The aforementioned eight-lane freeway was one of numerous infrastructure proposals in the late 1950s intended to stimulate business and expedite traffic through the downtown area via large Autobahn-like trenches. The Georgia Viaduct – through the destruction of Hogan’s Alley – was built as part of this larger vision.

Freeway planning in Vancouver was nothing new; the 1928 Bartholomew Plan had also envisioned widening and expanding vehicle access to the downtown core. Project 200 – named for its initial $200-million price tag – was to span from the CPR Pier (near present-day Canada Place), across the waterfront to approximately Abbott St. and up towards Dunsmuir. The introduction to the proposal eloquently explains:

The citizens of Vancouver have long had a great love for their harbour and a desire to be at the water’s edge and part of the busy scene. The realization of this desire and at the same time the redevelopment and revitalization of the downtown business and retail centres is the challenge of Project 200.

Canadian Pacific Railway, department store giants Woodward’s and Simpsons-Sears, Marathon Realty, and Grosvenor-Laing Investments all championed the large blueprint, which was estimated to encompass around 8-million square feet. Big money, no doubt, but the project was ultimately tossed aside when financing became contentious and plans for the freeway were abandoned.

However, perhaps the most interesting bit about Project 200 is that a few of the proposed structures were actually built. Circa 1969, architect Francis Donaldson designed the Canadian Pacific Telecommunications Building at 175 West Cordova, a monolithic example of bold New Formalist architecture. And in 1973, Donaldson completed a second building proposed by Project 200: the nearby Granville Square at 200 Granville (home of The Vancouver Sun and The Province newspapers).

This towering concrete building was the tallest reinforced structure in the country at the time of its completion, and is the only skyscraper to have been realized from the plans. The large open design of the plaza demonstrates the post-war emphasis on accessible pedestrian/gathering spaces, while traffic was to be segregated to higher-volume thoroughfares out to the suburbs via the freeway(s). It planned to include “a large shopping centre […] parking for 7,000 auto-mobiles, and a residential high-rise and townhouse complex”. One could almost confuse it with a contemporary development proposal…

The Project 200 concept reveals much about the mid-century fascination with vehicles, efficiency, and the desire to connect, but it’s probably for the best that the plans never fully came to fruition. Take note of these neat structures on your next trip down to Gastown and around the waterfront, and try to imagine how different it all might have looked.

The Project 200 brochure and photos for this piece came courtesy of Tom Carter and Jason Vanderhill. You can view the rest of the document here.

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by Andrew Morrison | The highly anticipated Gyoza Bar – a new 80 seater at 620 West Pender St. – is set to open for its first service this Saturday. The restaurant, which comes to us via Seigo Nakamura (owner of Miku and Minami), underwent staff training/tasting last night and is headed for a “friends and family” dry run this evening.

I took a look inside last night as the staff were eating their way through the menu. There was a great energy in the space with all the opening hires getting to know one another over a shared, educational supper as GM Nicola Turner and corporate chef Kazuya Matsuoka guiding their chopsticks.

It’s an awesome-looking menu, and the few bites I managed made an impact. When you eventually go for the first time, set aside your gyoza cravings for a moment and aim for the chicken shio ramen. The broth is like an umami sauna, plus they sous vide the meat so it’s wicked tender. Bonus: the noodles,  prepped in house, are insanely good.

Check out the menus in the images below and let the drooling commence. You have until Saturday…

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Forget about getting around town on four wheels, three or even two – now you only need one, thanks to the Urban Glider! Designed by Austin Marhold, this tiny electric unicycle weighs just 24 pounds and it fits between your shins. It’s designed to be intuitive to ride, lightweight, and portable.

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If the baristas at Starbucks have been spelling names wrong on take-out coffee cups by accident to date, this satirical video by comedian Paul Gale gives them an out: they’re just ”fucking with you”.

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The tech world is buzzing about today’s big reveal from Apple, but some of the most exciting news for design lovers has already taken place. The tech giant announced that it has hired legendary designer Marc Newson as VP of design. Newson is know for his futuristic designs, which include furniture, watches, shoes and even cars and airplanes.

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These are several shots and a video of World of Warcraft's in-game tributes to the late Robin Williams. There's a genie that comes out of a lamp when you rub it and says, "INFINITE COSMIC POWER! Itty bitty living space," as well as Mork's crashed egg spaceship and some toys scattered around (a head-nod to Williams' role in Toys). Good work. Maybe I'll recover my old character and start playing again. You think my guild will let me back in? I sort of Leroy Jenkins'd them a few times. Plus stole most of their rare items and sold them on eBay. They were not very understanding. God, get over it guys, it's just a video game. Based on all the threats it sounds like a lot of you have anger management issues. Keep going for the pictures and video, as well as the 'There You Are, Peter' scene from Hook because maybe you needed a good cry today and just weren't sure how to get it started.

Oops, looks like someone spilled the beans.

A truck carrying a massive load of green beans tipped over on a B.C. highway on Monday, and Twitter user Jeff Forsythe captured the peculiar scene.

@news1130traffic pic.twitter.com/KJcOI0IdIP

— Jeff Forsythe (@jeffF001) September 8, 2014

The sea of green occurred on Highway 17 in Surrey, according to News 1130.

2:25 #SURREYBC #SFPR #BCHWY17 update: delays after a truck spilled load of beans near 104th Ave. Front-end loaders are cleaning up the beans

— News1130 Traffic (@news1130traffic) September 8, 2014

But hey, at least they weren't fish heads. (Or bottles of wine.)

Where's the Green Giant when you need him?

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Carleton University is investigating an off-campus gathering where students were seen wearing "F**k Safe Space" shirts on Sunday.

Over the weekend, Ottawa-based lawyer Leslie Robertson posted the photo on Twitter of two male students wearing the shirt with the words, "F**k Safe Space" on the front and "Or me" on the back (as well as the username for an Instagram account that has since been deleted).

Frat party at #Carleton "fuck safe space" ?!! pic.twitter.com/8HTYp5iciP

— Leslie Robertson (@GalldinRoberts) September 7, 2014

@sincerelysab @ArielTroster @Carleton_U pic.twitter.com/MZlJyAFfsd

— Leslie Robertson (@GalldinRoberts) September 7, 2014

The school's independent weekly, The Charlatan, states Robertson saw a handful of men and women wearing the shirt, while others were chanting "F U Ottawa."

While a "safe space" is a generalized term for students to feel comfortable in their surrounding, it also happens to be the name of a program at Carleton that is an open and safe environment that supports the school's GLBTQ community.

While it is not clear why the students went with this exact slogan, earlier reports by the Ottawa Citizen notes that the shirts were worn by Frosh Week facilitators to protest the university's policy against student leaders swearing during Frosh Week.

One anonymous source told The Charlatan the shirts were merely a statement against the coddling of first-year students and the "safe space" phrase was used as an umbrella term.

The university also released an official statement on Sunday and deemed the shirts "inappropriate."

"University policy prohibits activities which contravene the guiding ethics of our institution. Carleton University is a community of respect and all efforts are made to ensure that those within our community are respectful of their fellow students, the broader community and the university itself," the university said in a statement.

What do you think? Do you find this shirt inappropriate? Let us know in the comments below:

Now that's what I call *putting on cool guy sunglasses* using your head. Because who doesn't love smashing things with their head (it's how I open tuna cans), this is a video of Muhammed Rashid of Pakistan cracking 150 walnuts open with his dome in one minute. That is the world record. Is anybody even trying to beat him? I dunno. What I do know is somebody should get Muhammed a nutcracker for his birthday and save the man some brain cells. Shit, give him a brick -- anything. Keep going for a video of the record breaking process.

This is the Kentucky Fried Chicken keyboard and mouse (technically a chicken) created by KFC in Japan as part of some sort of social media promotion. Apparently somebody is going to win all these peripherals by tweeting a special hashtag or something. Then they will immediately go up for auction on eBay where they belong. Eventually, someone who collects KFC memorabilia will buy it, and it will become one of the highlights of their collection, second only to the giant spinning chicken bucket from one of the old signs and a tuft of the Colonel's beard. Keep going for as hot of the fried chicken USB drive.

A giant hippo was recently spotted floating on London’s River Thames! No, it’s not a freakish migration caused by global warming; rather it’s a work of art by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who is famous for his scaled-up sculptures (like this gigantic Rubber Duck). The 21-meter-long HippopoThames was inspired by prehistoric mammals that once inhabited the river. The sculpture will remain on display at Nine Elms on the South Bank until September 28, 2014.

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Previously: The Comment Section For Every Article Ever Written About Intimate Grooming and Tipping.

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Vancouver, BC | Starting September 8, on Monday – Friday from 2pm – 5pm, Pourhouse will be featuring a special Aperitivo Hour featuring 3 different aperitifs for $4 each and 3 cocktails for $8 each. There will also be a trio of special menu items only available during this time. Details:

aperitivo m apéritif; n. an alcoholic drink taken as an appetizer before dinner. to open a meal [Late Latin apertus, past participle of Fr. apéritif, to open] | the name for both the ritual of going out for a pre-dinner drink, as well as the sort of drink that you would likely have at such a ritual.

Drink specials will include the “aperitivo” (cocchi americano, carpano bianco, dolin blanc – $4) and Negroni, Milano Torino, and Shrub cocktails for $8. Discounted food items include Oysters Rockefeller and brussel sprouts ($4) and Pourhouse Dogs ($8).

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Mon-Wed 11:30am – midnight
Thurs 11:30am – 1am
Friday 11:30am – 2am
Sat 5pm-2am
Sun 5pm-midnight

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About Pourhouse

Embracing the sublime pleasure of drink, the joy of good food and the comfort of family – Pourhouse is the embodiment of a passion for sharing the simple indulgences of life with friends. Just southeast of the Steam Clock in Gastown, Pourhouse is born of century-old styles of drinking and dining. The 100-year-old building was built in 1910, as home to the Leckie Boot Company – the original structure crafted with Douglas Fir ceilings, supported by large wood pillars, and brick walls. Pourhouse is furnished in antiques of the era – complimented by custom creations. Every piece in Pourhouse has a story. The cornerstone is the 38 ft. bar – lovingly handcrafted from 120 year-old planks of reclaimed Douglas Fir. Entrance and hallway walls are finished with era-inspired textures and gold leaf detailing – no aesthetic left unconsidered.

The cocktails have an old-fashioned soul, in variations both plain and fancy – the catalyst for the entire concept. The wine list gets its inspiration from the turn of the century, and is priced to encourage sharing and discovering. Beers cover the range of tastes and styles – several selections representing the true ale craftsmanship of BC and the Pacific Northwest. Serious about coffee, Pourhouse serves a beautiful local roast, crafted with a handmade Synesso Espresso machine – overall, a focus on quality over quantity, with a particular interest in Whiskey and Whiskey applications to cocktails. The true heart of Bartending is shown through the creation of personalized experiences.

Food is designed with inspired and skillful technique, though born of familiar comforts. Hearty and mouth-watering meals with a sense of familiarity are done in a homemade style using fresh, local and seasonal ingredients.

We look forward to the honour of sharing our appetite for life with you.

Pourhouse embraces a singularly essential part of Vancouver – its own history.

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This new supercut by Jaume R. Lloret splices together iconic POV vehicle shots from the following Wes Anderson movies: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

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After discovering that Disney sicced lawyers on him for trademark infringement over his mouse head logo, Deadmau5 is returning the favour with a cease-and-desist letter against the entertainment giant.

As reported by Exclaim, Deadmau5 explained the situation in a series of tweets Thursday evening. They ran as follows:

anyone wanna see some complete pwnage?

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

okay mouse, http://t.co/zT7tTLffFw i never gave disney a liscene to use my track. So. we emailed you a C&D. @disney

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

The Disney link contains a 90-second video showing short clips from various Disney films with the following caption: "Enjoy a spooky cartoon Re-Micks to the tune of Deadmau5's Ghosts 'n' Stuff." Deadmau5 says he never gave Disney permission to use his music for the video:


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So now, @disney is illegally using my work... and CONFUSING people that id actualyly work with these twats.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

oh, @disney just in case you dont check your email, ill just leave this here. pic.twitter.com/I9ZSHsKlWV

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

... @disney sorry heres the second page! Have a magical fucking day! pic.twitter.com/fGQf6jMOAc

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

The two-page letter dated Sept. 4 and addressed to Disney Interactive details Deadmau5's position.

"It has recently come to our attention that Disney Interactive ("Disney") has uploaded a cartoon video featuring its Mickey Mouse character entitled 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff -- Re-Micks' (the 'Infringing Video') located at http://video.disney.com/watch/ghosts-n-stuff-re-micks-4cc34ca4636bec7bd7bd38a3 (the 'Infringing Page') has been infringing Zimmerman's copyright," a portion of the letter reads.

"Zimmerman is unaware of any license(s) between Disney and EMI, Virgin and/or Ultra granting Disney the right to synchronize the Composition with the Infringing Video or to exploit the Master in any manner or media." The letter also states Disney is using Deadmau5 trademarks without permission.

The letter goes on to demand "Disney remove or disable access to the materials indicated above and contact the undersigned regarding this matter with two (2) business days of receipt of this letter." If Disney doesn't comply "our client will be forced to pursue any and all legal or equitable remedies which our client may have against you."

Deadmau5 then added a few additional tweets regarding the situation:

lets test a theory, it takes em 10 years to oppose a trademark, lets see how long it takes em to take down a video.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

can i has trademark now? thnks.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

I wish disney wasnt such a "corperation". We could have done great things together.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014

The musician later tweeted another reason why Disney might have looked into legal proceedings against Deadmau5 regarding the logo, citing a remix album entitled "Dconstructed" issued by Walt Disney Records earlier this year. The album featured songs by Elton John and Daft Punk among others and included remixes by AVICII, U.N.K.L.E. and Armin Van Buuren among others.

why disney wants to shut my trademark down? http://t.co/BivT4fbS6L they wanna cash in on EDM too. some interesting names on there lol...

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 5, 2014

And when a few people criticized Deadmau5 for previous tweets, the musician wasted little time in replying:

@ChrisZauri yes. This a jealousy thing. Not an intellectual property thing at all. Go back to bed you stupid fucking goober.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 5, 2014

Disney hasn't commented or issued a statement on Deadmau5's cease and desist letter.

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This is 'Say It With Your Project', a worthwhile commercial for German home improvement brand Hornbach featuring a father and his goth daughter who move to a new town where she feels...out of place. Her dad father-of-the-year-awards the hell out of it though and makes her feel right at home in their new house. Just watch it. And remember to always be yourself. Even if they other kids laugh at you, it's only because they're too busy conforming to experiment and explore who they really are and will grow up to be monster pieces of shit. Trust me, I know tons of them. Keep going for the commercial.