• Full Color Photos Of The Russian Empire During The Early Twentieth Century

    Culture Buzz Between 1909 and 1912, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii embarked on a photographic survey of the Russian Empire. His technique of using a specialized camera that caught images in rapid succession with red, blue, and green filters allowed them to be later recombined and run through filtered lanterns to create “near true color” photos. I don't completely grasp all that, but these pictures speak for themselves. (via dayriffer.com)

    • 1. Outside Artvin (now part of Turkey), an Armenian woman poses in national garb. [Circa 1910.]

      Outside Artvin (now part of Turkey), an Armenian woman poses in national garb. [Circa 1910.]

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  • 40 Names Of Bands Before They Were Famous

    Music Buzz Did you know Goo Goo Dolls were originally called The Sex Maggots? In honor of Record Store Day, here are 40 original names of bands that have hit it big since. You be the judge of whether or not they should've changed it.

    Good to know.
    • 1. Red Hot Chili Peppers

      Original name: Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem

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