Link: http://englishrussia.com/?p=693

Looks like a Photochop to me, but supposedly certain train tunnels in Russia have McDonald's drive-thru style windows. Awesome idea in either case. While I'm on the subject McDonald's and trains.. here's a McDonald's in an old train.

Link: http://mosdo.jp/

Could someone explain to me what this is about? Could it trully be a donut burger from my two favourite Japanese food chains? I must be dreaming.

Link: http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090424/TTC_deal_090424/20090424/?hub=TorontoNewHome

After several years of debate, and a bidding process that last time ended with all bids being disqualified, it looks like the TTC has finally settled on a new streetcar for Toronto. Read all about it here and here. Not sure if the image released today is actually the final design or just something a graphic designer at Bombardier dreamed just up for the announcement. Perhaps I should say 'ripped off' instead as the design bears a surprisingly similar look and colour scheme to this mysterious image that circulated around the net a while back.

I don't really like the grey, grey colors.. so I fixed them:

Much better.

Link: http://wrestlicious.com

"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart is pitching a new Ladies Wrestling show that I have to say actually looks pretty darn awesome, even if its name 'Wrestlicious' is a little corny. Perhaps though corny is exactly the point, as I'm sure the similaries to the 80's Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) are no accident. Instead of the WWE's trashy cookie-cutter "Divas" Wrestlicious has Malibu McKenzie the surfer babe, Draculetta the lady vampire and drill sergeant Boot Camp Baily. Will this show ever get picked up by a major TV network? If it does, will it last more than a few episodes? Sadly, I kind of doubt it, but I sincerely hope that I am wrong. Surely there's some space on dial weekend afternoons or late at night between informercials for Mr. T's Flavor Wave and The Snuggie. Let's hope Jimmy Hart and his bevy of wrestling beauties succeed in returning ladies pro-wrestling to its former glory.

Update: I've replaced the original video with a longer version, containing an extended version of the rap number, and a weird gameshow segment featuring some 80's wrestling legends. Also, it appears that a number of the characters the video introduced have since been re-cast. From Rajah.com...

As seen in the Wrestlicious video, there is a vampire character by the name of Draculeta. In a correction from an earlier report, the girl portraying the character in the rap video is not former Ohio Valley Wrestling women's wrestler Roni Jonah. Rather, it is actually one of a few actresses cast in the character roles before the female wrestlers were hired for the initial Wrestlicious taping. Some of characters shown in the rap video were later "re-cast" when it came time to shoot the wrestling portions of the show, such as Draculeta. The Draculeta character was actually portrayed by Daffney (a.k.a. "The Governor") at the wrestling taping. You can see the TNA performer sitting in a coffin at the 1:27 minute mark in the video.

In another casting note, the voodoo character White Magic was portrayed by former Ring of Honor performer Lacey at the taping. The person in the rap video was an actress.

Link: http://xorsyst.com/japan/watch-japanese-tv-online/

Kate pointed out to me this blog post about a nifty little program called Key Hole TV that you can use to watch several TV channels from Japan online. The video quality isn't great, but the program works fairly well and streams several of the major Japanese TV networks. Key Hole TV also provides broadcasting software that lets anyone stream video through the service if they like. At the time I looked at it there was a clearly illegal feed from CNBC running, as well as a Spanish sports channel, a music video channel from Switzerland and a bunch of random radio stations. Key Hole TV is not nearly as sophisticated as new streaming video players like Boxee, but it's probably the only place online you're going to find many of these Japanese TV channels.

Get Key Hole TV here

Link: http://spacing.ca/wire/2009/03/11/sam-the-record-man-exposed/

Spacing posted this interesting photo of what the old Sam the Record Man store now looks like with it's famous sign removed.

Update:

Here is what it looked like BEFORE Sam moved in.

Adam West vs. Jerry 'The King' Lawler

WARNING FOR OLD PEOPLE: These videos contain lots of naughty language