Last weekends’ Duct Tape Festival in Avon, OH, was “all things duct tape” to a crowd of over 40,000. Parades, a fun run, craft shows and a fashion show were all part of the activities in the tenth anniversary celebration of this iconic product. Click here to see some great pictures and to read more [...]
Canadian band Broken Social Scene used the Juno Awards program telecast to express their opinion about Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Guitar player Andrew Whiteman wrote the words “VOTE HARPER OUT NOW” on white gaffers tape and placed it strategically on his guitar. Somehow, the producers of the show missed seeing it soon enough and [...]
Participants in this year’s Boston Marathon have taken to wearing their “finisher” medals adorned with a piece of black electrical tape across the medal as a way to commemorate those who were killed or injured in the bombing at the finish line. Runner’s World magazine is featuring a picture of the medal on it’s most [...]
Apparently, it’s duct tape that holds the video game community together. There were more than a couple of surprises in this video.
Dutch video production company United provided flawless audio support for the telecast of the abdication of Dutch queen Beatrice and the ascendance of her son Willem-Alexander through the use of many strategically placed microphones. One of the greatest challenges was letting the viewing audience hear the oath of office taken by 250 members of parliment, [...]
The Marine’s motto “Semper Fi” (always faithful) might just extend to duct tape, if you believe the Marinecorpstimes.com web site. Among lots of other useful information, they’ve included a list of 101 uses for duct tape. You can see the list if you click here.
In an Instagram pic released by Kim Kardashian, in conjunction with Kanye West’s latest Saturday Night Live appearance, the name of his new album, “Yeezus” was revealed, written in Sharpie Marker on red gaffers tape, directly on the CD cover. Click here to see it for yourself. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news [...]
Lots of high school kids may think that Taco Bell is the “bomb”, but a Taco Bell wrapper led to a real bomb scare in Fair Oaks, Ca. Police gave a “shelter in place order” and shut down a local high school after someone reported a suspicious package. Turns out the package was a taco [...]
When a thief in New Zealand snatched a bag of instruments from a member of the New Zealand Arm Band, the groups sound man chased the thief and pelted him with a roll of gaffers tape. The blow to the head slowed the snatcher down so that the police could collar him. Read the whole [...]
Artist Adam Wozniak sheared off his shoulder length hair and used gaffers tape to fashion a paintbrush. Then Wozniak used the brush to fashion an art work that combined painting and performance art. You can see the results and read the rest of the story here.
