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Video of the Day: Matt Dillon Looks Back at Coney Island’s Wild Rides

In 1982 Matt Dillon hosted a film on the history of the amusement park (in specific roller coasters) called Wild Rides. He discusses a lot of the Coney Island rides, and there’s some great old footage — check out that “human pool table”! We’d be interested in seeing some numbers on how many humans …

Video of the Day: The Song Remains the Same

As Led Zeppelin announced final week that they would play a reunion show in London, those external of the UK wonder whether they’ll embark on a worldwide reunion tour. The one-off show is in honor of Ahmet Ertegun, and will include John Bonham’s son Jason on drums.

The band is no stranger to New …

Vandal Squad vs Graffiti Artists-Video of the Day

This is a pretty interesting clip from a documentary on hip hop called Beat This. In 1984 New York graffiti artist Brim talked approximately the Vandal Squad, Mayor Koch and New York’s finest having a problem with things they can’t control.

Beat This was directed by Dick Fontaine and includes foo…