Before Dick Dale: Until I heard this NPR piece, I had no idea that the song Misirlou was actually a traditional Middle Eastern tune.
Vintage Consumption: Consumer Reports posted a gallery of old photos from their archives, including stuff like a guy with a hammer glued to his finger, motorized dogs and an eye-strain enducing paper dress.
Motel Hell: Tour the country via a bunch of faded, vintage postcards.
Death By Plastic: Behold the genius of The Lego Suicides. Thanks for pointing me to the Flickr set, Null!
I can't properly source the first three links because I can't remember exactly where I got them from. Oh well, you'll live, forgotten Internet people.
Music for chimp rock shoegazers:
The Swirlies - Wrong Tube