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Now let's hope that Michael Bay is one of his neighbors.

A fireworks festival at Oban in Scotland went awry, releasing the entire load of explosives (meant for a half hour long show) at once. So, minus one very nice well-produced fireworks show. Plus one "Minute-long-spark-and-boom Party".

QUICK: What's the best song to accompany this video? I tried Guile's Theme, of course, but that goes without saying. Any ideas WINners?

Alan Sailer created this series of shots by filling various Christmas ornaments with festive items (sprinkles, Play Dough, the usual "looks good exploding stuff") and then firing a pellet rifle at them. Check out more in the gallery below and the via link for more of his work.

From the Youtube description:

At the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar this week, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang put on his largest "explosion event" of the last three years, utilizing microchip-controlled explosives to form incredible designs and patterns. The video we've embedded of the event is an impressive testament to how a volatile black powder explosion can be controlled and shaped by computer. Each set of explosions was calculated to paint a different picture. One series of explosions created black smoke clouds that looked like "drops of ink splattered across the sky."

And now for your daily dose of "let's blow something up and watch how high it goes."

You're welcome.