Sunday Links
I want to be wearing this jacket, listening to the waves in Biarritz.
My friend Sally Basmajian was recently awarded a prize from the Gulf Coast Writers Association (Florida) for this short memoir about her childhood. (Yay Sally!) Read it here.
This clock was famous, but the internet ruined it. (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)
Portobello Road Market - 1969 A few years ago I saw a trendy All Saints fashion store on Portobello Road and was sure it was the vanguard of gentrification of the gritty area with other chain stores to follow. I visited recently and the surrounding neighbourhood has become more upscale but the street itself has maintained much of its character for now, except there are fewer hippies. (All Saints has left Portobello Road).
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. A list of premature obituaries.
I've been enjoying the first season of Only Murders in the Building. There's an audio story and accompanying article in the NYT about the interesting history of the building that is the centre of the drama.
Another Lonely Passion A short piece about Ireland, loneliness, abortion and human rights.
A Chinese Borges For over a decade, a Chinese woman known as “Zhemao” created a massive, fantastical, and largely fictional alternate history of late Medieval Russia on Chinese Wikipedia.
Finally an airline considers customer comfort: Air New Zealand Introducing Economy Class Bunk Beds
How Did an Obscure Photo Book Become a Counterfeit Prop? A trip down the fake-book rabbit hole.
I obviously haven't availed myself of this device: Bernard Bernard's Height Increaser For Short People
Inside the Chitlin Circuit where legends like Tina Turner and Ray Charles launched their careers.
Are you in the mood for an hour of Bardcore? Eminem Goes Medieval
How to unknot a knot You're welcome.
This Pocket Money Brailler helps the sight impaired distinguish denominations of paper currencies.
This is amazing: Making shapes with sound.
Wear just the jacket?
ReplyDeleteSally Basmajian’s story is great.
The link to the famous clock was interesting as all his videos are BUT more importantly scrolling up there is several interesting items. The pièce de résistance being the opening of “Hot for the Teacher” is an idling ’32 Ford Hot Rod not his Lamborghini Countach.
What is this Thing burned an hour.
But making shapes with sound is useless without the surface being defined.
All in all a very good batch of links, thank you.
Thanks so much for the comments (and the links) .
DeleteA day is always better when you get to listen to The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
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