Month: May 2019

May 30 2019 May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 NoComment by ben

It is spring, moonless night in the small town Starless and bible-black. The cobblestreets silent and the hunched courters’-and-rabbits’ wood limping invisible down to the sloeblack slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing weekend.

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Anti-Fascist comic book dude.

40 inspirational speeches in two minutes:

Lots of Cyanide, lots of Happiness:

Amazing library (thanks, D).

Michael Pollan’s Food Rules:


May 24 2019 May 24, 2019 May 24, 2019 NoComment by ben

I’ve been told he can’t be sold. He’s not vicious or malicious, just dee-lovely and delicious. I couldn’t ask for the weekend.

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The last of the great American hobos.

The world’s most dangerous roads.

Prosperity and conflict (thanks, J).

The world’s oldest break-up letter.


May 16 2019 May 16, 2019 May 16, 2019 1Comment by ben

I’m gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry. I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the weekend.

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How has Danielle Steele written 179 books?

The entire GoT timeline explained:

Did Texas execute an innocent man? (Thanks, A.)


Excellent Coppola interview.

De Niro car ad from 1970:


May 09 2019 May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019 NoComment by ben

Try to see it my way. Do I have to keep on talking till I can’t go on? While you see it your way, run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone. We can work it out, we can work it out. Think of the weekend.

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How Kevin Smith made Clerks.

Using a fan to make music.

Great werewolf transformation (thanks, J):

Supernova:


May 02 2019 May 2, 2019 May 2, 2019 NoComment by ben

Makes a deal with a smile, knowin’ all the time that his lie’s a mile. He’s the weekend.

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How John Belushi died.

Artist travels to scenic locations only to paint the pattern of his own shirt (thanks, J).

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers taste chocolate for the first time:

Two-hour interview with Kubrick: