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:


Apr 25 2019 April 25, 2019 April 25, 2019 NoComment by ben

‘Bout to drop this right now for you, the original Suntoucher. Lettin’ You know, what’s up. Goes like this…We’re about to put it on You right here right now, let You know, how it goes down And this is, this is the weekend.

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Some excellent brand books.

Thanos was wrong: eugenics and overpopulation:

Capitalism, Cultural Disintegration, and Buzzfeed:


Apr 19 2019 April 19, 2019 April 19, 2019 NoComment by ben

Most of my friends were strangers when I met them. Familiarity breeds contempt. Well, I’m better alone than in company, so get out and stay out of the weekend.

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Designer challenges himself to make a visual logo a day for a year.

Inside Game of Thrones’s special effects:

Brienne of Tarth as the devil in a student production of Dr Faustus:

The mystical journey of Jimmy Page’s ’59 Telecaster:


Apr 11 2019 April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019 NoComment by ben

Now this is the story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute just sit right there, I’ll tell you how I became the prince of the weekend.

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Remembering A Clockwork Orange.

Odd jobs of indie musicians.

Cool negative space logos.

Epic aerial photos (thanks, J).

Ann Margret with the Bay City Rollers:


Mar 28 2019 March 28, 2019 March 28, 2019 NoComment by ben

Breathe, breathe in the air, don’t be afraid to care. Leave but don’t leave me. Look around, choose the weekend.

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Funny old table tennis:

Rick Rubin returns to his NYU dorm:

Secrets of the world’s greatest art thief (thanks, D).

Space Man:


Mar 21 2019 March 21, 2019 March 21, 2019 NoComment by ben

Con los terroristas. Tas, tas, tas, tas, tas, tas, tas. Tas, tas, tas, tas, tas. And do the weekend.

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Have you ever had a dream like this?

Motels stuck in the 70s (thanks, J).

Chemical Brothers video from W&K London:

https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/324955103

Enough: