posted April 5, 2017 #
Over the past few years I've come to have a deep appreciation for RuPaul. Her show,
RuPaul's Drag Race, is the perfect blend of catty reality show contestants mixed with unrelenting creativity. If you watch it, I don't need to explain how impressive it is.
In a
wonderful but brief interview she did with VICE recently, she speaks to the growing popularity of the show and what it signals for our society. There are so many troubling legislative moves to hamper LGBTQ culture but there's clearly a groundswell moving in the opposite direction. Acceptance and embracement of a show like
Drag Race are signifiers of this. RuPaul's thoughts on the subject are spot on.
And when you're done with that, enjoy some
vintage RuPaul.
posted April 5, 2017 #
I haven't given much thought to Google's
Accelerated Mobile Pages - the technology that allows articles from across the web to be quickly surfaced and grouped together via a common markup language (the
Instant Articles of the web) - except for seeing the occasional gripe on Twitter that I usually agreed with. However, after reading through this Andrew Betts piece of
AMP: Breaking News, I'm further solidified in the belief that it's more harmful than helpful. The URL masking alone is enough to bother
me but I know most casual Interneters wouldn't care too much.
There's a litany of reasons to be worried about the technology and that article makes a great case for each. Please give it a read.
posted April 4, 2017 #
when your mom is late picking you up from Starfish Club https://t.co/WXhrqJUtXY
posted April 4, 2017 #
Tried to pass.
Failed. https://t.co/J58Yi2D27C
posted April 4, 2017 #
If you feel disgusted by what is happening in Syria rn, turn your outrage into action. Here's a thread of ways to help:
posted April 4, 2017 #
PERHAPS AN ALTERNATIVE PEPSI AD IN WHICH SOMEONE OVERHAND THROWS THE BRANDED BUBBLE DRINK AT THE GILDED HOMES OF OUR WEALTHY OPPRESSORS
posted April 4, 2017 #
This is what synchronized swimmers look like when you film them upside down. https://t.co/dthpLUwf14
posted April 4, 2017 #
I feel like Kickstarter is like 60% Skymall
posted April 4, 2017 #
Pro tip: start a business with your BFFs. Every hangout is a tax write off!
posted April 4, 2017 #
oh wow. prolly gonna do this. https://t.co/DAK06aRT0k
posted April 4, 2017 #
I put together another edition of the
We Own This Town podcast; my
other blog aimed at showcasing various Nashville based music.
This volume is a short 25 minutes but it's an enjoyable pop rock undertaking. With the tides turning on the seasons, it's a nice reminder that summer is ahead.
Hope you enjoy!
- Moruga Scorpio - Don't Hang Up the Party Line.
- Halfnoise - French Class
- Okey Dokey - Sweatin Something Awful
- The Mute Group - A E I O U
- Bravemaker - Feel Like I'll Fold In On Myself
- Asher Horton - Sitars and Saffrons
- Kristoff Walktz - truly/really
Continue Reading...
posted April 4, 2017 #
more Paul Robertson goodness
posted April 4, 2017 #
The Rhizome
Net Art Anthology is an online museum of sorts. Their mission statement is simple but encapsulates a broad undertaking:
RETELLING THE HISTORY OF NET ART FROM THE 1980S THROUGH THE PRESENT DAY.
The exhibit is broken up into five distinct parts; all variations in time. The first - 1980 to 1998 - includes pieces like the wonderfully creepy
Dollie Clone Series, the irreproducible
Automatic Rain site and the artistically dense
Web Stalker. As someone that came of age online in the late 80's and mid 90's, I'd never heard of any of this. Maybe I was too young or maybe their reach wasn't quite
worldwide yet.
The site is well laid out and explains each project very clearly in terms of it's scope, it's intent and how to experience it now but it does take time to see everything. Like an IRL gallery, walk around slowly and let yourself take it in one at a time.
via
Becky.
posted April 4, 2017 #
There's a wonderfully chaotic vibe to the work of
Toma Vagner; a Russian born illustrator currently producing work from NYC. While her site shows the literal illustrations she's produced it doesn't capture the additional layer of intrigue; the thick transparent vellum they're printed on. There's something about the layer of translucency that adds another layer of chaos to the mix; letting a little bit of the real world bleed through.
posted April 3, 2017 #
@yewknee nothing, what's a gonzaga with you?
posted April 3, 2017 #
This
article serves as a nice introduction to the photography work of
Frank Herfort and his stunning captures around Russia. After your whistle is whet, I suggest taking the deep dive into the
full portfolio of images.
Sometimes the images are intensely unbelievable; such as a woman lounging with an elephant peeking in behind her, while others are believable but unfathomably surreal; such as a fullsize translucent model of a woman with all her bones and organs depicted. All that is to say, waste no time going through each and every image.
via
Caspar.
posted April 3, 2017 #
Tonight in the cab home, the driver asked, "Do you mind if I pull over real quick and take my pants off?" We said fine.
A new first!
