VICE does a great job of covering a lot of news. Like, a lot of news. I think in that deluge sometimes some of their smaller stories get lost in the shuffle. Over the weekend I finished watching through Last Chance High - an eight part series profiling Chicago's Moses Montefiore Academy - a school for the city's "most at-risk youth."

It is, without a doubt, a great micro-profile on a macro-level problem. It manages to touch on just about everything - illegal drugs, troubled youth, absent parents, imprisoned parents, legal drugs (which may be as much of a problem as the illegal sort) and an underlying rage within the kids that they don't have the mental tools to cope with. Maybe not the most uplifting series but it's got moments of real heart and, hopefully, is a way to properly contemplate some of the larger social issues at play out in the world.

via Becky

excellent #LongRead from Larry Smith, the real Jason Biggs of Orange is the New Black

ships late Summer 2014. Stoked.

Nostalgia and Inspiration overload

some nice insight here. Love my Karma!

anfa67

The term for this weeks playlist is "Grab Bag." I mean, it's probably that term for every week as well but this week feels particularly all over the place. Enjoy!

• How to Host Your Own Kickstarter Film Fest - Kickstarter is having their 2014 Film Festival and they're opening it up to stream from your own home. Super awesome idea and you'll never guess who is powering the stream.
• Super Mario Head Smash - how I have not seen this classic piece of Youtube history before this week is well beyond me.
• Watch This Supercut Of Every Time Harrison Ford Says 'Harrison Ford' In 'The Fugitive' - it's stupid but you know it's stupid and that makes it all the more enjoyable. That sentence also describes the rest of the content on The Onion's Clickhole.
• Shiny Ponyta after 25968 encounters!!! - did you know there's a Gameboy Pokemon game where you can encounter a very rare Pokemon named "Shiny Ponyta"? Yea, me neither. But when this guy stumbles across it after looking for a very long time he freaks out. FREAKS OUT. It's an amazing bit of joy. After the freakout you can stop watching but you really have to hear him lose his mind.
• The Animals: Fan Remake Of The Spiderman Kiss - this is nabbed off Instagram but it's a fun little remake.
• Turkish Ice Cream Man - It's called Good Clean Fun. Get into it!
• Harmonizing Guitar with Desperate Politician - apparently the man in the corner is a politician that was exposed for extorting a lot of money. He is, rightfully, very ashamed and freaking out about it. Fortunately, someone was kind enough to add a killer guitar track to it.
• Raccoons Going Crazy for Doritos - I can not begin to describe how much I love every single last second of this video. Many thanks to Jed for bringing it into my life. Total PEVZ for me.

Have a great weekend!

The bizarre creation that is Memory Hole defies description. Sure, you could say it's a 1997 style gallery of borderline disturbing yet still oddly hilarious videos but that's not doing it justice. It's filled with imagery that I can't articulate and I'm completely content with that.

via Paul.

There's a lot of variety in the portfolio of A Large Evil Corporation. I love these idents and commercials for their character work but I'm really enjoying these Da-da Doodles - a little series of Saul Steinberg / Marcel Duchamp inspired pieces. Cute and clever - not what you'd expect from A Large Evil Corporation, huh?

pair reddit musings with absurd images and you get this. Reminiscent of Jack Handy's Deep Thoughts.

what an odd little project

If you are unaware, AirBNB launched a new mark. The idea behind it is that it creates a more recognizable brand and takes on a form that anyone can draw. The broad, artsy, rational being that those that rent their spaces out can be part of the "safety" that comes with the brand and those that occupy those spaces know they aren't staying in a hovel. Just watch this video to get the big pitch. It is, without question, a little bit too much in terms of being about the Belonging of Humanity but if you don't believe in your own brand to the highest degree, who will?

Of course, there is some controversy. It looks remarkably like this logo as well as some other things (NSFW on that one) but if you go through the DesignStudio deck, it's hard not to like it. Are you going to love it? Probably not but you can at least appreciate it for the improvement over the word mark and the mission statement they are striving for.

On the whole, I'm not sure I really understand the instant backlash of all things change. Isn't the Internet all about progress and moving forward and embracing new things? Seems like Having an Opinion and Being Right are no longer distinct headspaces.

I keep listening to this track, Cat's Eye Ring by Steelism and it's only right that I share the enjoyment with everyone else. The full album is set for release in mid September so just put that song on repeat in the meantime. I have.

can't wait to see the web version

Despite the name, no actual Panda's are involved in the inspiration destination Panda. It's a combination of Hacker News, Designer News, Dribbble and Behance all dropped into one interface. As of recently I've been using The News as my source for this kind of information as it is a very simple way to take it all in but I can see Panda being a nice alternative if you want to see some actual designs and creative choices without having to click very far.

really crazy to hear how high of a volume these guys run through.

Wildlife Photographs Taken by Remotely-Activated Camera Traps in India

The trope of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a fundamentally sexist one, since it makes women seem less like autonomous, independent entities than appealing props to help mopey, sad white men self-actualize.

another solid platformer going for some community support. Looks fun!

When Instagram launched video support I think Vine died a little bit. Not completely by any means but it certainly became less of a place to post strange little video snippets of your day. However, in the wake of that departure of users there seems to be a rising of far more artistic undertakings. Take Lunar Mayor - a very bizarre character doing very intense stop motion animations that follow him from other worldly locations into an eyeball filled kitchen. It's got somewhat of a linear storyline if you start at the bottom and work your way up and it's unlike anything I'm seeing on Instagram.

Long story short, check this guy out check out some of his friends as well - there's a load of charming weirdness going on.