So. Damn. Good. Armand Hammer is incredible as always. I think the reason rap stands out to me more on Tiny Desk is two fold. First, I think rap is just better in a more intimate setting as opposed to someone rapping loudly and being played over excessive speakers in large venues; it just doesn’t carry well. Second, they almost always bring a full real band, with drums, guitar, bass, etc. Some rappers do travel with bands, but it’s not the norm. There’s just no beating real instruments in an intimate space, with charismatic leads.
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Text Messages from the Mall Food Court Kiosk Where I Am Trying to Order a Chicago-Style Hot Dog
You tried to add ketchup. What is wrong with you? Your total is $12.99.
As a Chicagoan who puts ketchup on their hotdog I feel very conflicted about this.
For Better Or Worse, 'The Odyssey' Is Peak Christopher Nolan
And so we have his vision of The Odyssey, a massive, operatic cinematic experience mostly about the story's own operatic massiveness. In many ways, Nolan especially has always been making The Odyssey from the inside out, obsessed as he has been with his own harrowing quest to make big, majestic spectacles.
Just testing out linkblog posts from my new publicly available web app, Readding, that turns your Linkding links into a beautiful read it later experience and lets you post to Ghost or Pika blogs.
Font Club Belgica /// Future Fonts
FC Lead is using the constraints of merging pieces of glass together with lead into one solid drawing. Counterparts are created with light without any unnecessary cuts. Resulting in unconventional letters.
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I have one word... woah... this is both magical and beautiful. Insta-buy.
Aphera /// A Mac photo editor
Aphera is the Raw photo editor built natively for Mac, with a from-scratch imaging pipeline and a workflow designed to disappear.
I played around with the beta of this and got a little confused, but finally watched the quick two minute demo and it instantly clicked for me. I highly recommend checking Aphera out. It's fast and a delight to use--plus you can buy it and not pay a subscription, which is a nice change of pace.
The Struthless Shop
I'm a big fan of Struthless, his art style, his books, his general mindset. He also makes these cool zines, worksheets, and prompted journaling exercises I've downloaded in the past. Well he now as this killer retro site where you can download any and all of em for free.
