What is "Columbusing?"
"Columbusing" is when a person—"often a white person, let’s be real"—or a set of people believes that they discovered something that isn’t exactly new.
Foraging for wild mushrooms in Yunnan.
Thirty-eight percent of all wild mushroom species grow in Yunnan, a province in southwest China. At a typical market you might be able to buy more than 40 kinds of mushroom and fungi. What's behind the mycological majesty? A mountainous geography that, thanks to a variety of
A new film about rival record collectors.
The trailer for Chasing the Blues, a new film from TMN alum and Rooster guru Kevin Guilfoile, showing tonight at a theater near you!
Maps that challenge conventional ideas of mapping.
A short film about "countermapping," in which a traditional Zuni farmer is working with artists to make maps "that challenge the arbitrary borders imposed on the Zuni world."
Why SNOWPIERCER is a sequel to WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
A favorite theory recently discovered on the internet: Snowpiercer is actually a sequel to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
What it's like to review ramen professionally.
A former engineer, professional ramen reviewer Toshio Yamamoto has sampled more than 6,200 kinds of instant noodles. “I haven’t found ramen that’s five stars yet. I’m still on the journey to find that,” he explains. “The noodles will need to be perfect. The soup will need
I don't like no snow, no winter, no cold.
A video for "Mary Don’t You Weep" from Piano & a Microphone, Prince's recently released collection of brilliant, spare demos from 1983.
When your Jeep spontaneously combusts.
A surprisingly cheery, resourceful diary entry from an offroader whose Jeep suddenly caught fire. via Adventure Journal
What does school sound like when you and your classmates are deaf?
A day in the life of a third grade class at the California School for the Deaf. via Aeon
Glenn Gould will not be inhibited.
A short documentary from 1959 in which a young Glenn Gould plays the piano, walks in the woods, and talks about people's "justifiable complaints" with his "platform manner."