April 22, 2017
Killer Mike and George Clinton have an unusual thing in common besides music: They’ve both owned barber shops. NPR recently got them together to discuss both. / NPR
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The Final Tour
Before the creators of This Is Spinal Tap (1984) made their legendary mockumentary, they lost their financial stake in the movie's future success. They also made this 1980 short, The Final Tour, which shows much of their characters and story arc were already well sketched out.
April 21, 2017
Ahead of Sunday’s election in France, a guide to the candidates and issues, e.g., Brexit, terrorism, Trump, Putin. / The New York Times Texas Board of Education to vote whether “evaluate” is acceptable in science curricula, or promotes creationism. / The Texas Tribune German police charge soccer bus attacker—rather
Climber makes film to remind himself to never ever do it again
A brief film of mountaineers Nick Bullock and Paul Ramsden on their first ascent of Tibet's Nyainqentangla South East, via the North Buttress. The duo recently won a Pilet d'Or, the climbing world's highest honor. "I'm not making this film for
Loud sex interrupts a professional tennis tournament
The sounds of some vigorous, extended sex—with participants making quite a racket—interrupts a professional tennis tournament the other night in Sarasota, Fla. Frances Tiafoe, a rising American star, shouts, "It can't be that good!"
April 20, 2017
“Months pass and I do not go back.” One way to escape a marriage of psychological abuse: a rickety 1998 Volvo wagon. / Longreads “There are the hats that we call a Kmart, Walmart special. Some people from out of town come here with those cheap straw hats, it’s kinda
How to wait for a very long time
"How to wait for a very long time," a meditative short film by Jill Goritschnig, about a fisherman who's hard to please. From Cinanima 2017 Portugal.
April 19, 2017
“When I look at somebody who I know doesn’t match up theologically, do I still see them as part of the body of Christ, or do I wish they were the estranged sibling who would just go away because they’re messing things up?” Liberal school, conservative guest: At
How to catch butterflies with one of the longest nets in the world.
Lame and dorky, but still pretty enjoyable: how to catch butterflies in an Ecuadorian rainforest with one of the longest nets in the world. See also: Elif Batumann's "Vladimir Nabokov, Butterfly Illustrator."
April 18, 2017
Dionysus on the docket: Given traditional discretion by judge, Canadian jury drinks beyond excess. / The Marshall Project “With the election of our president and the rise of a new, greed-is-good ethic in our government, I want to be more constructive than just complaining about how our society is