Two Sides of a Tinder Date
After artists Andy Leek and Daniela Sea are matched on Tinder, each agrees to film their side of the date.
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April 27, 2016
* US destroys $800m of the Islamic State's cash reserves with air strikes. * Big strike at UK's National Health Service results from a plan to make doctors work Saturdays without extra pay. * Lucid, entertaining John Lanchester piece on what money is exactly and what it will become
Polvo, “Tilebreaker”
Eddie Watkins, the original drummer for math rock pioneers Polvo, died this week. Whether or not you know their work, an excellent place to start learning (or paying your respects) is “Tilebreaker” from the band’s second album, Today’s Active Lifestyles.
Men Read Horrific Tweets to Women Sports Journalists
You are required to stay with it past the 45-second mark. “I’m having trouble looking at you when I’m saying these things.” by Just Not Sports
Between Two Thousand Ferns
Enjoy “Rife w/ Typo,” the latest from M. Sage, the video for which transports you to what might be the botanical garden at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Conservatory.
“It’s pretty much failure after failure. And then you get that gift, about once a year.”
A mini-doc about a National Geographic photographer and why he does what he does. (Job perks include peeing outdoors and avoiding humans.) More by Andy Maser
April 26, 2016
* Turkey arrests another European journalist for insulting Erdogan, second time in recent weeks. * In a free speech showdown, Egypt doesn't just deny it murdered a student—it’s investigating a Reuters journalist over the very suggestion. * Audio from a news report about Kim Jong-un's birthday
Looking for a Savior
While walking along a Bed-Stuy street in 2013, Antonius Wiriadjaja was shot by a stray bullet. In this video he recounts his shooting and recovery and reunites with John Morant, a bystander who helped save his life. One month after filming, Morant was shot and killed in South Carolina.
April 25, 2016
* Obama meets with EU leaders to address unity problems, nixes the idea of a UK-US trade agreement. * Cruz and Kasich join forces, each to bow out in certain states to let the other go alone against Trump. * America should embrace Europe's "right to roam" laws,
A Song for Your Mixtape
“A short film about a birthday party you weren’t invited to.” Official website: asongforyourmixtape.com