It's now 1994 in the year-in-one-track mashups from the Hood Internet.
It's now 1994 in the year-in-one-track mashups from the Hood Internet. And catching up with the rest of '90s, here's 1993, 1992, 1991, and 1990.
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The mesmerizing video for Ólafur Arnalds's soothing "Woven Song."
Seems like a good time to just stare at this for a while: the mesmerizing video for Ólafur Arnalds's soothing "Woven Song."
This is beautiful: mirrors above Mauna Loa at night.
This is beautiful: mirrors above Mauna Loa at night.
This is Being 10 in 2020.
Via the excellent The Kid Should See This, a portrait from PBS of what it's like to be a 10-year-old—possibly the best age for the present moment. Every ten-year-old kid goes through big changes, all while simultaneously learning to navigate and understand the
A short surreal film about the effects of war
A short surreal film about the effects of war, starring a man with a turbine for a face who falls in love with a ceiling fan. Via Colossal
An Instagram aesthetic made QAnon mainstream
Wonder why your little sister is suddenly QAnon-adjacent? Blame pastel colors on Instagram.
Lil Buck and the power of jookin
From a recent profile of the dancer Lil Buck in the New York Times: “I don’t even know if it could be called dancing, but I just jumped up and started moving around because I felt it so much,” he said in a recent interview from Los Angeles, where
Giant steps—going even further.
Israeli artist Michal Levy, who experiences chromaesthesia, "in which sounds and music provoke visuals," does a rendering of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps." Via Open Culture
Foreign correspondents describe what it's like covering our election.
"It is fun to keep being baffled by what happens." Foreign correspondents describe what it's like covering American politics.
An 85-year-old school building "walks" across Shanghai.
An 85-year-old school building "walks" across Shanghai in 18 days.