Ran Dumb Lean Kiss

So having a day off and a slight hangover meant I scoured the Internet, reading interesting shit, which I pass on to you. Also some stuff book marked from the past few days. Check it out:

The Atlantic says I can have as much coffee as I want. No take backs.

Bookstores aren't dead. Neither is vinyl.

Speaking of vinyl, We Listen For You made me feel guilty for not physically purchasing my favorite album of the year.

Surprise, surprise, the mainstream art world sucks.

Fiction on Twitter. It's possible, but rather silly unless you happen to catch it in real time. Elliott Holt did her best though.

Camus, 100 years later.

Vice interviewed Syrian poet Mohamad Alaaedin Abdul Moula as an Arab Henry Miller.

The Great Spanx Sex Experiment. Julieanne Smolinski is "ha-ha funny."

Last but not least, this makes me nostalgic for Shanghai. Enjoy:


SHANGHIGHSPEED | 上海延时摄影 from Tiny Carousel on Vimeo.

(more random links)

First and foremost, for the seven of you that will read this, please donate to the Rockaway Renegades, a volunteer group  my cousin is helping out with in New York for post-Hurricane Sandy relief. 

Pitchfork interviewed Patrick Stickles, frontman for Titus Andronicus. I really haven't gotten into their new album but dude is fascinating.

Nick Offerman gives advice to people that can't grow facial hair like we can:




For the NSFW segment of the week, music video for Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra song "Do It With a Rockstar." Hairy armpits, glitter fights, lotsa makin' out. Directed by Thee Wayne Coyne:



To end on a more somber note, Robert Loerzel discusses Chicago violence in 2012. 

Edit: OK, should end on a more positive note. Try this tranquil drawing exercise: Silk. 

Rand Dumb Lean Kiss

Eternal Rocks Beneath, by Paul Brainard

Nursing a hangover the majority of the day allowed for plenty of time on Twitter and reading random stuff. Here's some of the more interesting rabbit holes I went down:

Hypnotizing New Animated GIFS from RRRRRRRRROLL (via Colossal)

Literature vs. Traffic in Melbourne (via Lost at E Minor)

Drawings and Paintings from Brooklyn artist Paul Brainard (The Birth of Tim Tebow is a NSFW personal favorite)

This is the one that did me in. Know Your Meme page on Barack Obama. Be careful of all the links on the bottom. So much time wasted.

Of Montreal, one of my favorites, has a kickstarter to help out their feature length documentary. Anyone have $2500 they can give to me to give to them?

I bookmarked these videos on creativity. Haven't watched yet, will later tonight.