Cool Shit 1/7

I thought this list of "things you wouldn't believe exist" was mildly interesting, but not earth shattering. Until I got to the dog poop calendar. Then it goes to another level.

New Go! Team album! With a new song released!



What is the Cicada, and what's it doing in the deep web?

Serial made podcasts cool (even though they've been around forever), so take a look at these recommendations.

Amazon has a new slate of pilots for 2015. And honestly, none of them sound that great.

On paper, the idea of Bradley Cooper playing air guitar sounds stupid and something that should be mocked relentlessly. But then you watch it, and dang it if it doesn't work. It doesn't hurt that the solo is from Neil Young's Down By the River, which suggests Cooper is then a big fan...



Nothing to see here, just a Columbian fireworks factory exploding! (Also - if "Columbian fireworks factory" isn't already a sex term, it should be):



A "lost" David O. Russell screwball comedy starring Jessica Biel that hasn't seen the light of day, until possibly now. I see why it was buried...



Coachella 2015 was announced. Need some incentive to go? Here's a playlist of (just about) every band scheduled to perform:

Cool Shit 4/16

I am generally not much of an emotional person. No excuses, it's just the way I am. But one thing that will get me every time is the standard trope of the unordinary acting extraordinary. As in, the story from yesterday that marathoners, upon finishing a race of 26 miles, a grueling test of endurance in which it is not uncommon for your nipples to bleed or for you to defecate as you run, went to hospitals to see if they could donate blood. Or the story of this man, who was at the race to honor his two deceased sons, and found himself administering triage to victims with blown off limbs.

Those are the stories that will always get me.

And will always remind me no matter what evils there are, good can and will triumph.



A quick summary of interesting things that happened at Coachella this past weekend (a huge outdoor concert in San Francisco). Sad to hear about the Violent Femmes appearance.

A good old fashioned murder mystery, from one of today's premiere non-fiction writers.

Is there too much good television on right now - and will that ultimately hurt it?

There are a roughly a billion awesome things in this story about Kobe Bryant trying to become a rapper. I'll let you discover them on your own.

Sounds like if you can get over the fact that the movie will have nothing to do with the book, World War Z could be enjoyable.

More tilt shift awesomeness...

...this time from Coachella!