August 9, 2022
Lindy West, her husband, and the woman they both love
Polyamory Is Not Too Good To Be True: Lindy, Roya, & Aham On The Best Relationship Of Their Lives Lindy West and her husband Aham, along with their other partner, Roya, discuss their unfolding relationship and how they all came to love one another, and how Lindy and Aham's relationship evolved from an open "don't ask, don't tell" one to one of full transparency and romantic love between three people.
The Bitter Pill Many White Men Find Difficult to Swallow
Maximalism is alive and well; it’s just under a wider and more eclectic stewardship
from Does the Maximalist Novel Still Matter? [Archive]
"It took longer to complete than anything I've ever written"
The Gnarly Frank Zappa Essay (parts one, two, and three): An Experiment in Rock Criticism by Ted Gioia
First, they came for the boomers. (The boomers came for the silents.)
Kate Lindsay writes in a newsletter for The Atlantic about how Gen Zers (and some generational traitors) have been identifying and skewering the online practices of millenials: “Are You Sure You’re Not Guilty of the ‘Millennial Pause’?”
After hitting “Record,” I wait a split second before I start speaking, just to make sure that TikTok is actually recording. Last year, @nisipisa, a 28-year-old YouTuber and TikToker who lives in Boston, coined the term in a TikTok about how even Taylor Swift can’t avoid the cringey pause in her videos.
Lamont Dozier, 1941-2022
Lamont Dozier, the prolific songwriter and producer who was crucial to the success of Motown Records as one-third of the Holland-Dozier-Holland team, died on Tuesday. He was 81. [more inside]
Only 46% of rural counties have a hospital that delivers babies
“If you go into labor and the hospital is closed, you’re SOL,” she says. “Or say you deliver when the hospital is open, but it’s closing in seven hours. Do we just discharge a 7-hour-old baby? That’s what we’re doing. Our back is against the wall.” A Very Dangerous Place to be Pregnant Has Become Even Scarier. [Bloomberg]
four hands are better than two
The arrival of a large, complicated and possibly important painting to the studio was a perfect opportunity to introduce a young conservation apprentice to the highs and lows of working with problematic paintings.
Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration (previously 1 and 2) takes on an apprentice named Kit -- and finally tells us what fish gelatin tastes like -- in this new four part series: The Conservator, The Apprentice, and The Problem [part 1, youtube, 27minutes] [more inside]
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