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October 31, 2019

Shady Transformers, David Byrne on Performance

Geniune shade. In an era of hyper-real imaging and printing, it’s easy to forget there are other badass styles. These creations by LEK Custom Toys are actual in-the-flesh figures painted to look like the old 2D shading of the cartoon. The background is also painted to match that look. I just…wow. It’s pretty amazing, both to have the idea to do and the execution here. There are lots more photos of work like this in LEK’s insta.


Byrne on Snapchat before Snapchat. I was hoping to find a full video of David Byrne’s talk at this year’s New Yorker Fest based on what I see in this Twitter thread, but no luck so far.

Twitter avatar for @lainnafaderLainna Fader 🦋 @lainnafader
David Byrne on being a shy kid: “I’d be uncomfortable in a normal social situation but when I had to perform, that was my way of announcing who I am. It was a lifesaver. I was sorta fearless because I could get up on stage and do outrageous things & then go away.” #NewYorkerFest

October 13th 2019

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His explanation of the role of performance in his life is especially fascinating to me because it just never occurred to me. I was a shy, awkward kid through several eras as well, but I never thought to use performance as way to let more of myself out. Any time I had to be on stage for something it was the opposite - I was 10X more anxious about how I’d appear to the crowd. I was terrified of doing something embarrassing. It takes incredible courage to flip that and think about it this way as something ephemeral, like we have with Snapchat today.

Also, for context - remember what I said a letter or so ago about sci-fi and living long enough to see the world change several times over:

Twitter avatar for @lainnafaderLainna Fader 🦋 @lainnafader
When David Byrne moved to NYC, in a loft in LES with other Talking Heads members, rent was around $150 total and they had no toilets or hot water 😱 #NewYorkerFest

October 13th 2019

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The evident joy of pumpkin boat guy.

Twitter avatar for @41Strange41 Strange @41Strange
In 2018, Farmer Tom Pearcy paddled a hollowed pumpkin down the River Ouse in York, UK, setting a record for the “world’s largest pumpkin boat.” Image

October 18th 2019

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The PARTY RACE everyone warns their children about. This thing and this worthwhile thread that I’m dropping you in the middle of kind of speaks for itself. It’s a set of observations about how humans must look as a species to other beings in other worlds, and what our relationships with an imagined space congress would look like. It so smartly encapsulates how the same traits that are incredibly endearing in us are also kind of sinister when you take a giant step back.

Twitter avatar for @LeavittAloneJohn Leavitt 🌹 @LeavittAlone
again, the one species trait humans SHOULD get in a space opera is that we’re chirpy, friendly super diplomatic social apes who WILL turn everything we meet into a client species or pet or domestic animal and everyone else thinks this is super creepy.

Ocean diversity @Oceandiversity2

Good understanding🐳🐬 https://t.co/ksxJCCfqhP

October 19th 2019

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Bonus bananas: One of the most innovative coin makers around made a coin with a mechanical heart. A table of how little musicians can make from streaming. A video game composer who enjoys making songs for video games that don’t exist.

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