Friday Links
Reading
Loved this Dirt piece on using your Iphone weather app as a digital passport
A good coffee table book for Pride - Hal Fischer: The Gay Seventies documenting San Francisco's Haight and Castro neighborhoods from 1977-1979
An easy-to-digest piece from Matthew Zeitlin at Grid surveying the American economic landscape is inflation continues to rise and the recession drums begin to beat
Listening
“African and White” by China Crisis live in England (1985.) Very into the crowd joining the band on stage for this tune
Kenny Beats recent set for Boiler Room at Primavera Festival is an anthology of straight hits
The Walkmen have rereleased one of my favorite albums of all time You & Me with some live studio versions of old and unreleased tracks
Wearing
A fantastic striped shirt from A.P.C x Lacoste…if it’s too expensive the socks are a great second choice
Your introduction into Techgoth - Y-3 relaxed trousers on sale at SSENSE
Everything Else
Would you like an AI companion in your life? Sorta like the movie Her? Meet Replika 😬😬😬
An AI companion who is eager to learn and would love to see the world through your eyes. Replika is always ready to chat when you need an empathetic friend…
This special with Cumtown host Stravos Halkias has converted me from a standup comedy denier into a believer