Artsy, Geeky & Photo(y) web coolness, compiled especially for you. Yes, you. You’re just special like that.
Make Your Own Gummy Candy: No longer must you search high and low for the elusive gummy bear. No, dear friends. No more venturing into the woods to find his hidden lair, risking life and limb.
Gentlemen of Bacongo: Incredible. As reviewed by Maggie York-Worth in Cool Hunting: “Photographer Daniele Tamagni’s new book Gentlemen of Bacongo captures the fascinating subculture of the Congo in which men (and a few women) dress in designer and handmade suits and other luxury items. The movement, called Le Sape, combines French styles from their colonial roots and the individual’s (often flamboyant) style. Le Sapeurs, as they’re called, wear pink suits and D&G belts while living in the slums of this coastal African region.” … “Sapeur Michel comments on the strange combination of poverty and fashion, “A Congolese sapeur is a happy man even if he does not eat, because wearing proper clothes feeds the soul and gives pleasure to the body.”
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: You, and your favorite artists, are now liberated from the concert arena hype and overpriced tickets. NPR brings you mini, impromptu “concerts” – intimate and unplugged – by a tremendous range of talented artists. Andrew W.K. like you’ve never imagined him, playing beautiful classical piano. Zee Avi, the youtube darling, playing her guitar and singing in her unassumingly brilliant way. The perfect website when you’re sitting at your office desk, munching on your sandwich and want to drown out the world for 15 minutes.
There is No Fall: Fear, Terror and the Psychology of the Mortal: Who better to learn a lesson about methods to overcoming fear than from a world-class rock climber? “There is no fall” doesn’t of course mean that you will not fall, but that the fall doesn’t enter your mind and that focus then becomes on what is immediately in front of you.” Brilliant, right?
Etsy Stalker: You’re either cracked out on Etsy – jonesing for your next organically grown, handmade, soy-based scented candle fix – or you’re not. If you are, Etsy Stalker should be a regular hit for you.
18% grey t-shirt: Photographer? Better yet… assistant? This “inside joke”, 18% grey t-shirt will give you instant street-cred. Or at least prove your sense of humor. There’s even one with a full Macbeth card on it!
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