1. The Making of Alex Chinneck’s new looping barge
He’s the same guy who made the famous sliding houses & more. More of the “how it was made” on his Instagram. Found via Present & Correct.
2. This great little place, in Hatcher Pass, Alaska
Photographs by Kelsey Hayden. How to stay here.
3. Inside a library of pressed flowers (one of the world’s largest)
The Kew Gardens Herbarium is filled with over 7 million plant specimens with the oldest dating back to 1696.
Read more found on TOAST Magazine.
4. The United States Board of Tea Experts in 1947
Yes, the FDA used to have people whose job it was to taste tea.
Photo found on Reddit.
5. This pretty exception English mansion, up for sale
The listing is here.
6. What it’s like to go to a school for miniature arts
7. The English Execution: a 1920s coin operated automata or ‘working model’ machine
Up for auction with Bonhams.
8. One man rescuing forgotten pop songs one by one
Twenty years ago, your music collection consisted of whatever CDs or records you could cram into your bedroom. Now, anyone with an internet connection has access to more music than they could listen to in one lifetime. In October 2022, Apple Music boasted its catalogue had reached 100 million songs. Since then, an average of 120,000 new songs have been uploaded every day, making the current total around 176 million tracks. But here’s the thing: There are still huge gaps.
One survey by the US Library of Congress suggested that less than 20% of all recorded music was available on the internet. Sometimes, those recordings are tied up in complex contractual agreements. De La Soul spent two decades clearing the samples on their landmark debut album, 3 Feet High And Rising, before it finally arrived on streaming services last year.
But hundreds of other songs have simply been forgotten. That’s where Rob Johnson comes in.
Read the full article on the BBC.
9. Digging the digital art of Kaoru Yamada
Available on Society 6.
10. Canoeing across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales – with a 126ft drop on either side
How to do it. Photography by Arron Gary Coe
11. Or, a Quick ‘Fart Walk’ Might Be Just What You Need to End Your Day
A friend sent me this, and I couldn’t resist sharing. Found on Self.
12. The Prince Documentary You Might Never See
“A creature of pure sex and mischief and silky ambiguity [but] also dark, vindictive and sad”.
For tens of millions of dollars, according to a source familiar with the negotiation, Netflix had secured from the estate exclusive access to Prince’s personal archive, referred to among Princeologists as “the vault.” It had been an actual room, in the basement of his fortresslike home and studio, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minn., filled with unreleased recordings and concert footage and the master copies of all his music and drawings and photographs and who knew what else.
Over a year and a half, I had observed as Edelman continued to perfect his film, working to capture the essence of Prince, even as it became slowly, painfully clear that it would most likely never air. The Prince estate had changed hands, and the new executors objected to the project. Last spring, they saw a cut and, claiming that it misrepresented Prince, entered into a protracted battle with Netflix, which owns the rights to the film, to prevent its release. As of today, there is no indication that the film will ever come out. It has been like watching a monument being swallowed by the sea.
Read the full article on The New York Times.
