Dan Weiss is a professional bookseller, amateur dilettante. He writes and plays in the band The Yellow Dress. He firmly believes that everything is going to be okay.
Y’all ready to leave the solar system? No thanks, I think I’ll stay here and explore World’s Fairs of the 1930s. Fact: babies love Picasso. (via Gerry Canavan.) I don’t…
Things you can do with abandoned nuclear plants: turn them into amusement parks! Today is a good day to check out pictures of Soviet Moscow int he 30s and 40s…
Maybe the key to finding the next big thing is teen brain scans. Pastoral poetry, space travel, the industrial military complex, all rendered in a soft folk-psych style. Here is…
Things I would do if I was very rich: buy a flying yacht, eat all my meals under water. My favorite part of this is that spacesuits are currently being…
If anyone wonder where I am this weekend, I’ll probably be identifying mid-century modern typefaces. Spanish architecture porn. You best stay away from me bad-ass spider. You best stay away…
Facebook is giving you the sads. This week in new iconic space pictures. Behold the first living wall painting. 60s and 70s French magazine covers will always make me happy.…
All roads lead to the philosophy wikipedia article. The NY Times wants us to think about Jellyfish. Ok! Men in high heeled shoes in art. Can we all agree that…
How did I miss NASA’s new deep-space vehicle? On the dark art of Heavy Metal umlauts. (via @SandiV.) The Venice Biennale has the best ATMs in the world. Hollywood’s gunslinging…
Soviet science illustrations? Yes please! Similarly: Old pictures of Teloscopes. Also: Welcome to the real world, heaviest elements. Oh, and: Hurray for cuttlefish! They can’t all be scientific: 70s Cuban…
Maybe you’ve already seen this, but dang if this amphibious ice cream truck isn’t the best thing of the week. Also, in England, the benches sound like Alan de Botton.…
Welcome to the known world, deepest living thing! Let’s talk about profanity in the New Yorker. Fact: there are some very large numbers in the world. Coming soon: actual useful…
Am I the only person who thinks falconry is fascinating? I probably shouldn’t be linking to Polaroids from the set of Blade Runner, but I am going to. By the…