Beau Colborn has Thursdays on lock…
01. The New Geopolitics of Food
“In the United States, when world wheat prices rise by 75 percent, as they have over the last year, it means the difference between a $2 loaf of bread and a loaf costing maybe $2.10. If, however, you live in New Delhi, those skyrocketing costs really matter: A doubling in the world price of wheat actually means that the wheat you carry home from the market to hand-grind into flour for chapatis costs twice as much. And the same is true with rice. If the world price of rice doubles, so does the price of rice in your neighborhood market in Jakarta. And so does the cost of the bowl of boiled rice on an Indonesian family’s dinner table.” (foreignpolicy)
02. Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks: The Untold Story
“It was a central part of our job to protect our star’s privacy. This is one reason I’ve waited to tell this story for almost 40 years. Discretion was inculcated into us. It wasn’t uncommon to light the sign outside the studio entrance that said, “Closed Session.” Our job was to make the artist feel safe. Only then could they create freely. In order to make the great comfortable, we ourselves had to be cool in their presence. Blasé was the order of the day.” (shrinky)
03. 25 Abandoned Yugoslavia Monuments that look like they’re from the Future (above)
“These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place (like Tjentište, Kozara and Kadinjača), or where concentration camps stood (like Jasenovac and Niš). They were designed by different sculptors (Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, to name a few) and architects (Bogdan Bogdanović, Gradimir Medaković…), conveying powerful visual impact to show the confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic. In the 1980s, these monuments attracted millions of visitors per year, especially young pioneers for their “patriotic education.” After the Republic dissolved in early 1990s, they were completely abandoned, and their symbolic meanings were forever lost.” (cracktwo)
04. Rude Boys — The Birth of the Beastie Boys
“Most of the shit we do is go down to the studio and try to make each other laugh.” That’s been the M.O. since the band first formed, in the early eighties, as high-school kids playing hardcore music—the rawer, faster subset of punk rock that was just developing. It would be another new genre, of course, that would make them legendary: By mid-decade, with the release of Licensed to Ill, their 1986 debut on Def Jam Records, and its massive success, the Beasties were unlikely hip-hop superstars. Hot Sauce follows the release of “Fight for Your Right Revisited,”a surreal, 30-minute sequel to the original “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” music video for the band’s first hit single off Licensed to Ill, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. To mark that occasion, a look back at the birth of the Beastie Boys sound, as told by the people who lived it.” (new york)
presents an anatomy of type from Gutenburg to the present. Author Jeop Pohlen, a graphic designer, dissects over 150 type fonts throughout the book’s 640 pages, and provides a full appendix of 250 type designers. Essentially, the book serves to explain ‘everything you need to know about type and figures.’” Coming in July. Pre-order from 
slipper which is by far one of the coziest men’s house shoes you’ll fit into. We have mentioned it both online and in audible conversation. They are that good (and we mean that seriously). Would we take the Byron the streets? Probably not, but some hardcore males would. We prefer they remain indoors, to be frank.
