Westworld, Bon Iver, and getting your picture taken
If you're not watching Westworld, you should be. Get on board early, because TV aficionados are pegging the new HBO series to be the next Game of Thrones. Similarly on the HBO front, Issa Rae's webseries-turned-sitcom, Insecure, follows a trend of semi-autobiographical series, but, as a recent review in The Atlantic offers, its charm is found in its blend of confidence and awkwardness.
Bon Iver's new album, 22, A Million, includes 10 tracks whose names make us beg the question, "Is Bon Iver just messing with us?" The track names on Carla Bruni's Little French Songs, however, indicate that we are indeed, listening to "little french songs." Consider track number eight (the title track).Trump leaned in to kiss his daughter Tiffany following the debate, and her reaction spoke to all of us. Speaking of Trump, a recent ad cuts together clips of him saying all the things Pence claimed he hadn't said, because, well, he said them.This timeline, in fact, is a compilation by The New York Times of Republicans who have denounced Trump chronologically paired with some of his more choice quotes. And this NYTimes graphic shows how less than one-tenth of Americans are responsible for choosing the current nominees, while those two candidates will be fighting to win over about a third or more of remaining voters.
"The Opposite of a Muse" recounts the work of a medical secretary who modeled for a vast range of photographers for two decades. She effectively created an art collection comprised of one piece each, with nothing but the subject as a common point. "Generation Adderall" chronicles a personal account of Adderall usage throughout school and into the start of a career. This article comments on the near-ubiquity of the prescription drug in academic and professional circles. There's also a shoutout to Brown.