This week's list
GREAT:
I don't think anyone has captured the hilarious weirdness of New York better than John Wilson. His HBO show, How To with John Wilson, is so funny and unlike anything else on television. Each episode is assembled from years of videos that John has been shooting while living in the city. The episodes end up being packed full of tiny but jaw-dropping footage, like a woman taking a business call while hula hooping or a man casually walking down the street with a dog on his head. The show is so funny and often surprisingly moving. It's also always unbelievably weird. I love it. Official HBO Trailer
Nathan Fielder is one of the executive producers and he posted this "behind-the-scenes" video that almost immediately goes completely off the rails. Anatomy of a Scene: The Bread Scene
FUNNY:
Ellie Shechet's "horrible lists" are some of my favorite things on the internet. She used to write them every week. But she got busy with less horrible things, so now the lists are few and far between. That just means I get even more excited when a new one pops up, because they're always amazing. Her latest is a hilarious collection of excerpts from an emotionally accurate email inbox. My email inbox, if I'm being sensitive
INTERESTING:
Francesca Mari is a Providence, RI based journalist. I don't think anyone covers the current housing crisis as well as she does. She recently wrote an Op-Ed about how 30 million Americans are at risk of being evicted at the end of this month if the government doesn't intervene. And for those who are already out of traditional housing, the situation is even more precarious and the makeshift solutions more bizarre. "The rules were simple: don't leave, don't host guests, and don't talk to anyone—not contractors, property managers, real-estate agents, or prospective buyers. If you were working a 24/7, only short trips to the market or the laundromat were allowed. The premises had to be kept clean at all times, or pay would be docked. The driver supplied Evans with a mini-fridge, a small microwave, an inflatable mattress, and plastic floor coverings to protect the carpet." Using the Homeless to Guard Empty Houses
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Relaxing to a drunkard's walk,
Chris
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