The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
The Kentucky Derby runs tomorrow. As you prep yourself with refreshing adult beverage make sure to reread and share Hunter S. Thompson’s seminal article, and Ralph Steadman’s illustrations, on the event.
ESPN’s Grantland republishes it — with light commentary — here.
The Huffington Post and Politico were among this year’s recipients. The Pale King, David Foster Wallace’s posthumously arranged novel, was a finalist for the Fiction award.
Berkeley, CA police Chief Micheal Meehan sent one of his officers to the home of a reporter to demand changes to a story at 12:45 AM. Meehan was twitchy about a story posted online saying he apologized to Berkeley residents over how information about a police shooting was released to the public….
(via futurejournalismproject)
Police beat. (Taken with Instagram at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Buying wine for the label yields fire-breathing bear. (Taken with Instagram at Woodlawn Apartments)
Burger, Old Fashioned, chips. Awesome. (Taken with Instagram at Big Orange)
A website dedicated to the leisure dive and the attitude that surrounds it.
The leisure dive speaks to a person who is extreme and yet, relaxed. Someone who — by definition — likes to jump off things and just chill. The irony is not lost on us. We think it’s brilliant.
Here at LeisureDive.com, we’re dedicated to chilling out. Poolside, with a beverage, and in mid-air.
You should join us. Take the leap and show us what you’ve got. We’ll totally put you on the internet.
Submit@LeisureDive.com
It’s summertime people. It’s time to relax. Get a running start.
The British Journal of Photography reports that a rare 0-series Leica was auctioned off for $1.9 million.
Originally created in 1923, the Leica is the most expensive camera ever sold at an auction.
Tomorrow morning I leave for Little Rock to move in to a new place and start my first job. I am officially graduated and moving on with life. What a strange feeling. Photo by Sean Davis via Flickr and Creative Commons.
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It’s Friday (the 13th).
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The ukulele renaissance
They gathered at the Dominion pub on Wednesday night, like they do every week. A mixed bag of bankers, teachers, pilots, fire captains, lawyers, graphic designers, students and retirees, hipsters and squares, poured past the bar and in to a back room.
Eighty people crammed into a cramped space. At eight o’clock a countdown began. When it reached zero a blur of hands madly strummed, and the room burst to life in a crush of jangling notes, a joyous cacophony signaling that another ukulele night, at the Dominion, had begun.
“The uke is my happy pill,” said Debbie Fleming, one of the regulars. Old and young, talented and tone deaf, hip and square, it does not matter in this Queen Street East pub.
That feeling is catching. Suddenly, the little instrument that everybody forgot about is everywhere.
Photo: A large group of enthusiasts participate in The Corktown Ukulele Jam at Dominion on Queen in Toronto, Ontario, May 4, 2011. (Tyler Anderson/National Post)
