Throwing calories to wind, we eat whatever we want and then tell you about it.
Ideal for a late breakfast, the ice cream donut sandwich at Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop is an off-menu item that’s on par with the idea behind this column. The particular variation above features salted caramel banana chip ice cream between a halved chocolate cake donut, but get whatever you want, as your creation is only limited by their stock that day.
Over the course of a month, one man turned to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to document all the different ways his wife said “no” to having sex with him.
We are pleased to present our 204th installment of Sound Advice featuring music selections from Shipley & Halmos. Based in New York City, Shipley & Halmos is a fashion label and creative firm founded by CFDA Award-winning designers Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos.
Sound Advice 204
01. Deadly Combination by Big L (ft. 2Pac)
02. Oh No by Mos Def (ft. Pharoahe Monch, Nate Dogg)
03. Tonight’s Da Night by Redman
04. Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka by Heltah Skeltah
05. Work by Gang Starr
06. Bucktown by Smif-N-Wessun
07. Grown Up by Danny Brown
08. Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park) by Nas
09. Fast Life by Kool G Rap
10. Paparazzi Live and Video by Xzibit
11. Party and Bullshit by The Notorious B.I.G.
12. Step Into A World (Rapture’s Delight) by KRS-One
13. Shook Ones, Pt. II by Mobb Deep
14. Straighten It Out by Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth
15. Ante Up by M.O.P.
16. Waves by Joey Bada$$
17. It Was A Good Day by Ice Cube
“College freshman Walter (Gib) Gibson decides to go cross country to visit his friend in California during winter break. Awaiting there is a bikini-clad babe whom his friend assures him is a “sure thing”. Meanwhile, Allison, a cute (but somewhat anal retentive) girl at Gib’s college has also decided to head out to Cal. to see her boyfriend during break. Gib and Allison are thrust together on a road trip from hell, and somewhere along the way, they find each other’s company to be tolerable. Now, what will become of Gib’s “sure thing?””
Dave Schubert shares with us the story behind his photograph Highway 101
This long exposure photograph was taken in 2010 while sitting in the passenger seat of my friends car as he drove up Highway 101 into the mountains of Northern California. He pointed to the trees in the distance and mentioned that once we reached the woods we would be in them for the rest of our trip. I don’t remember the length of the exposure—it could’ve been five or 10 minutes, something like that—I just pushed my camera against the glass of the windshield held the shutter open until we hit the trees.
Dave has a new show Scattered Scraps of Memory opening tonight (7/18) at MUDDGUTTS gallery in Brooklyn
Odd Creatures is a recurring column about the World’s Weirdest Animals written by award-winning science writer and author Bec Crew, and illustrated by the super-talented Aiyana Udesen
Cartoons aren’t just for television. Sometimes they infiltrate the deep sea and turn serious sea creatures into bulgy-eyed, spiky-haired goofs. Meet Taonius borealis, a species of transparent glass squid that lives up to a kilometre below the surface of the North Pacific Ocean.
With a pair of soulful blue eyes and a cigar-shaped digestive gland visibly suspended in its bloated, sac-like body, the glass squid has got a real look going on. The species is often found with its mass of stumpy tentacles, or arms, floating above its head like a crest, so scientists have given it another great nickname – the cockatoo squid. There are many species of glass squid found all over the world; some have orange polka dots, others have iridescent moustaches, and many have googly eyes, but none look quite as weary and in desperate need of a vacation as T. borealis.
Don’t let those under-eye bags fool you though; T. borealis is as spry as the next guy. Those dark red eye bands are actually special light-emitting organs called oracular photophores, which help the squid to disguise itself from its predators. By projecting a steady beam of light beneath it as it moves through the ocean, T. borealis can conceal its shadow from anything lurking below. And for extra control over how and where this light is projected, T. borealis can shift its eyes and its photophores from the front of its face all the way around to sit on either side of it. Known as ‘counter-illumination’, this is one of the most popular camouflaging strategies in the deep sea.
Another camouflaging strategy T. borealis takes full advantage of is bright red pigmentation. The further you plunge into the depths of the ocean, the less sunlight you’ll encounter, and this affects how visible different colors become. The color blue is great at penetrating the deep sea, and so is green, so when sea creatures want to be seen, they’ll produce these colors. Exhibit A. Red, on the other hand, needs a lot of sunlight to be seen, so in the deep sea, if you’re red, you might as well be black. Like a ninja.
Glass squids range from tiny – some of the polka-dotted adults are just 10 cm long – to colossal. The aptly named colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) can grow to three metres long, and that’s not including its arms. Add the arms on, and you’re looking at a length of around 14 m. With a body that’s around 60 cm long, T. borealis is pretty reasonably sized. It feeds on just about anything that it can catch using the hook-like teeth that run along its arms, including small crustaceans and fish.
Here’s a video of T. borealis’s close relative, T. pavo:
Ironic? Yes. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make your way down the road to the Dogfish brewpub for some suds, or head in the opposite direction to the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery for some Bocce, and brews to bring back to the inn. Thoughtfully designed by Studio Tack in Brooklyn, the Dogfish Inn is a 16 room escape on the quiet coast of Delaware, home to some of the cleanest beaches in America. Rates start at $250 / night
For this installment of “Artist Eats,” we asked Michael Swaney to share his favorite place to eat. Michael is a Canadian artist based in Barcelona, who is currently featured in the three-person exhibition, Salat 3, at Center of Contemporary Art Andratx in Mallorca, as well as in the Summer Times group show at Galeria Yusto/Giner in Marbella. Continue reading for his answer.
