“Sir Ian McKellen does a dramatic interpretation of Ducktales.” This is the best thing of the month. But also! • This GQ profile of Chris Evans by Edith Zimmerman (editor of The Hairpin): But in the days since my first interview with Chris Evans, I’d drunk myself under the table, snuck out of his house [...]
Golden spider silk! at the American Museum of Natural History, via build/make/craft/bake (photos via AMNH) Since raising spiders has proven difficult, researchers are investigating ways to replicate spider silk to avoid harvesting. However, spider silk is difficult to mimic in a lab because the silk begins as a liquid in the spider’s gland, becoming a [...]
Finally watched Runaway (Kanye West’s short film/long music video) this week. It’s what you’d expect, basically an animated high-fashion editorial with weird, vague symbolism and some kinda heavy-handed racial commentary. That said, it is just lush as hell, and if you appreciate that flavor of eye-candy you’ll enjoy it. Runaway (the song) is hilarious to me while [...]