Friday 30 April 2021

LINKED UP 008

The End of Kimye's Wild Ride
She thought he was an artistic genius. He wanted to "dip her ass in gold". And now it's over. (Vulture)

In 2014, Conor McDonnell woke up at his parents' house with a banging hangover and a request to work the biggest celebrity wedding of the decade. (VICE)

The Kanye West and Travis Scott collaborator talks about his influences and greatest hits for a GQ playlist. (GQ)

Michael Lawson traces the roots of NTS to celebrate 10 years of the game changing station. (Mixmag)

On 'Hyperballad', one of the finest moments in the Icelandic singer's catalog. (The Ringer)

Thirty years later, the reverb-drenched late '80s genre is still going strong on TikTok. (VICE)

Ingreasingly, what we're after on social media is not narrative or personality but moments of audiovisual eloquence. (New Yorker)

When An's gap year plans were put on hold due to the pandemic, he channelled a fascination for the early days of social media into a new way to connect. (It's Nice That)

The future of psychedelics could be legal, widely accessible and cheaper than growing your own 'shrooms. We investigate whether it actually works. (i-D)

Not your average food blogger. (Bistro Boys)

On Whole Foods, trains, and Miami. (Why Is This Interesting?)

Talkin' stoner home-goods, vibey vintage cinder-vessels & Japanese jawns. (Blackbird Spyplane)

Greetings from the mega wardrobe. (Fantastic Man)

Cobey Arner is a photographer, musician in the band Rebounder, and general man about town in the Lower East Side. (Corridor)