Senses working overtime #372

1 The race to reclaim the dark

2 Disney adults

It's the happiest place on Earth - what's not to love?

3  Hoboken Hasn’t Had a Traffic Death in Four Years. What’s It Doing Right?

4 The best science fiction books you've never heard of

5 Why you can't remember being born

Overtime: Collective wisdom from Pocket saves - Part 1 and part 2

Senses working overtime #362

1 Olena Zelenska

'Ukraine girls really knock me out' - Paul McCartney (1968)

This week's selections come from my saves to Pocket. A very handy way of saving articles to read later. Well - later has arrived!

2 Musicians who are poets

3 Hollywood blondes

4 The jokes that have endured for 1,000 years

5 Books that can change lives

Overtime: Why we listen to music with lyrics we can't understand.

Senses working overtime #304

 1 How to do nothing 

Jenny Odell gives the lowdown. You could listen to the trees while you read.

2 Pocket's top 10 stories of February

3 Tinnitist

Presents 41 songs to take you to the brink (take a look/listen)

4 Renegades

Bruce Springsteen and his mate, Barack Obama, have put together a podcast. Yes - really!

5 Billy Cobham

This week I listened to Spectrum a lot. 

Overtime: John Wooden signs off the week:

Basketball coach John Wooden, winner of 10 championships, on giving:

"There is a wonderful, almost mystical, law of nature that says three of the things we want most—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained when we give them to others. Give it away to get it back."

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Senses working overtime #244

1 Trees

Here's a link to all the amazing Trees covers by Jason Howard. You're welcome!

2 The end of 'someone'

These people endorse my blog
(and none of them exist)

Thoughtful post by Seth Godin. You should read it!

3 Warren's back!

Great to have the newsletter from Warren Ellis popping back into my inbox. As well as the Trees link above, the Batman image comes from that source and it's rather wonderful!

4 Apollo astonaunts took great photos, as well

Earth is a long way away!

More here

5 Pocket's best articles of 2019

Overtime: 2019 - a further look back before we hare off into 2020!

Senses working overtime #144

In the pocket
Thought I'd catch up on my last five additions to Pocket for this edition on Jewels For The Thirsty.  

1 The pursuit of happiness is pointless

2 The 21 most important questions of your life

3 When pop culture sells dangerous myths about romance

4 Adolescence now lasts from 10 to 24

5 How to see a memory

Overtime: Bluesleep
Adam has a new album out as Bluesleep called You've Haunted Me - beautiful and eery trip hop - with some offbeat beats and an urban feel at times. Fav tracks: 1986, Nightingale.

Do yerself a favour and catch up on your Bluesleep via Spotify

  

Senses working overtime #139

1 Best-of-year starts here, yeah!

Workers aboard a bus wait to go home in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
The Mexican state is across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

With some great shortlisted photographs from a talented bunch. Go see.

2 Gormenghast

Steerpike

Great website to accompany your reading of the brilliant trilogy by Mervyn Peake. What do you mean you've never heard of the Titus books?? For shame - seek them out!

3 Best of 2017 continues: Pocket's best reads 

Handy compedium of all the best stuff published on Pocket. Well worth your time! Go see (part 2)!

4 Bills v Colts - snow is the winner on the day

Hilarious! I watched the highlights of this game and it was as bad/good as this article tells you it was.

5 How Technicolour changed movies




Extra Texture:

In praise of Ansel Adams.

Senses working overtime #88

1 That's no moon...

Rogue One continues the focus on the awesome ultra baddy that is the Death Star! Saw Rogue One this week in San Francisco's West Portal cinema. It's gooooood!

2 Rogue One reviews
Pretty balanced look, this one. And this one delves into the film's themes really well.

3 Medium stats
My Medium readership is examined! Good to know. Plus there's a cool link to the year's top stories on Medium.

4 Pocket
Clearly, it's time for the year's best of collections. Here's the really cool stuff from Pocket.

5 Chatbots explained
I think I get it, thanks to this article.

Overtime
Patti Smith's words and singing are a constant joy.

This deconstruction of Time magazine's cover image of Trump is fun.