Every Thursday I'm going to post 4 things that I find worth sharing. They could be anything, but if I know me, they'll tend to be links or musings from something that I've come across in the world of art or music or lit...or something completely insanely dumb that just needs more gawking.
1. Platinum Grit. The lost art of Trudy Cooper and Danny Murphy, which may be may favorite comic of all time. First published in 1994 and on indefinite hiatus since 2009, it's one of the most beautifully written and illustrated oddball comics of all time. It dances with the mundane, the occult and the insane all at once with a sense of humor that is hopelessly anchored in self-conscious truth. And it has a talking Jamaican Cabinet named Raoul.
2. Brain Pickings. Maria Popova is astounding to me as one the most intelligent and prolific curators and distillers of art and literature. What began as a weekly letter to 7 friends has grown to reach millions of people. I have no clue how she does this on her own.
3. Sturgill Simpson. This year has been brutal with Musician deaths. This week we lost Merle Haggard. One of the last original souls of Outlaw Country. But we also got a first peek at Sturgill's new album. Click on his name to listen. I'm going to make a bold claim and say if anyone can restore the idea of what quality country music can be it's going to be Simpson. And this cover of Nirvana's "In Bloom murders me. And anyone who can write a serious line about getting high and playing Golden Eye on Nintendo 64 has got a special level of talent.
4. Seth Godin. I hate the word Guru, but with Seth it actually fits when it comes to the world of marketing. His easily approachable and consistently brilliant insight never fails to inspire, regardless of whether you're in marketing or not, his blog is sage advice for life and his AltMBA is one of the more intriguing programs that I think is a much needed poke in the ribs to the general theories of higher education.