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The creative life

This speech from Neil Gaiman is great. Good reminder to prioritize making good art, no matter what, is what matters most to the creative person. “When you have a bad day,” he says, “make good art.”

A classic. I love this tune. Lou Reed + The Velvet Underground - there’s nobody like ‘em, imho.

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The next time things seem tough, I’ll think about these two pictures…

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Why do you want to climb an iceberg? Because it’s there, of course
On a Wednesday afternoon in St. John’s, N.L., Justin Emberley saw a 45-metre iceberg floating less than 100 feet from shore in Quidi Vidi Harbour. He called up his friend, Kevin Le Morzadec, a French citizen doing his Ph.D. on the subject of glacier modeling in Newfoundland, and said, “Let’s climb it.” And climb it they did. They put on their wetsuits and life vests, threw their ice picks and clamp-ons in their bags, jumped in the frigid ocean and swam to the iceberg. The National Post’s Kristin Annable spoke Thursday to Mr. Le Morzadec, as Mr. Emberley listened nearby. (Photos: Jerry Curtis)

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If this doesn’t grab your ears…well…

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RIP Dick Clark. He was 82.

We’re currently working a full obituary, but it’s hard not to think about his massive contribution to American popular culture, especially American Bandstand. He hosted the music-performance TV show for over 50 years (!), featuring everyone from Link Wray to a very young Michael Jackson to ABBA (oh, that hair!) to Run-D.M.C. But we’re especially taken with Clark’s introduction to “Rock Around the Clock,” a song that captures the energy of not only American Bandstand but Dick Clark himself.

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