Afflictor: Helping giant street penguins in Tokyo fall asleep against buildings since 2009. (Image by Toshihiro Oimatsu.)
- Strange, Small & Forgotten Films: “La Soufrière” (1976) and The Naked Kiss (1964).
- Decoders: Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul and Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle.
- Did Jay Leno quietly fire the rest of the Tonight Show band after Kevin Eubanks quit?
- Old Print Article: Judge’s Brooklyn bathroom filled with sea monsters. (1902)
- Tommy from Customer Service supports the arts.
- Excerpted: John Considine was the king of Seattle vaudeville.
- David Remnick discusses the Kardashians.
- Miscellaneous Media: Washington Senators 1968 MLB Yearbook.
- Look at a gigantic vending machine in Strasbourg, France.
- Patti Smith sings Debby Boone’s big hit on a 1979 children’s show.
- The Dynasphere was a one-wheeled electric car unveiled in 1932.
- Gleaned: Copy of Granta that has a great piece about a 32-year-old man trying to pass for a new student at his old high school.
- Recently posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Ambulance for sale.