This concept couldn’t be more up my alley. Launched earlier this year, NYTV is a 24/7 livestreaming network meant to emulate the public access stations of yore. Featuring a mix of archival content—episodes from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage and Computer Chronicles, among others—and new, wholly created shows like Good Morning Hell, a morning talk show set in, you guessed it, hell, NYTV is aiming to bring back a slower, more random form of consumption. The classic TV stuff I assume is being pulled from Archive.org and the streams of Democracy Now and the mayor’s press conferences feels right for this venue, but what I really love are the atmospheric camera views from across the city (think views of boats coming down the Hudson set to the sounds of birds chirping and ambient instruments). The music, I can only assume, comes from NYTV founder and musician Kaye Loggins, who currently performs as Time Wharp. According to this Hell Gate article, Loggins intends to continue adding more original programming, especially comedic shows, but is committed to keeping it to a slow evolution (which I’m sure is easy to stick to when you have very little budget). On that note, I chipped in $5 to be one of their first 500 founders. Like I said, I love this kind of stuff and I want it to succeed even if it probably can’t.
-DW
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If there is any justice in this world, Caity Weaver’s almost 12,000 word investigation into the best free bread in America will win a Pulitzer. It includes, in its astonishing totality, the cultural and industrial history of bread and its attendant media coverage; the inner workings of publicity departments across celebrity, major restaurant groups, and national food-related organizations (including one pithily described as “the other NRA”); an aristocratic British statistician; Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits (spoiler alert: not the answer); Las Vegas; familial grief; concerning amounts of Diet Coke; a beguiling woodland restaurant in rural Tennessee; and Stephen King, LeBron James, and Chris Pratt. It also, in a genuinely unexpected turn of events, brought me to tears. If you read one thing this weekend, let it be this.
-VvP
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At a loss at what to do once you’ve secured your stash from our 4/20 sale? How about you go fly a kite (literally, not pejoratively). On April 25th, the 6th annual “Go Fly a Kite Over Babylon” festival will be held on Overlook Beach (next to Gilgo, but try not to think about it). Yes, that means you’ll have to go to Long Island, but what beats a sunny day on the beach surrounded by giant kites and marshland? (Plus an edible or two for the non-drivers in the car.)
-DW
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Speaking of odd and ambient things, by the time you read this email, I will have seen Danaël Valbert’s“Kebab Symphonie” at La Sixte in Paris. The artist, musician, and inventor’s Donër is a one-of-a-kind piece that Valbert dubs a “revolving string instrument.” Paired with (I’m not joking) his Cutting Board, the sound is lush, layered, and simply spectacular, or at least seems to be from what I’ve been able to glean from short clips and this full Soundcloud track. Should this speak to you in any way, I recommend doing a deep dive on his Instagram account for more videos and snippets.
-DW
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My copy of Cooking At Home from Trinity Mouzon arrived earlier this week, perfectly timed to the return of peak farmers’ market season here in NYC. (I know there are farmers’ markets in the city year round, but spring through fall are the seasons in which New York state produce really shines.) I love Mouzon’s approach to cooking as an act of nourishment and ease. Sometimes I want an involved and specific dish, and sometimes I just want to cook and eat something that feels good. Cooking At Home offers a guide for the latter: a way to shop for and prepare your ingredients so that you can just … enjoy.
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