Time (Clock of the Heart)
Boy George is either really perceptive or incredibly obtuse – either way, this Culture Club standard gets under your skin.
Boy George is either really perceptive or incredibly obtuse – either way, this Culture Club standard gets under your skin.
The Mountain Goats perfect articulate the feeling when a relationship has gone past the point of no return and all the way to hate.
Ambition collides with mathematics in this short film by Dan Clifton that will remind you that things always come back to the surface.
These days data is everything, but The Atlantic dissects how it still can’t crack the human heart.
Irene Nemirovsky died in Auschwitz never to see this work published, but it remains as a testament to the strange realities of love and circumstance.
This is not a subtle song, but sometimes when you’re lost and begging and hoping for something that might just be an impossibility, subtle is not in your vocabulary.
Arthur Russell’s career was cut short by his death, but this – his most famous song – is a perfect glimpse into how someone else’s heartbreak can help you with your own.
Gary Shteyngart gets so many things right in this tale of failed love and absurdity.
This app hopes to even the playing field for older generations looking for a love connection.
James Govan never got famous, in fact, it took 45 years after his album was recorded for it to be released. Yet, these original songs and Bob Dylan covers are hidden masterpieces. Perfect for slow dancing and crying yourself asleep alike.
Tegan explained this song during the Heartthrob Track-by-Track video series, “The lyrical content of the song is the idea that I repeatedly packed my bags but I didn’t leave, I stood still – that relationships like mine don’t get fixed and that made me a fool.”
This song is the sonic embodiment of that feeling in the pit of your stomach when it seems all is lost. Etta James did a lot of things well, but this might have been her specialty. She has been wronged and she’s feeling every bit of it.
Feeling sad and need a good old standard to cry to? This gem from a then 13-year-old Barbra Streisand is shows a haunting knowledge beyond her years.
From the guy that brought you all those ill-advised hook ups and subpar dates comes an intriguing take on all the data we’re putting out into the ether about ourselves.
A well-told tale of two women sharing a story decades apart that includes a look at a disturbing chapter in New York’s public policy.
Sometimes stupid things are great. This random app let’s you send messages to your friends and loved ones synced up with animation and voice altering software.
We keep secrets to protect ourselves and others, but everyone does it. This site is an intoxicating look into the lives of everyone else (whoever they may be).
It is said you can’t love someone else unless you love yourself. Eartha Kitt’s take on this is equal parts funny, disturbing and endlessly watchable. Laugh like her today.
“Six foot six standing on the ground and even he can be brought down by love…” It’s true even the giants can be brought to their knees by love… even a laughing, joking, long lost Elvis.
Sometimes reading about how others do it can be the best inspiration. Arthur Russell was one of the most interesting songwriters of his day and this interview proves his personality was just as entertaining.
Do you ever feel like you can’t keep up with all the new music coming out or just haven’t heard anything good in awhile? This website is amazing and I find something I love every time I visit it.
This song is a constant source of beauty for me at this point. It cannot be played enough.
This master class of a documentary by Leon Gast if the story of the epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Forman in Zaire.
I will never do the melody or the lyrics justice – it’s all in the feeling, which is unique to everyone who is listening and every time it’s played.
Healing the Mind Through the Power of Story is an intriguing look about how we can help ourselves by tapping into one of the oldest forms of human connection: storytelling.
Love comes in many different shapes – I love this letter from Keith Richards to his aunt that describes his first meeting with Mick Jagger. I’m sure their creative relationship has had its ups and downs, but it’s hard not to smile at the obvious excitement of a young Keith about meeting someone totally on his wavelength.
I’ve been lucky enough to find ‘the one’, but I can totally relate to the feeling that things will never come together. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is unbelievably intelligent and downright hysterical as she tells this story of a Nigerian immigrant and her experiences in the US.
When I met my partner, we went to Washington DC on our third date. He had brought a cassette player with little speakers and he said lay down with me and listen. He put it on and I couldn’t believe what he was telling me…we had both been though long term relationships, but we hadn’t even found the ONE. Every time I hear this song I cry because I realize someone was looking for someone just like me, and he found him.
You don’t know how great my dog Ruckus is, but I think a lot of people can relate to the joy and love you get from a pet from day-to-day. I’m not sure he makes me healthier, but I know Ruckus make me happy every day.
Photographer Lucy Hilmer’s desert whim started a project that would last over 39 years and offers an incredible glimpse into changing times and one woman’s self image. I am in awe of her courage.
I love to box. It helps my mind and body in more ways than I can count. This link is an interesting look at women in boxing – I’m not one to compete, but I love knowing about these amazing women who paved the way!
It’s hard not to get teary eyed listening to this interview snippet in light of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s untimely death. Yet, I absolutely adore the truth he speaks about happiness, and what it is and actually isn’t.
Watching Avan Lava live is like watching a tutorial in ‘how to get off one’s ass’, listening them is much the same. SO GET UP AND MOVE.
The open road has long been romanticized, but this bike will make it a reality, while still letting me have some fun in the city.
This documentary is as heartbreaking as it is inspiring. Tim died doing what he felt called to do and serves as a reminder to all of us that there’s no time to waste.
I’m always intrigued when people think in new and different ways. The second book from the spiritual teacher Rasha ‘Oneness’ will open your mind to a whole other way of thinking about our place in the Universe and help you center yourself from day-to-day.
With this song, Nicone & Sascha Braemer, two Berlin-based DJ’s bring me back to the beach where I can block everything out and get back to what matters.
Sometime you have to work hard at the pointless stuff in your job.
Dave Eggers basically meets our fear about the future of the Internet head on. It will make you think about everything you did today on your smart phone and computer…and maybe make you ask why?
The title track to Aloe Blacc’s third album is what we all need more of in our everyday life – joy, love and an amazing beat. Prepare yourself, you’ll be singing the hook for the rest of the day.
The artist describes the inspiration of his most famous paintings the origin of which is as sexual as you knew, but a lot sillier as well.
In this snippet from PBS’ Blank on Blank, Wilder gives some very wise advice from his childhood and explains why sometimes staying at home is the best.
This guide is equal parts helpful and hilarious. It’s like if the concept “hippie” came alive.
We put words to so many things, sometimes it’s good just to appreciate and get lost in the image. French illustrator Anne Brugni takes her collage work to the next level in this book.
Before all the beautiful weirdness that was the film career of Stanley Kubrick, the fact that he was a young man with a tremendous photographic eye should come as a surprise to no one. This book is a treasure.
Israeli author Etgar Keret relays his ten rules for writers, they’re so simple they might actually startle you. Pick up a pen and get to work.
Working together is sometimes the only way things actually come together – chemistry between two parties can be more powerful than individual genius.
Nina Simone’s song is defiant and joyous. It ebbs and flows under the basic premise – you don’t need anything except to be alive…something we’d all do good to remember in the time of conspicuous consumption.
Sometimes you feel like you’re not using your brain enough, and let’s be honest, you’re probably not. Clean away the cobwebs with these addictive games.
The tale of a young man finding and losing himself in the wilderness gets a new ending due to a new report on the seeds Christopher McCandless subsisted on in dire times. Jon Krakauer finds a tragic link between the man’s much debated cause of death and an upsetting episode in history.