The Worlds Best Ever

In 1991, David Lynch showed the world the alienation and innate horror of a dirty street, directing this unforgettable anti-littering ad for the City of New York. RIP to a visionary filmmaker and a pioneer of the Trash Revolution.

in real Sports News, Mookie finished second place in a random scratch tournament at a bowling alley in suburban socal this week lol

The “pickleball is a TV sport!” bubble has burst

93 1st Ave. in the East Village, once home to 3 brightly lit Indian-Bangladeshi spots, is now down to 1. Panna II stopped using the former Milon dining room last month due to a lack of business. Downstairs, Royal Bangladesh closed in 2022. 📷 on 9/20 @Joy_of_photos

Frances Tiafoe: “I’m the son of immigrant parents from Sierra Leone. When I was a kid, my dad got a construction job at College Park Tennis Club in 1999, a new tennis academy in the D.C. area. While my dad worked, I picked up the game during nights and weekends at the facility when the other kids weren’t around. I’d hit against the wall by myself, mimicking techniques I had seen older boys at the academy do. I’d imagine I was playing against Rafa or Roger in the U.S. Open, that those guys were just on the other side of the wall.⁠ ⁠ Eventually, I was accepted into the academy, and the rest is history....⁠ ⁠ I like to tell everybody that I didn’t choose tennis, tennis chose me — that I was built to play this sport — but that didn’t make it any easier for me. When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me.⁠ ⁠ My dad has always been supportive, but he was laughing, too. (‘If you want to do it, then do it!’ he’d tell me). My mom actively did not want me to play professionally. She and I fought about the decision for years, even after I turned pro and started making a little money — all she wanted for me and Franklin was for us to go to college, and I had earned my ticket anywhere I wanted to go. She had a hard time wrapping her head around that. On top of all of that, every kid I played with or against had more than me and would never have to worry about money or whether they’d be able to go to college.⁠ ⁠ I realized early that I could either sit there and be sad about my situation.... or use it as a way out. I look at it like this: Your parents are your parents. You came up how you came up. You can’t change that. What I could control though was how hard I worked. I knew I had an ability to help my family and my community in a way that my peers at the academy couldn’t. For me, there was so much more at stake.⁠ ⁠ Tennis was my way out.⁠ ⁠ I know it’s a cliché to say, ‘There isn’t anything you can’t do if you believe,’ but that’s something I subscribe to, even if it’s corny. But the way I see it, it’s all about going out and doing what you believe you can. That’s the hard part.” playerstribu.ne/Frances

The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, September 6, 1948

Adam Sandler hates print interviews but you know he made an exception for Blackbird Spyplane the electronic-mail miracle ! ⏳⏳⏳ An all-timer, live now — only in your inbox and blackbirdspyplane.com/p/adam-sandler…

Can you feel it in the late August air? It's the @CookiesHoops Home Court collection! Ballers know no bounds! Scoop everything at cookieshoops.com

MTV News (1992) The Underground Goes Mainstream Alternative Rock faces a spiritual crisis, emerging as a cash cow for major record labels.

Best Wimbledon look of all time? —

fIREHOSE “Brave Captain” Ragin’, Full-On SST Records (1986)

Stephen Sondheim's original Blackwing pencils just sold for $10,500. doyle.com/auction/search…

as we get closer to skateboarding's second run at The Olympics it is always good to remember that Cory Juneau was the first skater ever sanctioned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for smoking weed. salute, Cory. usada.org/sanction/cory-…

This is exactly like when they found Laura Palmer

The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, May 7, 1931

A 47 minute mix of early Chicago rap: unkut.com/2024/03/crc-ea…

I was invited on the very prestigious Longform Podcast where I no doubt sound very silly describing my "career" path and "advice" for aspiring part-time journalists (talk about skateboarding on twitter, email and dm editors, have Cool Hobbies and pitch them as Stories)

#Diddy tried to tell us how this story would end in 97.

all i can think of is the chase scene from hypnotize

I like how converse has fully entranced their weapon era basketball silhouettes for the skate program. Feel like more people who don’t skate would like to know that.