August 2018
Month archive / 47 posts
Links: August 2018
Hello, dear reader!
August is gone, but its links remain.
My site was quiet in August, as I’ve been heads-down on a project I’m pretty excited about. Its release is just one facet of the ambitious September I have planned, so if all goes well, there will be much to report in next month’s newsletter.
My alter-ego Windhammer recently returned to the competitive air guitar stage for his 10th anniversary, tying for second in the… See more →
Starting up the final episode of The Americans. 😢
Dude on my flight has one of those giant iPads and he looks like he’s in a Honey I Shrunk the Kids reboot.
why is outlook still
mmm sweet white drizzle
An Event Apart Chicago 2018
Ate the hotel room candy. Saw it cost more than I thought. Replaced it with identical candy from 7-Eleven. Book deal bidding starts at $2M.
elevator stops
on all sixteen floors, a cloud
of AXE® Body Spray
Acid Witch
People of Earth, I love you. But your vertical videos are killing me.
The @AGWC livestream from Finland begins at 1pm EDT. Six competitors from Team @usairguitar! ilmakitara.fi/fi/stream
PopGun 10th Anniversary Party
“Head, torso, balls, legs. No matter how you dunk a body in water the balls can’t be the last in.” thecut.com/2018/08/are-ba…
After a lifetime of sporting feats and fanaticism, I’ve finally made it into Sports Illustrated. si.com/more-sports/20…
Good Time
I found the taxi where they make the cologne.
Decision made. Any recommendations for where to stay in Portland for @xoxo?
BlacKkKlansman
“You know what pro-life policies actually look like? Universal health care […]” theatlantic.com/family/archive…
I either totally missed or somehow forgot about this crazy story of over a decade of McDonald’s Monopoly fraud. Wow. thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-…
Oh, Aretha. Thank you for all of it. RIP.
When the prospect of shattering the pavement makes you too excited to wait until daylight. 🌈
the bright summer sun
caressing my every pore
turning me to ash
This fucking church.
“[Jaws] remains a glistening example of an American filmmaker turning pulp fiction into pop art.” newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
The Birth of a Nation
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
“[P]erhaps the 20th century will strike future historians as an aberration, with […] its conflation of income with self-worth.” twitter.com/TheAtlantic/st…
One week until the refund deadline for @xoxo. Let me hear your closing arguments. twitter.com/robweychert/st…
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
“How and whether to cover a story must also hinge on what the story might do, and whose interests it will ultimately serve.” twitter.com/wphillips49/st…
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Excited to welcome @aggggnessss to the @propublica Design & Production team today!
The Time Machine
✅ A 10th anniversary air guitar performance
Windhammer tied for 2nd last night, his best finish ever at the national level. Can’t wait to see the amazing Georgia Lunch tear up @AGWC! twitter.com/usairguitar/st…
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2018 US Air Guitar National Finals
Showtime.
It’s Windhammer’s 10th anniversary, y’all. You don’t want to miss this. twitter.com/robweychert/st…
Amplifying assholes/idiots can’t always be avoided but the media’s newest object of curiosity is best left in the corner with its dunce cap.
Psst. New York City. Windhammer will be competing in the @usairguitar National Finals at @RoughTradeNYC on Saturday. axs.com/events/353333/…
2018 US Air Guitar Brooklyn Regional
My Bloody Valentine
omg
Turns out I was right that listening to @TheOfficialMBV would make me even more stoked that I’m finally going to see @TheOfficialMBV tonight
My collected links from July: v6.robweychert.com/blog/2018/07/l…