How to stop overthinking ☼ Exceptional wedding photos ☼ The perfect sound system
Dear internet friends,
Welcome to this week’s instalment of what’s hot in life & leisure.
I want to give a lil heads up to anyone attending Art Basel Miami (Dec 8-10) this year that we may have a little soirée or two in the works over the weekend if you want to drop a note in your assumedly already-leisure-packed schedule. More details to follow!
Much love! ☼
Marty
Hot Hyperlinks
☼ Rick Rubin on how to stop overthinking. I needed this today: “The only advice I would have is to not listen to anyone, and to do what you love, and to make things that you love, whatever it is … it doesn’t really matter what anyone else thinks, and if you have to get a job to support yourself so that you can make your art, that’s fine.”
☼ We teamed up with Arizona Iced Tea! Discover the Vacation® x Arizona SPF 30 lip balms collection via corporate keynote & on our website. We also just released what might be my favourite merch item yet - the white-on-white Vacation® embroidered sweatshirt.
Our latest Vacation® releases.
☼ Inspiration for life: Robert De Niro admits in court that he once had a single late-night martini delivered to him via Uber from Nobu. That’s living!
☼ Transparent, the brand known for their popular see-through speaker have just released a transparent belt-driven turntable crafted out of solid aluminium & tempered glass.
☼ I’m utterly enamoured by South Korean photographer Han Gi-jae's wedding photographs which look like stills from indie movies (see his site too).
Wedding photographs by Han Gi-jae
Hotter Hyperlinks
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☼ I’ve been searching for art prints to buy for my apartment, and while in a bar in NYC I noticed the perfect piece on their wall, and via the wonders of Google Lens, I discovered Libby Haines and immediately ordered this print from her store (and this, and this).
Prints from Australian artist Libby Haines.
☼ Night trains in Europe are adding cocktail bars, sleeping pods & more to compete with short haul airlines – I'm all for it. Bougie inter-railing around Europe sounds like a dream trip to me.
☼ Want to learn learn more about music? This site offers a free collection of interactive music theory tools designed to help you learn & retain music concepts
☼ While researching a vintage/analog speaker setup for my place, I stumbled upon Steve Guttenberg's YouTube channel and particularly enjoyed this one on Steve's all-time favourite speakers. I cannot contain my excitement for visiting every listening bar I can find while I visit Japan for the first time next year, currently on my list: Jazz BIGBOY, JazzHaus POSY & Eagle Yotsuya] (h/t Aziz for these recs, give him a follow for 10/10 life in Tokyo content). Until then I'll be trying to find a copy of The Ultimate Hi-Fi & Listening Rooms book for <£200…
You may not like it, but this is peak audio system.
☼ This documentary captures David Hockney’s return from California to paint the East Yorkshire landscape of his childhood. Filmed over the course of two years, the Sunday Times called it “a life-enhancing joy from start to finish”. You can also watch the whole thing on YouTube albeit in very low quality (via Emily)
☼ A beautifully restored church in Northern Spain, transformed into a dream home.
☼ I suddenly need this space age bed by Marc Held from the ‘70s. I could be dreaming in a whole new dimension on that thing!
☼ This ridiculous(ly great) 1994 limousine Range Rover, originally commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei, is going to auction. I can’t help but feel that one of you UK readers with too much money needs to buy this, then rent it to us for events. Look at those TVs!
☼ Journey through the history of the web with Neal Agarwal’s Internet Artifacts mini site.
Until next time!
See you online ☼
Marty
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