mother's day is, eh hem, NEXT sunday.

thanks for the reminder, UT.

memphis rolls out the red carpet in the only way it knows how

God do I love Memphis. Enjoy the nuptials Wilson family! pic.twitter.com/AYJ1xV8CFq

— Cal Wells (@CalWells) May 1, 2014

royalty in memphis this weekend

Prince William, Princess Kate, and (newly single) Prince Harry are all planning to be in Memphis this weekend for a friend's wedding. They are also planning to visit Graceland and possibly get drunk on Beale Street. Twerk on the British Royals
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merry clayton - lift ev'ry voice and sing

we've got a situation in newfoundland.

a dead whale washed up on a beach, and apparently whale carcasses have a nasty habit of inflating with their own gases while decomposing until they sometimes explode, raining down disgusting whale parts all over the place. 

holy crap.

(via)

there are some notably good free concerts at prospect park this summer!

here are the ones i care about:

wednesday, june 4 : janelle monae
friday, june 20 : dum dum girls - hospitality - teen
saturday, june 21 : warpaint - yellowbirds
thursday, june 26 : shovels & rope - valerie june - shakey graves
friday, august 8 : st. vincent - san fermin

you can see them all here!

how to make thin hamster

ponding

ms. danglez and i collaborated to make you a rainy day playlist.



hope you like it!

#trashcrafting

today, the first of what promises to be a multi-day deluge of biblical proportions, let's look at this: some "artists" made this geodesic dome out of used up umbrella parts and two-liter bottles!

the rarest bear in the whole wide world.

Slowly, as I discover where to look, animal forms emerge: A lizard rests in the thin shade of a saxaul shrub. A saker falcon lifts off from a distant cliffside. Gerbils poke their heads from burrows.

But many days pass before I finally lay eyes on the animal I crossed half a world to see: a Gobi bear, among the rarest and least known large mammals on Earth. There are perhaps no more than two or three dozen left in the wild, and none live in captivity anywhere. (via)

i see you.

pet pet pet underwater puppehs

new music tuesday

i recommend:

wye oak - shriek

damon albarn - everyday robots

we're really excited about this new HBO show

dont be fooled, this sportz post, is actually just about memphis

a grantland writer visits memphis for the first time to write about the playoffs and the city. READ IT