
gems at super mario world! / photo by mia zimonjic
Hey! Hope you had a great week.
Joshua Bonzo’s videos are some of my favorite on YouTube right now! He’s also been tapped to document the BTS for the Creator Camp film festival - I loved his first episode.
My talented coworker Paul made a great video breaking down Patreon’s new State of Create report, where the company surveyed 7,000 and distilled those findings.
I got my girlfriend a record player for our anniversary! She inherited a lot of vintage records so we’re excited to listen to those - Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and Nina Simone to name a few. Plus we just got Samia’s Honey in the mail 🙂 And I went to Amoeba Music for the first time ever!
A Brief History of John Baldessari is timeless.
RIP Roberta Flack. I re-listened to “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and immediately cried. Here’s a roundup of her 11 essential songs. RIP Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Ice Princess as well as many other nostalgic childhood movies for my generation. RIP Gene Hackman, who has an iconic decades-long career, but who I know as the dad in The Royal Tenenbaums.
Song Exploder is a criminally underrated podcast! Here’s a great episode on Phoebe Bridger’s “Scott Street”.
I loved this Converse ad celebrating unapologetic creatives.
Architectural Digest sit downs with Chappel Roan’s set designer, Maris Jones.
Austin Kleon’s “7 Questions I Ask Myself When I Don’t Know What to Do Next”. As someone who struggles with journaling/consistent art practice, these were really helpful!
Thanks for reading.
If you’d like, you can check out the Gems of the Internet Spotify playlist here.
Mia

