Bob Welch (Reggie Jackson’s Daddy) Gone

from The LA Times Bob Welch, Pitching Ace and Prototype for Today’s Power Arms, Dies at 57 Bob Welch, a flame-throwing right-hander for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland A’s who overcame alcoholism to win 211 games, including 27 in 1990, a single-season total no...

The Hole’s The Thing

from artnet Artist Enacts Origin of the World at Musée d’Orsay—And, Yes, That Means What You Think Benjamin Sutton On May 29 the Luxembourgian performance artist Deborah de Robertis visited Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, sat down in front of Gustave Courbet’s infamous 1866...

Travels With Johnny

from The NY Daily News John Waters details his cross-country hitchhiking adventure in his new book ‘Carsick’ Cult director began his journey in May 2012 at end of his street to catch a ride to Interstate 70. That began a nine-day, 21-ride odyssey from...

Robots Escape Factory – Fall On Grandma

from The Financial Times Dawn of a robot revolution as army of machines escape the factory By Chris Bryant in Frankfurt Cleaning the Sydney Harbour Bridge used to be a dangerous, dirty and laborious job. As soon as a team of workers, operating a sandblaster, reached...