Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The smell of rain, Tesla's 'Insane Mode,' cannabis beer and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Beer for Cannabis Connoisseurs A new beer by Colorado-based brewery Oskar Blues keeps cannabis-inclined drinkers in mind. The new brew—dubbed “Pinner” (referring to the term used for small joints)—features a heavy, hoppy aroma that likens itself to the scent of marijuana. Alcohol content is also kept on the lower side, allowing drinkers to easily knock back more than a couple. The Oskar Blues Pinner …

The Blizzard of 2015 in Haiku

As the much-hyped blizzard of 2015 blew on, graphic novelist Liana Finck decided the best way to capture the spirit of the storm was to live-haiku the happenings going on around her. As she sat comfortably inside a coffee shop, Finck documented her musings and observations through pictures and poems of fellow cafe-goers, people shoveling snow and a mysterious man writing equations down on a …

Spacek + Kutmah: Solid Steel Radio Show Mix

Discovering new music is as much about digging through the archives as it is listening to the latest releases. Unfortunately, we don’t all have the access to rare vinyls or the time to comb through them. Luckily UK-based DJ and producer Kutmah is the master of digging through crates and pulling out what’s relevant. To celebrate the new record from fellow UK producer Beat Spacek(whose …