JAMS: Bessie Smith

"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" recorded in 1923. 

LOCAL: Warby Parker

Warby Parker is a rad glasses company--buy a pair and they donate a pair to a person in need. And did I mention that you can get prescription glasses for $95? Yes, it's true.

Great news! The Warby Parker School Bus is touring through Dallas on January 11th, and it's supposed to SPECtacular. The bus will be equipped with leather sofas, vintage books, and a whole selection of Warby Parker glasses.

Will any Dallas, Texans be attending?! Look for me in my Warby Parker Begley frames.

Photos taken from http://www.warbyparkerclasstrip.com/gallery/

PARAGON: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

These two are hosting the Golden Globe Awards on January 13th, and I'm stoked. I can't think of another pair that makes me laugh as much as they do.

Are you going to tune in this year? 

JAMS: Malvina Reynolds

I first heard about Malvina Reynolds through the television series Weeds. The entire first season’s opening credits plays “Little Boxes,” which describes suburbia so perfectly. Have a listen and see for yourself.

In season two bands like Death Cab for Cutie, Elvis Costello, and Regina Spektor covered “Little Boxes.”

Her songs speak truth and are witty simultaneously. The song “Rosie Jane,” about a woman who can’t take care of the four children she currently has, is pregnant once again, so Malvina calls her out on it. I can’t think of many people who would have the balls to do that.

Malvina was an activist, slight hippie, and speaker of the truth. For all of these things, I am grateful. 

Happy New Year!

Ring in the new year with this guy.

(Photo taken from the September, 1958 issue of National Geographic Magazine. The White Horses of Vienna.)