Good Good Things – Issue 33
Happy glorious fall to all.
Let’s start digging into this cornucopia of goodies…
Fall Foliage Map 2026
It’s time to bust out your finest corduroys and flannels and plan some leaf peeping treks.
Explore daily fall color estimates, peak timing, and recent foliage reports across the Lower 48. Search a place, drag the date slider, and plan where color should be best.
“The Great British Baking Show: Collection 14” Debuts Today!
Hell yeah. Kicking off a new season of Baking Brits with Cake Week and the debut of Nigella Lawson!
On your marks, get set… bake! A new batch of talented amateur bakers compete under the watchful eyes of judges Paul Hollywood, Noel Fielding, Alison Hammond and Nigella Lawson.
Popular Great British Bake Off Desserts
– Trowley Dumplings
– Banbury Clangers
– Mushtarts
– Cake Middlebuns
– Liverpool Lady Pies
– Crumbleton Flumb
– St. Clements Cream Clots
– Puddling Pots
– Peachy Blinders
Turning Trash into Epic Art with Thomas Dambo
This guy is 100% trolling us and it is a good thing.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the magical world of world-renowned Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo! In this short documentary film, we go on an exclusive studio tour of Rancho Dambo—his incredible 55-acre creative hub and restored 19th-century farm located just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. Known globally for his whimsical, giant wooden trolls hidden in forests worldwide, Thomas Dambo has spent over a decade turning dumpster-dived trash into breathtaking public art installations.
Here is an example of his incredible art…
John Coltrane 100: The Essential Station
Celebrate the legend by firing up this station spinning supreme selections or head to a live event with Jazz Philadelphia.
100 essential performances from the inimitable jazz legend. Celebrate COLTRANE 100 with classics like “A Love Supreme, “In A Sentimental Mood”, “My Favorite Things, “Giant Steps” and more.
Two New Netflix Docs: Norm MacDonald and Martin Mull
Drops October 16, 2026 on Netflix.
Go down a wormhole in this documentary on master of deadpan humor Norm Macdonald, whose life and career were uncompromising yet full of contradictions.
Drops October 7, 2026 on Netflix.
He was a world-class comedian — and that’s not even what he did best. Discover Martin Mull’s lifelong artistic passion in this star-studded documentary.
How Terminal Velocity Keeps a Penny Dropped From the Top of the Empire State Building From Being Deadly
It’s rare, but I love when I am able to grasp what a scientist is saying. This makes perfect cents to me.
Falling is more complicated than you might think. For centuries, scientists argued about how objects fall. The answer eventually led to our modern understanding of gravity, acceleration, and drag.
Pro Chefs Blind Taste Test Every Pasta Sauce
Please don’t call it gravy.
Professional chefs Frank Proto, Dan Richer, and Giorgia Caporuscio give us their unfiltered, honest reviews of some prominent tomato sauce brands found on supermarket shelves.
Patch Me In!
I’m a big Wissahickon Trails guy. It’s my favorite place on the earth to run, hike, trip, and get attacked by hornets. Just got these awesome patches! Get yours and support local artists like Eric Hinkley!
Step Inside the Studios of 20 Contemporary Black Artists
Do you enjoy seeing creative people’s inspiring workspaces ? I sure do. Colossal previews a new book highlighting the studios, living spaces, and creative processes of twenty of today’s most notable Black artists.
Forthcoming from Phaidon, Another View: The Vibrant World of Contemporary Black Artists invites readers into 20 distinctive studios. Curated and edited by Isolde Brielmaier, the vast tome highlights a range of behind-the-scenes material and celebrates some of the most prominent artists working today, such as Nick Cave, Nina Chanel Abney, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Kerry James Marshall, and many more.
Happy Birthday, Bruce Springsteen!
My favorite characters in Springsteen’s “Rosalita”
- Sloppy Sue
- Big Balls Billy
- Tetanus Tammy
- Action Park Pete
- Asbury Johnny
- Toms River Tom
- Pork Roll Patty
- Garbage Dick Dan
- Son of Sam
- Handsome Jeff
Popular Springtseen cover bands
- Backstreets
- Mighty Mighty Boss Clones
- Ruse Springsteen
- Jungleband
- The Guys That Bind
- NebraSka
- Glory Daves
Quick Hits
- Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
- A rare Keith Haring mural is close to making preservation history in Philly
- Tom Scharpling’s “Strange Friend” is a new kind of rescue dog cafe coming to Los Angeles!
- 2026 Punk, Alt, Indie – Vol. 4
- Cars, New York City (1974-1976)
- Jeff Parker Shares Cover of John Coltrane’s “Miles’ Mode” in Celebration of Coltrane Centenary
- 19 Creepy Catacombs Around the World You Can Visit
- Cryptid Tourism: The Best Museums, Destinations & Festivals Across America
The Photographer Who Documented Late Nights on The 90s London Tube
Visit The Guardian to view many more stunning photos from Mark McEvoy and see what inspired him to capture these intimate (and some boisterous) late night moments.
In the 1990s, Mark McEvoy took portraits of punks, partiers and late-night lovers on the underground. His images show city life before smartphones – when people still had to rush to make the final train.
Visit Mark McEvoy’s website and Instagram.
Videos
Egoism – “It Takes Two”
This is the Kit – “Skim a Stone”
Team Dresch – “Heard A Bang”
Tom Morello – “UNCONQUERED (Feat. KNEECAP)”
SLIFT – “Live From the Street” (Official Live Video)
Fall is Tea Season
My favorite calming teas
- Sleepytime
- Lavender Hammock
- Slumberland Tummyrub
- Duskberry Duvet
- Pashmina Spongebath
- Lady Whisperkiss
- Coma Chamomile Yum
- Sunny Day Real Escape
- Goodsleep You! Black Emperor
My least-favorite backup teas
- Crab Apple Funk
- Angel of The Mourning
- Honey Lemon Doldrum
- Summer Bees
- Sleepytime Cabbage
- Boys Don’t Chai
- Teas, Teas, Teas Let Me Get What I Want
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Mary Cassatt: The Impressionist Who Painted The Mind
Cassatt was the only American artist to exhibit with the Impressionists in Paris. Impressive!
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt (pronounced ca-SAHT) often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children. More >
25 Iconic 80s Song Intros
So many synth-heavy, new-wave-era song openings from the 1980s give me an immediate dopamine hit. Here are my favorite 25 oldies but goodies. What are your faves from your formative decade?
Conversation Starters
Sometimes you are at a party with new people and you need something to talk about.
- “Henry & June” was the first movie to get the NC-17 rating.
- The first film released with the PG-13 rating was “Red Dawn.”
- On average, an adult human has about 5 liters (1.3 gallons) of blood, which translates to roughly 8-10% of their body weight.
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus turned down the role of Mia in “Pulp Fiction” due to her Seinfeld commitment.
- The six colors – blue, yellow, black, green, red, and white – of the Olympic rings were chosen because they incorporated the colors of all national flags in existence at the time the Olympic flag was created.
- Bill Buckner had more hits than Ted Williams.
- Maine is the U.S. state closest to Africa.
- Roger Bannister held the world record in the mile for exactly 46 days.
- A Jack Russell terrier voiced the T Rex in “Jurassic Park.”
- Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was “Moon.”
- There are 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game.
- “Song 2” by Blur was meant to parody American grunge music.
- Babe Ruth only won four World Series in 15 seasons with the New York Yankees while Yogi Berra won 13 World Series in 18 seasons with the Yanks.
- Steve Carrell insisted that the chest waxing scene from The 40-Year-Old Virgin be realistic, so it’s his real chest hair that you see being ripped out. He told director Judd Apatow that he wanted it to be real, so Apatow set up five cameras and they did the scene in one take.
- S.E. Hinton, author of The Outsiders, wrote the book while she was still in high school because she wanted to read books on teenagers that did not revolve around “Mary Jane going to prom.”
- A baby puffin is called a puffling, and both parents take turns incubating the egg before it hatches.
- The Go-Go’s had the first No. 1 album in the U.S. by an all-female band that played their own instruments and wrote their own songs.
- In “St. Elmo’s Fire,” Mare Winningham, who played the virgin, Wendy Beamish, was pregnant with her third child during the filming of the movie.
- U2 made their first US television appearance on “The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder” in June 1981.
- Winston Churchill’s mother was born in Brooklyn.
- High schools and universities in New Zealand are allowed to keep up to a pound of uranium on the premises for educational purposes.
- Johnny Carson’s first three wives were named, in order, Joan, Joanne, and Joanna. (His first wife went by “Jody.”)
- Persians invented bagpipes.
Best of Bluesky
it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam
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If you accrue enough McDonald’s points you get a Zoom call from Ronald.
— Kip Conlon (@kipconlon.bsky.social) September 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Doing 100 mph in the carpool lane with a 12-foot skeleton in the passenger seat of my Miata.
— Matt Prindle (@griefbison.bsky.social) October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
explaining to cam skattebo that he won’t be able to play with jaxson anymore using the same hand signals they used to tell koko the gorilla her cat died
— one dozen rats at a keyboard (@panasonicdx4500.bsky.social) September 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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