For those who don’t believe that things in the universe can align quite so perfectly, Bonnie Tyler has just the thing to convince you otherwise: The famed Welsh singer is set to perform “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” evergreen cruise-ship song, live on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, on August 21 — day of the exceedingly rare total solar eclipse. “It’s going to be so exciting,” Tyler told Time. “It doesn’t happen very often, does it?” (It does not.) The singer teased other details: Her five-minute-plus song has been halved to match the eclipse’s two-minute-40-second running time, and she’ll be performing with the pop-rock band DNCE. (Also, she revealed she owns a boat: “I go with the flow, darling. I’m not worried about things like [seasickness].”) If by some remarkable fortune you’re one of the thousands boarding this particular Oasis of the Seas cruise, set to depart from Orlando on August 20, please accept our congratulations on being present for the sight of Bonnie Tyler actually singing beneath an eclipse, now knowing for sure that the best of all the years have not yet gone by. Because really: This is as good as it gets.
Gone are the days of having to sit by your computer ahead of a #rare Pat McGrath Labs drop only to walk away empty-handed because it sold out in seconds. The iconic makeup artist announced yesterday evening via Instagram — and to a bunch of New York City beauty editors IRL — that after two years and seven limited-edition beauty collections, she’s finally coming out with a permanent collection of makeup.
Starting in September, Pat McGrath Labs will release 61 new products that you can buy all year round as part of its core line, cheekily titled the Unlimited Edition. You’ll be able to shop lip products first, starting September 16th (or even sooner, if you subscribe to Pat McGrath’s emails) with 12 lip pencils ($25) and 40 (!!!) lipsticks at $38 a pop. Nine of the latter will be the MatteTrance shades we fell in love with earlier this summer. The other 31 will be called the LuxeTrance lipsticks; according to McGrath, the creamy formulation just requires a “quick, single swipe on” for perfect, even color.
The next phase of the collection release, the Mothership Eye Palette ($125), might be the most exciting — and the most likely to sell out in its first round, if we’re being real. There will be three versions of the palette: Subliminal, Sublime, and Subversive, each offering ten different heavily pigmented shades, including shadows based on the formulas featured in Gold 001 and Dark Star 006.
McGrath notes that the colors of each palette have become indispensable to her kit over the years, from her signature “neutrals” that you’ll find in the Subliminal palette to the luminous tones in the Sublime palette that she’s used in a handful of iconic Versace campaigns. You’ll be able to get your hands on all palettes on September 28th, along with five eye pencils and a mascara, on patmcgrath.com.
Unlimited Edition ft. Mothership Sublime Eye Palette ($125)
"I am unlocking the history of my 25-year career and exploring the artistry and alchemy that has defined my work and revolutionized the runway, red carpet, and editorial for decades," explains McGrath in a press release. "With this new iteration of Pat McGrath Labs, I am sharing my secrets."
The complete Pat McGrath Labs Unlimted Edition will be available on Sephora.com on October 6th.
Unlimited Edition ft. Mothership Subversive Eye Palette ($125)
Photos released by MOHAI show the Central Washington town during the last Northwest eclipse
With the 2017 solar eclipse fast approaching, it’s a good time to take a look at the last eclipse to include the Pacific Northwest in its path of totality: February 26, 1979.
“The 1979 eclipse wasn’t total in Seattle,” University of Washington astronomy professor Bruce Balik told us, although it got closer: “it was in Portland, Mt. Rainier, Goldendale, and Yakima.”
The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) has released a series of photographs from the Seattle PI collection of eclipse revelers at one of those locations, Goldendale—in the path of totality in 1979 and conveniently featuring both a Stonehenge replica and a hilltop observatory.
As with the 2017 eclipse, which is sending an estimated 1 million tourists into the Oregon borders, people flocked to the Pacific Northwest to catch a glimpse, although some say 1979 wasn’t quite the same event as the eclipse coming up next week.
“There was a lot of enthusiasm in 1979, but it wasn’t nearly as widespread as today,” Bryan Brewer, author of Eclipse: History. Science. Awe.told the Seattle Timesearlier this summer. “The level of interest is just increasing exponentially as you get closer to the day.”
Still, the subjects of the 1979 photographs seem more than excited. Decked out in outdoor gear and peering through paper eclipse glasses, these photos seem like almost a preview of what many in the Pacific Northwest will look like come August 21.
At the time, the Times reported, Goldendale was host to what was called the largest neo-pagan gathering in North American history.
In one last photograph, a man peddles “canned dark”—“from the total solar eclipse” and “gathered from Goldendale, Washington”—for “only $1.00.” (That’s around $3.50 today, big spenders.)
For next week’s eclipse, Goldendale won’t get quite as much of a show—about 98 percent, according to Vox’s tracker—but will still get closer to totality than Seattle’s 92 percent or so.
Hairpin Pal and Pinterestologist Caroline Moss has been studying the poses of fashion and lifestyle posts for YEARS and today we asked her to share with us her definitive guide to The Four Poses
After studying Pinterest, I’ve realized there are only four poses for girls modeling “cute outfits.” Pose One: pic.twitter.com/urVkfo82FY
Turns out she had never finished this three-year-old tweetstorm! So we asked her for Pose Four, which we’re going to share with you here for the first time ever. Moss calls this, Pose Four, the “wait, SHE’S here?”
“It’s sort of like she’s looking out in the distance and she kind of looks mad,” Moss said. “And if she doesn’t look mad she looks like she’s dealing with her feelings.”
And finally, for the Bonus Pose, we have the “Eyes DOWN Louise”:
There you have it folks, go forth and pose accordingly, using the strict guidelines as set forth for Permitted Pinterest Poses for Beanpole Leg-Havers Wearing Cute Outfits.
Oh, how does Rihanna loathe thee? Let us count the ways. In a new interview with GQ, Diplo has graciously sacrificed all remaining dignity to share a story about the time Rihanna ripped him a new one. He recalled once begging her to appear on Major Lazer’s “Lean On” only for Rihanna to respond, “I don’t do house music,” with what we can only imagine were lethal levels of shade in her tone. “I face-palmed so hard on that one,” he said. (Of this same situation, Diplo also once said, “‘Lean On’ is bigger than any of her songs around the world right now. Why am I even sitting here trying to negotiate?”, then downplayed it as a misquote, as if we’d forget that other time he accused her of copying M.I.A.) Diplo, presumably having done a double take at Rihanna’s discography and noticed quite a few house-style songs done by other house producers not named Diplo, then got desperate:
Another time I had a session with her, and Future was also invited. The Weeknd was there. Metro Boomin was there before anybody knew who he was. I was so contact high. Future played her, like, 700 songs. It was four in the morning. Finally, I was like, Yo, G, I’m leaving unless you let me play her a song. So I played her a song. And she was like, This sounds like a reggae song at an airport. [laughs] I was like, I’m gonna go kill myself.
A couple of days ago, the Boston Department of Innovation and Technology released a series of Snapchat "filters," because those are all the rage with the kids these days. The idea isn't to make your nose look like the Bunker Hill Monument (although that would be kind of cool), but to let Snapchat users sort of watermark their photos with an icon representing their 'hood.
East Boston residents must love having their existence summed up as the Logan control tower. And Roslindale residents must love that their neighborhood is represented by the entrance to Forest Hills Cemetery, which is in Jamaica Plain.
H/t Kevin Levin for IDing the Roslindale symbol that didn't look like anything in Roslindale.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports it's looking like curtains - possibly by the end of the month - for the Drinking Fountain on Washington Street, a bar that has been open for decades and whose patrons take breaks outside on a bench bookended by wooden bear statues.
The Lower Haight’s craft beer temple Toronado turns30 years old this month, and to celebrate, owner David Keene has commissioned — and even helped conceive and brew — 30 anniversary beers from 30 different breweries. The massive undertaking culminates on August 12 with an un-ticketed event that’s sure to rival anything during Beer Week. Frankly, it could be a melee. Leading up to the big event are many smaller debut nights for the beers, some of which are already on tap. In anticipation, Toronado’s beer buyer, who has been helping to coordinate the project, walked Eater through all 30 beers.
First, a bit of background: Toronado owner David Keene already has plenty of beers brewed specially for him, at least in name. Ever had Big Daddy IPA from Speakeasy? That’s named for “Big Daddy” Dave — so are Brother David’s Tripel and Dubbel from Anderson Valley and others. Meanwhile, beers like Cable Car from The Lost Abbey have been brewed for and made exclusively available at Toronado for years. The bar has commissioned tribute ales in the past, too, in particular for its 20th and 25th anniversaries, but 30 beers from 30 brewers is a new feat.
Russian River (Santa Rosa) brewed “Toronado 30,” a Belgian-style, 100 percent Brettanomyces beer that’s dry hopped. It’s the third installment in a series that began with Toronado’s 20th Anniversary and was repeated for Toronado’s 25th. In fact, it’s still possible to get some “Toronado 25” bottles.
Faction (Alameda) brewed a double IPA called “Paulie Pour,” named after one of Toronado’s notoriously gruff bartenders. It’s a traditional west coast IPA that’s filtered.
Lost Abbey (San Marcos) are providing the oak-aged wild ale they produce just for Toronado annually, the infamous “Cable Car.”
Pizza Port(Carlsbad) brewed “547 Haight Street,” a hoppy red ale they’ve made for past Toronado anniversary events.
Cellarmaker (San Francisco) brewed “Cash Only,” a big double unfiltered IPA tribute to the cash-only bar.
Sante Adairius (Capitola) did a honey saison with their own bees called “Dutch “Door” and a variant, fruited version of it.
The Rare Barrel (Berkeley) has already released their beer called “Garage Service,” a blend of gold and red sour beers aged in oak barrels with plums and prickly pears that’s low acid and balanced.
Societe (San Diego) brewed “The Patriarch,” a ferrel-style sour that’s a “true wild” beer with boysenberry described as a super soft, delicate sour.
Sierra Nevada (Chico) is doing a beer called “So Fresh and So Keene,” a West Coast style hoppy beer that’s unfiltered from their test system.
Boneyard (Bend, Oregon) is doing a sour called “Who’s Your Daddy” that’s part of a new sour program for them, and they’ve been mostly mum about the surprise beer.
Beachwood (Long Beach) brewed a double IPA called “Super Rocket,” that’s just debuted at the bar. It’s named for the original engine in the Toronado car that the bar’s named for, and it’s a big, bright, and hoppy IPA.
Fieldwork (Berkeley) has brewed “Paulie vs. Steve,” an IPA named for two Toronado bartenders that references some (internally) famous bathroom graffiti. It’s a “super cloudy” hazy IPA that’s also available in cans to-go on its release day, Saturday August 5.
Barebottle (San Francisco) is doing a beer called “Toronado Dust,” part of their dust series (Galaxy Dust being a popular example). It’s a blend of two hops, Nelson and Mosaic, that makes for a super tropical, very cloudy beer.
Allagash (Portland, Maine) is doing one of their sour variants called “Anniversary,” and to keep it a surprise, they’ve reportedly been rather hush-hush on details.
Mraz (El Dorado Hills) is doing “Black & Red,” a barrel-aged wild ale that’s their Gabriel Belgian blond ale aged in wine barrels for a year with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus as well as black currants, red raspberries, and red cherries.
Alvarado Street (Monterey) hasn’t announced the name of their beer, which will be a “super hoppy, totally unfiltered” pale ale.
Temescal (Oakland) has an IPA called “Your Favorite Jerks” made with Simcoe and Citra cryo hop powder “that’s mellow, ripe, fruit-forward, and ultra-soft.” They’ll debut it on August 8th at Toronado and their own taproom and will be selling a limited number of cans at the event.
Burning Beard (El Cajon) is doing a beer called “Faces and Golden Rays” that’s a “classic” with Centennial and Citra hops in a new technique that uses hop oils to prevent flocculation as part of a new cloudy series for their brewery.
Half Acre (Chicago) debuted their anniversary tribute beer, called “Toronado Daisy,” on August 1, the first variant of their hazy beer series. It’s hopped with Mosaic and a “super tropical” experimental hop.
Sixpoint (Brooklyn) are doing a beer called a “Toronado Smoothie,” a super hazy “New York-style” IPA.
Alpha Acid (Belmont) is redoing the recipe for a beer they’ve brewed in the past, “I Haight Toronado,” an IPA.
Lagunitas (Petaluma) is doing a beer called “Super Critical,” an experimental concept using cannabis terpenes for flavor — it won’t get drinkers stoned — to create “crazy dank” flavors.
Moonlight (Santa Rosa) brewed a black saison that’s “sort of a variant” on their classic Death and Taxes, and it’s not named yet.
Drake’s (San Leandro) is doing a big IPA in the Aroma Coma family to be called “Car Seat.”
Hollister (Goleta) is sending their “543 Haight Street” which they’ve brewed in the past for Toronado’s 25th Anniversary.
Marin (Larkspur) is bringing “Princess” to the party, a Belgian style tripel with five percent mixed fermentation saison to create “a little bit of sour tartness.”
Alpine (Alpine) is bringing back “Keene Idea,” a double IPA variant whose original recipe was with nelson hops for the 25th Anniversary.
Anderson Valley(Boonville) brewed “Peachy Keene,” a Brother David’s Tripel inoculated with their horse-tongue sour and then aged on barrels with peaches that’s already been released.
Modern Times (San Diego) is doing a beer called “Quadra Jet,” that’s actually three different beers in four barrels — one aged in port barrels, and two in red wine barrels
Bagby (Oceanside) brewed “Thirty Years of Haightronage,” a Belgian double, for the occasion.
Release Dates: Lagunitas on Thursday, August 3rd at 6 p.m. / Mraz at 6pm Fri. August 4th / Fieldwork IPA Cans & Draft at 11 a.m. Saturday August 5th / Sierra Nevada on Sunday, August 6th at 6p.m. / Boneyard on Mon. August 7th at 6p.m. / Drake's, Faction, Barebottle, and Temescal August 8th at 6 p.m.
WCVB reports ISD inspectors responding to a complaint found the dog in a car on Burroughs Street near Jamaica Pond today; rushed the dog to Angell Memorial, but it was too late. The owner could face charges.
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Recommendation of the week: Nicole Cliffe (of Toast fame) is writing an advice column for Elle, and it’s so good. She’s also doing Game of Thrones recaps there. Read everything here.
Five Cheetah cubs born May 15 at Prague Zoo are growing up fast! We introduced you to these fluffy quintuplets on ZooBorns back in June and the cubs are now thriving under the care of their six-year-old mother, Savannah.
The cubs are still behind the scenes at the zoo, but should move into their exhibit yard later this summer.
Photo Credit: Prague Zoo
Cheetah cubs remain with their mother for one to one-and-a-half years, and they are weaned at three to six months. The cubs spend a lot of time napping and playing. Play helps the cubs develop agility, as well as hone their chase and attack behaviors.
Every cub born under human care is important to the future of Cheetahs as a species. They are listed as Vulnerable to Extinction on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Fewer than 7,000 Cheetahs remain in eastern and southern Africa. Threats include conflict with humans, shrinking wild areas as farms and cities expand, and illegal trafficking in body parts.
As a population, Cheetahs have very low genetic diversity, a possible cause of their low reproductive rates. Current conservation measures include cooperative programs across all countries in which wild Cheetahs are found.
1. Would You Rather have Captain Ahab give his mad soliloquy to you every night before you go to sleep or get swallowed by an actual White Whale?
2. Would You Rather have Jay Gatsby construct you with an idealistic perfection you could never realistically attain and pursue you with a fanatical zeal or have a Gatsby-themed wedding?
3. Would You Rather identify with Holden Caulfield or marry someone who still identifies with Holden Caulfield?
4. Would You Rather have Romeo compare you to the sun twenty-five times a day or stab thyself with a dagger?
5. Would You Rather be called “Humbert Humbert” or genuinely believe that Nabokov is a surrealist?
6. Would You Rather start every sentence with “All this happened, more or less…” or get SO IT GOES tattooed on your wrist?
7. Would You Rather wear an A on your chest for the rest of your life or defend naming a character Roger Chillingworth?
8. Would You Rather read Ulysses or listen to for three hours, a double English/Philosophy major you’re out on a first date with, who is wearing thick rimmed glasses, explain the novels themes and plot?
9. Would You Rather be married to Richard Dalloway or actually have to host a party?
10. Would You Rather be a William Faulkner apologist or watch James Franco’s film adaptation of As I Lay Dying every day for the rest of your life?
11. Would You Rather look like the portrait of Dorian Gray in the end or have to get the last word in of every single conversation with the phrase “art for art’s sake, ya know”?
12. Would You Rather Sauron be your antagonist or Jack Merridew?
13. Would You Rather have actually read On the Road but nobody knows you read it or would you rather have never read On the Road but everyone truly believes it is your favorite novel?
14. Would You Rather have someone describe you as a monstrous vermin or be roommates with a young man who describes his struggles as Kafkaesque?
15. Would You Rather read all 379,000 articles that come up when you search “Is Jane Eyre a feminist novel” on the internet or say “Reader, I Married Him” to every new person you and your spouse meet ?
16. Would You Rather read Alice In Wonderland every day for the rest of your life or sleep with a guy in your MFA program who has “A Raven Is Like A Writing Desk” above his writing desk?
17. Would You Rather listen to Gilbert Gottfried narrate the 38-hour audio version of Anna Karenina or date a man who must explain the Golden Era of Russian fiction every time he climaxes?
18. Would You Rather be a handmaid or a poet with a ton of talent who has to sell out and write a dystopian YA novel to make any morsel of cash?
19. Would You Rather have your sister novelist introduce your only novel with the lines “Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff, I do not know: I scarcely think it is” or admit that you had to google “What is a moor”?
20. Would You Rather actually admit you enjoyed Infinite Jest or carry the book around with you out in public everywhere you go for one thousand days?
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