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Crime There

How a Ragtag Group of Friends Tracked Down a Sex Trafficking Ringleader

Well, this is fascinating.

Michael Pratt hid a massive sex trafficking ring in plain sight on PornHub. On the run from the FBI, an unexpected crew of ex-military, ex-intelligence officers and a lawyer tracked him down using his love of rare sneakers and crypto. For the first time, the group tells their story.

Design Music Blue Note Scans There

Original Blue Notes

Not too long ago, I made a post about the beauty of Blue Note Records album covers.

Some in extraordinary condition recently came into my life and I thought I'd share them with you. These albums were all released between 1957 and 1962 and these are originals so are between 67 and 62 years old as I post this.

Album cover for Cliff Jordan & John Gilmore — Blowing In From Chicago — 1957, Blue Note Records #1549 — Cliff Jordan & John Gilmore — Blowing In from Chicago — 1957, Blue Note Records #1549

Cliff Jordan & John Gilmore — Blowing In from Chicago — 1957, Blue Note Records #1549

Album cover for The Hank Mobley Quintet — Self-titled — 1957, Blue Note Records #1550 — The Hank Mobley Quintet — Self-titled — 1957, Blue Note Records #1550

The Hank Mobley Quintet — Self-titled — 1957, Blue Note Records #1550

Album cover for Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers — At the Corner of the World Vol 1 — 1959, Blue Note Records #4015 — Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers — At the Corner of the World Vol 1 — 1959, Blue Note Records #4015

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers — At the Corner of the World Vol 1 — 1959, Blue Note Records #4015

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers — Big Beat — 1960, Blue Note Records #4029

Album cover for Hank Mobley — Soul Station — 1960, Blue Note Records #4031 — Hank Mobley — Soul Station — 1960, Blue Note Records #4031

Hank Mobley — Soul Station — 1960, Blue Note Records #4031

Album cover for Jackie McLean — Capuchin Swing — 1960, Blue Note Records #4038 — Jackie McLean — Capuchin Swing — 1960, Blue Note Records #4038

Jackie McLean — Capuchin Swing — 1960, Blue Note Records #4038

Album cover for Stanley Turrentine — Look Out! — 1960, Blue Note Records #4039 — Stanley Turrentine — Look Out! — 1960, Blue Note Records #4039

Stanley Turrentine — Look Out! — 1960, Blue Note Records #4039

Album cover for Tina Brooks — True Blue — 1960, Blue Note Records #4041 — Tina Brooks — True Blue — 1960, Blue Note Records #4041

Tina Brooks — True Blue — 1960, Blue Note Records #4041

Album cover for Jackie McLean — Jackie's Bag — 1962, Blue Note Records #4051 — Jackie McLean — Jackie's Bag — 1962, Blue Note Records #4051

Jackie McLean — Jackie's Bag — 1962, Blue Note Records #4051

Album cover for Hank Mobley — Roll Call — 1961, Blue Note Records #4058 — Hank Mobley — Roll Call — 1961, Blue Note Records #4058

Hank Mobley — Roll Call — 1961, Blue Note Records #4058

Album cover for Dexter Gordon — Doin' Allright — 1961, Blue Note Records #4077 — Dexter Gordon — Doin' Allright — 1961, Blue Note Records #4077

Dexter Gordon — Doin' Allright — 1961, Blue Note Records #4077

Album cover for Dexter Gordon — Dexter Calling — 1961, Blue Note Records #4083 — Dexter Gordon — Dexter Calling — 1961, Blue Note Records #4083

Dexter Gordon — Dexter Calling — 1961, Blue Note Records #4083

Original Blue Note Inner Sleeve with 43 West 61st St New York 23 address.

Photography Rob Hann There

Rob Hann's American Road Trip Photography

Plenty more on his website.

Movies Filmmaking Béla Tarr There

Béla Tarr

The Guardian spoke with genius Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr about his 2011 retirement and why he's teaching 20-somethings about art in Sarajevo.

Tarr's films are not to everyone's tastes, but I find them rather captivating. It is not hyperbole to say that absolutely no one makes or has made films like Tarr. I have not seen them all, but my favorite of those I have is The Turin Horse, which was his final film. It is about two and a half hours long and contains only 29 cuts. Long shots are his signature shot. Satantango, perhaps his most famous film, is seven and a half hours long.

If you'd rather not invest such time into one of Tarr's films blindly, here's a 40 minute essay that offers a decent introduction to his work. Below that I've linked two you can currently watch for free.

The Turin Horse is online in its entirety, as is Werckmeister Harmonies.

Via Metafilter.

Photography Magdalena Wywrot

Magdalena Wywrot — PETSKA

Magdalena Wywrot's forthcoming Deadbeat Club title, PETSKA, looks to be fantastic.

Full details on the title are on the DeadBeat Club site.

Brainwashing Torture There

A Brief, Weird History of Brainwashing

MIT Tech Review offers a brief, weird history of brainwashing.

L. Ron Hubbard, Operation Midnight Climax, and stochastic terrorism—the race for mind control changed America forever.

Art Animation FlipBooks The Flippist Pee-wee Herman There

Simone Biles: The Flip Book

As an added bonus, how sweet is this video of TheFlippist at Pee-wee's Playhouse:

Street Photography Photography There

Gil Rigoulet's Wonderful Street Photography

Gil Rigoulet has an almost overwhelmingly fantastic trove of photos taken in the 70s and 80s in Napoli, Chicago, England, Quebec, and France.

The street was the best window and I plunged my camera uncomplicated by traveling North America, and Europe from east to west. No obligations, no command, just to see the world around me.

Phenomenal work. See more, including his landscapes, Polaroids, self portraits, and more on his site: GilRigoulet.com

Art Albarran Cabrera There

Albarran Cabrera

Some wonderful work by Anna Cabrera & Ángel Albarrán, who collaborate as Albarran Cabrera.

All of these images are from their series Nyx:

The name of the Nyx series comes from a Greek creation myth. There are many of them and often they begin in darkness. As children of the Mediterranean living in Barcelona, we learned of the story of Nyx through several poems by Orpheus in which Nyx is depicted as the origin from which all creation emerges.