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I've been working on an essay about David Lynch's Mulholland Drive forever, it seems. Since it's still not done, I give you this instead.

David Lynch Presents Interview Project is a 20,000 mile road trip where 121 people were found at random and interviewed. Those interviews were edited into short films and showcased on David Lynch's website. When david took his site down the Interview Project material was also taken down. To commemorate the 15 year anniversary of the original launch of the series in 2009, the Interview Project Team has decided to re-release all 121 of the original episodes in hi definition here on YouTube.

100 45s for your enjoyment.

The collection is comprised of country and rock 'n' roll 45s from the '50s and '60s, along with a set of guitar-driven instrumentals from the same period. 

Check 'em out.

Chronolog is a website for archiving "Time lapses of Earth powered by community science." Essentially, they're fixed phone placeholders where passersby can position their phone and take a picture. Then, the photo can be uploaded to the Chronolog website and, over time, you can see a "time lapse" of the location. Because the placeholder is "permanent," essentially every user's phone has the same point of view, forcing the perspective to be fixed, at least in theory.

Toronto only has one Chronolog. Unfortunately, it's placement is terrible. It overlooks Grenedier pond in High Park. It's one of my favorite places in the park, and therefore the city, but just about any other place on the pond or in the park would have been a better choice than this:

I walk by this space daily and though the distant greenery does change a bit, it's mostly a wasted opportunity and I hope High Park, or whoever paid for this particular Chronolog, moves it to a more dynamic location.

If you want to check your area for Chronologs, use the search feature on their site or browse the map.

Godchecker is, obviously, a site for checking info on gods past and present from around the world. They've currently listed over 4000.

Rarefilmm is an archive of 100s of hard-to-find, little-known, or mostly-forgotten films. I've bookmarked a few for future watch: the documentary Pasolini, un delitto italiano (Who Killed Pasolini); Peter Bogdanovich's At Long Last Love; Pedro Costa's O Sangue; Xích lô; Bashu; and, just for laughs, the english-dubbed version of one of my all-time favorite films, Le Samourai (directed by JP Melville): The Godson, pictured below.

The Korean Film Archive YouTube Channel has uploaded 100+ classic Korean films from the 1930s onward. Available for free viewing with subtitles.

Hundreds more are on their web site.