Rec | SURFING THE WEB

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the old-fashioned way, like you would before the entire internet was monopolised into basically three conglomerates. why would you spend all your time on your computer swapping between instagram tiktok youtube pinterest when you could find some of the coolest websites you've never heard about learning information your algorithm would never feed to you!!!! a good place to start is your favourite artist's websites (not just musicians!) sometimes they have blogs (especially if they're writers) and often they link websites they like. I also like magazine websites - the face, angel food, hot literati or craigslist missed connections. I check the new york section all the time

@madchen

Oct 8, 2024

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@susanna

Literally just asked a question for nice websites ... and then i read this ! Thank you, bookmarking the magazines :) Read one of the short stories in the angel food #2 and liked it, will read the other ones too Do you have any specific blogs that you refer to when you say artists websites?

Oct 9, 2024

@madchen

susanna yes for sure!! I honestly just meant googling a painter or poet or someone you like and going on their website - usually they have a personal archive of their work - for example I spent maybe 2hrs last week on lisa yuskavage's website just looking through all her paintings since the 90s - I would also recommend cecily brown, nadia lee cohen has an amazing website, petra collins has all her work publicly archived, daisy collingridge and rose english, juliana huxtable (I've just realised these are all women lol which is not purposeful but I stand by my curation) archivePDF has old fashion scans - purple magazine has an insane archive of stories and interviews with cool artists, interview magazine has amazing interviews with really weird combinations of people this is an insanely long list of recs, but also have more specific blogs to do with smaller artists and their process if you want them but I feel like this is an insane information dump already

Oct 9, 2024

@ikeyouguys

hell yes to this - also, check archive.org for a treasure trove of wonderful videos and old magazine scans

Oct 8, 2024

@urara

Yesssss. I miss blogs, forums and websites so much I even made my own recently. If you are on the geek side, I recommend checking geekring.net - full of fun, nerdy, niche stuff

Oct 8, 2024

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Tinkerbell.com (Circa 2008) Used to end up here trying to find Tinkerbell stuff (Pixie Hollow for those who know) online as a child. You need to wayback machine this. I have no idea what it was for but I loved the design so much that I still remember it. I think your cursor was a little sparkle too Lol. Very Heavens Gate Jesusdiamante.com Super frilly Japanese clothing brand, not even my style but I love the way the site looks. Pleasing Bambidiaries.blogspot.com Howtomurderyourlife.blogspot.com Cat Marnell’s now defunct blogs. I don’t condone drug use. I think drugs are lame but these blogs are a great time capsule and are visually interesting. I used to love her amphetamine logic column for Vice mag and her book was also quite nice. My favorite websites for last... Carstuckgirls.com. Tagline is “Sexy girls get stuck with their cars in mud” Bizarre fetish site with no nudity to my knowledge, just pictures of girls w their cars stuck in mud snow etc. Lots of these pics used to circulate on Tumblr. Denniscooperblog.com Changed my entire life. Found all my favorite reads here. I love Dennis Cooper. His PI recs would be so great… just had an idea… Honorable mention: Rookiemag.com (now archived) Discovering Rookie Mag really impacted me as well. Learned so much on there as a middle school girl, felt like a new world. True tastemakers. My sisters boyfriend Fox…

@vivi

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Apr 25, 2024

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yes! This is my current obsession actually

neal.fun - a bunch of bizarre games/interactives with a dystopian and anti-caplitalist bent window-swap - shows you the view from random windows from around the world radio/garden - you can listen to live radio stations from all across the world ytch.xyz - show you random youtube channels and let's you click through like you're watching an old television marginalia-search - a search engine that isn't algorithmic, shows you niche search results that would typically be pushed to the bottom of other engines thecreativeindependent - articles by creatives, very simplified retro design that feels similar to this site The Magazine Rack at Archive.org - tons and tons of scanned and archived magazines spanning over 50 years - recommend checking out High Times very fun and oh so 70's

@buscemibabe

Jan 14, 2025

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Wayback Machine

There’s a lot of Internet Archive talk on here (shoutout MJ Lenderman) but i haven’t seen many people mention the Wayback Machine, which to me is far and away the sites coolest feature. You can just throw in any old URL and explore the early internet. Amazing web design and fantastic informational resource. My favorite thing to do is look up the websites of old defunct bands. I’m linking to one of my favorites from Geoff Farina’s (Karate) band The Secret Stars, where he and his bandmate Jodi Buonanno chronicle their time spent renovating a 19th century Grange Hall into a recording studio/art space.