What's happening to classic rock?

This is just one of those thoughts that started to linger after I was listening to Steve Miller in my car. Here’s the thing. And I just don’t know the answer to this. What are high school senior guys listening to these days? Like what the hell is playing at keg parties today? Do they even have keg parties now? Or are they stupid rainbow kiss parties or whatever the hell else they’re doing?

-Uncoached

Inside a Sex Hotel: New York City’s Liberty Inn

When my fellow reporter and I walked up to the Liberty Inn, I was practically in disbelief. I had passed the sordid hotel, set a on veritable island of sorts along 14th street and the West Side Highway, on a near daily basis during my runs along the Hudson River. How could I not have known — for the past several years now — that alongside the Meatpacking District’s row of overpriced shops was an hourly hotel clearly designed for those looking to get laid?

-Oyster

World’s weirdest hotels

Most hotels are pretty traditional. Some may have themes and fun activities like a number of hotels in Vegas and around Disney World but for the most part they have 4 walls, a roof, and the usual amenities. A pool. A fitness center. Room service. A restaurant. A business center. And so on. But some hotels, some hotels don’t have all that. Some hotels are quite non-traditional. Some hotels are just plain WEIRD. Take a look at some of the world’s weirdest hotels:

-What's That Smell?

Human nature: Six things we all do

WHAT sort of creature is the human? The obvious answer is a smart, talkative, upright ape with a penchant for material possessions.

But what about the more subtle concept of human nature? That is more controversial. Some deny it exists, preferring to believe that we can be anything we want to be. They cannot be right.

Although we exhibit lots of individual and cultural variations, humans are animals, and like all animals we have idiosyncrasies, quirks and characteristics that distinguish us as a species. An invading alien would have no trouble categorising us but, being so close to our subject matter, we struggle to pin down the essence of humanness.

-New Scientist

Interview -Carl Honoré on Slow Living

In a culture obsessed with speed, the author of In Praise of Slow asks us to take a step back, from slower eating to unhurried thinking – and traces the leisurely history of the slow movement.

First, let’s underscore what the whole Slow culture quake is about. It’s not anti-speed. It’s not about doing everything in slow motion. It’s about doing things at the right speed – what musicians call the tempo giusto. Every act has the right rhythm for it, and if you find that rhythm you’re going to do it better and enjoy it more. Particularly in cities, we get infected by this virus of hurry, where our default mode is to do everything as fast as possible. We fall into the trap of trying to do more and more things in less and less time, putting quantity before quality in everything we do.

-The Browser