Agent Palmer

If you’re seeking a feel-good, behind-the-scenes documentary about some Canadian rockers who found continued success despite everything initially stacked against them, set aside some time to watch Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd.

Simple Plan didn’t just succeed in a difficult music industry. They gave people a place to belong, started a foundation, and in truth, did more in the time since I last listened to them on their sophomore album than most bands do in a career.

search| is a project from douglas coupland that came from his artist’s residency at google’s cultures institute lab in paris in the spring of 2015.

it is a deep reflective dive into who we are as a species based on our search data, and there is a lot of search data.

Authors Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack have captured the heart of Aaron Sorkin’s goal to have the first few seasons of The West Wing serve as a “love letter to public service.” They should know it well. Fitzgerald and McCormack portrayed Carol Fitzpatrick and Kate Harper, respectively, in the watershed political drama and released “What’s Next” in 2024.

This book may be the first in a long line of others to come. It fulfills its subtitle and then some, which is appropriately length as “A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service.”

Over the past decade or so, I’ve recapped most Tours due France. I’ve watched all of them, but somehow it has only recently become an annual thing.

I also watch every Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, and sometimes I write about them. As a spectator, both Tours offer excitement, and for me, it’s the joy of experiencing two Tours per year, which I’m all for.