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.

Robert, depending on which source you ask, is the fourth most common name in the United States. When you trace its roots back to Old German for Hrodebert, you get the translation for “bright fame,” likely derived from hrod (fame) and berht (bright).

It is no wonder, then, that our fictional worlds are also thusly populated with Roberts, and here, for your perusal, are my Top 10 Fictional Roberts.

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.