The week ender

THE WEEKENDER is a special collaboration between OZY Tribe members near and far to provide delicious recommendations for your valuable weekend time. Next week, we'd love to feature yours too. Are you watching, listening to or reading something amazing? Share your suggestions with us here at OZY!

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WHAT TO LISTEN TO

Mindy Smith — Country Legend.

Folky-bluesy-twangy singer-songwriter Mindy Smith hasn’t released a new album since 2012, but she’s on her first tour in years … and working on a new album. Until that’s released, listen to “Take Me Back” on repeat while trying to work and crying in front of everybody in the office. Just us? Just us, sure.

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Mm...Food — An Unappreciated Classic.

As we approach the 15th anniversary of MF Doom’s incredible hip-hop album next month, it’s time to dive in (if you haven’t) or dive back in if you already know how great it is. It’s an extraordinary lyrical work, all focused on everyone’s favorite things: Food, comic books and supervillains. 

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Ned Colin
MF Doomsayer

Candies — Throwback Every Day.

Let’s bring it back, specifically to 1970s Japan. Candies is a trio composed of Ran, Sue and Miki, and were what most would consider the first girl idol group. Sure, we have K-Pop running the airwaves these days, but if you want something a bit more disco, twangy and sweet, then you need to check out songs like “Toshishita no Otokonoko” or “Un, Deux, Trois.” Their perfect harmonies will stay in your head for decades to come.

SUGGESTED BY:

Alex Furuya
Sweet Tooth

WHAT TO READ

Tears of the Trufflepig — Animal Magnetism.

This is Fernando Flores’ first novel (though he’s previously published short stories), and dang is it weird. The book takes place in a parallel universe Texas town where “filtered animals,” artificially created specimens of extinct critters, are smuggled across the border for the amusement and dinner plates of the wealthy. This kinda-sorta road novel then turns to the legendary trufflepig, which is supposedly magical.

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Viviane Feldman
Animal Lover

Inspector Rebus Series — Tartan Noir.

The first John Rebus book was published in 1987 and the latest in 2018, meaning this series is old enough that it can’t be on its parents’ health insurance anymore. Still, Ian Rankin’s books are worth bingeing: Gruff loaner detective Rebus stalks Scottish criminals in a series of mysteries renowned for their inventive plots surrounding Edinburgh’s underbelly and its overworked police force.

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WHAT TO WATCH

The Boys — Gritty but Great.

Please, whatever you do, don’t mistake this Amazon Prime show for yet another coming-of-age superhero adaptation. It is that, but The Boys is so much more. It follows a team of people with supernatural powers and humanizes them, for sure, but it also looks at the economics and horrible underbelly of superhero stardom, including the inevitable corporate greed. It’s a modern and surprising take on what might be the tiredest trope in cinema at this point: the dark and gritty superhero story. Oh, and Elisabeth Shue, as the face of corporate power, gives an unmissable performance. 

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Yash Mehta
Super-Fan

AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T DO THIS:

Give up on your team. The owner of the Hog Rock Cafe in Milan, Indiana, has pledged to live on the restaurant’s roof until the Cincinnati Bengals win a game. Jeff Lanham has been up there since his team lost to the Arizona Cardinals Oct. 6. The previous record for living on a roof waiting for the Bengals to win was 61 days.

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