The Most Soothing Thing on the Internet

The ultra addicting experience is the quarantine escape you've been looking for. Just pick a city and kick back in the passenger's seat. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       This Website Is Tailor-Made for a Quarantine Friday   We've been spending so much (too much?) time on this new site called Drive & Listen. The site allows you to take a virtual drive through more than 50 cities around the world while listening to real-time local radio and the sounds of street life as you go. It's like Google Streetview, but the virtual reality version, and you don't have to click to move. And there's music. You can drive, then coast, through Mumbai while listening to what folks listen to in Mumbai. Or St. Petersburg to "Sweet Dreams." Or Biscayne Boulevard to Bad Bunny. Erkam Şeker, the Turkish graduate student who created Drive & Listen, says the idea was born from pandemic-induced nostalgia for driving around Istanbul with the radio on. "I realized that other people around the world must be missing that same experience of being on the road," he told Lonely Planet. "He must have been thinking of folks like me," writes B. Brian Foster. "In this last year of teleworking and a world closed down, I have found a strange comfort in just driving around, with no direction or purpose other than…driving and listening." We highly suggest you spend the rest of your Friday driving and listening. Read More           This Is How Twisted Kevin McCarthy Has Become By His Loyalty to Trump   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who has spent the past five years not knowing whether to shit or go blind, politically, as he attempts to wrangle his wild kingdom, is having quite a week. First, on Thursday, he got into a preposterous wrangle with Manu Raju of CNN over the former president*'s attempts to overturn the election. That McCarthy can't simply acknowledge what happened gives you a good look at how he's been twisted by his loyalty to a vulgar talking yam. But even worse was his campaign against Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, who is not afflicted with that problem at all. Here's Charles P. Pierce on why this is proof that the Republican Party has nothing left to offer the country in terms of actual leadership. It's white noise. Read More           10 Essential Books About the Asian American Experience   On the evening of March 16, a 21-year-old white man entered three spas in the greater Atlanta area and murdered eight people, six of whom were Asian American women. The horrific crime comes on the heels of nearly 3,800 reported incidents of hate-related behavior targeting Asian Americans, who have seen a frightening increase in anti-Asian behavior and sentiment (along with a 150 percent increase in hate crimes) in the year since the pandemic began. Though the uptick in racist violence has left Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities "disappointed, destroyed, and disgusted," as lawyer and former Asian American Studies professor Dale Minami described, it's also the latest chapter in this nation's centuries-long history of racism and bigotry against people of Asian descent. For anyone looking to learn more about the Asian American experience, past and present, one of the best ways to get educated is to crack open a book. We've pulled together a list of ten books that illuminate different facets of the Asian American experience, from fiction woven through with topics like immigration and activism, to nonfiction about the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality. Once your reading is underway, brush up on ways to donate to AAPI communities, and do your part to stop AAPI hate. Read More           Flint and Tinder's Waxed Jacket Will Only Get Better With Age   Waxed jackets are here to stay—they've been keeping outdoorsmen clean and dry for well over 100 years. The Waxed Hudson Jacket from Flint and Tinder carries on that tradition, paying homage to the sporting jackets of old. The materials have been proven to stand the test of time; the waxed cotton comes from the Millerain factory that has been in operation since the 1880s and the flannel lining is made at Abraham Moons, one of the UK's oldest woolen mills. Right now you can pick up this handsome jacket for 35 percent off at Huckberry with the code hudson35. This is an excellent deal on a coat that will easily withstand spring showers and get you through this shoulder season comfortably. Read More           It's a Great Time to Score One of Woolrich's Iconic Blankets on Rare Discount   Established in 1830 in Pennsylvania, Woolrich has a world-class pedigree when it comes to wool and hardy goods. The brand's blankets even made it through battle — it was one of the suppliers of blankets to the Union soldiers during the Civil War. If you're looking to add a comfy blanket that is also tough as nails to your home, right now you can score 20 percent off a selection of blankets from Woolrich with the code EXTRA20. You may not be off to Gettysburg or driving cattle across the west, but a Woolrich blanket is a handsome addition to your living room or bedroom. There are multiple size options and a handful of timeless designs that match any aesthetic. Read More           Zack Snyder Answers Every Question You Have About His 'Justice League' Cut   "I didn't think this would ever happen." Even Zack Snyder, the director of Zack Snyder's Justice League, can barely believe a four hour movie which has his name, triumphantly right there in the title, is now out in the world. To casual movie fans and those firing up HBO Max this week searching for something to help ride out yet another night in pandemic city, a bladder-bustingly long version of a 2018 DC superhero movie that received lukewarm reviews and is considered a box office failure seems extravagantly preposterous. And, even if you've only seen a trailer to a Zack Snyder movie you know that extravagantly preposterous is what he does best. Esquire's Kevin Sintumuang caught up with Snyder about the reaction to the new film—and answered all our burning questions about what's next. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2021 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019