Jan. 19, 2021
Tue. 1/19 - Should Sea Shanty TikTok Take Its Leave and Go?
A synthetic cornea implant has successfully helped a legally blind man regain his sight. Team USA and Team Canada women’s hockey players can’t stop falling in love and living happily ever after together. And a deep dive into the briny waters of the sea shanty trend––how it started, some standout covers, why the trend has taken off, and if we should even care.
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Links:
- Synthetic cornea helped a legally blind man regain his sight (Engadget)
- Team USA and Team Canada Women's Hockey Players Keep Marrying Each Other (them.)
- Why TikTok (and Everyone Else) Is Singing Sea Chanteys (Wired)
- The Scottish postman behind 'Sea Shanty TikTok' (BBC)
- Tiktok: The Sea shanty 'Wellerman' has gone viral (Polygon)
- "All Star" shantified (Basscho, TikTok)
- Original Nathan Evans "Wellerman" dueted (Johnny Stewart, TikTok)
- Kermit "Wellerman" (artmonkeyworld, TikTok)
- C++ Shanty (Josh Millard, Metafilter)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Shanty (Tim Blais, TikTok)
- Sea shanties like the Wellerman are trending on TikTok (Vox)
- Why we're singing shanties in a high-stress state (Dan Olson, Twitter)
- Decemberists burn (Garrett Bridger Gilmore, Twitter)
- Microwave Tok (Shmangomungo, TikTok)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
