Watches, Stories, & Gear: Saving Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper, 007 Socks, and Daniel Day-Lewis Has NOT Abandoned His Child

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Celebrate Goldfinger with these Socks 

Goldfinger, the James Bond film which many agree is the very best of the lot, turns 60 this year. What better way to celebrate such a monumental anniversary than with a set of novelty socks? If you’re of a similar mindset, the London Sock Exchange (great name for a sock brand) has you covered. The Goldfinger 60th Anniversary Gift Set features five sock designs celebrating the film in a variety of fun colors. Each has a small nod to the movie with representations of characters, including Auric Goldfinger and Bond himself, as well as Bond’s classic DB5. It’s a subtle way to pay tribute to 007. Find more information via Uncrate right here.

Saving Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper 

You would think that any building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright would be something of a permanent tribute to the architect, forever a piece of the landscape it was built on. Unfortunately, that’s simply not true. There are many Wright designed homes, for instance, where people actually live, and who is to say the owners may or may not do their property? And then there’s the story of the Price Tower, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper. It stands just 16 stories, so it’s fairly modest as skyscrapers go, but it’s easily recognizable as a Wright designed building. As the New York Times reports, the building’s future is up in the air, without an anchor tenant and in need of funding for repairs and restoration. It’s a fascinating story, and a reminder that sometimes great art needs protecting. 

The Juror #2 Trailer 

Even at a time when many of the great filmmakers are releasing movies at advanced age (think Scorsese, Ridley Scott, and Francis Ford Coppola, all in their 80s), Clint Eastwood stands alone. He’s 94 years old, and has a new film out later this year that looks like it might be exactly the kind of throwback, 1990s style legal thriller for adults that we get excited about around here. The film stars Nicholas Hoult as a man summoned for jury duty, only to realize that he may have had a role in the case he’s sitting on as a juror. The supporting cast looks great (JK Simmons and Toni Collette, among others) and the concept feels fresh. Count us in for this one later this year. 

Daniel Day-Lewis Comes out of Retirement 

As reported by Variety and many other outlets, Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of his now seven year long retirement to act in his son’s debut feature film. Day-Lewis is perhaps the consensus pick for the greatest actor of his generation (maybe any generation), having won multiple Academy Awards, and making a number of roles completely iconic in films like There Will Be Blood, My Left Foot, and Gangs of New York. The new film, titled Anemone is the first film directed by Ronan Day-Lewis, and will co-star Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green. Little else is known about the project to this point, but this is almost literally the equivalent of Michael Jordan coming out of retirement. The fact that Day-Lewis is doing this for his son is also notable – we knew he’d never abandon his child.

“60 Songs that Explain the 90s” Returns, Kind Of

The podcast “60 Songs that Explain the 90s” has been a favorite around here since it began, and we’ve been curious to see how the Rob Harvilla hosted nostalgia machine would continue after thoroughly explaining the 90s better than any music podcast has before. The answer came this week, with the debut of the hilariously titled “60 Songs that Explain the 90s: the 2000s”. The first episode, on the Killers’ hit “Mr. Brightside,” is full of all the stuff we’ve always loved about the podcast, including many digressions and an honest examination of the time and people that created a particular moment in pop culture. It also happens to have one of the greatest Courtney Love anecdotes I’ve ever heard, and a great interview with The Ringer’s Chris Ryan. You can listen here.  

Nirvana Watches from Nixon

Speaking of rock music, this week Nixon unveiled a new collection of watches inspired by Nirvana, the legendary Seattle based grunge rock band fronted by the late Kurt Cobain. The standout is definitely the Nirvana Sentry Wobble, which takes the Nixon Sentry case and bends it to match the iconic “smile” graphic drawn by Cobain, which of course appears on the dial. Is this the grunge rock Crash? Time will tell. For now, you can check out all of the new Nirvana themed watches by Nixon right here.