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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Really Useful Metro Mapping
If you are a regular reader of TBTP, you are well aware of my obsession with public transit maps. This one is actually amusing and useful. The folks at the Thrillist Washington D.C. website have augmented the city’s already excellent … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Metro, public transit, Washington D.C
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Random Vintage Book Vending
You may remember a post a few years back about the Toronto secondhand bookshop’s Biblio-Mat book vending machine. Well, The Monkey’s Paw is back in the news with an update to the book-o-mat. Bookstore owner Stephen Fowler is now loading the machine with random … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Canada, Tech
Tagged Bookselling, Toronto, vending machines, Vintage Books
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Perspective on Transportation
You may be familiar with the brilliant work of Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Livschitz from his opening credits film for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert or his wild video Buenos Aires Inception Park, but his crazy short Perspective will blow your mind.
Posted in Air Travel, Animation, Film, Public Transport, South America
Tagged CGI, Filmmaking, Stephen Colbert
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Scandal at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
As I have probably mentioned a few times, one of my favorite places in Philly is the amazing Philadelphia Museum of Art. In fact, I usually drag every out of town visitor there whether they express any interest in going … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Marcel Duchamp, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Readymades, Surrealism
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Strangers Have The Best Candy
The Bookseller/Diagram Prize For Oddest Book Title of the Year, usually just called the Diagram Prize, is awarded each year to the book that voters think has the most unusual title. This year’s shortlist was recently announced by the British … Continue reading
The Winds of Winter is coming
The Winds of Winter, the long awaited next book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice series doesn’t seem to be forthcoming, however we loyal fans will have to continue to make do with the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Photography, Writing
Tagged A Song Of Ice And Fire, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO
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Detour for Free This Summer
The very popular location-aware travel guide app Detour usually cost $5, but for the rest of this summer it’s absolutely free. With 16 U.S. and international cities currently covered, including NYC, Boston, San Francisco, Rome, Berlin, Barcelona, and Paris, the audio walking … Continue reading
Summer Reads Pt 2
Here’s another quick list from my recent reading pile. Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh : If you are a fan of the inimitable Shirley Jackson, run, don’t walk, to your nearest bookstore for a copy of this mesmerizing, disturbing, and hilarious novel. … Continue reading
Summer Reads Pt 1
For some reason, I receive requests for reading recommendations from followers of TBTP. It may be because I’m in the book trade, who knows why. Anyway, I thought that I would share a short list of books that I have … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Europe, History, USA, Writing
Tagged Literature, novels, Russian Revolution, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Travel Between The Pages 