1. 7-Eleven is giving away free Slurpees today in honor of it being 7/11. You may, however, spend more money  just getting your free Slurpee than its $1 retail value is worth. (A total party pooper item, we know, but still..) [USA Today via Eater]

2. SBTRKT was joined onstage by Drake during his recent show in Toronto. Video here. The masked producer also played Greenpoint venue Coco66 on Saturday night. [Pitchfork]

3. Former PAPER beautiful people Girls announced that they're going on tour in September and October in support of their upcoming album, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, out September 13. [Brooklyn Vegan]

4. A man went swimming in the Central Park Reservoir yesterday and had to be fished out by firefighters after he refused to leave. [NYPost]

5. How Betty Ford influenced music: "If not for Betty Ford, every episode of VH1's Behind the Music would be about 15 minutes shorter, there would be no Bands Reunited because half the people in them would be dead." [VV/SOTC]

6. What Los Angeles would look like with narrow streets (pictured above). [Buzzfeed]

7. How not to sleep with bartenders. [The Hairpin]