Wrote about Ballard's psychopathic hymn to the shadow modernities of the everyday
threexthree.substack.com/p/out-with-a...

I also found a lab willing to test some of our city's notable dishes for sodium content, and with my colleague Alan Sytsma, procured the dishes, and shipped them (cold-packs and everything) to the University of Nebraska
bsky.app/profile/nyma...

I co-reported this piece with Adam Platt—and upped my medical anxiety—on how dangerously salty restaurant food is

Smallpipes, small hopes Zohran and the permissions of Brìghde Chaimbeul's celtic rag

I did a short little blog about Zohran, some amazing Scottish music, and being allowed to even consider the possibility of better horizons
threexthree.substack.com/p/smallpipes...

Smallpipes, small hopes Zohran and the permissions of Brìghde Chaimbeul's celtic rag

I did a short little blog about Zohran, some amazing Scottish music, and being allowed to even consider the possibility of better horizons
threexthree.substack.com/p/smallpipes...

Hard to think of a vocal performance from this century that conveys the feeling of desperation nearly as well as the first verse of Young Thug's "Harambe"

The Perfection That Isn't Vincenzo Latronico, Henry Threadgill's soundtrack to war, cryptic pedagogy with J. Hoberman

A few short reviews by me on the 'stack
threexthree.substack.com/p/the-perfec...

Image Search - Beach Boys Demos 10th April 2025 Playing Surf, Classic Rock. Themed mixes, hidden gems, bedroom demos, interviews and other odds and ends once a month. Email: animalimagesearch@gmail.com

Great day to run this one back. Salute
www.nts.live/shows/image-...

harpers.org/archive/2025...

the real freaks were the people listening to WFMU over the phone. forget AM sound quality, imagine how bad the audio probably sounded
jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu...

"Drawbacks: Expensive, multiple rabbits killed if results are inconclusive, long waiting time for results." But otherwise it works pretty good!

wow. and (I'm learning) frogs were relatively new technology at that time
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnan...

One thing not based in reality? The Times' commitment to this completely made up definition of "based"

the name for his new era just hit me: Bonhomie Iver

call me old fashioned, but he’ll always be (Sandy) Puff Daddy to me

Magwaza YouTube video by Johnny Dyani - Topic

Periodic reminder that quite possibly the best song ever recorded is available to be listened to at any time, and no one can stop you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQA...

YHWH Nailgun album feels like 20 mins of a guy punching you and himself in the face. Electrifying

damn now same...why would you pass this on...

link?

Will the Revolution Start at a Jesse Welles Concert? The folk singer bringing NPR liberals, Marxists, and Joe Rogan together.

I went to the Bowery Ballroom to see a show and all I got was the news
www.vulture.com/article/jess...

Will the Revolution Start at a Jesse Welles Concert? The folk singer bringing NPR liberals, Marxists, and Joe Rogan together.

I went to the Bowery Ballroom to see a show and all I got was the news
www.vulture.com/article/jess...

I'm feeling like a real Chicago-style chump getting so excited about commuting to work in sunny, 45 degree weather, but the ten polar vortexes this winter have broken me. Won't be eating any Italian beef though

really good wikipedia malapropism

Beautiful and impressively candid essay on family from @britinacheng.bsky.social in NYmag's My Week in NY newsletter today:
link.nymag.com/view/62056a3...

The Image You Missed - The Criterion Channel Directed by Dónal Foreman • 2018 • Ireland Starring Arthur MacCaig An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late American documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig’s decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Drawing on over thirty years of ...

Really unique and moving film. The first scene is worth the price of admission alone
www.criterionchannel.com/the-image-yo...

Soy Right ascendant The return of Gamergate

Soy Right ascendant...for now
maxread.substack.com/p/soy-right-...

Perhaps Republicans will squander their power by being too cringe

The translator of On the Calculation of Volume outed herself as Scottish when she used "swither" at least twice in the second book.

Wild move by New Directions to let her smuggle that into the American edition, though I'm glad to learn the term