Q: What recent film and tv scores have most moved or suprised, and which songs are forever locked in your mind with certain scenes?

I’m excited to make my WMC debut this year moderating a workshop on soundtracking! It’s such an iconic pillar of electronic music culture that I’m stoked to be a part of. I’ll also be doing some fun editorial coverage there as well. See you in Miami?! wintermusicconference.com/panel/from-s...

KNTXT: Label of the Month | November 2025 Charlotte de Witte’s label KNTXT is reshaping modern techno with raw energy, emotional depth, and a fearless commitment to new talent.

It was lovely speaking to the incredibly humble & driven @charlottedewitte.bsky.social about her long-awaited debut album & her influential techno+ label @kntxt.bsky.social for @beatportdj.bsky.social. It's been a joy to watch her rise, and she sure isn't done! www.beatportal.com/articles/114...

Starbucks Baristas Have Voted To Strike Next Thursday On ‘Red Cup Day’ Starbucks Workers United, representing approximately 9,000 baristas in 550 stores, has voted to strike on Thursday, Nov. 13 during the company’s ‘Red Cup Day’ promotion.

Starting Thurs, #BoycottStarbucks to support their unionized workers in negotiating a fair contract. The new CEO Brian Niccol killed their earlier striking efforts & is notorious for understaffing & cutting corners. www.forbes.com/sites/pamdan...

10 things that will get you labeled as a terrorist by the government + Taliban influencers, H00pify's Airbnb fiasco, statue-maxxing, MrBeast banking, Cava's dating show, Heineken vs AI, ByteDance's chatbot, and an intimacy coordinator film festival

facism is the real terrorism www.usermag.co/p/10-things-...

6 Things To Know About Asha Puthli, The Avant-Garde Disco Diva | GRAMMY.com The Mumbai-born "Space Talk" singer inspired everyone from Andy Warhol to Donna Summer and is still shining on stages today.

"Free is the only way you can live, being true to yourself. Break the rules if you have to; break the taboos where you think there is no justice," Asha Puthli.

Asha Puthli is an undersung disco diva and a true inspiration for living a creative, boundary-pushing life. www.grammy.com/news/who-is-...

Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE | Yanis Varoufuckice Naturally there were lots of law enforcement types hanging around the convention — men with military fades, moisture-wicking shirts, and tattoos of the Bible and the Constitution and eagles and flags ...

Terrifying. "Over and over the DHS agents at the fair emphasized how [travel] was the best part of their job. A longtime ICE agent said he had accompanied undocumented immigrants on deportation flights to more than fifty countries." @nplusonemag.com
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Matthew Dowd Fired From MSNBC for Charlie Kirk Comments Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

I guess free speach is only for the people that advocate violence and hate variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Mentorship in the Music Industry | Girls Write Now Join us on Tuesday, August 5 from 4:45–6:00 PM ET for a dynamic panel discussion exploring personal journeys and career paths within the music industry.

In 30 min, I'll be moderating a virtual panel on music industry careers for Girls Write Now, the lovely femmes-in-writing org I'm a mentor for. register here to join: girlswritenow.org/event/august... #musicindustry #musicindustrycareers

DJ Holographic: Home Is Where the Turntable Is Detroit’s DJ Holographic shares the personal history behind her vinyl collection, reflecting on family, grief, and the records that shaped her.

For my second feature for @discogsofficial.bsky.social, #Detroit's own DJ Holographic takes us through the records that made her the joyful funk- and groove-loving artist she is today. 🪩🏡🎵 #housemusicalllifelong www.discogs.com/digs/feature...

FKA twigs - Perfectly YouTube video by FKA twigs

FKA twigs’ long-teased “Perfectly” is finally here & it’s perf. Bring the hot EUSEXUA summer on. (See my LadyLand post for more on her EUSEXUA tour show, where she does plays & another ravey unreleased track: substack.com/home/post/p-...) #newmusicfri #inmyhead www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPpw...

“I Feel at Home Again”: Elkka on Queer Club Culture, Pleasure and 'Xpression' | Beatportal Elkka opens up about her new EP Xpression, a euphoric tribute to queer club culture, femme pleasure, and the healing power of the dance floor.

I realized I've yet to share my delightful chat with London-based dreamy electronic queen Elkka for @beatportdj.bsky.social here! Her excellent, sweaty new EP Xpression was inspired by the freedom of lesbian parties www.beatportal.com/articles/977... #pride #dancemusic #London

LadyLand Is A Celebration Of The Gays & The Gals Brooklyn's premiere Pride music festival, starring Cardi B, FKA twigs, Pabllo Vittar and more, celebrated the whole LGBTQIA+ rainbow with plenty of style and camp to spare.

Had the pleasure of covering the fabulously gay LadyLand Fest during NYC Pride again. FKA twigs & Cardi B gave it all as star headliners, while Y2k-loving J-pop quintet f5ve & rising neoperreo queen Isabella Lovestory were welcome discoveries
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BAD BUNNY - NUEVAYoL (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS YouTube video by Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny's NUEVAYoL video directed by Renell Medrano deserves all the awards rn www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU5V...

i still regularly think about and reference this article. Will remain in my mental article hall of fame forever. The New Yorker Solomun interview is also in there

Georgia O'Keeffe
Lake George, Coat and Red. 1919

A black bunny is lounging comfortably on a pink patterned cushion. Its body is stretched out and relaxed on a carpeted floor.

Christine and the Queens & Cerrone - Catching feelings (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Christine and the Queens

Already rinsing Christine & the Queens x Cerrone perfect sexy nu disco summer bop #newmusicfriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=thrM...

Bootsy Collins Talks the Records That Moved Him Bootsy Collins’ discusses his favorite bass players, the regenerative power of funk & his new LP, ‘Album of the Year #1 Funkateer.’

For my Discogs Digs debut, I chatted with the one and only funkmaster Bootsy Collins. He shares the bass records and players that have shaped his musical cosmology, and discusses his new, collab-rich (amazingly titled) 23rd(!) album, 'Album of the Year #1 Funkateer.'
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Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. .. It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?" It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe. It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS The GREAT GATSBY FITZGERALD

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Kylie Minogue's Long-Time-Coming Tension Tour Proves She Too is a 365 Party Girl 14 years after her last major NYC-show, the Aussie dance pop diva pulled all the stops for her celebratory Madison Square Garden debut.

I'm debuting my music & culture Substack with a review of @kylieminogue.music-social.com.ap.brid.gy's excellent, sold-out MSG NYC Tension tour date, attended primarily by Millennial & Gen X gay men :) anayglesias.substack.com/p/kylie-mino... #musicjournalism #dancepop #concertreview

Parker Posey saying "you diddd it " in a drawn out southern drawl to her hubby at the end of S3 E1 of White Lotus will now be the voice of my inner cheerleader

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!  Millions of Americans rely on public media  for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emer...

stand with NPR & PBS: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...

literally a dream assignment & journalism gold

Mochakk: Artist of the Month | January 2025 The Brazilian phenomenon Mochakk reflects on the unrelenting life and expansive potential of becoming a global superstar DJ

My 1st story of 2025 is live & I'm stoked on it. My 3rd time chatting with 25-yo Brazilian wunderkid @mochakk.bsky.social, who truly is thriving & making great music. We talk his upcoming debut on @ninjatunehq.bsky.social & much more @beatportdj.bsky.social www.beatportal.com/articles/794...

Cartoonist Quits 'Washington Post' Over Blocked Satire of Jeff Bezos Cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from the Washington Post after it refused to publish a cartoon satirizing its owner, Jeff Bezos.

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The 50 Best Tracks of 2024 | a selection by Beatportal With the help of our contributors, we celebrate the 50 best tracks of 2024.

always fun writing about some of my faves dance tracks for @beatportdj.bsky.social: Justice x Tame Impala is my #1, @theblessedmadonna.bsky.social x @kylieminogue.music-social.com.ap.brid.gy's perf party anthem & Elkka's dancefloor dreaminess #bestof2025 www.beatportal.com/playlists/71...