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Opryland VR
interesting to a niche group but this guy is rebuilding an old Nashville theme park in VR; based off a ton of reference photos and the like. No clue if this will pan out but I'm intrigued to keep an eye on it.My Movie
Ironic or earnest? Impossible to know but entirely enjoyable regardless. via @johnbaldwinjr
My buddies in the band Tower Defense released a new video today for a new song called "Sea Ranch." I've always been a fan of what Tower Defense does and this new piece is certainly a sign that they're continuing to improve as a band, not degrade.
I never thought I'd sing along so heavily with the lyrics "Microscopic flecks of iron // Describing arcs of sound" but here I am, hollering along!
It's a song about cassette tapes. It's a song about pollution. It's a song about the the unstoppable force of water. But mostly it's just an enjoyable rock song that shows a band having a load of fun together.
I never thought I'd sing along so heavily with the lyrics "Microscopic flecks of iron // Describing arcs of sound" but here I am, hollering along!
It's a song about cassette tapes. It's a song about pollution. It's a song about the the unstoppable force of water. But mostly it's just an enjoyable rock song that shows a band having a load of fun together.
Pulsar Editor
born from the now-dead Atom editor. Looks promising but still a ways to go it seems. Keeping an eye on this one.
Nashville Ambient Ensemble - Light and Space
second record from a supergroup of impressive Nashville musicians
The Bandcamp Guide to Quasi
a lovely profile of one of my favorite bands. new record is quite good.
I recently learned of the passing of Sonatore; a Nashville based photographer and musician that I admired a great deal. His Instagram is filled with phenomenal polaroids from top to bottom and his Bandcamp was always a compelling and rewarding listen.
I only met him once but engaged with him a few times online. He was delightful and, clearly, immensely talented. I don't know what happened to cause his departure but I am bummed about it. I hope you'll take a moment to cruise his Instagram; it really is quite good.
I only met him once but engaged with him a few times online. He was delightful and, clearly, immensely talented. I don't know what happened to cause his departure but I am bummed about it. I hope you'll take a moment to cruise his Instagram; it really is quite good.
I've found myself revisiting the musical works of 12 Rods lately. They were a Minneapolis based band that was primarily active from the mid-90s to 2004; releasing three fantastic full-length albums and a couple great EPs. If you consider yourself a fan of Self or Failure or that ilk, it's likely up your alley. They are supposedly gearing up to release new music. To that end, I've been diving back in deep to their whole catalog. I don't have the objective perspective to know if it's a good listen now as a new listener but it checks all the right boxes for me.
As part of that deep dive, I always came across this podcast episode with primary songwriter Ryan Olcott. It's a 2-hour chat and it's quite satisfying. It's also incredibly unfortunate how beat down he can come across because he truly is a talent.
As part of that deep dive, I always came across this podcast episode with primary songwriter Ryan Olcott. It's a 2-hour chat and it's quite satisfying. It's also incredibly unfortunate how beat down he can come across because he truly is a talent.
The US Copyright Office says you can’t copyright Midjourney AI-generated images
Non-human authorship makes them ineligible. Pretty fascinating debate.MarioGPT
"Generate endless Super Mario levels for free with GPT." Pretty impressive and the Mario avatar animation is a delight.Cleaning the Reflecting Pools at the 9/11 Memorial
Quick 3 minute piece about a job I never thought about. Stunning shots from inside the Memorial. Why this is manual labor is beyond me but makes for an interesting profile.
Quite happy to announce that New Man will be putting out a new EP on yk Records. Amazingly, the release is called The New New Man and the first track from it is available today.
The plan with this one is to release each track from the EP on its own, every two weeks - with the full release dropping on Apr 28th. Haven't really released something in this fashion before so it'll be fun to see how that pans out.
You can hear "Hedgerow" over on Bandcamp or any streaming service.
You can hear "Hedgerow" over on Bandcamp or any streaming service.
Food isn’t Trash
Nifty little trash can thingie that takes your food and composts it. Maybe not revolutionary but extremely well presented. Unclear why you must mail the compost back instead of donating locally but maybe that’s Phase 2. Into this.What's the deal with this font?
The story behind 'Japan's Helvetica.’Benjamin Rumble - Arts & Abstractions
an incredibly pleasing portfolio site. This feels incredibly rare these days.Awesome ChatGPT Prompts
a repository of things to try with your friendly neighborhood AIGen-1: The Next Step Forward for Generative AI
Latent Diffusion to Stable Diffusion to Gen-1. AKA, Video-to-video generative AI. This space accelerates very quickly.
The Story Behind Every Song On Andy Shauf's New Album 'Norm'
It’s a concept album inspired by reading the Bible and letting a Norm character unfurl through the darkness. Shauf is always an interesting dive.Pedro Pascal interviews Willem Dafoe.
When given the opportunity, watch interviews with Dafoe. He is unbelievably grounded and sweet.
Andy Shauf - Norm
a lovely set of songs about longing
I'm making a very conscious effort this month to release more music on yk Records. Having 3 releases for 2022 isn't bad but I wanna do more! To that end...
Today, The Medium released two new songs today - "She's Got It" / "Moon Rocks". Songwriter Shane Perry says "These songs are dedicated to my wife Kacy, who I love very much, and my dead plant Tori Jade, who I didn’t love enough."
I'm going to go out on a limb and say I think these are probably the two best songs the group has released. That's a tough thing to say because I like a lot of their previously released catalog but something about these two really strikes me.
Get it on Bandcamp or on your favorite streamer. Or both!
Today, The Medium released two new songs today - "She's Got It" / "Moon Rocks". Songwriter Shane Perry says "These songs are dedicated to my wife Kacy, who I love very much, and my dead plant Tori Jade, who I didn’t love enough."
Get it on Bandcamp or on your favorite streamer. Or both!
Pick a favorite retro bass
Sometimes the YouTube Algorithm really just *gets* you. The Atari samples are hard to deny but there isn’t a bad one on the bunch.
Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs
Hard to argue against
For the month of February, I've a lot of new music planned for release via yk Records. The first treat drops today - the debut single from General Trust. Before reading further, just go ahead and hit play...
Who is General Trust? It's the new pseudonym of Jay Leo Phillips. I've been a fan of Jay for a long time now - from his post-punk band Apollo Up! to his solo full-length to his pair of ambient EPs. He's always been a virtuoso guitar player but with this new project, he's taken on a whole new suite of tools... quite intentionally.
The double single - "Blue Ride" / "Coal Futures" - is much more synth and drum machine based than his previous work but he's still able to work in some of his recognizable guitar sounds. If you wanna put a genre on it, you might call it Synthwave, Cold Wave or Synth Punk. Those are all pretty niche but it gives you an idea of what to expect.
Jay's been working on this for a long time - learning the new instruments, recording, refining and putting together a live show that only requires himself to perform everything. I'm quite excited for this new phase of his output.
Pick it up on Bandcamp or stream it. Most of all, enjoy.
The double single - "Blue Ride" / "Coal Futures" - is much more synth and drum machine based than his previous work but he's still able to work in some of his recognizable guitar sounds. If you wanna put a genre on it, you might call it Synthwave, Cold Wave or Synth Punk. Those are all pretty niche but it gives you an idea of what to expect.
Jay's been working on this for a long time - learning the new instruments, recording, refining and putting together a live show that only requires himself to perform everything. I'm quite excited for this new phase of his output.
Pick it up on Bandcamp or stream it. Most of all, enjoy.
Suzanne Ciani Creates The Soundtrack For A Pinball Machine
Quick little non-technical piece. Love seeing early synthesizer work like this.Skatt Bros ~ Walk The Night
Watched M3GAN recently and rather enjoyed the usage of this song. Love the comment that calls them The Serious Village People.