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Kottke: I’m Going to Miss You, But I Am Taking a Sabbatical
I feel this announcement deep in my bones. I'm nowhere on the level as he is but I have been feeling burnout massively. Maybe this can inspire me to make change of sorts as well.Paul Spooner- Automata Artist
A delightful man making delightful contraptions
Susan Sarandon Tells the Story Behind Her Famous 'Simpsons' Jacket
Never seen this jacket before and I love it. I’m not even a huge Simpsons fan! I just love that she rocks it so often
A Deep Dive Into Nashville’s Rap Scene
good friend @lanceco wrote this cover story on the emergent hip-hop scene here in Nashville. I've never considered myself a deep hip-hop fan but have spent a good deal of time over the past few years immersing myself and can confirm.. it's REAL good.
Practical CSS Scroll Snapping
TIL about the CSS "scroll-snap" properties and 2012 web developer me is very jealous. In combination with an Intersection Observer; this does a lot with very little.
Eno; a new film by Gary Hustwit
Coming in 2023. I am confident this will be quite satisfying. Via @adamklaffOcclusion Grotesque
a typeface carved into tree bark that distorts and deforms over time due to the tree growing back. fun art project with a nice message buried within.
Cool Things People Do With Their Blogs
To Read (anytime, all the time)GooBing Detroit
“An archaeology of Detroit through Google Street View. “ Absolutely wild changes in Detroit in such a short span of time. You hate to see it.
103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
this is making the rounds and worth a gander, all things considered.How The World SOUNDS To Animals
Stone cold fascinating (and Congress with plenty of science facts)MTV Japan: Trent Reznor and Shinya Tsukamoto
Director of TETSUO collabs with NIN in 1993 for an MTV Japan Station Ident. As intense and satisfying as you'd hope for.The Staircase - Official Trailer
If you have never seen the documentary that inspired this, stop what you are doing and go watch it now. This trailer is certainly intriguing but you’ll never top the insane true story.
The Future of CSS: CSS Toggles
CSS is becoming more and more like a real programming language. Pretty wild to see. Via @steveniebauerTetrisphere - Prophetic
via @dontstaylong - this N64 soundtrack "goes hard." This is some serious late-90s rave vibes.
Kevin Guthrie Won't Tell You He's an Artist
Alex and Kevin have a chat. Said chat is fascinating. That is all.
Handshake
peer-to-peer root naming system. I can't say I fully understand this thing but I am intrigued. Blockchain TLDs as far as I can tell!
Every week for the past few years I've posted a new episode of my We Own This Town Music podcast. I scour Instagram and Bandcamp to find new releases from the Nashville area and put them into a playlist format. It's akin to running a radio show but there's nothing in regular rotation; I really do my best to try and play something different every episode.
Today I released the 300th episode. It's a milestone for me and I'm honestly proud I've been able to stick with it for so long and continue to be so happy with the results. It's work but it's rewarding.
To celebrate the landmark occasion, I reached out to a bunch of members of the music community and asked them to submit one of their favorite local tracks (new or all-time). I'm quite pleased with the results and I hope you'll tune in to discover some new music; even if you don't live in the Nashville area.
To point a slightly finer point on it, We Own This Town (the entire endeavor) strives to be a destination to prop up the great creativity happening around where I live but it's far from the only destination for such a thing. A thriving music scene only works if everyone involved is promoting one another and not trying to hoard all the eyeballs (and likes and social currency) for themselves. Nashville's scene is so good because of all of the people that are involved in pushing awareness; not just WOTT. Maybe that's obvious but it felt great to ask others to participate and they were so willing to contribute.
To celebrate the landmark occasion, I reached out to a bunch of members of the music community and asked them to submit one of their favorite local tracks (new or all-time). I'm quite pleased with the results and I hope you'll tune in to discover some new music; even if you don't live in the Nashville area.
To point a slightly finer point on it, We Own This Town (the entire endeavor) strives to be a destination to prop up the great creativity happening around where I live but it's far from the only destination for such a thing. A thriving music scene only works if everyone involved is promoting one another and not trying to hoard all the eyeballs (and likes and social currency) for themselves. Nashville's scene is so good because of all of the people that are involved in pushing awareness; not just WOTT. Maybe that's obvious but it felt great to ask others to participate and they were so willing to contribute.
Many thanks to everyone who submitted a track. Specifically, my gratitude to Patrick Rodgers, *repeat repeat, Negro Justice, Caroline Bowman, Six One Tribe, Olivia Ladd, Taylor Cole, Lance Conzett, Larissa Maestro, Wes Davenport of No Country for New Nashville, Villin dot net, Rebecca Delius from Memento Stori, Mary Mancini from Lucy’s Record Shop, Megan Seling from Snack and Destroy, Kathryn Edwards, The Groove Records, Leanne Merritt and Vinyl Tap.
Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs (Broad Street)
From the feature film "Give My Regards To Broad Street" (1984). The makeup should never be forgotten.
What hacking AOL taught a generation of programmers
nice little trip down memory lane here
DuckDuckGo for Mac
built on top of Safari rendering engine but with a focus on privacy. Sort of want to try this if only for the "we handle cookie alerts for you" feature.
karson - offline.. (loops)
smitten with this EP; little tastes of hip-hop beat tapes mixed with twin peaksWhy Donald Glover's Atlanta Feels So Weird
Loving this channel! This piece on Afro-Surrealism is captivating.The Absurd Intricacy of The French Dispatch
Nice overall piece looking at Anderson but the first portion regarding the pacing and metronome is wild.
Warhol Crowd Wallpaper (Where's Warhol)
sorta want this... real badJudd Apatow Breaks Down Scenes from His Movies
17 minutes is long for our collective attention spans but this was great.
Second Life’s Mistakes Should Inform Today’s Metaverse
note to self: read this... looks intriguingMagnetic slime robot
The future is weird but entirely intriguing