TGI Freestyle 2022#35

1. Wire - Boiling Boy (Daytrotter Session) 2. Pale Saints - Sight of You 3. Porcupine Tree - Herd Culling 4. Catherine Wheel - Broken Head 5. School of Seven Bells - Ablaze 6. Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone 7. Heart - Barracuda 8. Brian Eno - There Were…

Weekly Links 2022#35

* Some time in the next 10-15 years, the most common religion in the United States will be “none”. * Excellent Noah Smith review of the Elite Overproduction Hypothesis. * Anthony Lee Zhang on The Market for Meaning. Offering "meaning" as a side or main dish is a competitive advantage in a market…

TGI Freestyle 2022#34

1. Farflung - Unborn Planet 2. Skip & Die - Love Jihad 3. Etienne Jaumet - Metallik Cages 4. Mdou Moctar - Chismiten 5. Catherine Ribeiro - Un Regard Claire 6. Aksak Maboul - Dramascule 7. High Llamas - The Hot Revivalist 8. Frank Zappa - The Uncle Meat Variations 9.…

Weekly Links 2022#34

* If it seems to you that the people at work talking Corpspeak are being vague ... you're right. * Everything you always wanted to know about wrong number text scams. * Noah Smith on why and how GDP is a useful number after all. * Ryan Dahl (of Node fame and now Deno) on…

TGI Freestyle 2022#33

1. Bitchin Bajas - Space is the Place 2. The Manakooras - Howl of the Jaguar 3. Vicky Chow - Vick(i/y) for Prepared Piano 4. Carla dal Forno - Come Around 5. Black Flower - Morning in the Jungle 6. GOAT - Run to your Mama (live) 7.…

Weekly Links 2022#33

* Playing the Bullshit Game: How Empty and Misleading Communication Takes Over Organizations * An epic 62-Tweet thread about the Voynich manuscript * A short from Seth Godin on Slack (the systems concept, not the app) * The Armchair Architects on Simplicity * Matt Rickard on Granular Compute * The History of User Interfaces (nice walk…

TGI Freestyle 2022#32

1. Zoviet France - Norsch Baelmaen 2. Kid Snero 3 - The Wicked Drummer 3. Blackstar - Champion DJ 4. Manorexia - Tubercular Bells / Anabiosis (live) 5. Rae & Christian - The Bacalau 6. Les Négresses Vertes - Zobi la Mouche 7. Sonic Youth - Renegade Princess 8. Yo La Tengo…