We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.

At the top of the next hour I'm back on Echobox.radio for 2 hours playing unmissable new music by DJ Lag, Poor J'Darr, Sully, Roots Manuva, Kah-Lo, SML, LeeMcKrazy, Bok Bok, Prins Thomas, underscores, FKA twigs, LWS, Paurro, Olof Dreijer, Low End Activist, Juana Molina, Natasha Pirard, NVST and more

Take a moment today to check in with older people who seem disconnected from reality and may be unwell.

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

Can’t wait for the inevitable overlong, self-serving Right Hand Files post about this and why dinner with proud bigots “makes the celestial spheres hum within us, inviting a greater understanding of awe” or some bullshit.

Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

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My fav new album this week is Fernande, Cecile by the Belgian 🇧🇪 musician Natasha Pirard. Produced, mixed and released by the Soulwax brothers, it is never nevertheless a deeply personal ambient project (synth, violin, voice), named after and inspired by Pirard’s grandmother and mother.

This week I was pondering what could have been after seeing the new Selena doc on Netflix ⭐⭐⭐, and I updated my playlist with ❄️ new music from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sully, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 LWS, 🇳🇴 Prins Thomas and 🇧🇪 Natasha Pirard open.spotify.com/playlist/14x...

Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

This week I was pondering what could have been after seeing the new Selena doc on Netflix ⭐⭐⭐, and I updated my playlist with ❄️ new music from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sully, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 LWS, 🇳🇴 Prins Thomas and 🇧🇪 Natasha Pirard open.spotify.com/playlist/14x...

I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke. IG bscomedian

It's been SEVEN hours and fifteen days

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I reviewed a rigorous, demystifying new biography of Tupac Shakur www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

Ah, shit. RIP Mani. His Stone Roses work is obviously iconic, but the music Primal Scream made when he was in the band was really incredible. youtu.be/0xBzYsE4y1k?...

One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...

Awful news. His wife died recently at 52. They leave behind two 12-year-old twins.

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this thread. yeesh.

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The main difference between their characters is that I would view Butthead as being morally culpable for his crimes in a way I wouldn’t for Beavis. Beavis I’m almost instantly arguing down to manslaughter, Butthead is full Murder One

“Things happen”

Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:

My fav new album this week is Airdrop II by the English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 producer Low End Activist, the follow-up to my number 1 album of last year. This time he employs stylistic elements of ‘90s drum ‘n bass, upcycling them into another blistering soundscape. lowendactivist.bandcamp.com/album/airdro...

This week I was quite possibly the only person to see (and enjoy) both Turnstile and Asher Gamedze live, and I also updated my playlist with 🪦 new music from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Night & Roots Manuva, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charli xcx & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Cale, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 FKA twigs, 🇳🇬 Kah-Lo, 🇮🇹 Katatonic Silentio,

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Low End Activist, 🇿🇦 Dladla Mshinqisi & Beast Rsa, 🇿🇦 Cyfred x Sayfar, 🇿🇦 DJ Lag and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Object Blue open.spotify.com/playlist/14x...

This week I was quite possibly the only person to see (and enjoy) both Turnstile and Asher Gamedze live, and I also updated my playlist with 🪦 new music from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Night & Roots Manuva, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charli xcx & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Cale, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 FKA twigs, 🇳🇬 Kah-Lo, 🇮🇹 Katatonic Silentio,

naw, that's just a little guy

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

She's running

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Song is worth listening to for the last 80 seconds even if you're not into piano ballads. No spoilers, just start at the top.

Nigerian singer Kah-Lo bringing Tom Tom Club vibes in 2025 youtu.be/edGqluJKbIM

It's not just that he's a pedophile, he was the least popular pedophile

The Blues Father

Let the swans dance! www.euronews.com/2025/11/11/r...

Please sign this band to @sacredbones.bsky.social. 💀

Deze hele thread. Veel Amerikanen kunnen gewoon nauwelijks lezen. Verklaart het een en ander.

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Hoezo ben je gematigd als je samen optrekt met extremistische Republikeinen

Great to have seen him five times over last summer's Kurosawa season at Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, not just Seven Samurai but Kagemusha is also ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. (As is Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs!)

Ladies and gentlemen, multiple Grammy Award nominees Turnstile

New York showgirls pose for a photo by the White Studio, mid-1920’s.

Maybe no surprise but I nevertheless had to make a (very much earned) effort to say that, after a weekend of heavy listening, yes, my fav new album this week is indeed Lux, the overwhelmingly ambitious and spectacular new one from Rosalía. This one’s going to stick around for a while, I’m sure.

Saw the Springsteen movie and the Pavement doc this week, but best of all finished the fantastic Mr. Scorsese docu series *and* I updated my playlist with ✍️ new music from 🇸🇪 Olof Dreijer, 🇺🇸 underscores, 🇺🇸 Kehlani & Ne-Yo, 🇪🇸 Rosalía, 🇦🇷 Juana Molina and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yushh. open.spotify.com/playlist/14x...

#BPHM8285 It's the FINAL GROUPS of BLACK POP 1982-1985 32 songs, pick and (ideally) rank the best 10 of them for me to countdown next week Here's the A-SIDE selection docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Er gaat ook een oproep rond (namelijk van mij) om geen aandacht te besteden aan domme stunts (oeps, nu al mislukt) en lekker te luisteren naar wat je zelf wilt.

this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA