Happy 30th birthday to David Bowie's atemporal cyberpunk neonoir murder mystery concept album— an amazingly deft exegesis of the early dream & burgeoning pre-millennial zeitgeist nightmare of the mid-late 90s internet; an album which also somehow proves more prescient by the day. Here's 1.Outside:

what if we kissed on the pretty freight machine

In honor of Robert Redford, everyone is obligated to watch Sneakers tonight.

I've written about music since I was in high school, and I've been lucky enough to interview plenty of my heroes. But until this month, I never had the opportunity to talk to England's loudest and most punctual band. For the @latimes.com, I sat down with the mighty Spinal Tap.

Punchdrunk announce a new "live actiom video game" in London for four players at a time called Lander 23. www.punchdrunk.com/work/lande... Runs Sep 17-Feb 2 2026. Prices will start from £23. 90 minute run time. Uses recorded actors but not live performers.

Photomat booths where you dropped off your camera rolls. Computers with no modems Waiting years for a film sequel. You had to read magazines like Starlog for sci-fi film news. You maybe saw a trailer once. PC games in the early 80s sold in hardware/hobbyist stores. Sometimes in a plastic baggy.

They finally made the milk from that hotel

In defense of hope.

20 years ago, Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds,” the first music video I directed. To celebrate this anniversary, I have constructed this immersive 2005 simulator to transport you to an authentic media viewing experience of the distant past.

Now THIS is news www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Hey L.A.! This is tomorrow! Come to Pasadena and chat games and theme parks with myself and the wonderful Margaret Kerrison, if you can. vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-0...

EARTHQUAKE WHOOOOO

LA Acting/Immersive friends! A good friend of mine, Jeff Wirth, is co-teaching this class in January- it’s going to be awesome: partyatannas.com/workshop-reg...

Friendly reminder for all those getting new tvs this weekend: Turn off motion smoothing!

@joplinger.bsky.social Joooooooooordaaaaaaaannnn!

Age yourself with your first computer (trusty tape deck not included):

It’s rare these days I get to write a game story, but I felt this an important work of art to document. ‘The Morrison Game Factory’ is the best narrative I experienced this summer. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...

I’m confused. This appears to be a microblogging platform that’s… not gross? Can it be??