Picture-based advent calendars: hugely underrated

rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"

This is likely going to be my album of the year. Lost count of how many times I had it on the turntable. Beautiful work and I probably would have missed out on it if it wasn’t for the people I follow on here

Late night listening

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

Usually I find Jazz-with-an-orchestra-records to be almost unlistenable. This record from 1958 is a welcome exception (‘91, Japanese reissue). Beautifully laidback and only almost kitschy.* Perfect for days which are both dark and rainy. *no guarantees, might be very kitschy

Accidentally bought two records today, as “I’ll just have a look“ never really works, doesn’t it? No regrets.

Currently listening to one of my favourite albums of the past 10 years. I doubt that I’ll ever get to own it in any physical format, though you can always dream! standingonthecorner.bandcamp.com/album/standi...

Every week this advert seems to be in The New Yorker. Every week (without fail) it makes me laugh. The most New Yorker advert in the New Yorker.

What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are: - Japanese samurai extravaganza - Rappers trying out acting - Julia Roberts (funny) - Heists that might actually work in the real world - I am a cop/spy/ex-military with a unique set of skills but also a strong moral compass

I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.

While I am mostly happy with the time I was born I envy previous generations for their variety of letter endings. Today we may either use ”kind“ or “warmest regards” – God forbid someone uses “admiringly” or anything that consists of more than 2 words at the end of their email.

Sunday afternoon soundtrack 🍵

More Jeff Parker today! I’m so glad that I was able to see Jeff Parker & The New Breed in Bergen, Norway in early 2020 before the pandemic. Very happy to have this record signed!

Excellent essay here on the slow strangling of mass literary culture in the West - most clearly in the US, but it's obviously happening here too

Sunday morning soundtrack ☕️ eremiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/slight...

Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love This is definitely one of my favourite records of the year and I only can recommend watching the music video for ’CRISCO’ because it is one of the best things I’ve seen on YouTube in a long time.

#nowplaying again

Picked up this beautiful record by @kenisoda.bsky.social at the record shop yesterday! Highly recommended!

Some records I listened to yesterday while doing Saturday things (cleaning, laundry, etc)

Didn’t have a lot of time to listen to records lately but today it‘s time for Some Rap Songs. Fantastic stuff!

Watching the sun set, sitting on the balcony, drinking tea and listening another beautiful album by Jonny Nash

#nowplaying again

Thanks to the one and only @obsofdeviance.bsky.social for sharing his appreciation for ‘Don’t Play’ which is on this record some weeks(?) ago! Found a copy last week for 20€ that I would probably have missed it if it wasn’t for your post!

Every day I am surprised that my hate for generative AI wasn’t already at its peak the day before

I picked up the new Ghosted III record yesterday and it rules! Sometimes I buy records by artists I like without listening to them beforehand. Occasionally it backfires but in this case it clearly didn‘t.

#nowplaying the perfect record to start the day

#nowplaying again

I suspect this will be very high on my album-of-the-year-list

Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.

In the past two weeks my friend and I roughly drove 4700 km from our home town in southern Germany to Norway via Denmark and Sweden and back. I didn’t take a lot of pictures but I’ll post some of those I took here over the next days.

Two years after picking this record up I find myself returning to it quite often!

Don’t forget to listen to the records you bought a year ago!

#nowplaying again

#nowplaying Doechii

Saturday night / Sunday morning music I’m thankful for ways of listening to music that encourage listening to something more than once. If I had only listened to it once I probably would not have realised how fantastic this album is. Thank you, @intlanthem.bsky.social !

Wow!! This is what happens when a music journal isn’t owned by a mega-corporation!

I had a beautiful weekend and hope you did too! Lots of great food, music and people. I recommend listening to @patriciawolf.bsky.social’s music with a view like this.

The singularity is awesome

someone tried to shame me for posting music a few months ago. like what should I be doing, spending every waking moment wringing my hands in terror? yelling on social media like that makes a difference? nah, I'm filling my life with the stuff that makes life worth living, and trying to share it too.

#nowplaying @fatpossumrecords.bsky.social