Listened to this album a couple times while driving around town today, and it rips from start to finish.

I think we’ve severely undervalued the impact of local newspapers in making for a more harmonious and informed society. Instead these news deserts have been filled by angry national outlets and local Facebook pages that reward hostility.

Incredibly cool opportunities here.

I love this, on the dream of the multilingual city.

No news hook sorry (‘Trump take egg’? ‘RFK take vaccine’?? maybe!) but here’s a new piece by me in Slate talking about kitchen aesthetics & ideology, John Berger’s The Eaters and the Eaten, food anxieties, and the Tartine bread book: slate.com/business/202...

Finally listening to this brilliant compilation from @petepaphides.bsky.social / @needlemythology.bsky.social on this rainy Saturday. Really spectacular stuff, and absolutely engrossing liner notes.

"the band sound more polished and confident than ever" Alex Evans reviews the "looser, bluesier sound" of The Loft's new release 'Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same'. Out on Tapete Records. @the_loft_uk @tapeterecords

#31GreatWomanMusicians Day 13. Sarah Martin (Belle and Sebastian) Not the type to seek the spotlight but an integral part to the beauty of B&S : violin, keyboards, vocals, she does it all and gave us some very special songs 👏 "I Didn't See It Coming" youtu.be/5XsB5dWYBj4?... Paris, may 2024

Kinda want a burrito, kinda want to disappear into the woods forever.

Top-tier stack on the shelf today.

I don't know what the death of civilised America is going to sound like; but the dull metallic stamp of a pneumatic drill breaking up the Black Lives Matter mural on 16th Street yesterday morning felt like some sort of premonition.

A guide to the music of Cocteau Twins, the history of music in the workplace, the late Steve Albini singing the praises of Jason Molina, a Low Culture Essay on cult Berlin film Christiane F and UFO hunting with Aidan Moffat of #ArabStrap... #ThePortal: Quietus Archive Dive thequietus.com/portal/

Reading about the insane numbers of books that ordinary working people used to read a hundred years ago feels like seeing pictures of the Pacific Ocean back when it teemed with whales. Hard to comprehend what we’ve lost.

The thing about our label is that we get carried away and keep adding more bits until our profit margin is only visible with a microscope. Which is why #BandcampFriday is so huge for us. If you were thinking of buying Sensitive now's the time! needlemythology.bandcamp.com/album/sensit...

So many good SLR releases recently. Go buy them!

paris proves it: when we stop designing cities for cars and start designing them for people, the air clears, the streets come alive, and life gets better. less smog, more green. less noise, more joy. fewer fumes, more kids playing safely. this isn't some hippy dream, it's a choice.

“It’s a reminder that you don’t actually own much of the digital content you consume, and without the ability to back up copies of ebooks, you could lose them entirely if they’re banned and removed.” www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

"a band unafraid to trust their instincts" - "a triumph from start to finish" Alex Evans reviews 'Billboard Heart' the new album from Seattle's Deep Sea Diver. #seattlebands #deepseadiver

If you have a cool idea you’re working on, today’s the day to get productive. There will be time to get mad later.

Spend the snowy Sunday stumbling through some tunes from Belle and Sebastian and the Velvets.

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everyone should start a band. no one should start a generative a.i. music company

Snow day.

I linked to Orange Juice’s “Rip It Up” music video in a final announcement to my students this term, and not only did they listen to it—they liked it! Looks like you’ve got some new undergraduate fans in Ohio, @edwyncollins.bsky.social.