The Guardian: Persuading Britain to spend billions on Trident is like...
The Guardian: Persuading Britain to spend billions on Trident is like convincing a tramp to buy a bazooka Background on the Trident debate. Frankie Boyle with a commentary in The Guardian: As for the...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Tony Molina – Don’t Come Back
Tony Molina – Don't Come Back from Renny McCauley on Vimeo. I can hang a second time When I’m with you I lose my mind You build me up to tear me down And I hope that you don’t come back now Tony...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: The Greatest Bits – Airman
The Greatest Bits Side Note: I don’t know whether it’s the sudden quarter notes in the interval between the verses and choruses, or that motif with the descending melody that makes it feel like my...
View ArticleThe New York Times: The Reality Behind Singlish
The New York Times: The Reality Behind Singlish In response to an opinion by Gwee Li Sui: Do You Speak Singlish? Li Lin Chang in a letter to The New York Times: Gwee Li Sui’s “Politics and the Singlish...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: RoeTaka – All For One
RoeTaka (Alex Roe) Side Note: I’ve been playing A LOT of Dark Souls 3 recently. It truly is a masterpiece of a video game, and it’s definitely one of the most cinematic pieces of art I’ve had the...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Kashiwa Daisuke – April No. 2
Kashiwa Daisuke Side Note: The video, titled Lothric in Stop Motion was made by YouTube user, Green Toast, who uploads some stellar videos from the Dark Souls franchise. In this case, it’s absolutely...
View ArticleFacebook just sent a chill over every digital news organization | Quartz
Facebook just sent a chill over every digital news organization | Quartz Alice Truong, Quartz: Today (June 29), the world’s largest social network announced a change to its news feed algorithm that...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: TOMGIRL – Darker Now
TOMGIRL Directed by The Boy Who Cried Action Side Note: I rather like this.
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Jamie xx – Gosh
Jamie xx Side Note: Spell-binding and absolutely haunting.
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Quest For Fire – The Hawk That Hunts The Walking
Take me to your favorite spark, and show me that you have never been watched By the hawk that hunts the walking By the wind that takes the talking By the sky that sees you come and need you every day...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: The Police – The Bed’s Too Big Without You
Since that day when you’d gone Just had to carry on I get thru’ day but late at night Made love to my pillow but it didn’t feel right The Police Side Note: I don’t particularly identify with the...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
Can’t stop the Gods from engineering Feel no need for any interfering Your image in the dictionary This life is more than ordinary Can I get 2 maybe even 3 of these Coming from a space To teach you of...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff (Live at Crossroads 2010)
Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown Aiming to shoot me down So I shot, I shot him down, I say I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels – Nobody Speak
Hey, you wanna hear a good joke? Nobody speak, nobody get choked. DJ Shadow Side Note: The samples on this track are so dope.
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Portable – Say It’s Going To Change
My head in my hand Must be the wrong station Separation just a ****** Disintegrating all relation Say, say it’s going to change soon Portable aka Bodycode Side Note: Alan Abrahams has been in motion...
View ArticleWriting Less
Doing more. Doing more? I don’t really know what prompted my retreat from the sphere of public publishing. Some of it seemed to stem from how ephemeral the exercise was. Write a few words, share it on...
View ArticleThoughts on being loved
I give thanks that I am loved. It might be presumptuous of me, but I think I’m fortunate. Lucky. Blessed. Whatever force you believe in, random sparks of life, or meeting of the fates, it’s really...
View ArticleMusic of the Day: Power Trip – Executioner’s Tax (Swing of The Axe)
Go on and look at you Today’s your lucky day The executioner’s here, and he’s ready to make you pay Power Trip Side Note: Best riff of 2017.
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