New thing of the day, August 9th 2021
Professional Musicians React
Professional Musicians React - click to see conversation about Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit”
From time to time, Jack Conte and some of his musician friends sit down and listen to some songs and talk about what they like and don’t like, what makes the songs “tick” and often how jealous they are of the artists and their skills.
Easily digestible, fun, a little insightful and feel good.
New thing of the day, August 8th 2021
Soft White Underbelly
Soft White Underbelly - click to see conversation with Matthew who is a heroin addict
Mark Laita, a professional photographer, interviews and portraits people from the underbelly of life. Drug users, prostitutes, pimps, gangster, hillbillies…sad and at times shocking.
Mr. Laita tends to pay his interviewees some amount of money to film them and he has been criticized for taking advantage of people who are already marginalized. While it’s easy to see how these videos can be seen (and consumed) as social pornography, I still find that many of them bring a level of insight and perspective that I rarely see elsewhere.
For me, these videos are a strong reminder of how, behind all the statistics, news stories, punditry and scary images, are real people with real lives. How easy it is to imagine a similar destiny for all of us, were we dealt a similarly bad hand as most of the interviewees have had.
New thing of the day, August 7th 2021
James Acaster
James Acaster - comedian - click image for funny video
so dry and yet so juicy
New thing of the day, August 5th
Weston Estate
Weston Estate - Pears - click to listen in youtubes
ya aunty’s favorite boyband, All over the place…in a good way.
New thing of the day, August 4th 2021
347aidan
347aidan - Dancing in my room
The Gorillaz was here
New thing of the day, August 3rd 2021
Roguebook
Roguebook - roguelike deckbuilder
A deckbuilder for the exhausted mind
New thing of the day, August 2nd 2021
Portico Quartet
Portico quartet - Prickly pear. Click image to listen on Youtube
pling-pling, tut-tut…in a nice way
New thing of the day, August 1st 2021
New book: SCALE - Geoffrey West
Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
The velocity of newness is increasing (super) exponentially. A little bit of number smashing and theoretically work to calm the nerves.
New thing of the day, July 30th 2011
Emma-Jean Thackray
Emma-Jean Thackray - Sun. Click image for youtube link.
Jazzy, big bandy fun
New thing of the day, July 29th 2021
Peggy Gou
DJ Peggy Gou: I go on Youtube . Click image to listen
Groovy Jarre-ish
New thing of the day, June 14th 2021
Buzzy Lee
Buzzy Lee: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, from June 2nd 2021. Click to listen
Funky & Ethereal. Strange Town.