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Benjamin Banneker's Almanac of Strange Dreams | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Magazine
The work of mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker represents the fascinating relationship between science and religion
via: smithsonianmag.com
July 26, 2024 4:28 pm
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Accelerationism, amphetamine philosophy, and the Death Trip by Jules Evans
Fascinating dive into the dark anti-human "philosophy" of Nicholas Land, the nexus where futurology turns into nazi thought.
via: julesevans.medium.com
July 26, 2024 4:21 pm
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Fotoautomat paris
Beautifully restored Fotomat/Photobooths from Europe. Dali had the Surrealists get their photos taken in one, each with their eyes shut, for the famous poster.
via: fotoautomat.fr
July 2, 2024 6:56 pm
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How to drive 12 countries in a day and set a world record
Simon Heptinstall and a partner drove from Felixstowe in the UK to Croatia in one 24-hour drive
via: detour-roadtrips.com
June 23, 2024 12:00 am
cars world_record driving europe
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I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again
AI is a shell game, a con job, don't make me point at the sign (the sign is this essay)
via: ludic.mataroa.blog
June 20, 2024 5:31 pm
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Fake Documentary Q: Gateway into Modern Japanese Horror
Japanese horror is having another comeback and it's returning in found footage series found on YouTube. This is a good introduction and points to many things I want to watch.
via: medium.com
June 20, 2024 6:01 am
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You Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark: Arthur Baker on the 'Born in the U.S.A.' Dance Remixes
Mike Duquette on the "sacrilicious" dance remixes of Bruce Springsteen's most popular singles. Contrary to popular opinion Brooooce liked them, incorporated Arthur Baker's work into his sets, and the mixes uncovered gems hiding in the multi-tracks
via: theseconddisc.com
June 12, 2024 5:40 am
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Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso”: The lesson behind the song of the summer.
Dan Charnas' excellent history of American Black music post-disco and how it got erased from the mostly white charts of the 1980s. The segregation of music is reminiscent of the 1950s. Also a good pointer towards a list of shoulda woulda coulda been hits.
via: slate.com
June 6, 2024 7:21 pm
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America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’ | Life and style | The Guardian
One of the craziest articles I've read this week. Call child protection services! Also, in ten years I'm betting even money this family will be subject of a true-crime documentary with at least one murder.
via: theguardian.com
May 27, 2024 12:20 am
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The Beatles multitracks by Ethan Hein
The accessibility of Beatles multi-tracks, ported from Rock Band, and what it means to music education
via: ethanhein.substack.com
May 24, 2024 4:54 am
Beatles multitracks remix
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Rules and Their Limits by Hamilton Nolan
Rules protect the world the way it is. Therefore it is impossible to change the world without breaking the rules.
via: hamiltonnolan.com
May 4, 2024 2:20 am
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Brian Eno: Behind The Reflection
BBC interview and tour of Eno's studio. He keeps his notebooks, going back years, in a fireproof safe. Asked if he ever looks in them for ideas: "no."
via: youtube.com
May 4, 2024 1:18 am
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I Watched a Guy Eat a Barrel of Cheeseballs by Caroline Cala Donofio
Sometimes it's the silliest, surreal moments that form community
via: carolinecala.substack.com
May 2, 2024 10:30 pm
cheeseballs stunts performance_art
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Liberals’ Heated Fascism Rhetoric Sidesteps Self-Reflection
For liberals, it is easier to blame “fascism” (or “white rural rage,” or “deplorables,” or “Christian nationalists”) for causing our country’s problems than the deregulatory, financialized, and militarist neoliberalism of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Those liberal priorities helped give rise to the modern right — but to admit that, liberal elites would have to reexamine the premises of their politics, and soul-searching is far less enjoyable than rallying against an unambiguous enemy.
via: jacobin.com
April 26, 2024 4:15 am
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Constantly Hating: The Tortured Poets Department
"It’s not enough. It’s never enough. TIME Person of the Year. Four Grammy Album of the Year wins. More than Stevie Wonder. Steve fucking Wonder, who has a case as America’s greatest songwriter, who redefined soul and funk and pop in his everlasting image, weaving his songs into the fabric of pop culture for generations. And yes the Grammys don’t actually fucking matter but as historical record it’s terribly embarrassing, like goldfish swallowing and pet rocks and other fads where you think, “Haha, can you believe people actually did that?” But it’s been 15 years and the fad never ends."
via: nobells.blog
April 26, 2024 2:19 am
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The Life and Death of Hollywood, by Daniel Bessner
"Thanks to decades of deregulation and a gush of speculative cash that first hit the industry in the late Aughts, while prestige TV was climbing the rungs of the culture, massive entertainment and media corporations had been swallowing what few smaller companies remained, and financial firms had been infiltrating the business, moving to reduce risk and maximize efficiency at all costs, exhausting writers in evermore unstable conditions."
via: harpers.org
April 26, 2024 1:06 am
capitalism movies tv writing criticism
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'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Is Over. JB Smoove Is Just Getting Started | GQ
Frazier Tharpe's profile of JB Smooth is fantastic, interviewing the rapid-fire comic actor who became an essential part of the second half of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
via: gq.com
April 26, 2024 1:04 am
TV curb_your_enthusiasm interview profile comedy
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AI really is smoke and mirrors - Brian Merchant
Not just a good piece about the shell game of AI booshitery, but a history of the phrase "smoke and mirrors" and the "magic lantern"
via: bloodinthemachine.com
April 25, 2024 3:10 am
AI history filmmaking magic_lantern
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The Six Seasons of Twin Peaks – Robert J. Peterson
Twin Peaks The Return brings out the best in a lot of writers and this attempt to fit the three seasons of Twin Peaks into a six-season format is one of them. At first it reads like a goofy fan-twiddling idea, but in the end, it's a deft exploration of what makes the Lynch/Frost masterwork so endlessly compelling
via: robertjpeterson.com
April 4, 2024 4:02 am
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J.G. Ballard
I miss these kind of websites, a hoarders treasure-trove dedicated to one particular artist. In this case, it's the author J.G. Ballard. The internet has ruined the internet (itself a Ballardian idea, I should think.)
via: jgballard.ca
April 2, 2024 4:10 am
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