September 11, 2016

Xenia Rubinos

Xenia Rubinos is a songwriter and performer fom Hartford, CT, trained in jazz composition at Berklee, now living in Brooklyn, New York. Her music is an amalgam of R&B, noise, hip-hop and punk. It is often political, often danceable, and often both. She is currently on tour. More Rubinos music below the fold. [more inside]
posted by escabeche at 8:36 PM PST - 5 comments

Good life, good life

Roland, the Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, has announced faithful remakes of the iconic TB-303 bassline synthesizer, TR-909 drum machine, and VP-330 vocoder. The 303 and 909 in particular are revered in the worlds of house, acid, and techno, and are used on hundreds of records you know and love. Each have a distinct sound you can identify in a mix immediately. They're priced at $350-400, comparable to the low prices back when the gear was first released that made them attractive to unknown bedroom producers - while the originals go for thousands on the second-hand market today, affordable only for wealthy collectors and professionals. Peter Kirn dives in with impressions and offers a roundup of early comparisons and reviews. [more inside]
posted by naju at 3:07 PM PST - 121 comments

“I want a hot pocket so bad and it's all I'm thinking about.”

Son of Zorn [YouTube] [Trailer] An animated warrior from a faraway island in the Pacific Ocean returns to Orange County, CA, to win back his live-action ex-wife and teenage son. [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 3:07 PM PST - 31 comments

I sense something, a presence I've not felt since...

Star Wars Saxophone. [slyt]
posted by kaibutsu at 11:21 AM PST - 54 comments

"My god, it's full of pigment!"

Colors In Macro is a beautiful video of paints and milk and oil, guaranteed to provoke a "whoa." For an "eewww but I can't look away" response, check out Pills Dissolving In Macro. [more inside]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 11:08 AM PST - 12 comments

Live Broadcast of Midsummer Night's Dream from London's Globe Theatre

Live Broadcast of Midsummer Night's Dream. Right now! "First ever production to be live streamed around the world from The Globe. Sunday's sold-out show is the final Dream performance in the Wonder Season. The Globe says to expect naughtiness of a sexual nature!" The production has gotten some fine reviews: "a glittering, unnerving comic triumph."
posted by storybored at 10:38 AM PST - 72 comments

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Matthew Anderson of the BBC tweeted a paragraph from the 2013 book The Elements of Eloquence detailing the order of adjectives in English and calling it a thing "English speakers know, but don't know we know". It went viral, with outlets from NPR to Good Housekeeping covering the story and the rule, while Quartz pointed out that this is a meticulously taught rule for non-native English speakers. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan at 8:53 AM PST - 73 comments

Grief and empathy

"In the past several weeks I, like countless other New Yorkers and Americans, have found solace in the epic acts of heroism displayed by the firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers who have risked their lives to save "others. My aunt's neighbors displayed a quieter, more quotidian heroism in her final weeks, setting up a cooking schedule so that a fresh dinner would always be delivered, taking turns watching the kids, and even lending my uncle a new coffee pot when his broke." -- Chris Hayes, in an unpublished article from the fall of 2001.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 8:05 AM PST - 9 comments

Gotta catch'em all!

The latest Pokemon GO update is slowly becoming available, so go grab yourself a buddy (check the distance charts first)and then sit back ('cause you're totally a passenger) and admire all the great in-game photos. [more inside]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:45 AM PST - 142 comments

Not just Phobos and Deimos

Space elevators, ZRVTOs and conic sections (and quite a bit more on the rest of the blog)
posted by Wolfdog at 5:29 AM PST - 8 comments

Turn that frown upside down :(

Adding to the list of questions that split people into groups who previously had no idea that the other exists: Where is a frown?
posted by miratime at 2:16 AM PST - 120 comments

Animated math

Essence of linear algebra - "[Grant Sanderson of 3Blue1Brown (now at Khan Academy) animates] the geometric intuitions underlying linear algebra, making the many matrix and vector operations feel less arbitrary." [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 12:21 AM PST - 20 comments

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