May 23, 2021
suddenly, when there’s an opening, all these feelings come up,
“As hard as the initial trauma is,” she said, “it’s the aftermath that destroys people.” If you’ve been swimming furiously for a year, you don’t expect to finally reach dry land and feel like you’re drowning.
via @kottke [more inside]
The most gigantic lying Smile of all time
After weeks of cryptic TikTok teasing reminiscent of Kid A-era blips, Radiohead fans were pleasantly surprised this weekend when two of the band's leading members, frontman Thom Yorke and lead guitarist Johnny Greenwood, joined Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner to perform at this year's (virtual) Glastonbury festival as a new band called The Smile (or as Thom put it, "the smile of the guy who lies to you every day"). Their eight-song set, clocking in at over half an hour, is an aggressive melange of funk, post-punk, and math rock, their most guitar-driven material since 2007's In Rainbows, all kicking off with a beautiful version of unreleased Radiohead gem "Skirting on the Surface" [background]. Best of all? Since the livestream DRM shat the bed, the event's organizers released the whole show free online: Part One video - Part Two - Part Three - individual track downloads. Full tracklist, lyrics, and other goodies inside. [more inside]
Keeping it old school
Enjoy this comprehensive old-school web page documenting the history of the Paterson (NJ) Fire Department, founded in 1815. [more inside]
“I started looking at old cookbooks and one thing led to another”
In July 2020 Barbara Ketcham Wheaton launched The Sifter, a searchable database to assist people with food related questions. [more inside]
Sunday - a day of reflection
Professor Chireau's asks What is Hoodoo?
and goes on to explore: Hat Tricks: The Fez and the Turban in Africana Religions
and in comics.
Have you heard of the orisha Elegba? one of the most popular avatars in the African diaspora today.
These and much more including Beautiful women with cigars.
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Have you heard of the orisha Elegba? one of the most popular avatars in the African diaspora today.
These and much more including Beautiful women with cigars.
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Bob Dylan at 80
My Accuracy is Garbage
Surveillance Capitalism in the Library and Lab
"For some time now, the major academic publishers have been fundamentally changing their business model with significant implications for research: aggregation and the reuse or resale of user traces have become relevant aspects of their business. Some publishers now explicitly regard themselves as information analysis specialists. Their business model is shifting from content provision to data analytics. This involves the tracking –i.e. recording and storage –of the usage data generated by researchers (i.e. personalised profiles, access and usage data, time spent using information sources, etc.) when they utilise information services such as when carrying out literature searches." [more inside]
52 perfect comfort films – to watch again and again
Give me, in times of strife, a ripped Linda Hamilton doing pull-ups in her cell, preparing equally for escape and Judgment Day. I have zero interest in cars and don’t even know how to drive, yet I absolutely adore it. I’m also a lesbian, but would watch the films for Vin Diesel’s muscles alone. One hundred golden minutes of pithy wisdom on all life’s thorniest subjects: boys, friendship, sex, drugs, accessorising, parking. Everything useful I know about life I learned from this film.
52 perfect comfort films – to watch again and again [more inside]
52 perfect comfort films – to watch again and again [more inside]
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