posted October 4, 2017 #
HT to
Andy Baio on the Matthew Bogart novel
Incredible Doom, a print and web comic series "about '90s kids making life-threatening decisions over the early internet." The
trailer is an engaging talking heads piece about the impact of discovering the Internet on many notable faces - Baio included and the
first issue is available to read online.
I talk about
nostalgia pretty frequently on here but this isn't exploiting things we did in our youth for the sake of hanging on to them at all costs, this is the stories of our youth for the sake of sharing them. It's consistently impressive to me to see how many people found their crowd via dial-up modem, message boards and chat rooms. Even games like
L.O.R.D. formed friendships and experiences that carry through.
The
print edition looks delightful and I may actually subscribe to get these in hand.
posted October 4, 2017 #
The problem with Twitter in 2017 is that micro-observations are all inherently bourgeois. https://t.co/Fku62iqZAz
posted October 4, 2017 #
Interesting response and even better thread
posted October 3, 2017 #
One shoe bomber tried to blow up a plane and now we take off our shoes.
1518 mass shootings since Sandy Hook and Congress has done NOTHING.
posted October 3, 2017 #
*sees Casper the Friendly Ghost already exists*
*quietly rips up my Digroy the Dead Kid comic*
posted October 3, 2017 #
my version of “read it later”: open it in a new tab and NEVER READ OR CLOSE IT EVER
posted October 3, 2017 #
if you've used FB custom auds, you know how powerful it would be seeded with names from, say, a hacked voter roll... https://t.co/Wf618NxPcH
posted October 3, 2017 #
I want to live in a society where Rage Against the Machine lyrics feel antiquated and irrelevant.
posted October 3, 2017 #
The 2nd Amendment was written 226 years ago.
Imagine trying to write laws today that govern weapons in the year 2243.
posted October 3, 2017 #
New interview up today w/ Brooklyn-based artist/illustrator @beeteeth + photography by @ryanessmaker
posted October 3, 2017 #
In general, I don't post a lot of political items. I may favorite some twitter posts that articulate my thoughts better than I could myself or post some quick links to articles worth reading but, in general, I don't contribute much to the cacophony. I often lament that lack of participation because it could be construed as lacking confirmation in those beliefs but I simple abhor political "discussion" online as it largely exists entirely as people shouting into the void, no one willing to see another angle or, more specifically, able to express a nuanced conversation.
But this isn't about my social media Do's or Don'ts, this is about a great post about Jason Kottke on
The United States of Guns containing a series of worthwhile quotes reflecting on our entropic system of inaction in regards to gun control and gun violence.
America is a stuck in a Groundhog Day loop of gun violence. We'll keep waking up, stuck in the same reality of oppression, carnage, and ruined lives until we can figure out how to effect meaningful change. I've collected some articles here about America's dysfunctional relationship with guns, most of which I've shared before. Change is possible - there are good reasons to control the ownership of guns and control has a high likelihood of success - but how will our country find the political will to make it happen?
Aside from reading the above series of quotes from Kottke's site, please read the Teen Vogue piece
We Have to Stop Pretending We Can't Do Anything About Gun Violence, as it's as on point as any piece could be.
I am angry about the
Las Vegas shooter (killing 59, injuring 515) for so many reasons but, mostly, because we do nothing about it. I feel fearful. I feel despondent that there are people that would lash out at me for feeling that way, saying that guns
aren't a danger, despite the evidence. Mostly I feel powerless because, as Kottke says, we are stuck in a loop. Thoughts and prayers go out, divisions continue to widen and nothing changes. Even a blog post feels embarrassingly, miserably, inadequate but I'm hopeful a movement somehow arises to finally break the chain.
posted October 3, 2017 #
This thread takes a truly wild turn at the end https://t.co/xs3XWJrFPF
posted October 2, 2017 #
You're right, 'thunderonthebeach.' You got us... https://t.co/1YhDCJ5tKK
posted October 2, 2017 #
I made a playlist of Tom Petty deep cuts. Listen and convert to Pettyology with me. https://t.co/n0ZLxKty75
posted October 2, 2017 #
The right to be a consumer, the right to purchase a weapon made for killing, is more sacred in American society than life itself
posted October 2, 2017 #
You may or not may not know the band
Glossary. They're a Nashville staple in the rock scene that was adopted into the Americana world via the likes of The Drive-By Truckers and Lucero. They've put out albums from 2007 to 2011, toured afterwards as relentless as their bodies could handle and continue to pop up now and again to remind folks what a proper rock song steeped in blue-collar upbringings should sound like. Their 20th anniversary is right around the corner and they're playing a show in Nashville at
Mercy Lounge on Oct 7th to celebrate the occasion.
I sat down with two members of the band - Bingham Barnes and Joey Kneiser - to discuss the history of the band, how they approached each of their ever-evolving records and the conscious effort they undertook to write songs that put optimistic over cynicism, as a guiding moral light for kids that might discover them later.
It's an hour long interview that covers a lot of ground that might not seem that enthralling if you don't know the band but it's a great opportunity to get to know them and dive into their work.
I'll be releasing a follow-up episode on Wednesday that showcases their actual music. So, keep an eye out and, if you're around, go
see them play.
posted October 2, 2017 #
It's been five years since the last
I Come to Shanghai record, so it was incredibly welcome news to see the launch of
Low Pressure, their third (fourth?) full-length album. Their own description should be enough to draw you in:
Recorded in their studio in Athens, Georgia, Low Pressure explores the idea of paradise falling apart: A band playing on a beach in the middle of a hurricane. Drawing on a palette of dreamy lap steel, orchestral synthesizers, adventurous guitars, synthesized nature sounds, lush vocal harmonies, and a heavy rhythm section, the album weaves songs and instrumental compositions into unpredictable mood swings and stormy weather patterns. Melodies are long and rarely repeated. Harmonies constantly shift under your feet. An occasional squall of noise swallows the band whole.
While the overall tone is different, there are similarities to the predecessors
Eternal Life Vol. 1 and
Vol. 2, largely in the all encompassing, mounting, wall of sound that presents itself.
Five years between records isn't unprecedented but it's great to hear that the band has kept the thread from the previous undertakings while still stepping into new territory. It's pretty much exactly what you'd want from a followup.
posted October 2, 2017 #
posted October 1, 2017 #
wonderful, non-click-bait, headline and article
