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posted June 7, 2017 #

Cool: Everything just qualified for an Academy Award, making it the first time this has happened to a game/interact… https://t.co/RVXaOYmhuW

posted June 7, 2017 #

TY @NylonMag https://t.co/w5B5lsOAlB

posted June 7, 2017 #

This is the gaming room in our new apartment, rate my setup https://t.co/CDwVUeTPwl

Somewhere

posted June 7, 2017 #

As you may have seen in the tweets, there's a brand new track from Sleep Good off of his upcoming album, Bohemian Grove (available via yk records, naturally).
The track debuted via Atwood Magazine and they had a lot of nice things to say about it:
Patterson's voice is warm and inviting, and a soft bed of strings helps it to float through the washy soundscape. The melody is woozy and a little dizzying, reflecting the speaker's disquietude. The strings build, and the chorus explodes joyfully - a little like the feeling of exiting a viaduct on the Pacific Coast Highway and coming face to face with the ocean...
The track is streaming everywhere now, so give it a listen. This won't be the last you hear of "Somewhere."

Merch Mulch

posted June 7, 2017 #

Claire Hentschker has taken up the task of compiling YouTube videos of abandoned malls and stitching them into a 360 Journey. You are swept through the empty spaces made all the more bizarre and rotten by the missing digital information. Scrub ahead at least to the 3 minute mark for a prime example of the glitched out environment. It's very weird but there's something hauntingly engaging about it all.

There's more if you find yourself craving further journeys.

posted June 7, 2017 #

Netflix Leaving Battle for Net Neutrality Shows Why We Need It. \"We're big enough to get the deals we want.\"

posted June 6, 2017 #

Work in progress. Dew on the grass in the evening. https://t.co/HQPpBRwn3S

How Did The Subway Get So Bad? Look To The C Train

posted June 6, 2017 #

I am fascinated by the subway. Having grown up in rural Tennessee, the only public transportation I experienced was the school bus. My college experience and most of my adult life was in and around Nashville, which has bus services but they're actually less efficient than walking many times, so I didn't use it very much.

Like most people that live in New York, I use the subway all the time. Sometimes it's disgustingly cramped, sometimes it's dangerously vacant (if you live here, your nose knows the danger) but it's still a helluva way to get around without having to own a car or participate in the madness that is New York Interstate Driving (a heart attack inducing experience).

But there's always been gripes about the subways lack of reliability. Lately, it's been getting much worse. This NY Times piece on How Did the Subways Get So Bad? sheds some light on the subject. The gist? Trains are kept in rotation that should have been retired years ago but a lack of properly applied funds and technology upgrades have trapped the system into a duct tape nightmare. Full renovations are eschewed in favor of keeping something running. I don't envy those in power having to work through this.

Related: if you've never seen this Subway Service Delay Animation, educate yourself and enjoy!

Lorien Stern

posted June 6, 2017 #

I'm still familiarizing myself with the work of Lorien Stern but I'm really loving her exhibit STARDUST that's on display at the Ochi Gallery. This video shows her process and some of the pieces. I just love these delightful headstones. I'll be on the lookout for more.

The Real Real-life Play

posted June 6, 2017 #

Maybe you don't care about Jed's kids but quotes like these always grab me: "There was no narrative, which is great because life has no narrative. "

Tokyo 42

posted June 6, 2017 #

Holy moly, Tokyo 42 has a lot going for it. The gameplay looks like a fusion of The Sims mixed with Ikari Warriors mixed with Canabalt mixed with Fez. Okay, that's probably a wildly inaccurate way to describe it but there's a lot of familiar elements going on with the top down 3D world view and insane melee of weapons. Just watch the trailer.

Oh, and the Two Volume soundtrack by Vicente Espi is great. It's on Spotify as well (if you prefer). I doubt I'll ever spend much time playing the actual game but I can't imagine not spending plenty of time with the music.

Nashville Smash Car

posted June 5, 2017 #

Didn't know we did this but I am proud of this new redneck tradition

posted June 5, 2017 #

oh yeah? https://t.co/ngtNJmTut3

We Own This Town: Volume 87

posted June 5, 2017 #

Next week I begin the physical journey back to Nashville. It's funny that over the last four years I've been living in New York but have continued to maintain We Own This Town, a site dedicated to the Nashville area music scene. It's a strong scene that continues to call me. I think there's still a misconception that Nashville is "Country Music" or "Singer Songwriters" but it really is so much more diverse than that. I have always enjoyed putting together these compilations that show that strength.

Anyway, long story short - here's 30 minutes of music you probably haven't heard that runs a wide gamut of interests.

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Enjoy!

New York Stories

posted June 5, 2017 #

If you didn't catch it, the latest issue of NY Times Magazine is a 100% comics and illustration issue. The online version lets you read through the dozen stories that were plucked from the teems of people throughout NYC and turned into distinct depictions of graphic artist wonderment.

posted June 4, 2017 #

It's really happening, fam. https://t.co/CsUOrhtcQf
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