I feel like @yewknee will really enjoy this https://t.co/Zgd1a4DNTA

1000x yes

In which the CW's latest superhero series gets a lead. https://t.co/ujciSOTdVr

new album on NPR. yes!

excuse me but are you aware of Lennu, the Finnish president's dog https://t.co/sBVSOiExw6

to back

Happy that the Skyway Man record is out in the world, streaming everywhere. If you're in Nashville, please get yourself to the release show. It's going to be something special.

• David Lynch's La La Land - a masterful edit, though shouldprobably be even weirder.
• Trebek Raps - a whole category rapped by the infamous host. The music edit is pretty great too.
• Skyway Man - "Plane" - i keep watching this because it's such a bizarre, silly video paired with a song about a plane crash.
• "My Weekend" - I don't know what this is and I don't want any context. Maybe it's a cult, maybe it's a group of broken individuals working some stuff out or maybe something less nefarious but I don't want to know. Ignorance is bliss. Pure bliss.
• Black Holes - it's 11 minutes but worth the full watch. Absurdity abound: "It chronicles the journey of Dave The Astronaut and his partner, an intelligent melon, as they embark on the first ever human mission to Mars." So good.
• Magnificent Ambersons End Credits - Orson Welles narrates the end credits to this 1942 film. Can we bring back this style? via Austin.
• A Tribute to Peter - recently, Peter McArthur announced his departure from Vimeo. He's been with the company since the very beginning. This video compiles his ambient videos with this nonsense tweets - even if you don't know the guy, it's a peacefully hilarious viewing.

Lastly, please enjoy some Republicans getting their shit wrecked by constituents, it's wonderful.

EMBARK on the journey that is the @skyway_man debut, Seen Comin’ From a Mighty Eye. Now available everywhere: https://t.co/gXxdYHQlE6

Many years ago, I fell head over heels for More Strange News from Another Star, the second album from James Wallace and the Naked Light. I saw him play a number of times and looked forward to whatever was next from him. Then we struck up a conversation and he informed me that his next project would be called Skyway Man; a new name for a slightly new direction. I jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the project and, now, the debut album Seen Comin' From a Mighty Eye is available everywhere.

You can hear it on Bandcamp, Spotify or Apple Music (or wherever music is streamed) or pick up the gorgeously packaged double vinyl on marbled colorways.

I couldn't have asked for a more perfect follow-up album. It's got the same fusion of strange spacey themes mixed with a balance of Paul Simon and folksy styles. I know that sounds absolutely bonkers but it completely works.

a very important photo of @kmschneid @yewknee and @jedsundwall that makes me very happy https://t.co/VX3LEADwGN

official video

Wanted to make you aware of a few proud happenings in my yk records world.

• Little Bandit on World Cafe - a few weeks ago Little Bandit recorded a World Cafe session. It airs today at 2pm ET on XPN. Set a reminder.
• Skyway Man streaming on Stereogum - the debut from Skyway Man comes out tomorrow (Fri, Feb 24th) but you can stream the entire album early over on Stereogum. I'll have plenty more to say about this release soon, so go get familiar.

I recently watched Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs over on Netflix and would certainly recommend you do so as well. The film is a profile on Christo Roppolo, a high energy character that claims to have hours and hours of UFO footage. He shares a great deal of the footage and, sure enough, you've got no idea what you're looking at.

The film doesn't try to untangle exactly what you're seeing but largely focuses on Christo, his past and how he feels haunted by this phenomena that seems to be undeniably legitimate. Based on what you're shown, it's hard to argue with that hypothesis.

You can read more about Roppolo over on Motherboard or just get to know him via his YouTube channel but I suggest watching the film first to really understand his manic, bizarrely lovably, personality.

this. https://t.co/MooJMoS3gl

G'damn. The @skyway_man album is very good. I particularly like "The Shadow Knows." Listen at @stereogum. https://t.co/A3bdwbgE82

new song from forthcoming April record. Lots of fun horns.

Ana Lily Amirpour's second feature. not sure what to think!

Hear @skyway_man’s entire debut album, Seen Comin’ from a Mighty Eye, with this early stream on @stereogum.… https://t.co/jtN55UXbH8

I must admit, when Justin steered me towards Shitty Watchmen I was a bit confused. Why would I read through a massive Tumblr of redrawn pages with no dialogue and much less artistry? The official synopsis even seemed overly snobby:

Shitty Watchmen is a formalist exercise analyzing the language of comics as utilized by Alan Moore and, more importantly, Dave Gibbons. Shitty Watchmen seeks to scrutinize the masterful use of composition and panel breakdown within the most undeniably complex comic book ever created. The means by which these staggering artistic achievements are deconstructed? Super shitty drawings.

I read through an interview with creator Dave Baker and became a little more intrigued. Then, I simply started clicking through the entire tumblr and it's full archive. It is shitty but not that shitty. I'm on board and enjoyed the exercise way more than I originally suspected.

new song, new video