Hey everyone whining about iOS changes you're gonna change into a skeleton someday

This somewhat controversial photo series from Melissa Spitz intimately documents her relationship with her mentally ill, bipolar, substance-abusing mother (warning: some NSFW images). Is it exploitative? Is it unhealthy for the mother? There are a surprising amount of strong opinions on the matter.

To get some better context on the whole undertaking, read this supplemental Broadly article that gives much needed color to the project. Not having much experience with the mentally ill myself, I can't imagine the complexity of the relationship.

I have yet to play it but if this trailer is any indication, I will fully enjoy the experience of Nightgate; an iOS puzzle game presented as a retro-future supercomputer network exploration. Downloadable here.

HT @vanityset.

Sometimes you just need something lengthy (and possibly obtuse) to fill your time. Enjoy these recent long(er) reads:

• Star Wars Ring Theory - an incredibly dense take on the intentional repetitive cycle of the Star Wars canon and how it creates "a sense of repeating, increasingly complex cycles of human experience."
• A Path Towards Infinity: David O'Reilly's The External World - a nice read on the self-awareness of one of David O'Reilly's finest. If reading's not your thing, just be sure to enjoy some AS bumpers.
• Is Bandcamp the Holy Grail of Online Record Stores? - if you haven't read this NYT piece, please do.

Nobuaki Doi (@NddN) looks at @davidoreilly ?s surreal & moving THE EXTERNAL WORLD (OIAF?10) https://t.co/1LPxr6YtRA https://t.co/6QOKzriT5m

Random amateur musicians from YouTube mixed together to create pure magic https://t.co/FgMoizzBJJ https://t.co/aGKjKySyKg

When late night brainstorming goes horribly wrong... #SpamVR #unity3d #madewithunity #indiedev #gamedev https://t.co/VLFrIqDaXw

Okay now THIS is really funny. The dispute on the Marvel video is for using the Star Wars theme. We never play it. https://t.co/vAay0atEJk

can't stop listening to Bomb Set by Oliver Munch https://t.co/FOCjYLZjlF https://t.co/CkABTExSdS

New single “Wow” available now: http://smarturl.it/BeckWow Listen on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BeckWowSpotify Director: Grady Hall, Beck Producer: Allan Wachs Executive Producer: Haley Moffett Creative Director: Brook Linder 2nd Unit Director: Giovanni Ribisi, Nick Roney Editor: Brook Linder Talent + Artist Contributions Sam Cannon - https://www.instagram.com/samcannon Randy Cano - https://www.instagram.com/randy.cano/ Andy Gregg / Super Studio - https://www.instagram.com/studio_super/ David McLeod - https://www.instagram.com/david_mcleod/ John McLaughlin - https://www.instagram.com/jhnmclghln/ Jess Rona - https://www.instagram.com/jessronagrooming Steve Smith - https://www.instagram.com/sleevesmith/ Headbangers: Cosimo Hansen, Henry Crispi, Marley Shapiro, Silvan Valensi Tuesday’s Dance: Tuesday Hansen Dance Troupe: Dance Star http://dancestarmalibu.com/ Choreographer: Charissa Seaman Smoke Eyes: Marc Livinggood Slow mo: Ethan Barok, Zeke Johnson Cowboy: Cody Goodfellow Lyrics: Giddy up, giddy up Giddy up, giddy up Wanna move into a fool's gold room With my pulse on the animal jewels Of the rules that you choose to use to get loose With the luminous moves Bored of these limits, let me get, let me get it like Wow! It's like right now It's like wow! It's like right, right now It's like wow! It's like right now It's like wow! It's like right now Oh wow It's my life, your life Live it once, can't live it twice So nice, so nice Smooth like a tidal wave, take you on a getaway My friends, your friends Living every day like it's just about to end Now we're pissin' in the wind cause it's so pine fresh Right now Yeah I, I wanna get it like Wow! It's like right now It's like wow! It's like Giddy up! Wow! It's like right now Wow! Oh wow, it's like right now It's your life Falling like a hot knife Call your wife; secular times, these times My demon's on the cell phone To your demons, nothing's even right or wrong It's irrelevant, elephant in the room goes boom Standing on your lawn doin' jiu jitsu Girl in a bikini with the Lamborghini shih tzu It's your life You gotta try to get it right Look around, don't forget where you came from It's just another perfect night We're gonna take it around the world We're gonna take it around the world Ride these wild horses Ride these wild horses We're gonna take it around the world Like Wow, wow, wow Like Giddy up! Giddy up! Wow! Follow Beck: http://www.beck.com http://twitter.com/Beck http://facebook.com/Beck http://instagram.com/Beck http://www.youtube.com/Beck (C) 2016 Fonograf Records Under Exclusive License To Capitol Records, LLC http://vevo.ly/NDPxAW

an amusing trip down memory lane

great read

A few months back I realized that the site I'd built for yk records back in 2009 was no longer sustainable or fun to update. So, I started working on a relaunch and, slowly but surely, I've been piecing it all together. Last night, I finally launched the brand new site and it feels like a much more fitting home for the 40 releases.

I'm sure there's bugs but I've done my damndest to provide a platform that gives insight into individual releases, showcases the artists effectively and, most of all, makes it very easy to hear the music.

Please enjoy and tell your friends!

As usual, Tony Zhou has crafted a fascinating mini-documentary on an element of film you've likely not paid much attention to - The Marvel Symphonic Universe. In the 13-minute runtime he investigates the reasons that Marvel movies have such forgettable music and the systemic problems involved with bringing in your composer as one of the last sprints to complete your film (spoiler alert: Temp Music is the culprit).

Be sure to watch the supplemental video that compares plenty of examples of Temp Music to Final Score; the differences are alarmingly slim.

Really enjoying the works of Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch. There's a striking simplicity to a lot of it... meaning that he's able to do a whole lot with very little. Much of it has a 70's flair to it that feels like computers were never involved in the creation; the highest compliment.

Our technology exceeds our understanding

There are twelve black dots at the intersections in this image. Your brain won?t let you see them all at once. https://t.co/ig6P980LOT

Song: "Plugged In" by *repeat repeat Video: Solar Cabin Studios

When I remember my password after a year https://t.co/7Xh6MO3s2N

Actual Doonesbury cartoon from 1999. https://t.co/bStDL5dCfI