Yea, it’s an NFT collection but you don’t gotta buy to browse! Always love work by Mcbess.

After a 9-year hiatus, A Life Well Wasted publishes a new episode. Apparently it's just been sitting around on a hard drive for a decade waiting for the right time. A welcome return.

strong Fugazi vibes. Featuring Alec MacKaye and Mary Timony. Score.

an interesting read on the state of AI, intelligence and how John Phillip Sousa fits into all of it.

Matt Berry reads Matt Stone memo to the MPAA.

Ancient in terms of Internet age (6 years old) but new to me. The animations are delightful.

“Peak Television”

I've spent a decent amount of time in Owensboro, KY throughout my life thanks to plenty of family living there. However, it wasn't until recently that I discovered the delightful weird side of it.

With a few hours to kill, we drove around the city aimlessly and stumbled upon T.B.'s Flea - a shop touting itself as a Music & Horror Oddball Shop. When you see a sign with that label, you go inside.

TB's did not disappoint. The shop was filled with collectible ephemera. From Gremlin's 7" storybooks to a massive clown collection to Halloween decore, there was a little something for everyone. It felt like being in the basement of your hoarder uncle but without the terrifying clutter. Shop owner TB was nice enough to give us some suggestions of where else to go in Owensboro and I'll share them with you here, should you ever find yourself in a similar position.

• Star Trax Video & Tanning - if that name doesn't draw you in, this list may not be for you. Owner Steve Grimes has a massive shop of VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray options all for sale or rent. I don't even own a device that plays any of those formats but I had to check it out.
• Wonder Whip - home of the Wonderburger. We didn't actually eat here but it's worth a drive by for the vintage signage.
• Consumer Mall - the giant red, generic, sign adorning this place actually doesn't make it seem that enticing but I'd put it high on the list of required destinations. It's setup like your standard antique store (inside an old big box store) but it's packed to the brim with random promotional items like the entire Simpsons family on their couch.
• Moneytree Book and Music Exchange - this was on the list from TB but we didn't get a chance to visit. Yet. Looks promising.
• TD's Tuff Decisions - another one we didn't get the chance to visit but is high on the list for next time. Costume Rentals and Hi-Fi music equipment? Okay!

Owensboro, KY is mostly a quiet, quaint, town with lots of strip malls and chain retail shops that you might just pass right through if you ever saw it but it's definitely got some gems worth checking out.

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Time well spent

Don’t be scared by the nerdy headline! It’s a fascinating rundown of instructing a Chat AI to behave like a Terminal. It ends way too abruptly but it’s a great read.

not a headline you see every day

new favorite buddy

topped my Spotify Wrapped this year. Wish the LP was still in stock but highly recommend buying this however you can.

A good primer for learning about this whole Fediverse thing

tenth album and, from the first two singles, a nice return to form. can't wait to hear more.

look, I don't claim to know a damn thing about Stable Diffusion or AI generation or any of that world. What I do know is that there are some very impressive enhancements here; particularly the Super-resolution Upscaler. Wild.

Just in time for the holidays (and, more specifically, Cyber Monday - my favorite of holidays), there's a new season of shirts over at Nashville Galaxy. If you're not familiar, NG is a storefront selling shirts that harken back to some favorite Nashville locations that have gone the way of the dodo. All of these establishments have closed but every single one was a meaningful destination to someone at some point.

If you're not a Nashville resident, these tees may not mean much of anything but that's okay! Nothing stopping you from owning a Twitty City or Video Culture tee, they'll get you some looks no matter where you're from.

If you do live in the Nashville area, take some time to read the descriptions of each of the tees. I put a decent amount of time into researching each one and I hope it shows in the write-ups. Enjoy!

273 players simultaneously gather on Matryomin; a theremin nested inside of a Russian doll. Hop to 5m15s for the unworldly performance.

David Lynch would be so proud

Every year, for 48 hours, I take a deep dive on reading up on random trivia for this film. This is a pretty good dump of random insights.