Reminder I should try to play Hyper Light Drifter again. This looks well made tho

Grimace has an uncle?? McDonaldland goes deeper than you know.

Long blog reads about being a Product Leader are not my thing but this piece about the fallacy of The Big Project speaks to me more than I can say.

For years, I've been trying to get Mac Burrus to release some music of his own. He has been the bass player for the band Self for as long as I can remember and contributed a bunch of great work to that project. I just wanted to hear Mac songwriting. With the upcoming release of Telefone, I got my wish!

The band is a collaboration between Burrus and brothers Justin & Brandon Tapp. The former lives in LA, the latter two in Austin. Across thousands of miles and many years, they wrote, recorded, mixed, re-recorded, re-mixed and anguished over their debut album. It's set for release on March 22nd via yk Records and it's damn good. Obviously I'm biased but it does such a great job of embracing its influences while building something new; exactly what you want from a project.

The first video from the undertaking - for the Burrus-penned track "Indigo" - is out today. If you're a fan of Self, you should keep your eyes peeled to try to spot the 9 Easter Eggs floating in there. If you have no idea who Self is, don't worry - it's still a damn good video and an excellent song to kick things off with.

Watch the video!

New (old) earworm just dropped

It’s for his PR company but I would welcome an Idiocracy sequel. We’re already living it.

Damon Krukowski always has something to say worth reading. I disagree with a few of the smaller details (movie theaters are not, for me, an experience you should talk during) but the broad point is very solid and very much letting your brain chew on.

a truly fantastic website

Reportedly, Kirby Ferguson's final video. Looking forward to watching.

More performant than the actual screensavers were

Instagram really pushing these on me... should I bite the bullet? Kind of a good deal, honestly.

TIL that Woody Harrelson’s father was involved with organized crime and convicted of assassinating a judge. Gonna dive into this podcast about it!

Uh, next series of 33 1/3s contains a volume dedicated to Chris Gaines (the Garth Brooks alter ego). Shocked but stoked!

interesting to a niche group but this guy is rebuilding an old Nashville theme park in VR; based off a ton of reference photos and the like. No clue if this will pan out but I'm intrigued to keep an eye on it.

Ironic or earnest? Impossible to know but entirely enjoyable regardless. via @johnbaldwinjr

My buddies in the band Tower Defense released a new video today for a new song called "Sea Ranch." I've always been a fan of what Tower Defense does and this new piece is certainly a sign that they're continuing to improve as a band, not degrade.

I never thought I'd sing along so heavily with the lyrics "Microscopic flecks of iron // Describing arcs of sound" but here I am, hollering along!

It's a song about cassette tapes. It's a song about pollution. It's a song about the the unstoppable force of water. But mostly it's just an enjoyable rock song that shows a band having a load of fun together.

born from the now-dead Atom editor. Looks promising but still a ways to go it seems. Keeping an eye on this one.

second record from a supergroup of impressive Nashville musicians

a lovely profile of one of my favorite bands. new record is quite good.

I recently learned of the passing of Sonatore; a Nashville based photographer and musician that I admired a great deal. His Instagram is filled with phenomenal polaroids from top to bottom and his Bandcamp was always a compelling and rewarding listen.

I only met him once but engaged with him a few times online. He was delightful and, clearly, immensely talented. I don't know what happened to cause his departure but I am bummed about it. I hope you'll take a moment to cruise his Instagram; it really is quite good.