posted November 30, 2015 #
Bandcamp recently rolled out a new feature that allows musicians to package their entire catalog into one discounted price. Their timing with the holidays is, surely, no accident.
- Forget Cassettes Catalog - if you have never had the pleasure of hearing Instruments of Action, Salt or the more recent O Cursa and Beth Demos, this is a superb opportunity. Don't miss it.
- Uncle Skeleton Catalog - there's a new Uncle Skeleton album on the horizon that I think is going to really please folks. However, until that time comes, enjoy the past seven releases of amazing music at once.
posted November 30, 2015 #
I found this Rolling Stone article,
America Is Too Dumb for TV News, to be an absolutely fascinating read. The root of the issue that the article tackles is an obvious one, news networks are designed to sell ads, not create think pieces.
It's our fault. We in the media have spent decades turning the news into a consumer business that's basically indistinguishable from selling cheeseburgers or video games. You want bigger margins, you just cram the product full of more fat and sugar and violence and wait for your obese, over-stimulated customer to come waddling forth.
The old Edward R. Murrow, eat-your-broccoli version of the news was banished long ago. Once such whiny purists were driven from editorial posts and the ad people over the last four or five decades got invited in, things changed. Then it was nothing but murders, bombs, and panda births, delivered to thickening couch potatoes in ever briefer blasts of forty, thirty, twenty seconds.
This latest election cycle is the perfect example of this sound nugget culture. A politician says something outlandish and, even if it's racist and wrong, they only get their feet held to the fire momentarily because there are more nuggets coming soon that keep viewers tuned in. Audiences aren't interested in actual facts or having watchdogs that keep people honest.
It's not a
new problem but the article articulates it extremely well.
posted November 30, 2015 #
posted November 29, 2015 #
this is incredibly smart AND funny. win win
posted November 29, 2015 #
fascinating read on the future of neuroprosthetics
posted November 29, 2015 #
BUZZFEED: Four Disney Princesses Re-Imagined as Extinction-Level Asteroid Impacts https://t.co/RGfSF1xXgw
posted November 29, 2015 #
I strongly support Planned Parenthood and the work it's doing. I hope people realize that bitter rhetoric can have unintended consequences.
posted November 29, 2015 #
how many times have you visited a museum and wondered why almost all of the artists are white? https://t.co/oUcj46eTE1
posted November 29, 2015 #
Look out for my new Pizzeria opening up called Dat Pizza Dough ?
posted November 29, 2015 #
The moment cat realizes it does not like spinach https://t.co/SR6VKV2eku
posted November 29, 2015 #
New MIT algorithm lets a $100 sensor approximate a $100,000 imaging system https://t.co/qvr7zAnPJe https://t.co/JKzEQ4wfYb
posted November 29, 2015 #
Wave motion at the surface of water is made up of small circular motions of parcels of water. https://t.co/m6VSYKCYMF
posted November 29, 2015 #
Local news is always either "when will this heat wave subside?!" Or "OMG bring back summer" - get a grip weirdos, it's weather
posted November 29, 2015 #
It's official! https://t.co/xwNt7ahVwT
posted November 29, 2015 #
I stare at this B Kliban cartoon once in a while like a kid studying his favorite baseball card https://t.co/kFyrBxsnS3
posted November 28, 2015 #
Shout out to the guy in Tampa I saw with the license plate "SATAN 01"
posted November 28, 2015 #
I'm thankful I haven't heard much about Duck Dynasty in a good while. #happyhappyhappy
posted November 27, 2015 #
Episode #2 is coming out next week! Watch this preview & if you chuckle more than once- RETWEET! It's internet law! https://t.co/T3QdUk0Wwb
posted November 27, 2015 #
White Zombie's acoustic demos are amazing
posted November 27, 2015 #
WHY IS HALF THIS COUNTRY SO STUPID AND HALF THE COUNTRY THE BEST PEOPLE EVER?!?! Y'ALL ARE A MINDFUCK. Bye
