Is this largely over my head? Yes. Is it still fascinating? Absolutely.

You may not be able to read the instructions in French but you’ll get it. Incredibly impressive webgl game. Stunning this is all in browser!

The other day I caught this tweet pointing towards this playlist, supposedly "The entire MTV 120 Minutes catalog featuring over 2,500 videos." I have some thoughts.

First of all, I loved 120 Minutes. The MTV show ran from 1986 to 2000 and re-incarnated from 2001 to 2003 on MTV2. There are alternate permutations like 120 Minutes UK, slightly different competing versions like VH1's The Alternative and the current day version - also called 120 Minutes - that is just blocks of videos with no hosts. All that to say, there's sort of a complicated history behind all of it. I've always looked to 120minutes.org as the source of truth for what episodes aired on what dates and what specific videos were played within. It's not everything but it's better than anything else out there.

This is where I get baffled. This new playlist has 2,500+ videos but they certainly aren't following the order that they aired! The first track in the playlist is "Seattle" from Public Image Limited, which 120 Minutes didn't first play until September 87, over a year after the show even started.

I'm happy that YouTube playlist exists but I think I've just discovered that I'm a 120 Minutes purist. I want these songs in the order they were sequenced in, not just one giant list. Furthermore, you really can't call it 120 Minutes without the hosts, interviews, live performances and Top 10 college radio countdowns.

If any of this speaks to you and doesn't just sound like a lunatic nerd caring entirely too much about an MTV show, I suggest you pick up a hobby I've been partaking in... scouring archive.org for VHS dubs of episodes and building my own local library for playback.

You don’t need to read more than the headline but you did need to read the headline.

Isolate vocals, drums, bass, and other instrumental stems from any song. Color me intrigued...

highly respected re-issue outfit "caught" using digital when they claimed not to.

Infinite scroll causes infinite sadness

After I made a mix for Green Ray Books, I thought it might be an interesting undertaking to try and make more mixes comprised entirely of yk Records releases. Having released music since 2009, surely there's enough to go around for a variety of different mixes.

The first of those mixes is Higher Voices, 25-tracks across ~90minutes led entirely by womxn artists from the yk catalog. I put together a little visualizer for the YouTube version but you can also listen on Spotify or YouTube Music if that's your preference.

Obviously I'm biased but it's a fun mix - lots of different styles and genres to enjoy. For more from each artist, just dive into the yk Records site.

Hrishikesh Hirway joins up with Susan Orleans to break down books in the same way Song Exploder works. First episode, Aug 3rd

9M views but entirely new to me and *loving it*

Context is always key. I find this quite fascinating.

an epic tweet thread

if Friday Videos were still a thing around here, this would be at the top of the list

Every emoji combination you’ll ever need (until there are new emoji)

I don't always get the schtick of Joe Pera but this is delightful

Wonderful work by Caspar and a delightfully insightful interview along with it. Always in awe of his work.

absurd

they just make everything, huh?

honestly can not stop listening to this.

Every problem is the trolley problem.