Not someone I knew a lot about but these inventions are absolutely ahead of their time. Do read more about him.

Check the East Side Boogie Woogie

Very good read about copyright. Some may argue the “gone too far” bit but it’s hard to dispute that it’s all so convoluted

100% disagree with this headline. These are all amazing.

I try not to inundate my own blog with promotions about my podcast but I really enjoyed this episode. The last set of 4 songs came out very nicely.

Last Bandcamp Friday, my lil label released a new EP from The Robe entitled The Jason EP. I posted it there exclusively for a week to drive possible purchases but now it's streaming everywhere. For the unfamiliar, The Robe is the pseudonym of Rollum Haas; a multi-instrumentalist and collaborator in a number of projects. He's currently the drummer for Soccer Mommy, has previously played a large part in the electronic outfit Coupler and has played with countless bands. His 2019 full length is a wonderful combination of pop and krautrock; krautpop if you will.

This latest release, The Jason EP, is a collaboration between Haas and his longtime friend JB Bennett. They've known each other for some 20-years, just so happen to work at the same record store and have a lengthy list of shared influences. The resulting EP is a wonderful collection of songs that, for me, harken back to the best dark pop of the 80s. It's a cheap game to cite what previous band a current release sounds like but it does provide some enticement and context. If you're into Echo and the Bunnymen, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys and their ilk; I think it's safe to say you'll like this. It's a fantastic blend of dark vibes, melancholy and memorable pop elements. I can't articulate it super well but I love it.

Give it a whirl! Streaming here or on Bandcamp here.

I knew about the octopus, did not know about the gorillas

Not sure where I stumbled upon it but Bndcmpr is a playlisting tool for Bandcamp. Before finding this, I've been using Buy Music Club for compiling lists of Bandcamp releases but the playback has always been less than desirable. With Bndcmpr, it seems like developer Lon Beshiri has cracked the code! I made a quick playlist of yk Records 2021 Releases (embedded above) and it works just like you'd expect a playlist to work - it plays continuously. I love it!

I know Bandcamp isn't interested in recreating the same experience as the major streaming services but a playlisting feature like Bndcmpr is an excellent addition to their service. I swore I heard someone mention that the Bandcamp app supports this natively but I've not been able to find it.

Definitely going to keep an eye on this site and hopefully more features are continued to be added. Or maybe they get acquired by Bandcamp; win win all around.

Kirby Ferguson returns with his popular series in a new form. Remixing himself perhaps? Part 1 of the 2021 version is up now and I'm excited to watch.

Always good to see an OReilly piece

This video might benefit from being 10 minutes instead of 20 BUT it's a fascinating walk through how the nature of the universe interferes with our technology.

Part of the Stay Tuned series in which various artists cover TV themes. This is some quality old school Grandaddy

ZELDA TUNES, IN RATATAT STYLE :headexplodes:

Radio show featuring a label I wanna know more about. To listen.

Really fantastic piece on Oz, Muppets and life with Henson

1982-1985, Custom written in Z-Grass Programming Language An absolute beauty, via @vanityset

holy moly

Ampled is, as I understand it, a service for musicians to offer subscriptions to fans with a focus on transparency for how the service itself actually works. They've adopted a co-op structure where the Artists and workers of the service "own 100% of Ampled - not venture capitalists."

Honestly, it looks a whole lot like Patreon in terms of the functionality that it provides. A musician signs up and posts regular exclusive content to garner subscriptions from fans. The difference here being that Ampled does not offer tiers and the artist account determines what percentage share goes back to Ampled; so you aren't forced into a particular rev share.

Looking at the artists pages, they seem well put together and, when the artist is using the service properly, seem like a good deal for fans.

I've always want to pursue something like this for a yk Records artist but never really had one that had enough content to make a subscription even possible. I'm curious to hear if anyone has used this as an artist or subscriber and had any thoughts.

my buddy Dave G restarted his radio show as a podcast. if you like punk, metal and noisey things; Dave's your guy.

Lovely story and a charming photo shoot