Several friends I know worked on this and it looks legit fun. Sign up for release updates; app available Feb 10th.

getting some early Weezer vibes here and I'm liking it

quite a dramatic saga! apparently this is a real thing...

essential

Endurance challenge

First new Midlake since 2013? Yes please. Produced by John Congleton? Approved!

If you've heard of NFTs you probably have thoughts on NFTs. It's a topic that is wrapped up in a lot of, understandably, heated opinions. Many believe it is the future of transactions and the Internet as a whole, while others believe it is a eco-terrorism grift that overlays capitalism on anything and everything. I tend to veer more towards the latter but try to keep an open mind about legitimate and decidedly fun versions of it.

As I sort through my thoughts on the matter, I found this Folding Ideas documentary - Line Goes Up - The Problem with NFTs - to be immensely enlightening. Yes, it is two hours long and that is an absurdly long runtime for a YouTube video but it's well researched, entertaining and educational. You don't have to watch it all in one sitting but I do recommend you watch it all.

I find discussions about NFTs to be the most exhausting part of the whole endeavor, so it's nice to be able to sit back and soak in some facts about the whole thing.

country music gets a deservedly bad rap but sometimes you find an artist that does it right and you put that song on repeat.

A few months back I was flying to New York and posted an Instagram Story of our descent set to the Jay Leo Phillips song "You Might Not Like What You See When You Get There." It worked quite well in my opinion and sparked the idea to try fleshing out some footage set to the song.

Cut to a few months later (aka today) and now there's an official video for the track set to various bits and bobs of video that I've captured over the years. It's not really a narrative piece but the track is instrumental and I think the two pair together well. At the very least, I'm happy with it and Jay seems to be, too.

The EP from which the song comes is called DAYS and you can get it on Bandcamp or streaming. If you're into Tortoise, The Sea and Cake or some of the instrumental Jim O'Rourke stuff, I believe you'll dig it.

Am honestly delightful 8 minutes

you like Kirby music? how about peruvian cumbia music? well, here's some Kirby music done in the style of peruvian cumbia.

pretty surprising to read how this show is made. very much not what I expected.

nice DIY record from a Berlin artist that caught my ear, good and noisey. Read the About and start with Radio Strip.

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An absolute trip. I can’t even begin to imagine how this was sourced and edited. Unreal! Via @falfa

All the debates, finally settled. Via @waxy

Obviously the research doc making the rounds is being simplified to Smoke Weed to Prevent COVID; which is not what the paper discovered. This interview goes into much more detail and it’s a fascinating read.

Don’t need this thing but I love the design

honestly forgot this existed but its a nice reminder to revisit the whole album.

look, Dave Grohl is an absolute cornball but this is actually pretty fun to hear