Chino Moreno side project covers Q Lazzarus.

It's been a little over a year since The Prudish Few released their debut album, The Eagle Has Left the Building but that's no reason not to keep promoting it! Today, the band released the video for Airport `17, the second track from the record and a nice introduction to the album as a whole.

It's a supercut of various airplane and airport movies cut into an absurdist narrative but it works! Especially at this time of year when lots of folks are traversing these very same experiences.

Lyrically, it's a literal description of buying a James Patterson novel at the airport and then giving a book review on the contents - short, sweet and entertaining.

Find the album on Bandcamp or streaming but just be sure to watch the video.

it's the entire album.

Reminder: watch this

I suspect not much happens in this film but Swinton is always undeniable.

Always among the most interesting year-end list for music.

The bloody belly comb jelly at #3 is unbelievable… truly

More of this, pls!

DANIELS tackle the multiverse and it looks great. Do I spy a tiny homage to their own Turn Down for What?

A list of defensive CSS techniques to avoid potential future issues. Pretty insightful even if you’re not writing the actual code.

lots of news and things to be aware of with the Omicron variant but I find reading this epidemiologist's newsletter is very helpful for feeling informed and, overall, less panicked.

compilation of previously released b-sides and rarities for digital and 2xLP. Gotta catch em all.

A band that I listened to feverishly in college called Aireline recently popped up on streaming services; slowly releasing one song a day from the album of that era. It got me thinking about the members of that band and I stumbled upon this interview with then-guitarist Chris McMurtry. He says his work history of working for Apple, founding a classical music distributor, developing some AI for rights management and then joining Exactuals to help leverage that AI to pay rights holders. This article is from 2019, so he may be on to something entirely different by now!

Regardless, It's a very pleasant and insightful interview; well worth a read for anyone that's even tangentially orbiting around music and tech.

Thanks to Twitter, I see a of mentions about web3 and the Blockchain and how the future is very bright for creators! To be honest, most of what I've read is very idealized and lacks anything remotely practical in terms of how creators are going to control their income. It's early days I suppose but it mostly feels like smoke and mirrors at this point.

The counterpoint to that is something like Sound.XYZ, a combination community and blockchain / NFT space. They are offering an honest practical example of how a musician could engage with an audience using NFTs - through song premieres and listening parties. They even gameify it a little bit and add a "Golden Egg" at a given timestamp of a song that would upgrade your purchase and give you some bonus artwork.

The writeup for the whole thing speaks primarily to the creators and how they can benefit from the product, not so much why a fan would want to spend their money in the ecosystem (beyond the potential bonus art and standard NFT investment).

I can't say that I'm anymore convinced about web3 and blockchain or where folks predict things are going but I've been internally complaining about a lack of practical examples, so seeing an actual practical example felt worth pointing out.

I will never tire of looking at these magnificent beasts

the kind of hacking you like to see

In celebration of 10 years as a band and approximately 1 year since their last release, Tower Defense released their video for "In the City," the titular track off that aforementioned album. It's definitely an enjoyable track and the video hits that sweet spot of ridiculously absurd without being stupid. If you've ever seen this Ghostbusters 2 Bobby Brown music video, you might notice some vague similarities. Like I said, it's absurd.

There are some billboards inserted throughout the video that the band had asked me to put together. Once I finally got my act together and started on them, it was quite fun to put together. Here's a handful of them.

Surprisingly fantastic answers

Chris Crofton is a stand-up comedian, satirist and occasional Twitch streamer. He's also a writer that has had a regular column with The Nashville Scene called The Advice King. The conceit is exactly what you'd expect - someone writes in with a question and Crofton tackles the answer; often in an absurdist manner, sometimes in a completely off-topic manner but always with an entertaining spin. This recent reply on streaming services or Republican vaccinations are a fun place to start.

Those replies have been turned into a proper book called The Advice King Anthology, set for release in April of next year via Vanderbilt University Press. It's available for pre-order now.

If you're not one for reading, I suggest you watch the highly produced YouTube versions of some of his replies; always a hoot.

I’ve seen many made up instruments but this is truly spellbinding.