“That aggrieved, insecure white Americans with an exaggerated sense of sovereignty have officially declared their existence as above the law, consistent with a long tradition of acting and living above it – propped up by apolitical consumer trends’ normalizing impact. These are the future facist paramilitary participants and their ushers – take them seriously.” #comics #politics #culture https://popula.com/2019/02/24/about-face/
“Users were granted a somewhat awkward email address of username@davidbowie.com, along with 5MB of personal web hosting.” https://hackaday.com/2025/05/19/remembering-the-isp-that-david-bowie-ran-for-eight-years/
“Jazz must swing – #jazz musicians agree on that. However, even a century after the beginnings of jazz, there is still no general agreement what exactly constitutes the swing feel. With a dedicated experiment and data analyses on more than 450 well-known jazz solos, we have tried to unravel some secrets of swing.” #audio #sonification https://www.ds.mpg.de/swing
It ain’t the banks
And it ain’t the taxes
It ain’t the pay day loans and the high rent homes
And predatory fees and practices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vjaimSK4E
Fascist Discotheque https://soundcloud.com/desdemonas/fascist-discotheque
“a triumphant return for #stereolab echoing past glories while remaining analytical, steadfast, and inquisitive.” https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/stereolab-instant-holograms-on-metal-film-review
“Over the last four decades, McCaughey has been the Mad Hatter at an eternally rocking tea party where pals from Wilco, The Decemberists, The Bangles, R.E.M., Death Cab for Cutie, NRBQ, The Dream Syndicate, The Posies, and others help bring his slightly skewed visions to life.” https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/scott-mccaughey-album-guide
“Those who see journalistic neutrality as an aspirational myth will value the narrative and moral force of the work and appreciate how openly the artist journalists reveal their own values and conflicted perceptions.” #comics #graphicnovel https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/22/Comics-Power-Moral-Horror-Spiegelman-Sacco-Gaza/
“Get in the room with other people (more D.I.Y. and I.R.L.). Embrace the analog, which can’t be surveilled by artificial intelligence. Reach out to unexpected, even problematic (I prefer “problemagic”), allies, with different but compatible definitions of justice.” https://archive.ph/85QND
“Psychedelics have been swept up into the well-rehearsed capitalist playbook where private players are fabricating exclusionary rights over what are ultimately the products of collective human struggle and intellectual achievement.” https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/05/22/Rise-Psychedelic-Capitalism/