My cousin’s band Chalk Teeth just dropped a new single.
It’s an entrancing and unique concoction that touches on elements of dark wave, synth punk, shoegaze, early electronic dance music and krautrock, all while leading with vocals in the Polish language.
I’m very proud, even though I had nothing to do with it (other than somewhat genetically). Check it out! 🎵
Donkey Kong-ass Donkey Kong’s Donkey Kong-ass Donkey Kong ass.
A quote from Scott the Woz that lives rent free in my head. 💬
Currently reading: Murder on Sex Island by Jo Firestone 📚
I feel like “think again” advertising contains an implied insult.
“Think JustSalad just has salad? Think again!…idiot.”
From Miriam Suzanne on Mastodon.
There are still absolutely beautiful websites using basic css and html with little or no js…
What we’ve lost, it seems to me, is the broad indie pipeline to both learning and socializing (and socially learning).
partly because we who learned it 20yrs ago have landed in more specialized/complex jobs.
As part of that ~20 year ago learning, I completely agree. The internet culture does not default to the web, the open thing we all fell in love with. The only way most folks interact online is through corporate captured channels. Raising this, the response is often some form of, “yeah and the sky is blue”. It feels that inevitable. But as we continually learn, change is a constant. What end of the scale do you want to press on?
Does anyone still use Last.fm? I just (re)discovered that I’ve had an account since 2007. Old profile photo to match.
Spoiler alert for a 200 year old story you’ve heard a bunch of times already.
This is my first time reading this, after years of meaning to. I’m glad I finally did. I can tell why this …
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Yep, it’s real good.
There are two types of New Yorkers who don’t take the subway. Working folks who live in a transit desert, or silver spoon scum fucks hellbent on casually destroying your life.
I love a street cart kabab. The stick makes it seem portable, and I always end up covered in shit. I will eat them forever.
Some new room decor.
As always, I have mid Oscar guesses. Very happy to see all the Sinners and One Battle After Another love, and boy was I happy to be wrong about Amy Madigan. 🍿
A friend didn’t want their Aloe anymore, so I took it home. Looking pretty good so far, I think.
Pure joy.
I bought every studio Fugazi album on Bandcamp, along with the new Albini Sessions. No regrets. 🎵
This movie is daffy and fun.
I liked all the themes it was playing with, but it felt muddled and didn’t really hag together for me. Felt like keywords stuffing a plot.
God damn this movie is so funny. I like it better than the show even. So smart at being so stupid. A+. Go see it now.
I had only seen a small part of this movie when I was maybe six, from under the couch. Really fun to revisit as an adult. I enjoyed it legitimately, but it was also dare I say healing to that little kid who was so scared of it. I think what confused and scared me the most as a child was how mean the characters are to each other. And man does this thing deal with DARK themes. Some banger van dyke parks tunes as well.
The human characters constantly have plot realizations out of thin air, and there’s way more ghosts than I was expecting.
I got stuck down in Florida for a week because of the storm in the northeast. Pretty stressful, but glad to have some time in the sun. Going to be flying back tomorrow. 🤞🛬
I gave a talk at Florida Drupal Camp over the weekend. Advanced CSS Custom Properties for Components. The camp was great, the organizers are terrific, and I think the session went well, despite some technical mistakes on my part. I’ll post the session as a blog post soon.
What do you call a real dirt bag who you can’t get off your couch who has a really low voice?
A schlub woofer.
I beat Tunic last night and got the good ending. What a charming, hard-ass game! My girlfriend had already 100% it, so she gave me little nudges and hints, mostly to avoid spending a lot of time down a wrong path, but I still feel accomplished. 🕹️