Noted Track: Here to Forever by Death Cab for Cutie
Here to Forever
Death Cab for Cutie
Found on Asphalt Meadows
February 2023
Noted Track: Simulation Swarm by Big Thief
Simulation Swarm
Big Thief
Found on Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
(M) Chris Lott 2023-02-01 17:28:51
Hard to take the Rock and Roll Hall of "Fame" seriously when they still haven't even nominated Jethro Tull or Alice in Chains. #music
(M) Chris Lott 2023-02-01 14:37:36
There's really no longer any point to the #Olympics -- and I will not brook any arguments about "keeping politics out of X" -- that's the whole point: they are necessarily political and that intrinsic part of their nature is what is, and should be, leveraged against those countries.
(M) Chris Lott 2023-02-01 14:23:13
Well, #NYT, you not only didn't push anyone in my household into subscribing to the print edition, but you just lost two Games subscribers in the process. #crosswords
(L) Enshittification – Strong Language
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/enshittification/
Great post by Nancy Friedman about Cory Doctorow’s fantastic coinage. I also bet it will stand the test of time, embiggening the enshittified social media sphere, at least, for a long time!
(L) Memory Lane: The Tonal Language of Elliott Smith
https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/ir-1192
Long, but some really interesting thoughts on Elliott Smith (not to mention some great material showing the foundations of a variety of pop-rock and indie songs.
(M) Chris Lott 2023-02-01 12:24:29
That's the stuff! #food
(M) Chris Lott 2023-02-01 12:07:41
I've seen crapification for a while now, but this is much better. The first word that came to mind when I saw it was encrustation. → https://social.coop/@Fritinancy@mastodon.social/109789696138097653
(M) Chris Lott 2023-02-01 10:37:46
Content warning: US politics
Ron DeSantis, likely the next US President, is a fucking cancer.