🔗 How Eno made Music for Airports
This album is close to my top listened to record of the decade. And I never knew that’s is a generative piece made of loops until recently. I should have, though — because that’s so ENO.
Links — 2022
🔗 Who fluoridates YOUR water?
Does anyone actually know who are the individuals responsible for jobs like this? What motivates them—how they choose to wield the power they possess.
🔗 Cormac Returns
I still haven’t read all of his older works, but I’m getting pumped for these releases.
🔗 Why do rich people love quiet?
This reminded me of when Colleyville tried to hold up the TEXRail train project with their noise ordinances.
🔗 The state of WWW
Echoes my thoughts and fears regarding today’s Internet with a concision I can’t marshall.
🔗 Speaking of the crumbling of institutions…
Will this descend the chess world into chaos?
🔗 Kids are philosophers
I routinely contend with all the ways little kid brains try to unravel the moral and logical fabrics of the adult universe.
🔗 Musicians must play poker to live
Steve Albini won another WSOP bracelet (as if I know what that means). But the legendary engineer considers poker a part of his occupation. Which says something about the state of earning a living from music today.
🔗 Can we better support breastfeeding?
I’m so thankful that my wife was able to breastfeed all of our kids - even while working full time as a teacher. It’s an incredible achievement that I took for granted.