February 2012
20 posts
On Kid Cudi's New Music
I reviewed Kid Cudi’s new alt rock side project, WZRD, on Pretty Much Amazing. Apparently some people — judging by the response buttons at the bottom of the post — think this album is good. I can assure you that it is not.
Albums like WZRD are critical stepping stones along the path of artists trying to define and refine their sound. But in the long run, this album is the...
Over the weekend I made a mix. I made album art for it and everything, because I’m trying to get better at taking photos and making things. You can stream it for free right here. It’s a good and fun mix, and it probably has some stuff you haven’t heard on it! There is literally no reason you shouldn’t listen to this mix right now. It’s Tuesday. Go crazy!
1. The...
Just read a really awesome piece by Teller (of Penn & Teller) about the psychology of magic. Fascinating stuff about how magic works outside the mechanics of the tricks. “Magic’s about understanding—and then manipulating—how viewers digest the sensory information,” says Teller. One of the seven points he shares:
1. Exploit pattern recognition. I magically produce four silver...
New Music You Should Listen To Right Now
1. Poliça - Give You The Ghost (stream) (review)
2. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror (stream) (review)
3. Burial - Kindred EP (stream)
4. Bon Iver - At AIR Studios (YouTube)
5. Frankie Rose - Interstellar (stream)
6. Lambchop - Mr. M (stream)
GET ON IT.
“There’s only room for one weekly news magazine that people claim to read...”
– http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/dropping-out-of-the-news/253147/
“What we did wasn’t rocket science,” says Bhargava. “It’s not the little bottle....”
– Love this line from Clare O’Connor’s profile on Manoj Bhargava, the inventor of 5-Hour Energy. A good concept to keep in mind these days. Read the full piece here.
I have, quite literally, been waiting for an mp3...
William Saroyan wanted to edit a magazine. So he wrote to H.L. Mencken (who founded and edited The American Mercury) asking for advice on how to become a magazine editor. Mencken’s response is below:
25 January, 1936 San Fransisco, California
Dear Saroyan,
I note what you say about your aspiration to edit a magazine. I am sending you by this mail a six-chambered revolver. Load it and...
