Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/SixtyCriticsCollab:
Black Lunch Table (BLT) Wikipedia initiative mobilizes the creation and improvement of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists.
I am so inspired by the work of Black Lunch Table on expanding the scope of Wikipedia and publishing so much excellent work.
The new Little Joel video, Why do conservatives love AI art, asks an excellent question. There are no real answers, but it speaks to how derivative fascist art is and how it is always ends up several steps behind.
Maui’s Identity Crisis Is On Display At Kahului Airport:
Maybe that hotly debated wall display in Maui’s Kahului Airport is actually perfect.
No, really. It shows visitors arriving on Maui exactly what the island has become: a place where wealthy entertainers from the 1980s who bought property on the island are seen as better than regular local people.
Exactly. Why the hell would you do this?
Community pushes back on military land lease renewals on Oʻahu:
The Conversation's intern Alyssa Salcedo spoke with Healani Sonoda-Pale, a Native Hawaiian activist who argues that the state leases should not be renewed.
"Hundreds of people have come out over the past three nights, and the overwhelming message they were sending every single night, with the exception of one or two, was literally telling the Army to clean up and get out," Sonoda-Pale told HPR at the community meeting.
I love to hear this. Check out John Oliver’s segment this week to learn more.
Issues with the listening technology create issues with the music itself; bombarded by generic suggestions and repeats of recent listening, listeners are being conditioned to rely on what Spotify feeds them rather than on what they seek out for themselves.
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Listeners become alienated from their own tastes; when you never encounter things you don’t like, it’s harder to know what you really do.
I have no idea how folks can remain on music streaming services.
Folders full of MP3s and a halfway decent collection of music on a physical format is a beautiful way to live.
Classic:
Chapterhouse - Pearl
Chapterhouse - Mesmerise
Ride - Taste
Slowdive - Waves
Starflyer 59 - Fell in Love at 22
Emo/Punk-inflected:
Nothing - Guilty of Everything
Nothing - Vertigo Flowers
Title Fight - Head in the Ceiling Fan
Turnover - Cutting My Fingers Off
On the dream pop side:
Tamaryn - Hands All Over Me
Hatchie - The Rhythm
Maikotobranco - Detail Invisible
M83 - Kim and Jessie
Pinkyshinyultrablast - Umi
Electronic:
Ulrich Schnauss - Stars
Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk - Sirocco
Instrumental:
Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd - Loitering
Hammock - Breathturn
Metal-inflected:
Alcest - Opale
Astronoid - Up and Atom
Lantlos - Melting Sun I: Azure Chimes
Shyy - As I Fly
Rock band Metallica’s foundation supports scholarships at Honolulu CC:
Honolulu Community College is the first in Hawaiʻi selected to the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI), which was launched by the rock band Metallica through its All Within My Hands Foundation. The initiative is designed to support and elevate career and technical education across the nation.
Well that is super cool.
I just learned about Plok! and its mind-bending soundtrack. This version of “Akrillic” is gorgeously rendered.
Here is the original for reference.
I know that Yes and Genesis are claimed as influences, but I definitely hear the highly-underrated Canadian prog-rock band Alpha Ralpha as an influence, particularly the songs “Genèse” and “Lagune Ouest” with the vibraphone parts.
One year of using the paid plan of Raycast and it is so absolutely worth it. I have never been more satisfied with software.
“There Will Be No More Scum” is still so damn good.
