References IX
Where I offer my best links and music recommendations on the Winter Solstice, 2022.
I post these lists alongside my equinoctial and solstitial personal newsletter.
Links
- “Peekaboo!”
- I love OnlyConnect
- On Being’s Foundations
- Knowing vs Understanding
- Utah Phillips sings “Enola Gay”
- The best FTX explainer I’ve found
- Friends of friends took action at the Guggenheim
- Check out my friend Maya’s knitting Youtube channel!
- “Fuck powerpoint. There is no power in those points, and no point in those presentations.”
- “I was simply shocked by the certainty that the people who made this place had done it with a level of skill far beyond anything that I had ever experienced.”
- “its filled with roasted coffee beans that make a low ’thud’ when you smush them, and the rim makes a high ’tak’ when you tap it. at the end of a ‘performance’ (??) you have ground coffee you can serve your guests and loved ones.”
Fun links that didn’t make the newsletter:
- This is a Chicken Wing
- “You’re dangerous, I’m lovin’ it.”
- Claus-Henning Schulke is the GOAT.
- “One thing I know is, you can draw a box.”
- How to Overclock Your Oven with an RTX 3090
- Lately I’ve been learning a lot from Philomena Cunk.
- The BeeGees’ “Stayin’ Alive” except it is “Giant Steps.”
- “Look, we don’t have the funding to answer every little question.”
- “Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point”
- A newsletter where messages are sent exclusively from mountain summits
- “the meaning of a sentence may be more than that of the separate words,”
Music recommendations
Here are the five best albums I’ve listened to recently:
- PAINLESS, by Nilufer Yanya
- American Quartet, by Yonatan Gat
- Here It Comes Again, by Cate Le Bon
- BRAT, by MURDERPACT
- Bolts, by Hagop Tchaparian
Honorary mentions:
- I somehow missed Brutalism and Hillyh up to this point
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard remain prolific
- New Björk, NNAMDÏ, SPRH, and Panda Bear always deserve a mention
- Clipping’s tiny desk performance and Dijon’s Absolutely (ty Cody)
- Music by Mejiwahn, Hainbach, Oneiric, Dumb, and The Samps.
(Know something I would like? Share with me!)
