References V

Where I offer my best links and music recommendations on the December Solstice, 2021.

I post these lists alongside my equinoctial and solstitial personal newsletter.

Links

• My friend and collaborator Megan wrote about emoji and identity for Mixed Mag
• My friend’s sister completed the bar exam last year while in labor (!!!)
• “A rap battle in Xinjiang between a mulberry, apricot, and walnut; an essay on the ‘rambunctious pluralism’ of Uyghur poems and putdowns.”
• I love Channel 5 News, successor to All Gas No Brakes (note: it is not for the faint of heart)
• The Faberge eggs, ranked
• The Secret Society for the Abolition of Secret Societies
• How I’m coming up with my next job title
• The Ig Nobel Prize
• Knicks fans…
• And a list of things to be grateful for.

Also, Steph is good at basketball and Succession is a great show.

Music recommendations

• So Good, by Kidi Band (via my friend cody)
• at dust, by matt robidoux (whom I met in California)
• Piñata (Deluxe Edition), by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib (via my friend derek)
• Sound Wonders (a compilation by touchtheplants)
• Colourgrade, by Tirzah
• Before I Die, by 박혜진 Park Hye Jin
• “Sit Around The Fire,” from Music For Psychedelic Therapy, by Jon Hopkins, Ram Dass, and East Forest
• CRAWLER, by IDLES
• Space 1.8, by Nala Sinephro
• “Nothing for No One,” by lazylazy (a guy I met at a party one time)

(Know something I would like? Share with me!)