Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Messing around with the website again. Now having pages grouping all blog posts (articles, notes and links) at /blog and all media posts (music, movies and books) at /media.
Makes it easier to scroll through all content at once.
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Porter Robinson is a Grammy-nominated electronic artist and DJ from North Carolina. In 2014, his first album hit #1 on Billboard’s Dance chart, and he was named MTVU’s Artist of the Year, and one of the top DJs in the world — but then, he got stuck. He didn’t release his second album for seven years, until April 2021. In this episode, he talks about what he was grappling with in those intervening years, and how all of that became part of his song "Get Your Wish."
For more, visit songexploder.net/porter-robinson
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano, and Amanda Dobbins commit a run-by fruiting as they rewatch the 1993 classic ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ starring Robin Williams, Sally Field, and Pierce Brosnan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ein Paar aus Ratingen lebt und reist seit 5 Jahren im Wohnmobil. Gute Idee, wie ich finde!
Noch vor fünf Jahren führten Diana Knigge und Phillip Alexander Schubert, beide Mitte 40, ein Leben im sogenannten Wohlstand: eigenes Café, schickes Auto und...
Here is the signal path and pedalboard settings for how I recorded “Bridge of Sighs”:
The audio in the video is a combination of the Garageband recording and the sound recorded by the iPhone.
Playing Robin Trower’s “Bridge of Sighs” on guitar. It’s a bit improvised, though. Of course, I first got to know this song via the great cover version from Opeth.
And still figuring this video stuff out. This time, it’s filmed with my iPhone’s back camera and shared in 1080p with 60fps.
Update: Settings.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
I’m mainly in love with the sound of this album. But it’s also an easy album to like musically: well-done good old old-school Swedish death metal à la Dismember and Entombed. Just listen to “Funeral Anthem” to get a rotten taste!
Also: how can one not love that cover artwork?
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan come out of retirement to search for the Tooth Fairy as we revisit Michael Mann’s ‘Manhunter,’ starring William Petersen, Brian Cox, and Dennis Farina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Suspenseful and overall well done. Certainly had parallels to Blue Ruin. But the latter was better.
This is a beautifully made book with great photos and inspiring approaches on how and where to live.
Unfortunately, though, I found this too superficial. Maybe that’s fair enough, since it’s actually more of a photo book than a “book” book. But I was hoping a little more for stories about what it’s like and what it really means to live off grid in these housings. So, in this regard it was a little disappointing.
But this reminds me to check Foster’s blog again, which I remember to be more insightful1.
… but which I haven’t followed in recent years, because the RSS feed was and still is broken. And which – sadly – is (by far) not an isolated case for RSS feeds. I’m sorry for this brief appendix rant about the state of RSS… ↩
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Lianne La Havas is a singer and songwriter from London. She’s been nominated for a Grammy and a Brit award, and in 2020, she released her third album. In this episode, she breaks down her song "Can’t Fight," and traces its evolution — along with her own evolution – over several years.
For more, visit songexploder.net/lianne-la-havas.
