Long, but excellent article on William Gibson, in anticipation of his upcoming novel, Agency:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/16/how-william-gibson-keeps-his-science-fiction-real?verso=true
Sorrynotsorry.. it's small, it's cheap, it's cryptic and unruly and it offers serendipity/instant gratification. Of course you want one - (smiley is so apropos there)
Yeah, that's exactly what I was having too. The grinning and bouncing around was real. So much fun. Serious Jeff Mills/Plastikman flashbacks all over the place.
Leaning into the 90s flashback triggered elsewhere: Lassigue Bendthaus, Render by way of Atom™ (Lassigue Bendthaus is one of Uwe Schmidt's many aliases, as is Atom™):
https://tidal.com/browse/album/102133476
I have that one saved already - I think it was originally posted on an early Knuckledragger thread. I'm almost entirely distracted from the speakers by the woman
Not worth the effort Shelly. This crew is perhaps the least capable race car drivers that has ever existed. I would not be surprised to hear most of them actually do not have steering wheels as they all simply just crash into each other the entire race to get around corners. Full speed, no brakes smash into each other to get around corners and repeat. ?
Week after week I kept waiting for this show to disappoint and week after week it just gets better and better.
HBO has something special here. What a pleasant surprise this show has been!
I've been starting to dig in to Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea books. There is something about her prose that I really enjoy reading. It is apparent right off the bat that she is an extremely talented writer.
RIP Caroll Edwin Spinney, better known as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Big Bird is perennially six years old but Carroll made it to 85 after 50 years of playing and voicing two of television's most memorable characters.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/obituaries/caroll-spinney-dead.amp.html