2023

  • I find myself examining the existential premises on which this site is built. Hence, a pause.

    March 21, 2023

    | Elvis Presley : Blue Moon

    | Kruder + Dorfmeister : High Noon

  • Sometimes people treat other people badly because they hate themselves.

    March 19, 2023

    | Lemon Jelly : Soft

    | I forgot the name, now private. Great video, though.

  • Logically following up on the last post is another mathematical phenomenon that I’ve been using in my design work lately: The Fibonacci Sequence and its related algebraic counterpart, the Golden Ratio.

    March 17, 2023

    | Art of Noise feat. Max Headroom : Paranoimia (Extended Version)

    | Art of Noise with Max Headroom : Paranoimia

  • Pi : C/d, 22/7, irrational, transcendental, infinite. Today is Pi Day, because 3.14, founded in 1988 in San Francisco.

    March 14, 2023

    | Joni Mitchell : The Circle Game

    | π Official Trailer

  • Today I saw my nemesis, the Cypress Tree, explode pollen just as I was leaving on my bike. Have you ever seen a tree-pollen explosion?

    March 13, 2023

    | Debbie Harry : French Kissin' in the USA

    | Saturday Night Live : The 1975 I'm in Love with You

  • aka, These Allergies and the Accompanying Antihistamines are Whooping My Butt, G’night.

    March 11, 2023

    | 23 Skidoo : Coup

    | Groove Armada : Superstylin'

  • Thoughtful adults know that life is complex and that the answer to hate is not more hate. Once again, we would all do well to stop and ask ourselves: What is our fear? Where is our love?

    March 8, 2023

    | Ohio Players : Funky Worm

    | Jimmy Castor Bunch : Troglodyte

  • Do photographers steal souls, as some primitives – reportedly – believed? I don’t steal souls, but I certainly see them.

    March 7, 2023

    | Parliament Funkadelic : Not Just Knee Deep

    | De La Soul : Me, Myself and I

  • “Just put your lips together and blow.” That must be the most sampled line in electronic music, so when we hit it again, you’ll know the reference.

    March 5, 2023

    | Frankie Knuckles : The Whistle Song

    | Scene from To Have and Have Not : Bogart & Bacall