It was hard to narrow down a pick for Townes Van Zandt (arguably one of my favourite songwriters ever), but the musicianship on Mr Gold and Mr Mudd wins out. A song that I’ve spent over a decade trying to master and still haven’t
The only way I can really describe the way this version of Scarlett Begonias makes me feel is it’s seeing people swimming laps in a pool with a sort of odd independent synchronicity
Another example of incredible clarity in mixing grit with legibility. The bridge arpeggios are burned into mind after spending days learning them as a teenager.
I could have picked 50 different Converge songs as examples of how to mix really heavy and busy guitar work in a song but When Forever Comes Crashing Down is my favourite so here you go
I’m very sick and on the underground sweating bullets while listening to Gilla Band. This is what it must feel like to exist in a Yorgos Lanthomos movie
Have listened through ep. 3 of @bloodwork.show and @gotitatguineys.bsky.social has once again worked his wizardry and made me sound witty, intellectual, perhaps even charming, and most importantly coherent.
If you haven't already had a listen, get involved, because this next one's a banger.
Sad news everyone, I’m officially pulling the plug on Brightsiders, my super fan podcast for the 2017 movie Bright. I still feel like there were many interesting topics left to discuss but after 7 years of weekly episodes I’ve learned that no one has ever listened to the show.
There’s a lot of people who put careerist ladder climbing ahead of speaking out for what’s right until the scales tipped, or even worse said nothing at all.
The war being over is undoubtedly good and the end of the death and destruction in Gaza has stopped (hopefully permanently), but at its core, Israel has committed widespread acts of genocide and war crimes and will pretty much walk away consequence free.
At the end of the day the Guinness’s are the only remaining sort of dynastic aristocracy Ireland has to offer and even they don’t own their beer anymore.
The Netflix show is just as much an SEO smashing exercise to stop would be Hibernophiles finding out anything true about the family or the brand, as it is an attempt at Irish Bridgerton
Guinness, more so than Disney, or Apple, or any other brand, is such a fascinating house of self regulating and active historiography.
The self mythologising and erasure of any real past in favour of a cohesive history that is as marketable as the product itself is one of the greatest tricks ever.
