Agreed. I think the films is all about journalists being bad imagemakers
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Agreed. I think the films is all about journalists being bad imagemakers
crazy demonstration of the northern european obsession with cultural purity and just complete inability to understand a multicultural identity. have exchanged *many* emails with that jamoke. smart guy for sure, but classic case of someone who needed to take just one liberal arts course
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
crazy demonstration of the northern european obsession with cultural purity and just complete inability to understand a multicultural identity. have exchanged *many* emails with that jamoke. smart guy for sure, but classic case of someone who needed to take just one liberal arts course
Put a hash brown on that thing
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Put a hash brown on that thing
That was intended to be a positive comparison. The grid layout of the Midwest with the density of New Jersey? This would be unstoppable
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
That was intended to be a positive comparison. The grid layout of the Midwest with the density of New Jersey? This would be unstoppable
New Jersey on everything
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
New Jersey on everything
Northeastern suburbs are very dense, and people do prefer them. elsewhere in the country, people would likely continue to prefer suburbs even if they had more density
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Northeastern suburbs are very dense, and people do prefer them. elsewhere in the country, people would likely continue to prefer suburbs even if they had more density
But to the extent that suburbanization was a quasi-global phenomenon, that’s because the development of the 30y mortgage was a response to the Great Depression, a famously global phenomenon (not sure what the diffusion of that financial innovation was like btw)
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
But to the extent that suburbanization was a quasi-global phenomenon, that’s because the development of the 30y mortgage was a response to the Great Depression, a famously global phenomenon (not sure what the diffusion of that financial innovation was like btw)
And much of the demand for suburban living was driven by economic incentives in the 1930s that may have changed in 2025
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And much of the demand for suburban living was driven by economic incentives in the 1930s that may have changed in 2025
Turn down the lights and put on the Allman Bros
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Turn down the lights and put on the Allman Bros
And how middle-aged white people talked about Troost in the mid-90s!
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
And how middle-aged white people talked about Troost in the mid-90s!
, when I “discovered” that the ep was a call-back to Mask? Imprinted!
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
, when I “discovered” that the ep was a call-back to Mask? Imprinted!
Harsh new Sylvan Esso single dropped today
WDID b/w KEEP ON, by Sylvan Esso
2 track album
sylvanesso.bandcamp.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Harsh new Sylvan Esso single dropped today
Definitely not. Something about the first little verse makes me think of Berman, though.
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Definitely not. Something about the first little verse makes me think of Berman, though.
Not even "Don't Go Home with your Hard-On"? I feel like there are at least some Berman-esque lyrics in there...
September 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not even "Don't Go Home with your Hard-On"? I feel like there are at least some Berman-esque lyrics in there...
Silver Jews' "The Wild Kindness" has some LC notes to it. Malkmus's backup vocals notwithstanding...
September 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Silver Jews' "The Wild Kindness" has some LC notes to it. Malkmus's backup vocals notwithstanding...
And actually a big part of PMC experience, I might add. The mystifications of our commitments on the part of our organizational superiors makes us more reluctant to take the first steps. What we want is for one of our bosses to say, "The job has changed. *This* <whatever it is> is our job now."
September 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
And actually a big part of PMC experience, I might add. The mystifications of our commitments on the part of our organizational superiors makes us more reluctant to take the first steps. What we want is for one of our bosses to say, "The job has changed. *This* <whatever it is> is our job now."
Yes, it's: "Imagine a distributed Jim Crow, but not just in black and white."
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yes, it's: "Imagine a distributed Jim Crow, but not just in black and white."
power > drip, our ancestors have always known this
September 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
power > drip, our ancestors have always known this
nice turn in Thunderheart, too
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
nice turn in Thunderheart, too
Conlee is one of the most slept-on of this era. "We Belong in Love Tonight" is a banger
August 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Conlee is one of the most slept-on of this era. "We Belong in Love Tonight" is a banger