June 2012
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What you’re hearing is the way 20th century technology tunneled through a 19th...
– Alexis Madrigal - The Mechanics and Meaning of That Ol’ Dial-Up Modem Sound - The Atlantic
May 2012
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April 2012
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But as a genre, the American action film featured hallmark stars...
– How the American Action Movie Went Kablooey - NYTimes.com
March 2012
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February 2012
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January 2012
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Matthew Dear - “In The Middle (I Met You There) [ft. Jonny Pierce of The Drums]” (by Ghostly International)
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Justin Townes Earle: “Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now”
The title track to JTE’s fourth album, Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now, arrived today, replete with a raw, live-recorded feel befitting of such a surrendered morning after cut. Looking forward to hearing more of the set’s “Memphis-soul direction” soon, but in the meantime, give this...
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Debuting in 1993, the VCD was the answer to a film pirate’s prayers. VHS...
– Observations on film art : Pandora’s digital box: From the periphery to the center, or the one of many centers
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December 2011
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The intimidating image suits the hardware that runs it. In the Imax 3D film...
– David Bordwell
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November 2011
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Technology reveals us to ourselves as we always in fact were: networked,...
– Tom McCarthy: My desktop | Books | guardian.co.uk
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100 Essential Jazz Albums: The Playlist
Based on this New Yorker list curated by David Remnick and David Brody, here’s around 100 essential jazz albums. Rdio is missing a couple albums, but you’ll find most of them on the playlist.
What follows is a list compiled with the help of my New Yorker colleague Richard Brody. These hundred titles are meant to provide a broad sampling of jazz classics and wonders across the music’s...
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Usually, when people are looking through the Yellow Pages for a photographer,...
– Gregg Brown’s Aerial Photos of Ground Zero - NYTimes.com
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