culture
2020 in music
511
6 Mar 2021
So, um, it's March 2021, and now I'm finally getting around to my "annual" music recommendations post. Oh well.

the day the sky turned orange
635
29 Sep 2020
On Wednesday, Sept 9, 2020, along the west coast of North America, ash from raging wildfires was suspended high in the atmosphere, casting the skies in the eerie deep orange hue of the American president's artificial tan.

why is saturday named after a roman god?
2351
29 Jan 2020
In English, the days of the week are named after Germanic gods. All except Saturday, that is. How did the big guy pull it off?
2019 in music
725
2 Jan 2020
In Twenty-nineteen I added 48 new albums to my iTunes. Were they any good?

checking in to the teachers' lounge
468
19 Sep 2019
Why is there, hanging in the teacher's lounge, a theatrical poster for "Dunston Checks In"?

twitchcon 2018
dispatches from video game streaming culture
1394
30 Oct 2018
As an outsider looking in, here's my notes from attending TwitchCon 2018.

music stats
it turns out love *can* be measured
1077
15 Oct 2018
I have spent the past 10+ years measuring and analyzing what music I listen to.