I haven’t listened to TOKiMONSTA in a while. I really like her music. She’s a beat producer, or at least started out as one. Her new album is more house and disco, and so far, I am really digging it.
Her picks on this episode of What’s In My Bag were all super good, but what I’m mostly interested in is this set of books by Hiroshi Nagai. His illustrations look like vectors, but they’re all hand painted. He apparently did a lot of Japanese City Pop album covers.
What a gorgeous hi-fi system. It looks to have some inspiration from the Vitsoe/Braun wall unit designed by Dieter Rams, but much more brutalist? I love the overall look and feel. Kind of cold vs the warm sound you’d get from vinyl records. The cables running from component to component reminds me of a eurorack synthesizer setup.
Flight Facilities, a DJ/production duo from Australia, released four mixes back in 2013. Each one spanning a decade, starting with 1972, and ending at 2012. The mixes take you on a little music journey through each decade, incorporating pop music and major news headlines on a timeline.
I used to jog around our old neighborhood listening to the 1982-1992 mix all the time.
I’m not sure what prompted me to look these up again, as I’ve had them saved for a while, but I was very excited to see that they’ve added two more decades! 1962-1972 and 2012-2022. They fit in perfectly with the original four. Still super fun and really well done.
Related: another amazing era mix is DJ Spinbad's 90's Megamix. Quite possibly one of the best, and most fun mixes I’ve ever heard.
Aaron Draplin updated his site design, and he uploaded a bunch of images from his junkin’ trips. I’ve always loved it when he posts these on social media. Kind of want to start one of these myself. Should “junkin’” be a new slash page ?
I never really thought of Caribou performing as a live band. The drummer killed it. Incredible set!
A wonderful talk from XOXO 2024 by Cabel Sasser on how he met Wes Cook. It was presented to me with no context and no spoilers, so I’m doing the same.
Be a Big Sexy Voter! All jokes aside, this site is beautiful.
Cindy Lee aka Patrick Flegel’s latest 32 track LP is only streaming on YouTube, or available to download from their site . Hoping for a physical release soon!
Sonic Pi is a code-based music production and performance tool. I was looking for videos of DJ Dave performing live, and I found out that this is what she uses to do everything! Amazing! Filing this to dig into later.
This is a good one! Really great pickups. I love this series because I always hear something new to dig into.
“When I was 12 or so, I’d just go every week. Because, you know, why not? When you’re a kid, that stuff is free, so you may as well get it.”
This might be the most beautiful site I’ve ever seen. Some of the color variables are constantly changing, the console does neat things like theming the site (crt-green looks so freakin’ cool), and the endless footer-scroll-thing is really neat! via Chris Glass
I shared the Linamp link earlier with some old coworkers, and Drew linked this. Amazing! I specifically remember one in particular because I made a LiteStep theme to match.
Linamp is a standalone music player built using a Raspberry Pi, and touch screen with a UI that resembles Winamp.
100+ ways to say goodbye. A very large collection of alternative ways to sign off. via Dave’s links
“Books, plates and glasses are engulfed by the squishy shelves of Dutch designer Dewi van de Klomp’s Soft Cabinets.”
I made this the other day without the onions or hot sauce and it was very good.
Neat video on how technology enhances athletes. The swim suits sound insanely cool. Also, I want a pair of those shoes.
I’ve been meaning to dive back into YNAB for a while now, but the cost seems quite high these days. There’s never been a good alternative until now: Actual Budget. Which is open source, can be self-hosted, or hosted on PikaPods for dirt cheap.
Manuel Matuzović’s ongoing posts about getting up to speed with modern CSS.