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Links: March 2018
Hello, dear reader!
March is gone, but its links remain.
I gave a brief talk about designing information at the annual Society for News Design conference, and also shared my notes from the other talks I took in.
Always ahead of the trends, I left Facebook at the beginning of the month, a little over two weeks before the news about Cambridge Analytica broke (news which long-time readers may not have found shocking). Since think… See more →
Today’s brain training in polyrhythmic minimalism is provided by @dawnofmidi’s Dysnomia. dawnofmidi.bandcamp.com/album/dysnomia
I want an app that checks a database of upcoming NYC concerts against my @lastfm data and emails me a weekly digest of relevant shows.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Cornelius
- “Cream,” Prince
- “Love Takes Time,” Mariah Carey
- “Gonna Make You Sweat,” C+C Music Factory
- “Groove Is in the Heart,” Deee-Lite
This concludes today’s Billboard marathon. Thank you for playing. Top four 1991 songs I did NOT skip:
“I Adore Mi Amor” by Color Me Badd
“I’ll Give All My Love to You” by Keith Sweat
“Cry for Help” by Rick Astley
“Show Me the Way” by Styx
“After the Rain” by Nelson
“Coming Out of the Dark” by Gloria Estefan
How the hell did I never notice that Prince’s “Cream” is essentially a cover of T. Rex’s “Bang a Gong”?
“I Saw Red” by Warrant
“I Like the Way” by Hi-Five
“You’re in Love” by Wilson Phillips
“Rhythm of My Heart” by Rod Stewart
“Real Real Real” by Jesus Jones
“I Can’t Wait Another Minute” by Hi-Five
“The One and Only” by Chesney Hawkes
I shall now begin updating you in real time which songs I skip as I shuffle this Billboard Top 100 of 1991 playlist. open.spotify.com/user/israel.ke…
🚨 For your weekend: Prince’s spectacular 1987 concert film, Sign o’ the Times, is now streaming on Amazon Prime. amazon.com/gp/video/detai…
Good morning. I am designing a website while listening to the new @AndrewWk record on repeat.
Links: February 2018
Hello dear reader!
February is gone, but its links remain.
My site was pretty quiet in February, up until yesterday when I published the final post in a series about the process behind my redesign. This one is about color, and the recent revelations I’ve had about how to work with it.
This month’s links have the usual range of topics, with the highlight for me being a treasure trove of interviews and demos on… See more →
Lightning Bolt
I guess @d_carson_design is making music now? open.spotify.com/artist/1RtQ5z4…
“Hey, remember when we added a 47% fee to these tickets? Fun, right? Wouldn’t it be even more fun if you helped us double our money?”
“You could spend a million dollars on a piano part and it won’t make you a million dollars back.” vulture.com/2018/02/quincy…
It’s one of those afternoons where I don’t really understand why people make music that doesn’t sound like @AndrewWk.
In my dream, the shelter explained that the kitten I found was an escaped virtuoso reggae drummer. They had an illustrated book about her.
Links: January 2018
Hello, dear reader!
January is gone, but its links remain.
In my little corner of the internet, I posted a roundup of my favorite stuff from 2017 (including a look ahead at plans for 2018). As a subscriber, you may be especially interested in the stats I compiled about the 299 links I shared last year.
I released my first open source software project, Column Setter, a Sass tool for building custom responsive grids that… See more →
I know, you were eating lunch earlier or whatever and didn’t see this. Don’t worry; even hours later, it is STILL Def Lep o’clock. twitter.com/robweychert/st…
If you couldn’t tell, I have a particular fondness for High ’n’ Dry. flickr.com/photos/robweyc…
🚨 Today Def Leppard’s full catalog is streaming for the first time! Some of my faves from the first four albums: open.spotify.com/user/121632828…
That Was 2017
The highlights of what I took in and put out
Projects
Since 2011, working with A Book Apart was my way of contributing to the design community while my own direction as a designer was uncertain. Over the course of 2016, as my new job at ProPublica restored my enthusiasm for design, I wanted to get back to working on my own projects and sharing what I learned in the process. Making time for that meant something had to give, so after producing the paperback/PDF… See more →
Winter Jazzfest British Jazz Showcase
Taylor Dayne stuck in my head. No complaints.
Shows I Wish I Hadn’t Missed, Late Sunday Edition youtu.be/KbrFOt39qkM
A 10th anniversary air guitar performance. A personal concert diary website. Animations and prints inspired by Sol Lewitt and Steve Reich. twitter.com/anildash/statu…
Links: December 2017
Happy New Year, dear reader!
December is gone, but its links remain.
I did some more film writing this month, most notably on The Disaster Artist and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and I also published a collection of all the shorter film reviews I wrote in 2017.
This month’s links are a good mix of the topical (net neutrality, sexism, the new tax bill), year-end reflections, inspiring art and design, and more. I hope… See more →
Who are these people who actually know the lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne”?
A quick primer on freestyle rap, which has evolved beyond being strictly improvisational. kottke.org/17/12/what-is-…
The challenges of connecting with music in the age of smart speakers, from the always-thoughtful @elliotjaystocks. medium.com/@elliotjaystoc…
I always imagine Glenn Danzig filling out health insurance forms. 🎶 “Am I demon? Need to know!”
Happy Friday. Here’s the great Peggy Seeger dripping some cheerful feminist venom in 1979. youtu.be/8IGVxBb5uYk
Otis Redding has been gone 50 years. newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
I’m not the Dream Theater fan I was 25 years ago, but for all its goony excess, sometimes Images and Words still really hits the spot.
Links: November 2017
Hello, dear reader!
November is gone, but its links remain.
Most of my writing energy this month went toward a post about the typography and spatial relationships underpinning my site’s recent redesign. I also wrote a handful of film reviews, the most substantial of which outlines my disappointment with the ambitious Loving Vincent, an animated film made from thousands of oil paintings.
Unsurprisingly, a fair amount of this month’s links are devoted to thinking through… See more →