🎶 Music: Wednesday

DIAGRAM 1: The Spawning of Wednesday

DIAGRAM 1: The holy trinity of sad queens have given birth to Wednesday, a wailing quintet from Asheville, whose sound is a haunting combination of wailing 90s skuzz/distortion and country twang that creates a rich tapestry of sadness. Their latest album entitled, “Rat Saw God,” beautifully captures the American South, weaving memories and deeply personal stories into this sort of humorous but tragic reflection of growing up in the suburbs of Greensboro.

🎶 Wednesday – Chosen to Deserve

🎶 Wednesday – Quarry 

🎶 Wednesday – Bath County

[REPORT] Anti-Pattern Engineering: 50/50 Rule

With everything you create – half the people should love it and the other half should absolutely hate it. The world’s best creative work always elicits extreme reactions, with audiences and critics alike unequivocally falling into one of two camps: passionate admiration or complete disdain. Good marketing starts with getting people’s attention and whether people love it or hate at least you’ve got their attetion and by talking about it they are helping you amplify your awareness.

[REPORT] Transcending Realms: Exploring the Parallel Wisdom and Influence of Rick Rubin and Rafiki

"TIRED"

One day your entire living room is scattered with Hot Wheels and Pixar action figures – Buzz Lightyear, Woody – and your whole day is split into two halves. Before nap and after nap. 

FW 23

Goo Goo Dolls — Iris (Live 2004)

On Management

“What is your management style?”

“Steve Zissou”

Links

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (The New Yorker)
The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.

The Internet today feels emptier, like an echoing hallway, even as it is filled with more content than ever. It also feels less casually informative. Twitter in its heyday was a source of real-time information, the first place to catch wind of developments that only later were reported in the press. Blog posts and TV news channels aggregated tweets to demonstrate prevailing cultural trends or debates.

I had a conversation about this very topic recently with someone I met on, wait for it, the internet. It seems like everyone agrees that the internet has become bleak – a place where bad news, vapid content, and doom scrolling are algorithmically ensured. 

YouTube passes Netflix as top video source for teens
Piper Sandler has published a survey of American teenagers twice a year since 2001, focusing on their favorite brands, gadgets, snacks and restaurants. This fall’s survey polled more than 9,000 teens across the U.S. in September who average just under 16 years old. 

During a recent show, Jerry Seinfeld seemed to tease the return of Seinfeld: "something is going to happen that has to do with that ending."

Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

A much needed moment of peace in a world that is currently filled with so much sadness and loss.