Ian Penman · Infinite Wibble: Brian v. Eno At a time when most conversation about the arts remained stuck in an Oxbridge common room, Eno was a one-man laboratory...

‘Eno is a conundrum: impish disruptor and happy polymath, he can also be a bit of a tech prig lecturing us from on high, dropping serene apothegms that turn out on closer inspection to be vanishingly banal.’

Ian Penman on Brian Eno: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

A ★★★★★ review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) Utterly chilling horror movie, a clear influence on everything from Psycho to The Exorcist to Halloween to There Will Be Blood. The Preacher (Robert Mitchum, brilliant), a scripture-quoting misogynist...

Night of the Hunter was released 70 years ago today. Here’s my review from a few months ago: boxd.it/7MhKIv

5 Routes Into the Curious Mind of Tony Conrad A year after his passing, the experimental music pioneer is having a moment, with a new documentary and an expansive online archive.

Pitchfork still has this great piece up on Tony Conrad by @philipsherburne.bsky.social from 2017:

pitchfork.com/thepitch/149...

The Best Pavement Songs, Ranked Ahead of ’Pavements,’ Uproxx Culture Critic Steven Hyden looks back at the best songs from Pavement.

Hey, I wrote a lot of words about a band I love called Pavement — the tunes, the albums, the gold soundz, etc.

uproxx.com/indie/paveme...

It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side

flavor flav has a penchant for speaking about himself in the third person [citation needed]

did flavor flav write this

Eden Lonsdale — Dawnings (Another Timbre) Eden Lonsdale - extract from 'Aurora' for streaming It is a continual source of wonder, the way artists come to terms with the past. They reject it, embrace it or engage at some nearly tangible point....

Eden Lonsdale is a superb composer dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7748391...

Agharta & Pangaea @ 50 The thrilling end to Miles Davis' 70s psychedelic funk-metal era

Aaaaand we're back! The Burning Ambulance newsletter returns with a look at Miles Davis's Agharta & Pangaea, recorded 50 years ago this week.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/agharta-an...

kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision. What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to. Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met. David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own. I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other. I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone. David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.

This is a beautiful tribute.

Best to ever do it.

This crowdfunding seeks donations to support the restoration of the urushi industry, which was affected by the earthquake. The funds will be used to grow urushi saplings over a long period, plant them, and harvest them in ten years for use in Wajima's art. 🌱 gogetfunding.com/wajima/

This crowdfunding seeks donations to support the restoration of the urushi industry, which was affected by the earthquake. The funds will be used to grow urushi saplings over a long period, plant them, and harvest them in ten years for use in Wajima's art. 🌱 gogetfunding.com/wajima/

This crowdfunding seeks donations to support the restoration of the urushi industry, which was affected by the earthquake. The funds will be used to grow urushi saplings over a long period, plant them, and harvest them in ten years for use in Wajima's art. 🌱
gogetfunding.com/wajima/

Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

A Portrait of the Artist as an Amazon Reviewer Between 2003 and 2019, Kevin Killian published almost twenty-four hundred reviews on the site. Can they be considered literature?

www.newyorker.com/books/under-...

Stromsänger, by Christina Kubisch & Trondheim Voices 2 track album

imprec.bandcamp.com/album/stroms...

The Christmas Spirit's been evasive for me this year...But perhaps sharing some excerpts from my 2018 @aquariumdrunkard.com Q&A with A Charlie Brown Christmas drummer Jerry Granelli will help me lock "real in." Might even help you do the same.

Read: jasonpwoodbury.substack.com/p/its-about-...

Finally!

The news in Sweden today.

So Much for Destiny: The Story of Pavement’s Terror Twilight With their 1999 swan song finally receiving a deluxe reissue, the indie-rock icons reflect on its contentious creation and renewed legacy in this oral history.

pitchfork.com/features/art...

Out Today. The new album from Saint Etienne

Album cover. The Night By Saint Etienne. An ancient computer atop a desk alongside an equally antiquated hot drinks vending machine.

'The Night distils the themes that have defined their 25 year career into hallucinatory nuggets, as though contemplating them from low Earth orbit, making them lusher, deeper and woozier'

The Night by #SaintEtienne is tQ's Album of the Week

https://buff.ly/4fgOudk

YouTube video by svsugvcarter Robert Rauschenberg - Erased De Kooning

youtu.be/tpCWh3IFtDQ?...

Indie Basement (12/6): Saint Etienne, Fennesz, Seahawks, more Plus: Celebrate Yourself! The Sonic Cathedral Story 2004 - 2024 box set, a look back at The Woodentops' 'Giant' and more

"This is St Etienne at their most austere and elegant. Rain sounds run through the album and you can feel the neon glow reflected in the streets of these 14 tracks. The Night is classic St Etienne, just presented in ways we’ve never quite heard before." www.brooklynvegan.com/album-review...

Thank you for that. I enjoyed your text a lot!

The incredibly beatiful Rafael Toral’s “Spectral Evolution” at #2!

The Secret Pentagon War Game That ​Offers a Stark​ Warning for Our Times (Gift Article) The devastating outcome of the 1983 game reveals that nuclear escalation inevitably spirals out of control.

It doesn’t happen often, but when the NYT publishes something terrific you have to give them credit.

This is an elegant long-form narrative, full of complexity which is not reduced to moral opprobrium.

It is clear about US geopolitical failures.

It is beautifully written.

And it’s terrifying.

Elektroakustische Projekte & Makro (2025 remaster) - 5 CD

With joy we announce the release of 5-CD box set dedicated to Roland Kayn’s Cybernetic Music, which were sensibly remastered by Jim O’Rourke.

Pre-orders December 1,
Expected shipping date 2-25-25

Order & info: kayn.nl/shop/cds/ele...

Gerhard Richter
Beerdigung (Funeral), 1988

YouTube video by DAX -Space Shower Digital Archives X- Jim O'Rourke - Live @""DELAY 2024""

youtu.be/LAZQIuUdDnA?...

This is incredible.

Great article!