Some links, nitwit ideas, and information to change your life:
There is a famous audio distortion unit called the Thermionic Culture Vulture, seen here on an office chair. This is what it does to sound. I’ve never owned the physical version of it, which I’ve felt okay about. Even after reading this Jonathan LowFour-time Grammy-winning engineer, mixer, and producer FROM PHILLY! with both Indie street cred, and pop celebrity, working with artists like Taylor Swift, The National, Maya Hawke, Mumford & Sons, Waxahatchee, and Caroline Shaw. quote,
“I will use hardware when mixing in the box, though mainly just two units: the Eventide H3000, because I have not found any plug‑ins that do the same thing, and the [Thermionic] Culture Vulture, for its very broad tone shaping and distortion properties.”
Instead of the real thing, I’ve loved a digital copy of it made by Universal Audio. It sounds great. However, for the past month, I’ve been without my software VultureThe software version is only usable in tandem with audio interfaces Universal Audio also makes. I have one, but there wasn’t space for it in a recent move. Their interfaces have DSP chips that run their plugins, offloading that load from your computer. Back in the not so distant future, this was a great deal: an audio interface, more power for plugins, and then the plugins themselves. These days, computers are more than powerful enough to run everything natively. , and I’ve had to mingle with a competitor: Arturia’s Dist Tube-Culture. I felt a sense of loyalty to my old faithful, but this new one has my head turning...
Magical Shark. What they've seen is impossible to comprehend and fascinating.italic text
The surreal Greenland Shark. The 17th Earl of Oxford, this guy, outed himself in his 17th century biography:
"This Earle of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to Travell, 7 years. On his return the Queen welcomed him home, and said, 'My Lord, I had forgot the Fart"
This short documentary about “seeing”. Narrated by, and about Inge Druckrey. Her voice is so soothing. If you’re interested in art, design, typefaces, or education, you will find something in this.
If you, like me, find yourself astonished by AI—cancer vaccines, climate crisis solved—but also wish it would piss off and die, you might enjoy this.
My girlfriend gave me one of these bags as a gift.
It's evident they have a sense of joy.I recorded this video using the productivity and utility app Vorssaint. It has a built-in “studio” of sorts which makes screen recording much more powerful. I know it’s blowing up, and I get it. It does everything. At first, I was uncertain I’d use it. Previously, I had not clicked with compacting bags. My Shupatto changed that. The distinction between compacting (i.e., stuffing into a small pouch), and folding (this bag) proved significant. I love this bag. I put it in my back pocket. Unfolded, my bag is spacious enough that yesterday, after some shopping, I carried a pack of Lacroix’s, a box of protein bars, a shirt, two water bottles, and my wallet on my way home.Do you ever think about concrete?
Until the next, bye-bye!