March 2009
16 posts
WatchI’m not sure how many people my age remember or even saw the video for Sum 41’s “Fat Lip” — it was 2001, so we were too mature — but it’s stuck with me for years because of its near-perfect commodification of youth culture. The song manages to cram three popular genres of music into three minutes, careening from pop-punk to ballad to rap-rock so fast that...
migratingtaste:
The Fat Boys - Can You Feel It?...
Watchanamanaguchi:
Dawn Metropolis embedded
This is an embedded, streaming version of Anamanaguchi’s new album, Dawn Metropolis. I’ve been fans of theirs for a long time — they’re one of the few “chiptune” artists to really transcend their genre — and the new release is simply a killer instrumental rock album. Click on one of those crazy patterned lines to see...
Reversing Undesirable Fish Evolution →
My dad’s research is on the front page of Slashdot today. I love the poster’s snarky assurance that he grasps the subject better than the researchers do — “What do the smart people out there think about this? Are they using the term ‘evolution’ the wrong way?”
Here’s a better summary of his research: catching the big fish and throwing the little...
