And moreover, of musical and lyrical analysis over contextual digressions about SNL. Speaking as a European, What Is Love is an instantly recognisable global megahit. It's got bugger all to do with Will Ferrell. It's just an insanely catchy tune. I'd have liked a bit more discussion of that, rather than three…

Came to Bloodborne late. Still thoroughly obsessed. Such a wonderful game. Like a bloody, horrific, story-driven 3D Nintendo platformer.

Yeah - Anathem has been by far the page-turn-iest of the Stephenson books I've read. Books 2 & 3 of the Baroque cycle were the worst. Suspect this might be a function of nerd direction though - I could read meticulously researched fiction about science and academia all day long, but apparently I have a high but finite…

Never thought I'd see a Benjamin Britten article on AVC. Awesome. Thanks Ignatiy.

American bacon is heresy. It is impossible to cook correctly as you describe. Stringy, soggy fat, or shrapnel. IMPOSSIBLE.

The Acceptable Dinosaur

It's xi you really have to be wary of. Double looped little bastard.

Aye?

Joanna Newsom is the only current artist I know of to get close - the consciously affected vocals; the literary references; the odd song structures; etc. But Newsom seems outside of the pop mainstream, whereas Bush was operating *inside* of it (those hit albums!). Which is kind of crazy awesome.

I Still Remember and Sunday (with the "hangover drums") are also very nicely put together songs.

Same with Reckoner. But not really the same song that it used to be…

Something about it being the capital of the North American Confederation, or something like that. I always enjoy it when scifi shows just assume major historical events, and don't make a bit deal out of the details.

Sorry for super minor spoiler-ing! Won't say more for that reason, but your reading also works. It's basically just really good straight up dramatic character work.

[ETA: *Minor spoilers for E9/10, sorry @Scrawler!*]

…He thinks he's people?

Oh my god.

Poe's Law strikes again.

It's the way it's such a huge, heavy sound, but also feels like he has all the time in the world to play and so much space inside the beats. No idea how he got the effect.

Yeah. Was kind of weird to bring up the Amen break, say it was probably the most sampled beat ever, then not mention UK Jungle, D&B & garage. Where basically 95% of those samples are.

My favourite example is Hoppípolla and Med Blódnasir from Sigur Rós' Takk… It's pretty subtle, but these are fundamentally the same song, but with that latter completely rebuilt with slabs of musical ideas out of the former.