Harp nouveau.
The next time someone tells you jazz is dead, point them to harpist Brandee Younger. This is “Unrest II.” If you like it, here’s the video for “Unrest I,” and here’s Younger performing in a room full of skeletons.
“It’s the ability to play the background for yourself and make it work like a rhythm section.”
Another reason to be glad for old TV: Dick Cavett asking the extraordinary Oscar Peterson to explain (and perform) different styles of jazz piano. Love the “insipid phrase” comment!
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Heardle is like Wordle, but for music.
Heardle is like Wordle, but for music.
↩︎ Heardle
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Using virtual reality to train workers in soft skills—e.g., how to talk to victims if your company is responsible for an accident.
Using virtual reality to train workers in soft skills—e.g., how to talk to victims if your company is responsible for an accident.
↩︎ Dirt
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A charming, interactive close reading of W.H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts.” “As I age, I’m making the poem better.”
A charming, interactive close reading of W.H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts.” “As I age, I’m making the poem better.”
↩︎ The New York …
Amazon uses loopholes (like not taking responsibility for non-Amazon products) to undercount its environmental impact.
Amazon uses loopholes (like not taking responsibility for non-Amazon products) to undercount its environmental impact.
↩︎ Reveal
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Japan’s Sessho-sek, or “killing stone,” believed to have trapped a demon over 1,000 years ago, just split in half.
Japan’s Sessho-sek, or “killing stone,” believed to have trapped a demon over 1,000 years ago, just split in half.
↩︎ Spoon & Tamago
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A moving essay, framed by a lawyer’s makeup routine, about compulsive picking.
I grab the bottle of rubbing alcohol beneath the sink, pour it onto toilet tissue, pat dry my open wounds, and enjoy the sting. Then I moisturize and begin my makeup routine.
↩︎ Guernica
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