Both of these docs are essential, as is the new Fault Lines short Starving Gaza and especially The Night Won't End , a remarkable and unforgettable film. That said, I share the sentiment that those who need to watch stuff like this mostly won't, and the rest of us aren't morally obligated to do so. ...

I use and endorse the KAB EV-1, which is basically a Nitty Gritty except you hook up your own vacuum to it. Goes for $150, which AFAIK is considerably less than the cheapest Nitty Gritty (new, although they are plentiful used). As a bonus, their website is a late-'90s GeoCities time capsule.

I am entirely not surprised when aging metal dudes turn out to be totally conspiracy theory brain wormed. I know Matt Pike has mentioned some pretty dumb conspiracy beliefs pre-pandemic (and AFAIK he hasn't said anything super dumb during the pandemic). Especially aging metal dudes who have done th...

If anyone has any dirt on Ian MacKaye, keep that shit to yourselves. I heard he drank a beer once I heard he was a Haagen-Dazs eating motherfucker. Apropos of Trouble's Eric Wagner dying of COVID, I also just learned that Wino is an insane ultracrepidarian COVID conspiracy theorist . Not entirely o...

Eric Wagner of Trouble has died of COVID. Unvaxxed, apparently. First such case where I feel only Schade and no Freude.

Beautiful and brutal. This is really what I needed right now.

I think Steve Jones (who did a post-doc with Lewontin, or something like that) had it right when he wrote: Lewontin excited me about science more than anybody else has ever done. He did the same for lots of people. If you trace the family tree of evolutionary biologists in the world, a suspiciously...

I love it too. But the story behind that song makes me so sad and angry that sometimes I can't even stomach to listen to it. It disturbs me a lot more than Jordan, Minnesota. Is it common knowledge that the story behind this song is a fabrication? I read about that recently. I believe it was though...

I'm interested in what people here think about speaker stands. We have some nice small-ish speakers (ELAC Debut--whatever the cheapest model is) and want them off the bookshelves where they've been living. Commercial speaker stands seem to vary wildly in price and it's unclear to me what's worthwhi...

RIP Bryan St. Pere (drummer of Hum). Can't believe it. Sorry to hear this. I wasn't a massive fan, but I really love Downward Is Heavenward . Came here to say RIP Dick Lewontin (who is definitely not my namesake). Now would be a good time, for many reasons, to revisit this remarkable book : https:/...