I'm a developer designer data nerd Texan based in New York.
Latest writing on or off-topic
- Music
Even little Dutch boys liked rap music in 1980
Imitation, being the sincerest form of flattery, reached its weirdest and widest extent in the early 1980's. One of the very first "rap songs", Rap-O Clap-O by Joe Bataan, was covered in Dutch by "Danny Boy".
- Recent Past
Goodbye, Shelley Duvall.
Shelley Duvall passed away today. No more "Hello, I'm Shelley Duvalls" to be heard anymore.
- Music
Experiment IV
After all of these years, I just watched the music video for Kate Bush's "Experiment IV" for the first time. Dawn French and Hugh Laurie are both in this video!
- AI, Politics
I asked ChatGPT to create a victory song for Labour
ChatGPT's attempt to write a victory song for Labour in the style of Joni Mitchell was surprisingly good, coherent, and while most of it doesn't really convey Joni's style directly, the chorus (at least in my head) is highly reminiscent of the chorus of her song "The Circle Game."
- Politics
Only Kamala Harris can possibly defeat Trump.
It gives me no pleasure, as an amateur, to say that I could have predicted the current crisis the Democrats are currently experiencing as it relates to Joe Biden's age and his debate performance.
- Music
I was born to take the highway
I've never felt more stuck in my entire life as I have in New York - I have never felt more like an outlier, an outcast, a misfit, an injured athlete who looks back at the game they once played so well with a quiet disdain for those who came after.
MIXTAPES curated musical journeys
Empire State Human
Songs about New York City from an outsider’s loving perspective.
Sage comme une image
A collection of pop music in the French language, from the late 1960’s through the 1980’s.
Theoretical China (理论中国)
West meets East when you hand a white person a synthesizer – here are all the charming examples of everything that is not Occidental.
Strawberry girls & Banana split ladies
Women around the world at work – female fronted music from the 60’s through the 80’s.
Quiet Storms & Basic Women
Coming soon.
Themes for great cities
Coming soon.
ABBA Obscura
A collection of ABBA’s more obscure releases.
The Morning After
Coming soon.