Ethan Iverson’s new album, Technically Acceptable, is that and more, sitting covers of Thelonius Monk and Roberta Flack next to his own original contemporary jazz. “I’m interested in trying to wrangle these almost archaic forms in a modernist way,” he says, and again: bingo. His version of “Round Midnight” has theremin on it and “Killing […]
Meanwhile, Peloton, which *was* inherently desirable when there was no alternative, continues to flail into the “post-pandemic” era, and in hopes of capturing the Zoomers, they’ve started to partner with Tik Tok to publish little segments of classes — the first time they’ve distributed content outside of their own channels. Everyone who loves to watch […]
Ok friends, first post of the year, what are our resolutions? (As a non-resolution person, I’m still going strong on the only one I’ve ever made: eat more pickles.) If you are drinking more water, sales indicate you may be doing so from the Stanley cup — that is, the Quencher, a 40-ounce monster that […]
This week, we lost 1,500 jobs at Spotify and “about 225” at Etsy. After writing about the more than 400,000 people the tech sector has laid off in the last two years, Wired itself is laying people off as Condé Nast looks to cut costs. And now on to the full closures. Popular Science is […]
I would love to be all Braiding Sweetgrass about this and say that new things spring up in the wake of loss. This next thing is the worst possible version of that: Nestle is spinning up “companion products” to fill the nutritional gaps people develop on Ozempic. Per Forbes, the Nestle CEO Mark Schneider “said […]
At the top of the original video for this song, you see Asake lying in bed, musing. “Isn’t it crazy how you can have all the success in the world and still feel lonely?” Then you hear a woman’s voice. “You’re not alone in feeling that way… Success deserves to be celebrated.” Oh yes, good […]
The in-office game may be a pain, but things are even worse outside. In cities around the world, streams of pee are wearing down historic facades, a literal surface-level problem that actually runs deep. From the Baltimore Banner: “Like a yellow Sharpie, it’s highlighting long-standing tensions in Baltimore: the decline of a once bustling city […]