This song is so reminiscent of another breakout band, we’re going to call it, “Who Wants To Be Superorganism.” Luckily, Superorganism is quite good, and it’s been about a year since they came out swinging with their juicy, orchestral pop-rock and trippy clip-art visuals— just long enough for others to, let’s say, take inspiration. Chinatown Slalom has a similar DIY aesthetic and you almost wonder if they use the same producer. Pile onto that their proximity (both bands are based in the UK) and parallel living arrangement (each group lives in a house together) and it starts to look like a real copycat situation. But, against Superorganism’s diversity of musician age and provenance, Slalom is a band of young boys, so there’s that. Take a listen and enjoy feeling familiar.
Back in Northern California, things have gotten truly out of hand. If you were on twitter last week, you might have come across some rage surrounding a thousand-word job post for a “Household Manager / Cook / Nanny” in Menlo Park. Posted by a single mom CEO, the job description asked for a highly-educated someone to “keep the household and its family and staff and its processes and programs well organized.” (Yes, there’s already a cook, au pair, gardener, etc.) The duties then grew much more specific: the right candidate would be able to “correctly quantify how much fish to purchase for five people,” and crucially, they would need to enjoy highly specific activities such as “river swimming.” (Are the aforementioned fish to be caught whilst swimming?) The post blew up enough that a hero over at Slate decided to track down its author for an interview, in which she anonymously defended herself, reminding us that as a working single mom, she needs a ton of help. But we’ll remind her that you can need help and also be reasonable.
Don’t worry, guys, having a housekeeper to manage your other personal employees isn’t the only way to go above and beyond. A new startup called Jupiter is here to send fleets of gig workers into people’s homes to organize their groceries. That’s right, you’ve already forgotten what a grocery store is now that your Instacart appears magically on your doorstep; thanks to Jupiter, you can ignore that food is grown anywhere but directly inside your fridge. Finally.
Whether you’re spending your money on an appropriate quantity of fish or on gig workers who put it in the fridge, you might as well make some money back on your spending. In that vein, I’m resurfacing a PSA from Wise Bread about a card with an extreme amount of cash back. It comes with a $200 signup bonus if you spend $1,000 on it in your first 90 days, then gives you 3% cash back on online shopping, drug stores, travel, dining, home improvement and furniture, or gas. No annual fee and 0% intro APR on purchases for 15 months. Get after it.
