Keeping the Faith: A History of Northern Soul.
This book is a social history of northern soul. It examines the origins and development of this music scene, its clubs, publications and practices, by locating it in the shifting economic and social contexts of the English midlands and north in the 1970s.
Relevant: Rare Singles.
Die Erdbeerbäume (Arbutus), auch Madrone, westlicher Hagapfel, Landbeere, Meerkirsche oder Sandbeere genannt, sind eine Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Heidekrautgewächse (Ericaceae). Sie umfasst in etwa zehn Arten und findet sich hauptsächlich in Mittelamerika und dem Mittelmeerraum.
Relevant: The craziest story in indie music.
Relevant: Yung-yidish, also spelled Jung Idysz, was the first Jewish avant-garde artistic and literary group in Poland, active in Łódź in 1918–1921.
Singt ur gut!
Ihre Musik, welche sie selbst als „Pop mit Riss“ bezeichnet, schlägt eine Brücke zwischen zarter Poesie und harter Sozialkritik; zwischen simplen Liedern und experimenteller Vokalimprovisation.
Let me talk about the most popular application I built. It’s Coriander…
… a daily tracker used by one person; my girlfriend. She loves it and has been using it daily for more than a year now. She’s very happy with it.
The legendary Pipi girl.
That fancy game of “cult or culture?”
10 of the best quotes from Rutger Bregman’s Moral Ambition.
- In some circles, you’d think the highest good is not to have any impact at all. A good life is then primarily defined by what you don’t do. Don’t fly. Don’t eat meat. Don’t have kids…the aim is to have the smallest footprint possible, with your little vegetable garden and your tiny house. Best-case scenario? Your impact on the planet is so negligible, you could just as well not have existed. Don’t get me wrong – it’s a fine idea to align even your smallest deeds with your biggest values. But surely a good life consists of more than what you don’t do? One would hope that on your deathbed, you can chalk up your life’s work to more than simply all the harm you didn’t cause?
Relevant: The School for Moral Ambition.
But then again: Rutger Bregman's Latest Book, Moral Ambition, Is a Confusing Sequel to Humankind.
Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era.
The grand idealism of the free and open internet might be over for now, but in its place falls a more practical mindset. Just like Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs are entering their “Hard Tech” era, the people building web alternatives are also entering their Post-Naive Era. Here are the names to know.
The death rays that guard life.
We disinfect water before we drink it. Why don’t we disinfect the air before we breathe it?
