▶ vari/ations – Ode to Oram interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti, Magz Hall and Lola de la Mata
▶ a thought provoking read: What was Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “music that will never be forgotten”?
▶ Top writers ruled out of NZ book awards due to AI covers
▶ Coil Spring Sounds: From Explorations in the Shop to Finished Musical Instruments
▶ Miles Davis On The Corner / Thinkin’ One Thing And Doin’ Another Isolated Drum & Bass
Isolated Drum & Bass tracks for jazz lovers and musicians – thank you Léa Proicheva @leaproicheva
▶ Miles Davis He Loved Him Madly Isolated Drum & Bass
▶ RIP Jimmy Cliff – recent interview
▶ the dark side of Kombinis
▶ The Quiet King of Japanese Stop Motion
▶ Lilburn Lecture 2025: Don McGlashan – Bodies of Water
▶ interesting #nz job opportunity:
NZSO seeking Principal Audio Engineer for new recording venue in the refurbished Wellington Town Hall, NZSO Studios….
https://thebigidea.nz/jobs/principal-audio-engineer
https://www.seek.co.nz/NZSO-jobs?pos=1&jobId=88443230
Trick question at job interview:
What is the signal to noise ratio of John Cages 4’33”?
▶ Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
▶ Bart Hopkin – Agitation Chambers
▶ Overhauling a 15-year-old Max patch
▶ EYES WIDE SHUT: Recreating New York with Stanley Kubrick
▶ ‘You have to just draw something that you hope is funny’: How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy
▶ Charlie Brooker in 2012 was like… every other gaijin
▶ One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
▶ Sea Turtles’ Secret GPS
▶ Oliver Jeffers: Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated art of illustration – “AI now threatens to make creativity accessible to the wealthy while making wealth inaccessible to the creative.” (thanks Rich!)
▶ Inducing Smells With Ultrasound
▶ George Carlin Talks About “Stuff”
