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Archetypal Pulp: catchy, energetic and melancholic. The themes of each track have grown up just as the band have too, avoiding the revival landmine of talking like teenagers when you're old enough to parent one.
At just over four hours long it’s not so much a rock opera as a rock dirge, and the recurring clown horn motif remains especially grating
The raspy sax, dramatic vocals, and ostentatious instrumentation could just as easily have a place in a gaudy musical as they do on this album.
I wanted to note down the zero build step setup I’ve been using for SPA prototypes and hobby projects over the last year. I’ve found this combination of tools and trade offs keeps me productive and gives me peace of mind that I won’t return to a codebase hobbled by abandoned dependencies and breaking changes …
Weaving larger-than-life arrangements with razor-sharp yet feather-light lyricism, Crookes sits as the centerpiece of a kind of big band pop.
Blake’s vocals are, predictably, beautiful; Blake’s production is, predictably, meticulous; and it’s all, predictably, quite predictable.
Uncompromising, and very brutal indeed. Some listeners will struggle to see it through to the end, whereas others will feel oddly comforted by its harshness.
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Timezones are weird. But only finitely so. Here’s the exact conceptual model you should have of them.
— Read on ssoready.com/blog/engineering/truths-programmers-timezones/
I’m always amazed at how computers work with anything time related. This dive into timezone data that keeps our clocks correct is a great read.
The Surprising Things That CSS Can Animate / Coder’s Block
— Read on codersblock.com/blog/the-surprising-things-that-css-can-animate/
These are great, the example transitioning the visibility of the modal is especially handy.
A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval | WIRED UK
— Read on www.wired.co.uk/article/lab-grown-meat-approval
Truly living in the future.