Aldo Katayanagi, Chicago, IL, USA.

What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation.

A.S.

In episode #5 of Vox Pop’s Earworm, producer Estelle Caswell, comes to appreciate the art of repetition with the help of Colin Morris and Elizabeth Margulis. Colin is a computer scientist who created two really amazing ways to visualize repetition in song lyrics and how they’ve increased over the last 50 or so years. Elizabeth Margulis has dedicated her career to music research and runs the music cognition lab at the University of Arkansas.

Her book “On Repeat: How music plays the mind” delves deep into the science behind musical repetition and explores the many ways our brains react to it.

DSA Commando + Frankie Hi-Nrg Mc + Cattaneo.

E incomincia fra i commenti | la sfilata dei parenti | ma io proprio non capisco | perché son così contenti.

G.G.

KforC Productions, Nantes, France.

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication.

M.M.

kyddiekafka + nvr + Loner + palence.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

R.F.

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

M.M.

GRXGVR – SCHOLAR (ft. BONES) – 2015
DJ Shadow – Redeemed – 2011
The Range – Postie – 2013
Toy Camera – Summer Days – 2011
Germany Germany – The Sea and The Sun ft. arrange – 2012
Massive Attack – The Spoils ft. Hope Sandoval – 2016
Gonjasufi – The Blame – 2012
The xx – Brave For You – 2017
Blvck Ceiling – Opium – 2017
Bibio – Down To The Sound – 2014
Grouper – Living room – 2013
Younger Brother – Tetris – 2011
Daughter – A Hole in the Earth – 2017
Trentemoller – Where the Shadows Fall – 2016