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Where I offer my best links and music recommendations on the March Equinox, 2023.

I post these lists alongside my equinoctial and solstitial personal newsletter.

Music recommendations

• Favs: Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) by Fred again.. + All Fiction by Pile + Se Ve Desde Aquí by Mabe Fratti
• Exploration: Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants — Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels, 1992–1995 by ANOHNI and friends + Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley
• Grit: Dogsbody by Model/Actriz + Minus 30°C by Zima Stulecia
• Chill vibe: Raven by Kelela + Girl In The Half Pearl by Liv.e + Red Moon In Venus by Kali Uchis + Invisible People by Chicano Batman
• Texture: Vakning by Francesco Fabris & Ben Frost + Ritual by Solo Andata + Back To The Body by Andrew Oda
• Energy: Godcaster by Godcaster + Esto Frío No Vale Nada by NICO ROIG + Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor + Today My Friend You Drunk The Venom by The Drin
• Calm: Black Coral Sprig by Talk West + Pigments by Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn + "(We’re) Two Lines, In The Open Sea" and “Como um Desejo” by Grotta Veterano + Ichiko Aoba with 12 Ensemble
• Joy: “dickhead blues” by Kara Jackson + 10,000 gecs by 100 gecs + Cosmic Flute Rides Again by NTHNL + saysynth demos v1.0.0 by Brian Abelson
• Nostalgia: B-Sides, Demos & Rarities by PJ Harvey + 100% GALCHER by Galcher Lustwerk

Links

• The docs on ThoughtMaybe, and Adam Curtis’s work in general, but especially Can’t Get You Out of My Head
• “Just sharing pics of anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian and anti-colonial graffiti, stickers and street art seen around the world”
• We failed to properly mark the twentieth anniversary this September of one of the most important quotes ever: “There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says, fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me – you can’t get fooled again.” (video, transcript)
• “The Space Needle appears to be taking off from the fog in Seattle, Washington with Mt Rainier on the horizon”
• My colleague and friend Mike, talking about timebanks, which force us to consider “value” in a new and important ways
• “The Time I Spent On A Commercial Whaling Ship Totally Changed My Perspective On The World”
• Explainers for things you didn’t realize you needed to know, such as Enyacore
• You are worth so much more than your productivity, and also, I love espanso
• The dream machine: leave a dream, take a dream (more bots here)
• The sounds of CDMX (Mexico City)
• WEIRD SKATEBOARDS + WILD BICYCLING
• “Writers! Please Learn What a Rodent Is!”
• A funny story by Ivor Cutler
• The Redaction Machine
• Animorphs

(Know something I would like? Share with me!)