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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: John Surman: “Pebble Dance” (2024) Cliff Eidelman: Magdalene (1988) Hans Zimmer: Dune: Part Two (2024) Mark Knopfler: “An American Hero” (1997) George Fenton: Cry Freedom (1987) Michel Legrand: Musicales Comédies (2009) David Shire: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Mychael Danna: Kama Sutra (1996) Various: […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
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<li>John Surman: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5x3qph2SQyWij1DKNWgcCf?si=e9e141c7d6504676">Pebble Dance</a>” (2024)</li>
<li>Cliff Eidelman: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/cliff_eidelman/magdalene__1988_/">Magdalene</a> (1988)</li>
<li>Hans Zimmer: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1PeYjDmxcRNvxLd5mGHuCC?si=4ed7f5c7c80747de">Dune: Part Two</a> (2024)</li>
<li>Mark Knopfler: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4rL2QuYOtrxMrCSy5RAdMz?si=54698fae50344507">An American Hero</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>George Fenton: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0MYjm9wrwKy3gReqioIgG7?si=3bc700743a58413e">Cry Freedom</a> (1987)</li>
<li>Michel Legrand: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/9895066-Michel-Legrand-Musicales-Com%C3%A9dies">Musicales Comédies</a> (2009)</li>
<li>David Shire: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/david-shire/the-taking-of-pelham-one-two-three/">The Taking of Pelham One Two Three</a> (1974)</li>
<li>Mychael Danna: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/33LzhBI82cKHR0poYg2cpl?si=8f4c6e96a3bf4200">Kama Sutra</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Various: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/emir-kusturica-and-the-no-smoking-orchestra/black-cat-white-cat/">Black Cat, White Cat </a>(1998)</li>
<li>Kevin Penkin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6rvlFG08LZ2psOoOSWEbMv?si=D7ebHAjqRhy-tMXcHOIm5g">Made in Abyss</a> (2017), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0V0tX0t1htU57bz5fJpm51?si=c9ca8efeaf854bf5">Made in Abyss 2</a> (2020), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2CHpanCncDbCg4bYfAMrvk?si=3J1KblJQQISTXjyrtC_d3w">Made in Abyss 3</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Kenji Kawaii: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E5%B7%9D%E4%BA%95%E6%86%B2%E6%AC%A1/avalon/">Avalon</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Le Cri du Caire: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1I5gfRMxDlv2y1ZVxXKPG5?si=8e7c75ff12a9459c">Le Cri du Caire</a> (2023)</li>
<li>John Zorn: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4pV4hfkItX5zsxEorW158r?si=WDweIcJqR1yKWEolCIeSiQ">Parrhesiastes</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Matthew Halsall: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2mDAsYdtmCGxxcYRFkTit0?si=yxNDd2lFRPyjHE97OTe2Hw">An Ever Changing View</a> (2023)</li>
<li>David Maslanka: “An Ascent Into Heaven Where Pagan Dances…” (1981), Symphony No. 4 (1993), Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999),<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2024/#footnote_0_8093" id="identifier_0_8093" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Unsurprisingly I also like the arrangement for orchestra.">1</a> “Solvitur Ambulando” (2000), 11:11, A Dance at the Edge of the World (2001), Testament (2002), Traveler (2003), “Mother Earth” (2003), Symphony No. 6 (2004), “Coming Home” (2005), Give Us This Day mvt 2 (2006), Symphony No. 8 mvts 1 & 3 (2008), Quintet for Winds No. 4 mvt 1 (2008), “Nighthawks” (2009), Liberation (2010), Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012), “Illumination” (2013), “On This Bright Morning” (2013) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67lT8ceJW1nkXNCXvrxRa2?si=17d2ac6da36540eb">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Heitor Villa-Lobos: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/315X0Z3vZzS1BK9GpYDcdC?si=4173a9fc56e34fc4">Fantasia for saxophone, three horns, and strings</a> (1948)</li>
<li>Pierre Max Dubois: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JaHuFBPPpyn6vouaKOq5q?si=a2b2f3dece1746b7">Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra</a> (1959)</li>
<li>Darius Milhaud: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/16YI92dDoIgeXl0ZDc7gcc?si=1e9286a2ad9a496f">Scaramouche, Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra</a> (1939)</li>
<li>Henri Tomasi: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2IlAIJi4ihK7imu9sEYMbb?si=f52a61ca687743d2">Saxophone Concerto</a> (1949)</li>
<li>Toshiyuki Honda: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2cACPZbTJYgQjstu3WR9ka?si=799505a4344b4700">Concerto du vent</a> (2005)</li>
<li>Jacques Ibert: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Kmc3M2WCokIRDYLvMs1es?si=d662a5a5f49d4b80">Concertino da Camera</a> (1935)</li>
<li>Takashi Yoshimatsu: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LT4zgfW7CScFGSqKshq6O?si=ece33f88fdd54f70">Saxophone Concerto “Cyber-bird”</a> [Opus 59] (1994)</li>
<li>Nico Muhly: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3T2K3Sou9GuqQbpMSSb9cM?si=fc0c8147e4234244">Storm Centre</a>” (2009), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/00vMYyWgXy0HHzJtHUwzmE?si=392534b70d734310">Can’t Wait</a>” (2010), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joAuJEqo1FM">So Far So Good</a> (2011), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0rPG20KtrvGh3GldDN7kIk?si=c7de4195fc10416f">Viola Concerto</a>, mvts 1 & 3 (2014)</li>
<li>Nonkeen: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0DT5H3mFOWzUzZiHs82Vbc?si=9abeb185776a41ac">Ceramic People</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Michael Gordon et al.: <a href="https://michaelgordonmusic.com/music/cloud-river-mountain/">Cloud River Mountain</a>, mvts 1 & 2 (2015), <a href="https://michaelgordonmusic.com/music/road-trip/">Road Trip</a>, parts 1-5 & 8-9 (2017)</li>
<li>Julia Wolfe: <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/flower-power/">Flower Power</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Joby Talbot: “Hovercraft” (2006), Tide Harmonic [Eau] (2009), Fool’s Paradise (2012), Suite from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2012) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48UyGAnTeT3W1Dn5sW0qLN?si=db7ca13d6df945bf">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Miklos Rozsa: “<a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1476938-Miklos-Rozsa-Quo-Vadis">Quo Vadis Prelude</a>” (1951)</li>
<li>Dmitri Shostakovich: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4UXvgls1pTlzmZIFyJMOvK?si=cb0760b73f3a49b8">The Youth of Maxim Overture</a>” (1935), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/43A2u0Rb9VSGNt3vp4b2py?si=5922dca7161a42a1">The Gadfly Overture”</a> (1955)</li>
<li>Michel Legrand: “<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/6361192-Michel-Legrand-The-Three-Musketeers">Sword for Your Supper</a>” (1973)</li>
<li>Dimash Qudaibergen: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zMupUOgQo&t=5s">Diva Dance</a>” (2017), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLxCjIHhV-g">Sinful Passion</a>” (2018), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkPS6t84qg4">Olimpico</a>” (2019), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUARjexCTlQ">SOS d’un terrien en détresse (2021 live)</a>“ & “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFsB5HVnmSA">Stranger</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Angelina Jordan: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwFloCPXzCs">I Put a Spell on You</a>” (2016), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF0JV28vgLw&t=1m30s">Bohemian Rhapsody</a>” (2020), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U6WY_z8Vu8">Love Don’t Let Me Go</a>” & “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BXCVY_-RmU">Now I’m the Fool</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Emma Kok: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdIhq1tb8Co&t=110s">Voilà</a>” & “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb8qmpcOByc">Voila [duet]</a>” & “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qVHQuPQud0">Hallelujah</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Disturbed: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg">The Sound of Silence</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Diana Ankudinova: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSBXNJmdif8">Last Dance</a>” (2018), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt78je5hD0k">Wicked Game</a>” (2019), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-znD6QKbrg&t=5s">Can’t help falling in love</a>“ & “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_zdcbL16Bw">Personal Jesus</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Teddy Swims: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ3zL7kT6_c">Lose Control</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Indila: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5KAc5CoCuk">Last Dance</a>” (2013)</li>
<li>Asaf Avidan: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6PxLjgydOaTwctgkwbN3rF?si=5a4009572dff486c">Different Pulses</a>” (2012), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6YKINYgsFOyrj803B6svly?si=4649227166b74cc2">Lost Horse</a>” (2020), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTO_1UwVo34">Reckoning Song</a>” (2023 version)</li>
<li>Pentatonix: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MteSlpxCpo">Daft Punk</a>” (2013), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP8d7hhpoQ">Hallelujah</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>MB14: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiHRlckFaOs">La Cup Worldwide Showcase 2018</a>” (2018)</li>
<li>D-low: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5D-rmMvBJo">Sing a Little Harmony</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Aurora: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc7XWW_Ehb8">Runaway</a>” (2015)</li>
<li>Yebba: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwE1G7_U9M&t=14s">My Mind</a>“ (2014)</li>
<li>Jackie Evancho: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjIrNbAtEA">Nessun Dorma</a>” (2011)</li>
<li>Heart: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ_EFAmj08">Stairway to Heaven</a>” (2012)</li>
<li>Solomia Lukyanets: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT-rdjv8wgQ">Time to Say Goodbye</a>” (2015)</li>
<li>Jordan Smith: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntMRNM8yhKg">Mary Did You Know</a>” (2021) and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXdyiVP4_o0">live version</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Bei Bei: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrtL4ahvEZg">The Voice of China</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Marcelito Pomoy: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPYAQei1gs&t=55s">Time to Say Goodbye</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Piet Arion: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBHB3j4MqAw">SOS d’un terrien en détresse</a>” (2019)<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2024/#footnote_1_8093" id="identifier_1_8093" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Still cool even though the highest whistle notes appear to be manipulated.">2</a></li>
<li>Cristina Ramos: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5X6PIyNutU&t=43s">Call Me</a>” (2019)</li>
<li>Chezelle Shahadat: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNxgo1dniOs&t=7s">The Sound of Silence</a>” (2019)</li>
<li>Tamara Weber-Fillion: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrPHeRvmjqM">Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Lord Huron: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0QZ5yyl6B6utIWkxeBDxQN?si=6bf3415e397f48ca">The Night We Met</a>” (2015)</li>
<li>Lara Fabian: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kp0dw4MuWs">Je Suis Malade (live)</a>“ (2016)</li>
<li>Yma Sumac: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cptXLetb4F0">Tumpa</a>” (1954)</li>
<li>So Hyang: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6iHh4yBxCo&t=21s">Bridge Over Troubled Water</a>” (2015), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFyndK9VOCk">Arirang Alone</a>” (2015)</li>
<li>Chris Stapleton: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSOH4RvkiJE">Nothing Compares to You</a>” (2016), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFKXJ091Ed4&t=11s">The Star-Spangled Banner</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Chase Holfelder: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xz10ZNNkoM">I Will Always Love You</a>“ (2016)</li>
<li>Kristen Cruz: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhRtAdrn0Rg">I See Red</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Matt Corby: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwYBaqu9-y8">Brother</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Paolo Nutini: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKbtFljucQ">Iron Sky</a>” (2014)</li>
<li>Malakai Bayoh: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K5XD84Mf-o&t=146s">Pie Jesu</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>James Last: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orL-w2QBiN8">The Lonely Shepherd</a>” (1977)</li>
<li>Alex Shapiro: “<a href="https://www.alexshapiro.org/Momentpg1.html">Moment</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Omar Thomas: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/54GLGQzQTKrMvW0Q8rr8H0?si=798e8020102743c7">Mother of a Revolution</a>” (2019)</li>
<li>Ravi Shankar: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/69AVOgGXTGtl4a6hSenh05?si=lpqvq8nbQWOSHOB3lljGeQ">Symphony</a> (2010)</li>
<li>Shirish Korde: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/32OU6rkZlVvxrYPBPIk7fd?si=0_Blc3ypRtOu8cFB0tZ5iQ">Svara-Yantra</a> (2005)</li>
<li>John Tchicai: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/78XmE6BUmFc6ReIgTbq7K6?si=1f39073269e34216">Moonstone Journey</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Moondog: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/6312576-Moondog-Snaketime-Series">Snaketime Series</a> (1957)</li>
<li>Denny Zeitlin: “<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/2608887-Denny-Zeitlin-George-Marsh-Ratzo-B-Harris-Syzygy">Syzygy</a>” (1977)</li>
<li>Albert Mangelsdorff: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZIrGNbYentO99e7al6Zix?si=6980832267b44baf">Do You Like Pastrami</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Tom Harrell: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1F46ipqrexNqiaXZGFIpMx?si=964fa1d1afa84d1a">Vista</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZZnioSWBEmZNdGF0rxVma?si=99d923da654742a4">Brazilian Song</a>” (1990)</li>
<li>Daniel Kobialka: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2RcG6w3F5EpURj6JRI96Rr?si=2497911eebdd4635">Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun</a>” (1986)</li>
<li>Craig Harris: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/craig_harris/souls_within_the_veil/">The Veil</a>” (2005)</li>
<li>Ernie Krivda: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-ernie-krivda-quartet/the-glory-strut/">The Glory Strut</a>” (1980)</li>
<li>acloudyskye: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1lFNSw64rOJ9q0cdFsEcbf?si=6dc47a99e78447bb">What Do You Want!</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Jerskin Fendrix: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2Bi8KaJ8bXZSUZ8fTyuCWJ?si=aa032a942c974363">Poor Things Finale and End Credits</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Distant Cowboy: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/677s91OKMfOLPZgEQl0lZT?si=f8add2a3301c4621">Core Memory</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Christine and the Queens: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Yg3Rha1y4PDlIWh5vy6rJ?si=debbFYKTTeaxu9TYBT42AQ">Paranoia, Angels, True Love</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Sewerslvt: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1o9gNzUd7hvn48lDN7uKss?si=ab953379d4034de3">Jvnko Still Loves You</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Raja Kirik: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/69f8NvHPQ8lkaAf7Xn4ZWj?si=6b0438d606dd402e">Waru Doyong</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Myroslav Skoryk: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1ch2OZ1IZvz8QBfdDzIcjd?si=14bf79f9a32146ff">Melodia in A Minor</a>” (1982)</li>
<li>Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6hjgspe4lt2y1hiRyCtSHp?si=beee321a8313458c">The Room</a> (2024)</li>
</ul>
I also watched many YouTube “reaction” videos for my two favorite vocal performances of all time: Ankudinova’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-znD6QKbrg&t=5s">Can’t help falling in love</a>” and Dimash’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUARjexCTlQ">S.O.S.</a>” Lots of warranted shock, goosebumps, speechlessness, and weeping on display. A few examples: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrIwgh3qYCg&t=40s">one</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhBVi9-ej_c&t=72s">two</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRzQua6eM5s">three</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIaxLb4haLI">four</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90LIdVpJYVo&t=80s">five</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCdiQySW830&t=101s">six</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVrkkrRzZTk&t=105s">seven</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMZFqFwE6ws">eight</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E05NYL9fcUE">nine</a>. YouTuber “Fairy Voice Mother” has excellent explainers on how each performance is achieved technically: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onC0hcrNqfA">Ankudinova</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xiq7KYw8VgM">Dimash</a>. You may also enjoy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yZJTmGZxM">her reaction/analysis</a> for Johnny’s Cash’s “Hurt.”
Another very impressive vocal performance I discovered this quarter is Will Ramos’ “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO3NSHk3wl0">To the Hellfire</a>,” but I can’t exactly say I “enjoy” it, so I didn’t list it above. How many different species of demon do you hear?

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2024/#footnote_2_8093" id="identifier_2_8093" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">3</a>
<ul>
<li>Antonin Dvorak: Dramatic (Tragic) Overture (1870), Serenade for Strings (1875), Slavonic Dances [1st series, orchestral] (1878), Czech Suite mvt 5 (1879), Symphony No. 7 (1885), Slavonic Dances [2nd series, orchestral] (1886), 4 Romantic Pieces mvts 1-3 (1887), Symphony No. 9 (1893), String Quartet No. 12 “American” (1893), Humoresques [Opus 101] No. 7 (1894), Suite in A Major [Opus 98b] mvt 5 (1895) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1bSzVs29aeMAWffrLnG1xp?si=50bff1b220de43b5">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 mvt 1 (1875), Swan Lake and Swan Lake Suite (1876), “Slavic March” (1876), Violin Concerto [Opus 35], mvts 1 & 3 (1878), Symphony No. 4 mvt 1 (1878), 1812 Overture (1880), The Sleeping Beauty “Waltz” (1899), Souvenir de Florence [Opus 70] (1890), The Nutcracker and The Nutcracker Suite (1892), Andante and Finale [Opus 79], mvt 2 (1897) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5b5T0U6CQ1t2GEVnZCXubx?si=badd5f444b3f48aa">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (1917), “Dance of the Knights” (1935), “March for a Spartakiade” (1937) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/74u68Zp58x7uXq2QBNQ759?si=5127809e09d14ba3">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade in A Minor mvt 2 (1898), English Folk Song Suite (1923), “The Running Set” (1933), “Fantasia on Greensleeves” (1934) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64GbU9i4uhCCEUMt57LlaB?si=95a955fc344a4176">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Leos Janacek: Glagolitic Mass mvt. 1 (1926) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lWO4OfSoRzaQDpE5H2ZaJ?si=09804177dc73420f">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Richard Strauss: Violin Concerto mvt. 1 (1882), “Sunrise” (1896), An Alpine Symphony (1915) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DENKYdrBslr3o5k6PUksW?si=bc5f875d6d3e4c04">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in C Minor mvt 1 (1829) Piano Concerto mvt. 3 (1845), Introduction and Allegro appassionato (1849), Five Pieces in Folk Style No. 1 (1849), Symphony No. 4 mvt 5 (revised 1851) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1vai7KbSi3MPGFRxhtsmUP?si=3743ed0e97ff4362">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Henry Mancini: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3RRdmSE4Vytb60hakTWNb3?si=fb1c933a9417479f">Peter Gunn</a>” (1959), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2HUAjeHWA7FQNbnWhlboOL?si=4526efacb4034a0b">Moon River</a>” (1961), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Bcd35zMNfOUZrhQb7TKo1?si=af65d4fc65284e46">Baby Elephant Walk</a>” (1961), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0juPSJLFnLFim7BK6VzTes?si=8d082225c05f4163">Pink Panther Theme</a>” (1963), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0G0SPViSDa3ajAkzna1bZD?si=7be4e9f774f242c9">Charade Theme</a>” (1963), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1Uty1gXLQ1wuqMzsjef1O0?si=27fc7c7c58cd46b6">Arabesque</a>” (1966)</li>
<li>Mary Lou Williams: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5GVnymCuKJfPTnxZmiBkf2?si=YCIzpAADSmuvhU-z2Bok3A">Zodiac Suite</a> (1945)</li>
<li>Nico Muhly: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/77qIuOhcBFPPiZnhqY4IQM?si=c1e595ecd18b4b5d">Keep in Touch</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JwhX3EkGWAsxeiaDoleIs?si=afe77db8bdfa404a">Mothertongue</a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gK3jP6BaU5VPynKWewEuJ?si=dfe99a5f95e34abd">Cello Concerto</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1976), Music for a Large Ensemble (1978), Variations for Winds, Strings, and Keyboards (1979), Tehillim (1981), “Vermont Counterpoint” (1982), The Desert Music (1983), Eight Lines (1983), Three Movements (1986), Electric Counterpoint (1987), Reich/Richter (2019) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13bQNMbMee69vUIIecn194?si=e2e890c1310f45e2">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Karl Jenkins: “Palladio” (1995), “Dies Irae” (2005), Stabat Mater (2008), Stella Natalis (2009), “One Song” (2012), Stravaganza (2019), One World (2023) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7KxycGCeH7fkJmAadFMtNE?si=1194bf808e384cd0">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>John Williams: “Olympic Fanfare & Theme” (1984), “The Olympic Spirit” (1988), “Call of the Champions” (2002), Escapades mvts 1 & 3 (2002) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02dlgw3m34KlMNZhIe66Bo?si=7a0399c9eb314be3">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Ram Jam: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6kooDsorCpWVMGc994XjWN?si=c20183f82ac9436b">Black Betty</a>” (1977)</li>
<li>Tina Šetkić: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIGfO2Dgc9Y">Vivaldi Tribute</a>” (2013), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B4pZBmI_gU">Arpeggios From Hell</a>” (2014), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rBK0BqL2w">Moonlight Sonata mvt 3</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Johnny Cash: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI">Hurt</a>” (2002)</li>
<li>Haley Reinhart: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw">Creep</a>” (2015)</li>
<li>Prince: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uu5vMLufNA">Creep</a>” (2008)</li>
<li>Whitney Houston: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAYKTMQl7MQ&t=1m15s">Star Spangled Banner</a>” (1991)</li>
<li>Focus: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyxSvZOby54">Hocus Pocus (live 1973)</a>” (1973)</li>
<li>Tenacious D: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ">Tribute</a>” (2010)</li>
<li>Julia Wolfe: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5dH6ioOOwqxq4YsDpImqHd?si=de4e341d98a641d4">Lick</a>” (1994), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2wgJJjSVxm4vyvNYmC3tbz?si=3febf5d658ec42bf">Believing</a>” (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3PBYViCFrlxbtQNQWQbh8S?si=cfb3424054de40eb">Oxygen</a> (2021), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6RwdEKkTcjB5RqyHIxtllw?si=bd9d333fef424596">Into the Clouds</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Nils Frahm: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0DFbQjp468sMiIMTrZdr5w?si=WU5YzCr8So-VNlyl2twBcA">Spaces</a> (2013), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7FUIQIDxNu0F8iH98irz7N?si=0002533d5ef34bb7">All Melody</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Erich Korngold: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKOYgr-gWZE">Kings Row Main Title”</a> (1942)</li>
<li>Bernward Koch: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2G218AyHYvDfwbCsOxoqv8?si=4e64c45c6994491e">Close Your Eyes</a>” (2005)</li>
<li>Alex North: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1EmFF1NPZPCdU6SJezycp9?si=be4a851a29f24ab2">A Streetcar Named Desire Main Title</a>” (1951)</li>
<li>Bernard Herrmann: Psycho “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3kOLSO0EZvDZvJh1uX3J5X?si=35878e302dd64cdc">Prelude</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0LIc6Ktjr7XnwnRylXWSIM?si=0bf86d4fac49414d">The Murder</a>” (1960)</li>
<li>Elmer Bernstein: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5EK1nhFWBTJfCybtzqGu2r?si=b685fe5f0217489c">The Magnificent Seven</a> (1960)</li>
<li>John Barry: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/589AelScFm0FYQ4VG1biJi?si=c0d371474dad4e13">James Bond Theme</a>” (1962)</li>
<li>Ernest Gold: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3KuBYFp54yQe66s4kQbQuR?si=7e4952d1ab664c7a">Exodus Theme</a>” (1960)</li>
<li>Nino Rota: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4AzrNlYwhDhPXnynpPHRiW?si=8dae4c17a8c54a53">La Strada Suite</a> mvts 1 & 2 (1966), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/39zu6JGd6tvRNsqyK78RLk?si=24e6ec6edd4447e4">Godfather Love Theme</a>” (1972)</li>
<li>Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/51yAoWXRFjaRVIapjF1XDO?si=d7fa7bd4e5ca4dba">Overture</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/379LBgIf4qFNMusQIIFpbc?si=2c6cc085e7c24dfb">Main Titles</a>” (1962)</li>
<li>Mikis Theodorakis: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/30Lj5KKGd8IUEK0s5N3ccN?si=dee9b03ca0224b56">Zorba’s Dance</a>” (1964)</li>
<li>Ennio Morricone: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1PYfwHh6gmZWh4Prf8q5IC?si=56766cd1f9e147ef">A Fistful of Dollars Titles</a>” (1964), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2IJJszwGK4NWmh3bNK6CPD?si=c3336dc512cc4a8a">The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Titles</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6m4HWTYMRSJkaUuvXTaNmE?si=c0663973b1804737">The Ecstasy of Gold</a>” (1966), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2fOlcWrSR032MxwMCQe9LA?si=941f6c7adc9e4155">The Mission</a> (1986), Cinema Paradiso’s “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2a3gnJFiqqNV9OWe7bspCj?si=9fd00981cb244602">Love Theme</a>” (1988)</li>
<li>Patrick Wilson: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3voc9FtFyAaHJGB09pQs1Y?si=70ee33c5ce244874">The Streets of San Francisco Theme</a>” (1972)</li>
<li>Lalo Schifrin: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3kj4G0GsVH8C8gkAQ8kEpl?si=1757ba617e8249d0">Mission Impossible Theme</a>” (1966)</li>
<li>Vangelis: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/36qn2bFfZzUwM6eIv2XOc9?si=9c834f98ed3e44cd">Chariots of Fire Titles</a>” (1981), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5avVpUakfMHD6qGpaH26CF?si=2f8f2857f65147d6">Conquest of Paradise</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Bill Conti: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7iXYRR70wewzVYzWScm99j?si=9ffe338d5a9d4881">Rocky Theme</a>” (1976)</li>
<li>David Shire: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/42es3kHgyIsWvqbPshv09c?si=7d0118a089094ec1">The Conversation Theme</a>” (1974)</li>
<li>John Carpenter: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/28vwtgSzKNh2jRr8ryDKU7?si=a6702fc4a9f944b4">Halloween Theme</a>” (1978)</li>
<li>Howard Shore: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/55RTkgUCP7t80hiTUhATMH?si=da94bfbdb6d64b29">The Fellowship of the Ring</a> (2001)</li>
<li>John Williams: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/55gMu4AvAKCbCaGv3GIXgy?si=ccacee72427e4f99">Star Wars</a> (1977), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6c37nZLIRbHWwBIIv6QI1p?si=c6afda9ecedd4bde">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a> (1981), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5NHDsqd1YrYqTJxaLddelw?si=80b9915e38724c86">E.T. End Credits</a>” (1982), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1I3unGxGIIxCQkYPlzzaL8?si=ad5066163ca04f60">Schindler’s List</a> (1993), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6FnV8r2Y3R5PfohCIzk6qA?si=c09d68b6f34a4174">Jurassic</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6FnV8r2Y3R5PfohCIzk6qA?si=c09d68b6f34a4174"> Park End Credits</a>” (1993), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1n8NKQRg8LVHy7oUhUgbFF?si=28e555ea5fbd4f37">Hedwig’s Theme</a>” (2001)</li>
<li>Danny Elfman: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1iyLkKp8f8XZjOxDD2PEo9?si=452071c5352e4b38">Beetlejuice</a> (1988), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7CD8O3gZ5NB7jkfO5cv0WD?si=f7efb33d151d4393">The Simpsons Theme</a>” (1989), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/50csT5Qb2qOF7lHdDQ1Sbx?si=03745af975c649d8">The Batman Theme</a>” (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4pv4SQkB4SXrY5bynbW0lf?si=03146d4328d24c44">Edward Scissorhands</a> (1990), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/23r6B12CW04v5OIc8x5KbR?si=9bb18b13d59441ce">Batman Returns</a> (1992), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/danny-elfman/mars-attacks/">Mars Attacks!</a> (1996), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0U6lmEhmRVptZAX7HrauqG?si=3165db31499c4d89">Spider-Man Main Title</a>” (2002)</li>
<li>Angelo Badalamenti: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6iGX2bbzKEocRY0HzdQ9zX?si=3c00c23369874801">Twin Peaks</a> (1990)</li>
<li>Nicola Piovani: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nicola_piovani/la_vita_e_bella__life_is_beautiful_/">Life is Beautiful</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Michael Galasso: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various-artists/original-soundtrack-from-the-motion-picture-in-the-mood-for-love-wong-kar-wai-1/">In the Mood for Love</a> (2000)<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2024/#footnote_3_8093" id="identifier_3_8093" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="TBC I’m only talking about the Galasso tracks on this soundtrack.">4</a></li>
<li>Alan Silvestri: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1FI5hblwy9ZwyPg4Jr5hni?si=775e2f84bca649b9">Back to the Future</a>” (1985)</li>
<li>Joe Hisaishi: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3uZBYoobTWc4bpxY0SqkK1?si=d802be6bef114243">The Girl Who Fell from the Sky</a>” (1986)</li>
<li>Craig Armstrong: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6XGBlceFgas4mAkovocD5H?si=27898a88899b4051">Hanging</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1i6iZPqekIjs0Ni91a8Vq0?si=1936f30b177d489d">Escape</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Jon Brion: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4AQwwsz0ztRx4YKNb1GdBB?si=03e8ede903ac46ec">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Theme</a>” (2004)</li>
<li>Scott Walker: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3tDLBKlofElkir2df1MAPw?si=187848d8944f405a">Opening</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Don Davis: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/11H3JkQiYm6ydXZuDWs4RO?si=3070530818ef4d3f">The Matrix</a> (1999)</li>
<li>John Debney: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1ecQkJKhyhXpT6ZYOAYIn1?si=7b3401b2f94c4b2d">The Passion of the Christ</a> (2003)</li>
<li>James Horner: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5aOmQSFMEifw5F9ItpyQPr?si=f84a8b4db6114f2a">The Land Before Time</a> (1988)</li>
<li>Basil Poledouris: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4V4VuNh68MJzUoGPyyHMa7?si=538bac5b8591483a">Hymn to Red October</a>” (1990)</li>
<li>Buffalo Daughter: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0Zah9959yeh4Imzb0Wdi2Q?si=bc265e5e278d4002">Autobacs</a>” (1998)</li>
<li>Garbage: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1IsGA5ceSC4a5nxgAEYnQd?si=f2c9daf2ce8343a5">Only Happy When It Rains</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Squirrel Nut Zippers: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7dPq7uxh4wGS8EIP2kQNw3?si=5hkAh8C-TXGOSmkTU9RaFA">Hot</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Spoon: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3pxmFMtf3MfeBOsHRvpaqt?si=D6tRMWSpT_KRVXLAGJrwTA">Gimme Fiction</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3tSpLdSd2zhM0N0aYZd13E?si=P8cnMnnMT_-l6odbwfX4fQ">Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga</a> (2007)</li>
</ul>
This quarter, I listened through “complete works” playlists for <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1i4w2CuWbgpQvzKkNLQCbc?si=d6f88856d25e4a4f">Dvorak</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Afua6luFiDDy2kh5oIWTs?si=a54e360adf4a42c0">Maslanka</a>,<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2024/#footnote_4_8093" id="identifier_4_8093" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Maslanka has many recorded works not on Spotify, but I listened to ~all of them too, almost all of which are available on his website.">5</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tCwTrSHfF76dXwCC0CqZH?si=f2a12901d8544ce0">Tchaikovsky</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Js5KzXpWkP09rUYt84ZdT?si=04d0f702c15a44ee">Prokofiev</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6jYOEY4TBTmMBQmXkOGkn9?si=99d7ee6ce29444a4">Janacek</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1AQxxVlnE5S7vhRTupwK8m?si=2c53f44e23984572">Strauss</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0nQsbNaWHuSGiYhNd52AlN?si=b55d81270a4e4d6b">Vaughan Williams</a>, and (Robert) <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dIQO3ASyfDkOxfwirBCcX?si=3241b4422b47473e">Schumann</a>. My experience was similar to <a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2023/">before</a>. This time, I was disappointed and a bit surprised by how little music I strongly liked by Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams, Strauss, Janacek, and Schumann.
I also finished listening through ~all recorded works (those on Spotify or not) for some living composers: Steve Reich, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, Andrew Norman, Missy Mazzoli, John Williams (his non-film music), Anna Thorvaldsdottir, David Borden, Caroline Shaw, Mason Bates, Joby Talbot, Omar Thomas, Shirish Korde, and Julia Wolfe. Previously, I’ve done the same for living composers Philip Glass, John C. Adams, Max Richter, Michael Gordon, Arvo Part, and Michael Nyman. I like a lot of music by <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hDE6TgYoJISeRIAu335k8?si=8772892d6f2e4325">Philip Glass</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13bQNMbMee69vUIIecn194?si=a4556858b77b4e6c">Steve Reich</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LCCzSjz6FRYeVNRNBO3rK?si=9f101b044b164592">John C. Adams</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07t1Kf7sejxqFRe8nJEzfO?si=f6a175b0f5aa4c2d">Max Richter</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KIWM9HOk8RHgKBGKASErt?si=557150c7b11f43b9">Michael Nyman</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5mgKkwZfy5wcE82E82fjHS?si=5272dbe2d93e45c0">David Borden</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/05p4yKDFWW7NxEQ4QLMJBF?si=fc5ceff68b4e47ac">Michael Gordon</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yZrvqa7IgHMZxWugoAq54?si=7ea9af78fcbe4bb3">Mason Bates</a> (links go to favorites on Spotify). I was disappointed by how little music I liked by Andrew Norman, Missy Mazzoli, John Williams (non-film), Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Julia Wolfe, Omar Thomas, Shirish Korde, and Caroline Shaw (though much of it was “fine”).
I also listened through ~all film scores/soundtracks in Scaruffi’s history of film music (<a href="https://www.scaruffi.com/history/film.html">1</a>, <a href="https://www.scaruffi.com/history/film2.html">2</a>). I liked most of it less than I expected to. I’d been hoping that film scores would be a sweet spot of “classically trained composers, able to draw on all styles and techniques up to the date of composition” and “aims to be enjoyed by a broad audience, unlike the vast majority of 20th century classical music.” And I guess that’s mostly true for the hundreds of film scores I listened to, but my enjoyment of them is brought down a lot by their nature as incidental music, i.e. needing to serve the purposes of the exact timing and emotional content of the films they were written to accompany, which makes a lot of film music seem to wander randomly when I’m listening to it apart from the film. Also, I think my tastes in film scores are pretty different from Scaruffi’s, because a lot of my favorite film scores (e.g. Hans Zimmer’s Inception) don’t have particularly interesting “musical” content in the traditional sense, but create a mood and sound cool.
In Q2, I think I’ll pull back on the pace of my classical music listening and resume my 3rd listen through Scaruffi’s rock history (I’m on <a href="https://scaruffi.com/history/cpt611.html">this chapter</a>, in the ’90s).
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Various, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, seasons 3-5 (2007-2009) ★</li>
<li>Payne, The Holdovers (2023)</li>
<li>Jefferson, American Fiction (2023) ★</li>
<li>Coppola, Priscilla (2023)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
All games I finished or decided to stop playing:
<ul>
<li>[none]</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
I’m now posting book ratings and reviews to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?order=d&ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read&sort=date_read">my Goodreads account</a> instead of here. See also my growing <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=did-not-finish&sort=date_added">did-not-finish list</a>. Note the explanation on my Goodreads profile page:
<blockquote>For most of my adult life I read only nonfiction. I started reading fiction again in late 2023. I consume fiction almost exclusively via audiobook and usually with limited attention (while driving, doing chores, falling asleep, etc.), so I prefer fiction that is fast-paced and easy to follow. As a result, my fiction tastes are more “pop” than my tastes in e.g. film/TV or especially music. My ratings for nonfiction books are about quality / usefulness / epistemic calibration. My ratings for fiction books are entirely about how much I enjoyed them, with no adjustment for artistic merit.</blockquote>
Five-star reads this quarter were: The Way of Kings, Lonesome Dove, and The Paper Menagerie.
Some reflections, both from the (little) reading I’ve done so far, and from the research I’ve done to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=to-read">queue up</a> >2000 books/series:
<ul>
<li>I’m having a blast discovering what my fiction tastes are as an adult. I’m going into this journey with very little clue about which authors or subgenres I’ll like most, though I have a guess about which broad genres I’ll like best: probably fantasy and science fiction and some kinds of history / alternate history for their world-building, and probably thrillers for their pacing.</li>
<li>Probably <5% of nonfiction books I’ve read are available as audiobooks, so it’s been a great relief to learn that >80% of fiction books I want to read are available as audiobooks. Gosh, is nonfiction really that unpopular compared to fiction?</li>
<li>I’m getting the sense that there are >1,000x more high-quality prose fiction works than there are high-quality film/TV works. Possibly this is because prose fiction is so much cheaper to produce, and because there are more things that can go badly when making film/TV works. (The later arrival of film/TV probably doesn’t matter here, since >99% of prose fiction was written after the invention of film.) In any case, I’ve watched several thousand movies and TV shows, but even still it feels like almost all (what I expect to be) high-quality fiction is available only as prose fiction, and the existence of film/TV is a rounding error on that, like opera or narrative poetry. (And videogame storytelling is still usually pretty bad.)</li>
<li>That said, even prose fiction has many large content gaps. For example, there are almost no novels in which the protagonists are (non-anthropomorphized) animals, there are very few novels set before (say) 1000 C.E. in Africa or the Americas or set anywhere before 1000 B.C.E., there are almost no novels featuring Muhammad, and there are (arguably) few novels in which the protagonists are aliens or AIs that are distant from humans in <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tnWRXkcDi5Tw9rzXw/the-design-space-of-minds-in-general">the space of possible minds</a>. (Alien and AI characters are usually very human-like in cognition, with simple-to-describe tweaks.)</li>
<li>It’s still very early days and a small sample size, but so far the fiction critic whose tastes (at least within speculative fiction) seem to most closely match my own is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/131996358-matt-s-fantasy-book-reviews?order=d&sort=date_read&view=reviews">this guy named Matt</a>. Besides our correlated tastes, I like the humility and apparent honesty of his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MattsFantasyBookReviews/videos">YouTube reviews</a>. See also his most recent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr5_oUnVqBw">tier list</a>, his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3w3JRCx17k">overrated</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEYuSTpnwBU">underrated</a> series lists, and his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz2Pm66LsLM">controversial opinions</a>.</li>
<li>Because I only consume fiction in audiobook form, and am often listening in a low-attention state (e.g. when struggling with insomnia, or while doing errands or driving), it’s easy for me to miss some passages and need to jump backwards a few minutes or restart the current chapter. If I need to restart a chapter more than a couple times, I sometimes give up and consult a chapter-by-chapter summary instead for that chapter. I subscribed to <a href="https://www.supersummary.com/">SuperSummary</a> for this purpose, and some books have good (free) wikis with chapter-by-chapter summaries. If I can’t find a chapter-by-chapter summary anywhere for a specific book, I get the ebook and copy/paste specific chapters into <a href="https://claude.ai/">Claude</a> and ask Claude to summarize each such chapter in ~1000 words. I often consult a chapter summary after I finish listening to each chapter by default, just to make sure I didn’t miss anything critical and to help consolidate the chapter in my memory.</li>
<li>Going forward, I plan to split my time between (a) books that help me explore my tastes and try new things, and (b) books or completed series<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2024/#footnote_5_8093" id="identifier_5_8093" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Except in cases where e.g. the first book works well as a standalone, e.g. The Pillars of the Earth, in which case I might read the first book without worrying about whether the series is completed.">6</a> that might turn out to be among my all-time favorites, based on what I’ve learned about my tastes so far. (So e.g. no Song of Ice and Fire because it’s not completed, and also because I watched the TV adaptation too recently.)</li>
</ul>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_8093" class="footnote">Unsurprisingly I also like <a href="https://davidmaslanka.com/works/concerto-for-alto-saxophone-and-orchestra/">the arrangement for orchestra</a>.</li><li id="footnote_1_8093" class="footnote">Still cool even though the highest whistle notes appear to be manipulated.</li><li id="footnote_2_8093" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li><li id="footnote_3_8093" class="footnote">TBC I’m only talking about the Galasso tracks on this soundtrack.</li><li id="footnote_4_8093" class="footnote">Maslanka has many recorded works not on Spotify, but I listened to ~all of them too, almost all of which are available on <a href="https://davidmaslanka.com/">his website</a>.</li><li id="footnote_5_8093" class="footnote">Except in cases where e.g. the first book works well as a standalone, e.g. The Pillars of the Earth, in which case I might read the first book without worrying about whether the series is completed.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Munich Radio Orchestra w/ James Morrison: “Mission Impossible Theme” (1994) Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite (1926) Gibran Alcocer: “Idea 1” & “Idea 9” & “Idea 10” & “Idea 22” & “Solas” (2022) Astor Piazzolla: “Fuga y Misterio [arr. for cellos]” (comp. 1968), “Libertango [arr. for cellos]” (comp. 1974) […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>Munich Radio Orchestra w/ James Morrison: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT84EATD7DQ">Mission Impossible Theme</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>Peter Warlock: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0i5mt13SEMSoiVAzEqRb1R?si=yGAlKcgRSmu98MpUtgA1lw">Capriol Suite</a> (1926)</li>
<li>Gibran Alcocer: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3kJACFlgn1rg0I0l4XmzLI?si=dbb2f7c80b3449fe">Idea 1</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3TdROUy5JZz1OcBKMZjeux?si=eb245a5f28304ffd">Idea 9</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1lb3H41lbvAN28N7yqRNL9?si=d6005152141e43d4">Idea 10</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1FCsK0oKWCtDOYRPYSrYgO?si=f184b8a1e7014839">Idea 22</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0yfMign5fsLtw5I4pK73ge?si=f50777721f5e457a">Solas</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Astor Piazzolla: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31VXC9AMts">Fuga y Misterio [arr. for cellos]</a>” (comp. 1968), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgKcBR_C7PI">Libertango [arr. for cellos]</a>” (comp. 1974)</li>
<li>Thylacine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/17ceSZMkAnPbFI9R1BbvQH?si=BRKp4TFsRmGy6jtLWrWfnA">Vivaldi (and 74 musicians)</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Yuja Wang: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGAPTRrAilY">Variations on the Turkish March</a>” (2017)</li>
<li>David Bruce: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0clLJ78AYnw881qRgnQRqb?si=90018aadf3664bc7">The Crescent Moon is a Dangerous Lunatic</a>” (2009), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0x2UZlzUPryf7isN0k1zEu?si=645914aac311402d">Cymbeline</a> (2013)</li>
<li>Rafael Krux: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1qWVHC7FZ5kDOj7o3x14cX?si=ciLipbFPSu6_M9g1wSsyhQ">The Epic Baroque</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Hania Rani: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2nxnCjbaiAEJ4yBDMnQhJ8?si=ec2638342e914e2d">Ghosts</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Noordpool Orchestra: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0z0JtBRlABbJfRKOICEn4m?si=xDWFCPTCSIef_xf36rYvIA">Radiohead, A Jazz Symphony</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Ara Malikian: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6ASx7SZ39uGS98xrI47gBp?si=23edeea820f146bf">Dzovarev</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6IYBHawWQpylpwtXGcNsLT?si=f51048c1a1f54396">Paranoid Android</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4S5CLI7v77XGhRnhCVCdpb?si=27bca75215794537">L’estate</a>” (2017)</li>
<li>Steve Hackman: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8Y-emrLPI">Brahms X Radiohead</a> (2013)</li>
<li>Multiphonic Quartett: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJjgDBNAu4">Mishima Closing</a>” (2021), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx3WyneqopA">Air</a>” (2022), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJZHNO2Ljs">Songs for Tony (1st movement)</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Howard Shore: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/3177017-Howard-Shore-The-Lord-Of-The-Rings-Symphony-Six-Movements-For-Orchestra-Chorus">The Lord of the Rings Symphony</a> (2011)</li>
<li>Louie Ashley: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4KOvYmt4Mc79EPGQ4lsh0L?si=8974e6a6e42d4bc4">Knights of Cydonia</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Marnie Stern: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/01N4unxNczwSNsrHDFMIg2?si=Yqdahkc0QDOdmfFtGHhRoQ">The Comeback Kid</a> (2023)</li>
<li>John Rutter: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5kmCsERhR7hhqUiM0mGJUZ?si=db86f051b3cd4255">Suite for Strings</a> (1973)</li>
<li>Oren Ambarchi: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1khpMdVH3EXz5RWt4WRAbg?si=8wTj65ukSq2U-tLKqJDE7g">Shebang</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Alfonso Peduto: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/15wZNnwDdx3MF4sHAPg2Tn?si=K-PNajL6RKWRUdO7ELtl5g">Binary Data, Vol. 1</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/52LgCwkN16wKlOs4pBD2ar?si=f1559aa86bf24e46">Le Vertigo</a>” (1746)</li>
<li>Brad Mehldau: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5vMHLGOunVL0ymAd3ROeCP?si=95e1022a8bdb46b6">Jacob’s Ladder</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Philip Glass: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7fAV0q7la4SLQ3Z9jXbA0n?si=tE3WXhXzRRGnX_vcjC4tgg">The Complete Piano Etudes</a> (2014)</li>
<li>Bryce Dessner: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HgXh2cN5vnzX1J5p6yHrv?si=2ca311e7b16645e6">Murder Ballades</a> (2013), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4OGQU30SJyaxft0ra0Q6Qj?si=5e8fdd7d4fba4023">Concerto for Two Pianos</a> (2018), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2OHH8lLljZ7TN2e4PVagqB?si=e6d793815eca4fae">Alarms</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0sVGJWybuzGAPYGBQVzB24?si=f1677c30814d457c">Pulsing</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Katie Gately: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/18ZmqLJyzGpHBxQxw5WVrB?si=809470e902904cd8">Fawn / Brute</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Odette: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diCvMMn54Lo">Thunderstruck</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Alex Lahey: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_k8j8YwjU">Welcome to the Black Parade</a>” (2019)</li>
<li>Prizes Roses Rosa: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/prizes-roses-rosa-p-rosa-panda-rosa/always-returning/">Always Returning</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Connor Gallagher: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sakWWUin8">Shostakovich Symphony 5</a>” (2015), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXCNYzAyALk">Shostakovich Symphony 10 mvt 2</a>” (2016), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8NJGezMicI">Shostakovich String Quartet 8</a>” (2018), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaUhisTHQ1k">Stravinsky’s Infernal Dance</a>” (2018), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IfErCt2Q14">Adagio for Strings on Electric Guitar</a>” (2019)</li>
<li>Hope Lies Within: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2knik6uef8">Der Erlkönig</a>” (2012)</li>
<li>Andre Antunes: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhqzH_ALzZ4">Master of Puppets in the style of Muse</a>” (2022), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8erfDAfVQOU">Akhiyan Udeek Diyan</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Zequinha de Abreu: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5oteYs8vJKuuWgEzt2SqFt?si=71b056ba490a4c1d">Tico Tico No Fuba</a>” (1917)</li>
<li>Tomaso Antonio Vitali: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2zmxlNHpFsg3IkLXIeeL42?si=477204d6b9e6446a">Chaconne in G Minor</a>” (~1740)</li>
<li>Neptunian Maximalism: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0P25kH1ABGMaF9PzwZzFyc?si=9IqVGS7XT6Kg5Gt9RYVErA">Eons</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Amen Seat: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Jux3OLcPnftxkFyWfU6IP?si=f3d685cc6faa432d">Amen Seat</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Georg Muffat: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5orHFfYkWWyra9ZVyuW50S?si=fa2ae7c2a0dd4641">Violin Sonata in D Major</a>” (1677)</li>
<li>Anatolijus Senderovas: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDhea-Rq_w">Concerto in Do</a> [Concerto in C] (2002)</li>
<li>Nikolai Korndorf: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QSKsrsVlOs">Symphony No. 3</a> (1989)</li>
<li>Paul Dresher: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/2466868-Paul-Dresher-Cage-Machine">Concerto for Violin and Electro-Acoustic Band</a> (1997), <a href="https://soundcloud.com/pauldresher/paul-dresher-concerto-for">Concerto for Quadrachord & Orchestra</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Urmas Sisask: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pat2e1GGp4M">Spiral Symphony</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Mason Bates: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2cdeu27MbhoSH384R7pv8u?si=dcd852678f854fbb">Omnivorous Furniture</a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Vb7CcdN8VmcyjpO4XwCGv?si=4a21dd0cb8e7414a">Violin Concerto</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Klaus Makela & Orchestre de Paris: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/00nSKllX1m5sYIaGiSw3Sf?si=efc4ed4e79f7456f">The Rite of Spring & The Firebird</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Arvo Part: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3sfugF7UTa9teR3UcJio1H?si=ea3e6f1386e841aa">Fratres (version for guitar & orchestra)</a> (1977), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1NXUKupy1SizGnr4wR9pTd?si=0a58f42d12cc4969">Cantique des degrés</a>” (1999), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5O2hS75kNiRorTT6o6PrmP?si=71b41157e43142a5">Littlemore Tractus</a>” (2000)</li>
<li>Thomas Ades: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1E77k82Be83IGJArFevwWb?si=891adba9186f44b1">The Thieves</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/75ypsdYfl5yoqhLYIW6jsJ?si=e9eca29e058d43c6">Mount Purgatory</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Steve Lehman: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2VucloEyn8911m8b3Ai3TH?si=f6268fb193614ad5">39</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Darcy James Argue: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/68caGS8Ir9DaVheEygg82K?si=6d2628e539e34355">Dynamic Maximum Tension</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Allison Miller: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1Yfu1VtNj4ppkNs95kjjlQ?si=7f7d141d490b45d9">Rivers in Our Veins</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Lakecia Benjamin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3BDHDrylqDrv6qz11DRrR7?si=eabf9cdddcdf4ec3">Phoenix</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Isaiah Collier: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/655pwb1HdvQyvnKOKN9XU3?si=a1b70e1cfb9f4128">Village Song</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Tyshawn Sorey: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tyshawn-sorey-trio/continuing/">Continuing</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Elliot Goldenthal: “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Bird_(soundtrack)">Truffaldino’s Sausage Shop</a>” & “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Bird_(soundtrack)">Under Bustle Funk</a>” & “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Bird_(soundtrack)">Green Bird Descent</a>” (2000)</li>
<li>Nino Rota: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/691fioo2nuNDSOKkIBKQU9?si=c673e10c18004c61">La Strada Suite</a> (1966)</li>
<li>Patrick Williams: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/2836405-Patrick-Williams-An-American-Concerto">An American Concerto</a> (1980)</li>
<li>Stjepan Sulek: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNvdPJx-Fws&t=1172s">Symphony No. 8 mvt 2</a> (1981)</li>
<li>Heikki Sarmanto: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/heikki_sarmanto/suomi___a_symphonic_poem_for_orchestra/">Suomi</a> (1984)</li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q4-2023-2/#footnote_0_7892" id="identifier_0_7892" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">1</a>
<ul>
<li>Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony in A Major (1850), Piano Concerto No. 1 (1858), Violin Concerto No. 2 mvts 1 & 3 (1858), Introduction and Rondo capriccioso (1863), Piano Concerto No. 2 (1868), Piano Concerto No. 3 (1869), The Yellow Princess Overture (arr. for piano) (1872), Cello Sonata No. 1 (1872), Danse Macabre (1874), Piano Concerto No. 4 (1875), “Bacchanale” (1877), Septet [Opus 65] (1880), “Aquarium” and “The Swan” (1886), Symphony No. 3 “Organ” (1886), “Africa” (1891), Javotte (1896), Cello Concerto No. 2 mvt 2 (1902) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rr893htJWETbaHjvJo64W?si=28eb99a440d740bb">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (1900) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qITR0ye4SbNVBoZFYBjTk?si=cec23a96306344b8">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Richard Wagner: “Polonia overture” (1836), “Rule Britannia overture” (1837), Tannhauser overture (1845), Lohengrin Prelude to Act 1 (1850), Das Rheingold Scene 1 Vorspiel (1869), “Ride of the Valkyries [instrumental version]” (1870) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HS9yCQwxUe4dChuyez1RZ?si=a1dc359d386349c1">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Franz Schubert: “Erlkönig” (1815), The Trout Quintet mvt 3 (1819), Symphony No. 8 [D.759] mvt 1 (1822), Fierrabras overture (1823), String Quartet No. 13 mvt 1 (1824), String Quartet No. 14 (1824), “Der Zwerg” (c. 1825), “Ellens dritter Gesang [Ave Maria]” (1825), Symphony No. 9 [D.944] (1826), Fantasy in C [D.934] (1827), Four Impromptus [D.899] No. 3 (1827) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vE7o0j4auuFcuWAfEa1BD?si=66e43f087fca4134">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Maurice Ravel: Bolero (1928) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UW1L4EIKFSjNimrmlxDtn?si=d92214cf64d24970">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo Prologue Toccata (1607), “Lamento della Ninfa” (1638) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ihZsb3CrJwM43FkRrDWPx?si=4e6df51fe11a4b49">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Benjamin Britten: String Quartet in F Major mvt 4 (1928), Simple Symphony (1934), The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra “Theme” (1945), “Lord Jesus Think on Me” (1958) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mgxXYntIfzkFIXk0QEJ7f?si=ac6a199aaaea4afc">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Jean Sibelius: “Karelia overture” (1893), Karelia Suite (1893), “Finlandia” (1900), Symphony No. 2 (1902), “Valse triste” (1904), Violin Concerto mvt 3 (1905), “Night Ride and Sunrise” (1908), “In memoriam” (1910), 6 Humoresques (1918), Symphony No. 5 (1919), 3 Pieces [Opus 96] (1920), Symphony No. 7 (1925) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/28JBfVmG7RcZztABMFXmLo?si=02a4097167024fb0">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Bela Bartok: Sonata mvt 3 (1903), Kossuth (1903), Scherzo Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra (1904), Romanian Folk Dances for Orchestra [BB 76] (1917) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5tOzD3rhJFLo5kGglZDNPo?si=227527280cdf46cd">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>George Frideric Handel: Water Music, Suite 2 mvt 2 (1717), “The Harmonious Blacksmith” (1720), “Zadok the Priest” (1727), “Hallelujah” (1741), “The Arrival of the Queen of Shiba” (1748), Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qpN7HR1v2w8JVyieF6MqT?si=8eb0066df8b342e7">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Danse des sauvages” (1734) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7aFh6Shvj9cPkdqxx09kye?si=b9e1228ea24d45bf">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 82 mvt 4 (1786), Symphony No. 86 mvt 4 (1786), Symphony No. 87 mvt 1 (1786) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qYaY6KfonTe7Rrwm7BZe0?si=2870988fea454580">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Frédéric Chopin: Variations on Là ci darem la mano (1827), “Waltz No. 16 [B.21] (1827), “Rondo à la Krakowiak” (1828), “Introduction and Polonaise brillante” (1829), Piano Concerto No. 2 mvt 3 (1829), Etudes [Opus 10] (1833), 24 Preludes [Opus 28], Nos. 3 & 4 & 15 (1839) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dc8TVqoFG78wUlUTkZDDF?si=24fc8a455e034f30">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Dmitri Shostakovich: “Scherzo for Orchestra” (1919), Hamlet Suite (1932), Cello Sonata in D Minor mvt 4 (1934), Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934), “Viborg District” (1939), Suite on Finnish Themes (1939), Piano Quintet mvt 1 (1940), Symphony No. 8 mvt 3 (1943), “Pirogov” [Opus 76a] (1947), Symphony No. 10 mvt 2 (1953), Piano Concerto No. 2 mvt 2 (1957), Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q4-2023-2/#footnote_1_7892" id="identifier_1_7892" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Yes, I know this is arguably better attributed to Levon Atovmyan.">2</a> (c. 1958), String Quartet No. 8 mvt 2 (1960)<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q4-2023-2/#footnote_2_7892" id="identifier_2_7892" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I also like the version of this in Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony (Opus 110a).">3</a> [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/66urWFcMx2nQkB5jzH3MtY?si=d130fa9022a44c12">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Aaron Copland: Rodeo (1942), “Fanfare for the Common Man” (1942), Music for Movies (1942), “Danzon Cubano” (1942), Appalachian Spring (1944), “Letter from Home” (1944), The Red Pony Suite (1948), “Simple Gifts” (1950), “Variations on a Shaker Melody” (1956) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EDtAgLopqbXF1lTB15Uir?si=ff88a3fdeb814ee3">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>George Gershwin: “Swanee” (1919), Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), “I Got Rhythm” (1930), “Cuban Overture” (1932) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6lagvEBusGA7EHfO8vo7mY?si=7e55a1833fdb472a">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Xploding Plastix, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0PpqzVavZtr4XGjv1mqksc?si=pjQaifT8R6eXXLBOc93HsA">Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Mew: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4mGwWfixnHdScB5t7oM5XL?si=yqGnbcYxRlKNeBvWrzVg7A">Frengers</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Secret Machines: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2kNoabGHULl2qxquLyOscg?si=y80pIvT9Qb2dFy3vAeWniA">Now Here Is Nowhere</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Terry S. Taylor: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/terry-s-taylor/neverhood-songs/">Neverhood Songs</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Bryce Dessner: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5G6E55eG8tvQrwlSAee9bh?si=d02a56e960574419">Aheym</a>” (2009)</li>
<li>Ingram Marshall: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7COt5FrDDII">Kingdom Come</a> (2001)</li>
<li>David Borden: “<a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/295086-Mother-Mallards-Portable-Masterpiece-Company-Mother-Mallards-Portable-Masterpiece-Co">Easter</a>” (1973), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/57oEUu3QfamsvthkU33CJf?si=b29d26d5933c48ae">Esty Point, Summer 1978</a>” (1981), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Borden#Selected_works">The Continuing Story of Counterpoint, Parts 1-12</a> (1987), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0Mlizpk33RG8ZoEy7vbt38?si=58268dbde0e9447a">Double Portrait</a>” (1987), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/23vohrvPq799ok1p9dBLiW?si=11fb979da7a04c51">Fireflies</a>” (1993)</li>
<li>Dan Plonsey: <a href="https://danplonsey.bandcamp.com/album/moving-about-humming-still-our-flowers-are-blooming-under-the-old-portcullis">Moving About, Humming, Still Our Flowers are Blooming Under the Old Portcullis</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Ennio Morricone: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1mLXrA8oEtzeH6D45Zx4Bt?si=adf6606c68b5408e">Once Upon a Time in the West</a> (1968)</li>
</ul>
This quarter, I listened through “complete works” playlists for <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jyTekxtqbZz52b5aXEIbB?si=907eed84d4114294">Saint-Saens</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fWPkpLgS0mqaBsJivvpFR?si=8062575ca83346aa">Mahler</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/66bwsIkKT4a01Q9e9JmVmG?si=384f3a4fd0874e04">Wagner</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7qOtSjPy0a3I5Y1AwHF81r?si=fd4e8e7b89c4499b">Schubert</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2eXR2rnIspKnW91xacORN7?si=06b37ad7314f45b0">Ravel</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EHnezVsavmygQHP3oc6Qu?si=766f95a4ccd04fc3">Britten</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20v6X5WRWx7oIGeg2MxFDK?si=a0565de2fff04dc3">Sibelius</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/32aF3Qn8L2v8UKguSyu0DB?si=cefec6be146b45e2">Shostakovich</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76L2Kbca5XsC1XU6NVBlET?si=0f41105b2a9c4175">Copland</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JcJAzVT9F0qBd7JHQbMcG?si=4eeed03695774c87">Gershwin</a>, and “highlights” playlists for <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWWyxI74MZnc4?si=817b4eed7f824242">Monteverdi</a>, Handel (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JvChki7JkuVWZGntecYXM?si=a95f61f474a94a08">1</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9ZP5oobcNgA?si=cf779b503f954241">2</a>), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/57ogBE6kChC2e3OyuiHgVx?si=205ae6e1dd3044c2">Rameau</a>, and Haydn (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gzuwaSHnZCkyTmtSxa3Nq?si=29af7d6a7b7645b4">1</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX16wERbfwQvR?si=4cf5cf3d5cb34058">2</a>). Overall, my experience was similar to <a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2023/">last time</a>. A few minor notes:
<ul>
<li>Chopin is perhaps the most consistently enjoyable composer I’ve encountered so far, though again I only liked a few of his compositions strongly enough to list above.</li>
<li>Apparently Saint-Saens is one of my favorite classical composers. Who knew?</li>
<li>I was surprised and disappointed by how few pieces I liked by Ravel, Mahler, and Haydn.</li>
</ul>
I also made a Spotify <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0D6y5GHMZtiHwkXLLKud92?si=995e3d5ec4f945d8">playlist</a> for <a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/15-classical-music-traditions-compared/">Other Classical Musics</a>.
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Dack, Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022) ★</li>
<li>Various, Patriot, season 1 (2015)</li>
<li>Various, Colin from Accounts (2022)</li>
<li>Various, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 1 (2005)</li>
<li>Tafdrup, Speak No Evil (2022)</li>
<li>Wells, Aftersun (2022) ★</li>
<li>Fincher, The Killer (2023)</li>
<li>McElhenney & Atlas, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 2 (2006) ★</li>
<li>Hazlewood, Tones Drones and Arpeggios The Magic of Minimalism (2018)</li>
<li>Wigon, Sanctuary (2022)</li>
<li>de Araujo, Soft & Quiet (2022)</li>
<li>Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (2023) ★</li>
<li>Nolan, Oppenheimer (2023) ★</li>
<li>Bathurst & Harper, Peaky Blinders, season 1 (2013)</li>
<li>Song, Past Lives (2023)</li>
<li>Haynes, May December (2023) ★</li>
<li>Various, Scavengers Reign (2023) ★</li>
<li>Olson, Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023) ★</li>
<li>Vigalondo, Timecrimes (2007)</li>
<li>Scorcese, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) ★</li>
<li>Oldroyd, Eileen (2023)</li>
<li>Lanthimos, Poor Things (2023) ★</li>
<li>Metzstein, Slow Horses, season 3 (2023) ★</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
All games I played a significant amount:
<ul>
<li>[none]</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lewis, Going Infinite. Seems more sympathetic to SBF than I am (including when I read it, before the trial).</li>
<li>Sager, The Only One Left. Another fun murder mystery. The number of plot twists in the third act is a bit dizzying.</li>
<li>Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Since I only consume fiction via audiobook, and mostly listen to audiobooks when I’m doing other things or failing to fall asleep, I’m looking for fiction that’s simple and easy to follow with limited or regularly interrupted attention, and I figured perhaps young adult fiction fits the bill. So, I decided to start with the most culturally impactful series I know, and the one that many of my friends and colleagues regularly refer to in everyday speech. Overall, this was a fun read, if a bit silly at times. I’m told the series gets better in later books, so I’ll probably stick to it.</li>
<li>★ Weir, Project Hail Mary. Wow! By some sets of aesthetic criteria (which focus on enjoyability and coherence rather than avantgarde artistic innovation), this might be the best novel I’ve read yet. (Though it’s hard to know, since I don’t remember the books I read as a child very well. But e.g. even Lord of the Rings and other classics had significant plot holes and boring parts and so on.) Every chapter is thrilling, moves the plot forward, is emotionally impactful, etc. There is a ton of great science, either real or fictional but sorta plausible. It avoids being dumb in a lot of ways that fiction is often dumb, for example the conflict doesn’t come from the characters being incredibly stupid. Also, it’s great to see what it would look like for humanity to come together and act intelligently toward addressing an existential threat; unfortunately we live in a Don’t Look Up universe instead. The ending is satisfying, and the core relationship between the scientist Grace and [spoiler] is perfect. If you know of other novels that have the same strengths as Project Hail Mary, please tell me!</li>
<li>Weir, The Martian. Similar to Project Hail Mary but lower-stakes and less interesting (no alien life etc.). Similarly meticulous about scientific problem-solving, and engaging from start to finish. The book was better than the movie; constantly working through scientific logic doesn’t really make sense to do in movie form, I think.</li>
</ul>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_7892" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li><li id="footnote_1_7892" class="footnote">Yes, I know this is arguably better attributed to Levon Atovmyan.</li><li id="footnote_2_7892" class="footnote">I also like the version of this in Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony (Opus 110a).</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Takeshi Inomata: Jazz Rock for Grand-Prix (1971) Erik Hall: ten Holt’s Canto Ostinato (rel. 2023) Mammal Hands: Shadow Work (2017), Gift from the Trees (2023) Ben Lukas Boysen: “Medela” (2020) Philip Glass: Symphony No. 12 (comp. 2019), Symphony No. 14, mvt. 3 (2021) A Love Supreme Electric: […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>Takeshi Inomata: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/takeshi_inomata_and_the_third/jazz_rock_for_grand_prix_%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3500%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB/">Jazz Rock for Grand-Prix</a> (1971)</li>
<li>Erik Hall: ten Holt’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6nRzGIFEUCxf19vdEdZEZ5?si=e544558f49be4202">Canto Ostinato</a> (rel. 2023)</li>
<li>Mammal Hands: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/62rUr720cpe9cWhfnC3gBc?si=1d0de8608a71441e">Shadow Work</a> (2017), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0ENdkZVVDwCrMhdl29Ccdl?si=5ded87f4f1984cb6">Gift from the Trees</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Ben Lukas Boysen: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1oSCxHOILkJAauPBzKBroD?si=6dc7eab2436f4880">Medela</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Philip Glass: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4do15U1IbTk9oZbmuIhvje?si=cNejDJ53QG22U32On6bKtw">Symphony No. 12</a> (comp. 2019), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZhGpXW6BBzUeRHYNsduCJ?si=2776daeb02c94883">Symphony No. 14, mvt. 3</a> (2021)</li>
<li>A Love Supreme Electric: A Love Supreme (2020) [i.e. disc 1 of <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/16154046-A-Love-Supreme-Electric-A-Love-Supreme-Meditations">this</a>.]</li>
<li>Jaimie Branch: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2JVEwFxlm2BcTtEeYnB5zr?si=15039876adfd4852">Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Aaron Hibell: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/37ovCtRt61rLxKR7MuFpty?si=b8f669f24ec34558">Destroyer of Worlds</a>” (2023)</li>
<li>Lautten Compagney: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1mdSK3ZGj398EuXXiA5Ddz?si=61ae4f0d0e344f89">Opening</a>” (2010), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1uq64yvx9td27e2ZMLh0u1?si=c56c204e69cc4794">Anthem Part 1</a>” (2019), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3AdteCZSToARBcev0UtBSf?si=ac057a54e3f54f0c">Larghetto</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1xi6exgsdxaehzL1X6sxsx?si=9a1b3cd4b8464827">Il Bajazet</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3LfcuwAllMUs5wmBa5YKSc?si=053b9472706e443e">L’Inverno focoso</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2zGkO2jO8ma7A95fyfQ9qr?si=bbd7e335e72149ed">Summer Tempest</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Belgorod State Symphony Orchestra: Nyman’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ivMElHML4">Memorial</a>” (2017)</li>
<li>Topology: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5iM844VKn956DfMcRlb20U?si=ga5ppBo-Q-CSLWdR92UWJQ">Perpetual Motion Machine</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Paul Bailey Ensemble: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3YptPNtog3SQWfXcXRcQOT?si=Elmx_O6yQg6XOjzPJI6O4w">Retrace Our Steps</a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3OE16Z8khtHHXQXeSsyVvC?si=Wsgy3QltSqyJbDqxJvwA8w">Alt-Classical</a> (2010)</li>
<li>Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Youngs’ “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5AE7PxA7nkvcFX22QIEhl0?si=c10c6507360349bb">Soon It Will Be Fire</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Blue Cranes: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6DBnQ8NvuClkm2PsWHTMZc?si=UBU9WAhyR1uRIykBxUTLmg">Voices</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Odesza: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpuUOl6ddVI">The Last Goodbye</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>London Philharmonic Orchestra: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0bgjJ99UFbk0yBOzjJl7cq?si=Q5zs4SDARyaqzMdPK3qIlA">The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music</a> (2009)<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2023/#footnote_0_7731" id="identifier_0_7731" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Of course this is closer to a “most popular” list than a “greatest” list, but regardless, these pieces are great, and do seem to me like a great selection for introducing someone to classical music.">1</a></li>
<li>Alice Babs: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPZEidNNmy4">Jazz Fuga</a>” (1963)</li>
<li>Florent Ghys: “<a href="https://florentghys.bandcamp.com/album/baroque-tardif-vol-2">Hommage à Kevin Volans</a>” (2007), <a href="https://florentghys.bandcamp.com/album/t-l-vision-2">Television</a> (2014)</li>
<li>Don Plonsey: <a href="https://danplonsey.bandcamp.com/album/moving-about-humming-still-our-flowers-are-blooming-under-the-old-portcullis">Moving About…</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Esmerine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0LqwDOMwahqLhIwtZ2aPEG?si=Qr4hUxfORvSgLnLmRdrHsg">Dalmak</a> (2013)</li>
<li>Mouse on the Keys: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3RaPoJgvbOwugD3mKSjew5?si=DfKAAZq9TWWUEoEBVvyKaw">An Anxious Object</a> (2009)</li>
<li>Makaya McCrarven: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1HZw70A6Y71aDRIkPtW7e0?si=ecaf5fad38fb42c0">In These Times</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Yonatan Gat: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/54cQn8qgNUhBQBob8PVfDU?si=bhAxE7lcScic4kmptGmLRA">American Quartet</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Max Richter: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/20wWk1NMzgBZ5dHEqAvZiE?si=q3snTxq7TXyRyJwO6ddAyQ">Beethoven Opus 2020</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Emily Wells: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1vhEXwW0WBxGiMBsL4ksaO?si=UKkQ2l_YQnanbkEWqb9XBw">Regards to the End</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Brooklyn Raga Massive: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/03cD94188kDM8HAQ3P1Pws?si=886aba5673fb4e3d">In D</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Johan Ullen: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6teD3FigVp9xUD54xMNiOU?si=FB4dmDT0SiO1D72VlXsKZQ">Infinite Bach</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Nikolai Kapustin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3VVTBUhsuRJZVTaJq6dSrw?si=2767968122804b6b">Piano Concerto No. 2</a> (1974)</li>
<li>Lawrence: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C01nBm6vV5c">Don’t Lose Sight</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Joe Parrish: “<a href="https://joeparrish.bandcamp.com/track/shostakovich-10-mvmt-ii">Shostakovich 10 Mvmt. II</a>” (2020), <a href="https://joeparrish.bandcamp.com/album/the-rite-of-spring">The Rite of Spring</a> (2021), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx15Gr2nRME">Dirty Boy (acoustic)</a>” (2021),</li>
<li>Nono & Roie Shpigler: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5W0uLYfc3DjNeqlKdUDeCq?si=5IEsl3xhTvaxD4fgVrd4Tw">Appassionato</a> [single] (2023)</li>
<li>Ludwig Goransson: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0rwbMKjNkp4ehQTwf9V2Jk?si=d4dcc839d84346fa">Oppenheimer</a> (2023)</li>
</ul>
This quarter, I was reminded that I often like orchestral arrangements of originally non-orchestral pieces (by a different composer). Here are some favorites, most of which I discovered for the first time this quarter [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EIIbfx4TXQ7nTcxkj7yuV?si=e6786f52d4b34d30">playlist</a>]:
<ul>
<li>Leopold Stokowski (as arranger): Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and “Sheep May Safely Graze” and “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Rachmaninov’s “The Bells of Moscow,” Clarke’s “The Prince of Denmark’s March,” Mozart’s “Turkish March,” Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata mvt 1, Franz Schubert’s “Serenade,” Chopin’s “Funeral March” and “Minute Waltz” and Preludes (Opus 28) No. 24, Albeniz’s “Festival in Seville,” Handel’s “Dead March,” Purcel’s “Dido’s Lament,” Mussorgsky’s “St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain,” Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”</li>
<li>Ferde Grofé (as arranger): Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue</li>
<li>Henry Wood (as arranger): Grieg’s “Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak,” Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp minor</li>
<li>Maurice Ravel (as arranger): Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition</li>
<li>Henri Büsser: Debussy’s Petite Suite</li>
<li>Gustav Mahler (as arranger): Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14</li>
<li>Steven Stucky (as arranger): Purcell’s Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary</li>
<li>Arnold Schoenberg (as arranger): Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1</li>
<li>Benjamin Britten (as arranger): Purcell’s Chacony in G Minor</li>
<li>Franz Liszt (as arranger): Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy</li>
<li>Erwin Schulhoff (as arranger): Beethoven’s “Rage Over a Lost Penny”</li>
<li>Claud Debussy (as arranger): Satie’s Gymnopédies</li>
<li>Francis Poulenc (as arranger): Satie’s Gnossiennes No. 3</li>
<li>Gustav Holst (as arranger): Bach’s Fugue a la gigue in G Major [BWV 577]</li>
<li>Eugene Ormandy (as arranger): Bach’s “Sleepers Wake” [BWV 140]</li>
<li>Various arrangers: Brahms’ Hungarian Dances</li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2023/#footnote_1_7731" id="identifier_1_7731" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">2</a>
<ul>
<li>Ludwig van Beethoven: “Rage Over a Lost Penny” (1798), “Pathetique” Sonata (1799), “Moonlight” Sonata (1801), Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” (1804), Symphony No. 5 (1808), Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” (1808), “Für Elise” (1810), Symphony No. 7 (1812), Symphony No. 9 “Choral” (1824), String Quartet No. 13 mvt 2 (1826) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xRyaGaCPGi41zq9c9JtrI?si=ccba336f3b8b4660">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor (1892), Piano Concerto No. 2 (1901), Piano Concerto No. 3 (1909), Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini variation 18 (1934) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1H9ATGu9zDz1C46EfhacMg?si=82e3084d6b364cf1">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 1 (1867), Holberg Suite (1884), Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (1888), Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 (1893) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ABaHmalDWwWXhZDamDcGe?si=6b1863c007874b36">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Claude Debussy: Petite Suite (1889), Fantaisie for Piano & Orchestra (1890), “Reverie” (1890), Two Arabesques (1891), Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894), Nocturnes (1899), Suite bergamasque (1905), La mer (1905) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/61eSJZjZNaqUFlPL0shBSQ?si=c023f4f692194966">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique (1908), The Firebird (1911), Petrouchka (1911), The Rite of Spring (1913), Pulcinella Suite (1920), Symphony in Three Movements (1945) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7368fw5MvGhWTIoQtnCA2d?si=c11d9ac3abf04243">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Antonio Vivaldi: RV 4 mvt 4, RV 7 mvt 4, RV 59 mvt 2, RV 63, RV 93 mvt 2, RV 110 mvt 1, RV 113 mvt 3, RV 115 mvt 1, RV 119 mvt 3, RV 131 mvt 1, RV 141 mvt 1, RV 151 mvt 1, RV 157 mvt 1, RV 204, RV 208 mvt 3, RV 228 mvt 1, RV 256 mvt 3, RV 260 mvt 1, The Four Seasons, RV 273 mvt 1, RV 407 mvts 1 & 3, RV 419 mvts 1 & 3, RV 425 mvts 1 & 3, RV 522 mvts 1 & 3, RV 532 mvt 3, RV 537 mvts 1 & 3, RV 580 mvt 2, RV 589 mvt 1. (Most Vivaldi composition years are unknown, but they’re generally from roughly 1700-1740.) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0lm3P7OrJybvmcHHrHrxvF?si=d9a29e2ef11d4943">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (1876), 21 Hungarian Dances (1879), Academic Festival Overture (1880), Symphony No. 3 (1883), Symphony No. 4 (1885) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Nq28ZLKG6klFteaNfWtME?si=e535c1a2d6f1446f">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor [BWV 565], Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 [BWV 1048], several preludes from The Well-Tempered Clavier [BWV 846-893], Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C Major [BWV 1064], Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor [BWV 1043], “Sheep May Safely Graze” [from BWV 208], “Badinerie” [from BWV 1067], “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” [from BWV 147], BWV 1052 mvts 1 & 3, BWV 1006 mvt 1, BWV 1045 mvt 1, BWV 1062 mvt 1, BWV 1068 mvt 2, BWV 1065 mvt 1. (These pieces were generally composed between 1704 and 1746.) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1NrD7MUtd0YzMPnSSvPbVo?si=7f647ba913574363">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 (1773), Symphony No. 31 (1778), Sinfonia concertante mvt 1 (1779), Posthorn Serenade mvt 7 (1779), Symphony No. 36 (1783), “Turkish March” (1784), The Marriage of Figaro overture (1786), Horn Concerto No. 4 mvt 3 (1786), Piano Concerto No. 24 (1787), Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1787), Piano Sonata No. 16 mvt 1 (1788), Symphony No. 39 (1788), Symphony No. 40 (1788), Symphony No. 41 (1788), “Queen of the Night” (1791), Requiem (1791) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2FJtqrlAufY44Tvu29s44B?si=0c0ad76bb6dc4561">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (1888), Gnossiennes (1897) [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JDmPfgewn0mz64XCZ4MoT?si=865da7150f8c437e">playlist</a>]</li>
<li>Boards of Canada: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6LZiNXaDvhzvnXUubVOmNU?si=865335c103da430f">Music Has the Right to Children</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7Lou3RDk6NswmbzBMhro24?si=156b8ec8641c42cc">Geogaddi</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Child’s View: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5LcxYvbB1q7YFqPCbIjCDh?si=a0f7783528fc4faf">Pendulum</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Nobukazu Takemura: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1K1D3i2rs4WcTd2dp00fKi?si=a364477659304535">Meteor</a>” (2000)</li>
<li>Matmos: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5elGVuXDqLpcgDO0q6ooEn?si=be46e052fcae44b9">And Silver Light Popped in His Eyes</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Matthew Herbert: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7k5mn5m18e0pkbNF2sV7LI?si=8e25cad07d774dd5">Just Once</a>” (2006)</li>
<li>Kammerflimmer Kollektief: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/10Vn8ANOXWWGQ5cN8XVp1g?si=c3d645b621ce40da">Maander</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0LwnzEAqfbHM0EAEdG4b2A?si=920340807f124af4">Incommunicado</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2gOdObQUJ8nOUQfzylzUPI?si=0b51a8dd15874595">Hysteria</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/41JJCRRH4B47nRoOOPBnBe?si=5c047a6d13134348">Cicadidae</a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3MP64BoxG0Ns2uDSX29sV3?si=39edef4061ba4e1e">Absencen</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4K4Rd0jsYeUs33NDydBcq7?si=cdb6e4eabbe448a2">Jinx</a> (2007)</li>
<li>The Delgados: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2oAM6coeJLJ8j20lnLzvdF?si=c3a022b298384016">Hate</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Andrea Bocelli: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdWEhMOrRpQ">Con te partirò</a>” / “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_yCwFD6Jo">Time to Say Goodbye</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Coldplay: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0RHX9XECH8IVI3LNgWDpmQ?si=a5d88f102c844968">A Rush of Blood to the Head</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Add N to (X): <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2zhN7Bz0lSkgXQ5nOYsjL1?si=dc58f865216d4182">Loud Like Nature</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Clinic: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7g11UtxGsMOAxn0EHp5gjA?si=e667eb71feef47e9">Clinic</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4RMrSFzNSKNkKkkqcTibuv?si=033c6e7f6eb2404f">Internal Wrangler</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Muse: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6AyUVv7MnxxTuijp4WmrhO?si=hj9JHvLYSIKSSTA1gyT1Rg">Showbiz</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1AP6uGYHdakRgwuWQsP5pK?si=171409407f304c62">Origin of Symmetry</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0HcHPBu9aaF1MxOiZmUQTl?si=1c0e9612d8df484c">Absolution</a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0lw68yx3MhKflWFqCsGkIs?si=78671c689af444fe">Black Holes and Revelations</a> (2006), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4VqPOruhp5EdPBeR92t6lQ?si=f79cc255db7f484c">Uprising</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/28FJMlLUu9NHuwlZWFKDn7?si=225c2492c7404081">Unnatural Selection</a>” (2009), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2IFqUmfW8oQoKn6ToxKsMs?si=54990d13ba654bd0">Survival</a>” (2012)</li>
<li>Eric Whitacre: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5bUdtdODnRPeQpmMoqhvVY?si=f2b8870f2f98481a">Lux Aurumque</a>” (2000), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/39FIII6YTroEGA2G3xJPzI?si=debf7fc877f74aaf">Equus</a>” (2012)</li>
<li>Zbigniew Preisner: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/279dWwOtUieM0F2TveVKPu?si=d02e65f5525d4bde">Lacrimosa: Day of Tears</a>” (1998)</li>
<li>Regular Music: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/562xbRHyZKTqWuTIoki0fN?si=81500d9ebdf64c07">Regular Music</a> (1985), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/42HKp80e5B9KymE1OxDTHt?si=019e0340823c40f7">North South East West</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Piero Milesi: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/piero-milesi/modi/">Modi</a> (1982)</li>
<li>The Lost Jockey: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-lost-jockey/the-lost-jockey/">The Lost Jockey</a> (1982), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/the-lost-jockey/professor-slack/">Professor Slack</a> (1982), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-lost-jockey/the-lost-jockey-1/">The Lost Jockey</a> (1983)</li>
<li>Paul Bailey Ensemble: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2fVkx5vph4CpoWEvd64kdC?si=CDKrNnLWSpyl8Y_K-Lfasw">Summerland</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Andrew Poppy: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1JXSREPrWKLys9PV5BhyZW?si=98d0b5973f9d49e3">32 Frames for Amplified Orchestra</a>” (1985)</li>
<li>Michael Gordon: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3IoTmVP6vKTPkKE5GhALDb?si=jDMWLQH6QkGcXckYOuCb6g">Dystopia / Rewriting Beethoven’s 7th Symphony</a> (2015)</li>
<li>Cibo Matto: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1Sha7blBHJ2ZBK5FjVXU9W?si=3_riDRWLRnGXX5ZG9QVOWA">Viva La Woman</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Fantastic Plastic Machine: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fantastic-plastic-machine/the-fantastic-plastic-machine/">The Fantastic Plastic Machine</a> (1997)</li>
</ul>
This quarter, I listened through “complete works” playlists for <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3r9Atus504uqFgTs4VgG50?si=ea8caf496ad74664">Beethoven</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BpWe6MmnYtdcarOpIwtfq?si=061a7df6b0e04b30">Rachmaninoff</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tcS5GdQjZAZ1QRItWFAEz?si=c9b5f7fb5ad34d31">Grieg</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58cQyYmVH2sm6vCDKFol21?si=5cf2262f642f49d2">Debussy</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6pqczVuDiCuUcqME6JFRkB?si=13b7944c3a00478b">Stravinsky</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2DmDQ5zI9fncplG6jtDyC5?si=6008922237a44a94">Brahms</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3IhmbCR7ohtmnhyyUYttS1?si=292189b618f242d1">Satie</a>. I also listened to various “highlights” playlists for some composers who wrote too much music for me to listen to comprehensively: Vivaldi (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5wsH4sYB3BCRfJ2Xvv5BSF?si=aps4p_I0TjeMY5-6xVAuYw">1</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QDeQ9Yi1LdWDNHxfO3UbG?si=fa2bfc8da8844810">2</a>), JS Bach (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zrb1s6aNsqadvebSeep9A?si=edb623a205a2483b">1</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWZnzwzLBft6A?si=e9f5e782fe3b4262">2</a>), and Mozart (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0TbS29td0bgaq8SwjLZwJT?si=908bb8cbf1714cb6">1</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX8qqIDAkKiQg?si=f500c1c0579a45af">2</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3EhdQEjwRVqHxYAXx95GUU?si=2tk2WvQSSCe1i4-6MGqrVQ">3</a>). I discovered that while most of these composers’ works are pleasant and somewhat interesting (which cannot be said for most rock/pop or jazz artists, even those I like), I don’t strongly enjoy the vast majority of these composers’ output beyond a subset of their most famous pieces (listed above). Very little of it grips me (except for specific short passages) in the way that many ~entire albums of rock/pop and jazz music do.
I suspect some reasons for this are that (a) they typically lack a steady rhythm or groove, (b) they don’t have much repetition, in particular of catchy “hooks” or passages, and (c) for vocal pieces, they employ a usually-annoying “affected” singing style. Then again, some of the rock/pop and jazz music I love also features (a) and (b), so I’m not sure how explanatory these hypotheses are. Also, even for my favorite rock/pop and jazz artists I often only strongly enjoy 3-6 of their albums, and that’s not too far off from how many hours of music I liked enough to list above for each classical composer I surveyed this quarter. (Though I note that classical and jazz composers are usually much more prolific than rock/pop composers.) Some of my favorite contemporary classical composers, e.g. Michael Nyman and Philip Glass, use lots of steady rhythms and catchy hooks.
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Various, The Bear, season 2 (2023) ★</li>
<li>Stoller & Delbanco, Platonic, season 1 (2023)</li>
<li>Various, Mad Men, seasons 2-7 (2008-2014)</li>
<li>Gerwig, Barbie (2023) ★</li>
<li>Various, Righteous Gemstones, season 3 (2023) ★</li>
<li>Various, Spider-Man: Across the Universe (2023) ★</li>
<li>Szymanski, Jury Duty (2023) ★</li>
<li>Variouus, The Afterparty, season 2 (2023)</li>
<li>Philippou, Talk to Me (2022)</li>
<li>Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023)</li>
<li>Mottola, Confess, Fletch (2022)</li>
<li>Various, Reservation Dogs, season 3 (2023)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
From now on I’ll just list all games I played a significant amount:
<ul>
<li>★ Tears of the Kingdom: If you aggregate dozens of “best games of all time” lists, there’s a decent chance that 2017’s Breath of the Wild will land in <a href="https://www.ign.com/playlist/suerowned/lists/the-mathematically-determined-500-best-video-games-of-all-time">the #1 spot</a> or close to it. Given that, it’s crazy just how much better Tears of the Kingdom is in every way. BotW was already more “open” and free than any other open world adventure game when it launched, and since then only a few games have attempted something so ambitiously open (e.g. Genshin Impact and Immortals Fenyx Rising), and none have executed remotely as well. Now, with TotK, the Zelda franchise has increased its “openness” lead over the rest of the industry even further, by (a) making the world map ~2.3x as large and radically more vertical, and by (b) allowing you to fuse together ~any objects that appear anywhere in the world (including many new devices like fans, wheels, rockets, and steering sticks) and thereby build almost any kind of structure or vehicle or device you can imagine, which in turn allows you to solve puzzles, combat encounters, and traversal tasks in a near-limitless variety of ways. The results are basically “game-breaking,” except it works because the wild creativity is the point. This still isn’t quite the awe-inspiring best game of all time that Elden Ring is, but it’s probably my new favorite game of all time. I would love for other developers to attempt to make adventure games as ambitiously open and creativity-enabling as TotK, but will they be able to, given that they still haven’t caught up to where BotW was 6+ years ago?</li>
<li>Supraland: A 3D Metroidvania wth a fun setting (stick figures in a sandbox). The puzzles and gameplay are generally well-executed, but I only made it ~70% of the way through because I sometimes went for weeks in a row when I was too busy to play it, and then I couldn’t remember where everything was or what I was supposed to do next, and I eventually gave up trying.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>Yong, An Immense World</li>
<li>Lapena, An Unwanted Guest. Prior to this, I’d found myself unable to read fiction for >10 years. My mind always wanders. On a whim I decided to try again, and thought a page-turner fair play murder mystery would be most likely to hold my attention all the way through, since those often grip me on TV and film. Anthropic’s LLM “Claude” suggested An Unwanted Guest plus a few others, so I gave it a try (on audiobook). And I’m happy to report I made it all the way through, and enjoyed it! The first fiction book I’ve finished in >10 years. My review: It’s written plainly and directly, and it’s pretty fast-paced. It takes place over the course of a couple days at an isolated hotel with the roads blocked and power cut off etc. Multiple people are murdered, and while there are clues pointing toward who is responsible, there aren’t a lot of them, and it would be pretty hard to guess (I certainly didn’t). Overall a satisfying ending for my tastes. Very Agatha Christie in style.</li>
<li>Foley, The Guest List. (Updated reaction:) I think I need to try this one again someday, as in my low-attention state I missed some important stuff early on (as I learned by reading a review later). So for now I’m leaving it unrated.</li>
<li>Ware, One by One. Again found by searching for books like An Unwanted Guest. A similar setup, and the whodunit mystery begins sooner than in The Guest List. Maybe not quite as fair play as An Unwanted Guest, but similarly enjoyable.</li>
</ul>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_7731" class="footnote">Of course this is closer to a “most popular” list than a “greatest” list, but regardless, these pieces are great, and do seem to me like a great selection for introducing someone to classical music.</li><li id="footnote_1_7731" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>Mason Bates: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/263NlE372Y36igS8ydz0Dv?si=3bdd3828922d46d5">Philharmonia Fantastique</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Bebawinigi: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6xjb3EeF2VyeJWxap1jNQp?si=215e8061b1e247b9">Stupor</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Anna Meredith: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5K43vI3ID7gvit7CeZ6I1o?si=ad7d40db86df43dd">Concerto for Beatboxer & Orchestra</a> (2010)</li>
<li>Ran Cap Duoi: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6wCBTlewEYkiAFNjLAipAo?si=7bac1977bf894651">*1</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Kaatayra: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2XXpvZm5VP3LbpG7bH7yAm?si=e6cee8da0e814320">Inpariquipe</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Alice Boman: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4EKA6cOPmM0VmjHigV03QH?si=5f31a487c06241b4">Dream On</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Tony Ann: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5m9fe3pWOP1LEUsub28BYJ?si=zbw8AIIFSceB36zs7-1ggQ">Emotionally Blue</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Medicine Singers: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5ACa1glpm4tt7Eb97hyYs1?si=Yc0Mr-O7QT6V6mTJKsqNlA">Medicine Singers</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Jeremy Blake (arr. David Bruce): “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuSvosav0sU">Aquamarine</a>” (2020)</li>
<li>Tuatara: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Qx4gS0DMBne5OPkmP4mI7?si=80b426ffe5e5480f">Trading with the Enemy</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Squid: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6El4L0QbF7grZlJmpv7KPI?si=oQ0YqWLGQFCfNwHMF8xX8A">O Monolith</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Model/Actriz: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1DWLFwBZxTSBWw7G9uhpok?si=f3e36aa265f6474c">Dogsbody</a> (2023)</li>
<li>Monika Roscher: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Z56SNCbbPaf50vebAZm7t?si=DsHQ-HIHQFScv8XBb-3wDQ">Failure in Wonderland</a> (2012), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0e8PY3HOEQKaN1xrO0JaY1?si=ettkQf4HR9yOmLpgdz_BuQ">Witchy Activities and the Maple Death</a> (2023)</li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:
<ul>
<li>Christy Doran: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1FRNn2xjaoiRwxArUkZqtE?si=nv_WNrdzSxeBRTF5us3MvQ">Black Box</a> (2001)</li>
<li>yMusic: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4qeUQ9ciWeHIbxEYRjuDwl?si=7c9f42920c4148cb">First</a> (2017)</li>
<li>John Psathas: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6yLwnoKWT1zFXn9VSYtLAn?si=61267ac74be34cfc">Omnifex</a>” (2006)</li>
<li>Adam Hopkins: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3KUA4PqDnQDsRG4DHhR7nI?si=eb2761f298d846d1">Crickets</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Serge Bringolf: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/serge-bringolf/strave/">Strave</a> (1981)</li>
<li>Clivage: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/andre-fertier/clivage/">Clivage</a> (1977), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/clivage-and-the-philharmonic-orchestra-pro-unesco/mixtus-orbis/">Mixtus Orbis</a> (1978)</li>
<li>Geinoh Yamashirogumi: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E8%8A%B8%E8%83%BD%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E%E7%B5%84/%E6%81%90%E5%B1%B1-osorezan-%E9%8A%85%E4%B9%8B%E5%89%A3%E8%88%9E-do-no-kenbai/">Osorezan</a>” (1976), <a href="https://fr.rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E8%8A%B8%E8%83%BD%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E%E7%B5%84/%E8%BC%AA%E5%BB%BB%E4%BA%A4%E9%9F%BF%E6%A5%BD-ecophony-rinne/">Ecophony Rinne</a> (1986), “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/geinoh-yamashirogumi/symphonic-suite-akira/">Kaneda</a>” (1988)</li>
<li>Pekka Pohjola: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pekka-pohjola/keesojen-lehto/">Keesojen lehto</a> (1977)</li>
<li>Zao: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/zao/z_7l/">Z=7L</a> (1973)</li>
<li>Dafnis Prieto: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3sD2Fxv95NDI5q5ZiRKgMC?si=749483cf5f5d460d">Absolute Quintet</a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Cgedih6guHiRZ269cUnn0?si=fjS4eceZQH-5AKajk39vGQ">Triangles and Circles</a> (2015), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4cVleu2VjKo3Ujz86nzDqB?si=c472930850eb4a07">Back to the Sunset</a> (2018), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/66ddMl9jBOyoSeM9WLQgjh?si=050b651117f4441a">Transparency</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Elephant9: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ssTnWeGOTYknqT74cWTBA?si=93ed663adc7a41f8">Dodovoodoo</a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2nhPYKY52vgXfJa6shs32U?si=172f0846dea14c8b">Walk the Nile</a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3wC5g76BEGbFvVGctuqEz6?si=e26ff5330fdd4678">Atlantis</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Anna Meredith: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5rz6ey7eEQUDkPAlXviHeQ?si=RIVod3RNTyiY999Wy3KyGQ">Eighth Grade</a> (2018), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1s05RP1wmD0p4uGZ7q1xwC?si=oyQBsiyxSfG5LZz54UkLTg">FIBS</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Mason Bates: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3QQHxBGFOJggQEYP0hWnDe?si=u7e-RY8hS6S9FsbX7tzzgQ">Anthology of Fantastic Zoology</a> (2016)</li>
<li>Saagara: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6xtjEeJ9MYhYjk9AlP49Tn?si=QlrFmn4uSgyDLk2ItI_I7Q">Saagara</a> (2015), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5QfL0nBo1cpDZ6QYTg9u8V?si=d381593ed0c94c41">2</a> (2017)</li>
<li>Fly: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/29nWccr7Mzz65h8p8daAUD?si=XsBqJ_q1TLaSvM4k1dkQvg">Sky & Country</a> (2009), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7qVhLKleQh9hqqUdTtZJSh?si=vGLoz55ITMCks-ZAr1fjRw">Year of the Snake</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Schnellertollermeier: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/schnellertollermeier/x/">X</a> (2015)</li>
<li>Brandt Brauer Frick: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6fKeC40X5rrSZgY2Q9Xzwq?si=02de91a93cda4e4b">Mr. Machine</a> (2011)</li>
<li>Allison Miller: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4CglRVwGIhcTGDQdPRdx7d?si=c0f02c0b65134dfe">Boom Tic Boom</a> (2010)</li>
<li>Sunwatchers: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/983948-Sunwatchers-Sunwatchers">Sunwatchers</a> (2016), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1p56E0iA3TtfR6JdPBuRo9?si=rrAWoZwHSQif8i23gH6BEA">Illegal Moves</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Hedvig Mollestad: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/12F7rzZqwHJN5Raxcl14HW?si=051473078e35415d">Maternity Beat</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Idiot Flesh: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/idiot_flesh/tales_of_instant_knowledge_and_sure_death/">Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death</a> (1992)</li>
<li>Estradasphere: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Yn0htA40yZp2sDmef0dPc?si=e0940d094b3c4eba">It’s Understood</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5s3ETtgAx4HWqm7dWBoktN?si=210cbc83680d4ec7">Buck Fever</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Guapo: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/guapo/five-suns/">Five Suns</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Forgas Band Phenomena: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/forgas-band-phenomena/roue-libre/">Roue Libre</a> (1997), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/forgas-band-phenomena/soleil-12/">Soleil 12</a> (2005), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/forgas-band-phenomena/laxe-du-fou-axis-of-madness/">L’axe du fou</a> (2009)</li>
<li>Jaga Jazzist: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/79yZ6f40ABeqdqh1yqRgiS?si=53be2065111c4931">A Living Room Hush</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Volapuk: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/volapuk/slang/">Slang!</a> (1997), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/volapuk/polyglot/">Polyglot</a> (2000), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/volapuk/where-is-tamashii/">Where Is Tamashii?</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Tuatara: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0agoplwDQH6sWJfiJnE02N?si=0313dc252bb64145">Breaking the Ethers</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Stars of the Lid: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2TnJPCSX9i2etg8jbaMcbl?si=ab736ad6a1db4a5d">The Tired Sounds of…</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Hood: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4f9GmceFKdzbAZHbb7XnQV?si=7c02e2a190364868">Cold House</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4mTPzflhfiBZ0dBOdKgcdd?si=ed53d0972a8e40fa">Outside Closer</a> (2005)</li>
<li>Sigur Ros: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1DMMv1Kmoli3Y9fVEZDUVC?si=08da6316565f4c09">Ágætis byrjun</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3FR8CV7OSyZDnxneavnh8t?si=Hoz4VKT9QLiDGhckL3H7-A">()</a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/12tw1A9HmwE3MHvPfHhdoP?si=a3220b3fc9844e5d">Takk…</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1rRNqn4MTZfh393GzGvBtY?si=e434b5091a9e4302">Kveikur</a> (2013)</li>
<li>Yann Tiersen: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5v2gcxE2FLNcBHSL8Ut1Jz?si=fda02a8a226d458b">The Waltz of the Monsters</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7ELV10HZC94beTCa9B7n6y?si=d33607742a1b4e95">Cascade Street</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Shining: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2bY49wfAwyJauG1IW4pjsZ?si=3826787f91dd4780">In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster</a> (2005)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Various, The Thick of It, season 4 (2012)</li>
<li>Camp, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)</li>
<li>Various, Barry, season 4 (2023) ★</li>
<li>Various, Black Mirror, season 6 (2023)</li>
<li>Various, Beef (2023) ★</li>
<li>Various, Succession, season 4 (2023) ★</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
From now on I’ll just list all games I played a significant amount:
<ul>
<li>Metroid Prime Remastered: I’m glad to have first experienced this with improved graphics and a better control scheme. Overall a great game, though for some reason I found myself less tolerant of the constant backtracking and lack of fast travel in 3D compared to 2D. Or maybe I’m just getting lazier and more impatient as I get older and busier. I hope they remaster Prime 2 and 3 as well, especially since the 3D Metroids are a unique combination of FPS, platforming, and isolated exploration that I haven’t found elsewhere.</li>
<li>Vampire Survivors: I found it to be very addictive, and love that I can play it with one thumb on my phone.</li>
<li>Hogwarts Legacy: Incredible world-building, mostly solid gameplay, and the Hogwarts and Hogsmeade locations are very well-realized, but other locations are less interesting, and the gameplay isn’t different enough from other open world action-adventures, so I just quit playing after about 15 hours.</li>
<li>Pentiment: Pretty interesting design-wise, but I stopped playing after the first act because it was too slow, too dialogue-heavy for my tastes, and it’s not really the whodunit mystery it first appears to be.</li>
<li>Metroid Dread: I had a pretty good time with this one until I made it about 75% of the way in and got stuck on a boss I couldn’t beat. The world design cleverly helps you not get as lost as in other Metroid games without making it obvious it’s doing so, though in retrospect I wish it had done less of that.</li>
<li>Slay the Spire: Deck-building games have never interested me, but I found this one addicting right away. Very <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terD4Bk3L_8">well-designed</a> and well-balanced.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>[none]</li>
</ul>
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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: I Like to Sleep: Sleeping Beauty (2022) Quadratum [Unlucky Morpheus]: “The Dance of Eternity” (2021) Mason Bates: Piano Concerto (2022) Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked: Ensemble 4’33”: Hearts of 4’33” (1998), Taxidermy (1999), Happiness, Fame, and Fortune (2002) Jim Guthrie: “The Prettiest Weed” (2011) Tobias Jesso […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>I Like to Sleep: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/37AB7dlZburbkSlz0iF63U?si=df97fccac8fc4bd1">Sleeping Beauty</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Quadratum [Unlucky Morpheus]: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clB3yOKaayE">The Dance of Eternity</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Mason Bates: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lex6nhW3etA">Piano Concerto</a> (2022)</li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:
<ul>
<li>Ensemble 4’33”: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4ywp7TP9fu10yfrPjzyOTg?si=f725457d6fd74c39">Hearts of 4’33”</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2mm3TcmKnQijZFpAGfXHIz?si=bec9a9bcf269424c">Taxidermy</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6GKS8i3X6gf5wj1msWsO6t?si=799a5c1b0ddf4c5e">Happiness, Fame, and Fortune</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Jim Guthrie: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/73bF6qWit0kaQplDadHiSv?si=242b0cedcecc46fc">The Prettiest Weed</a>” (2011)</li>
<li>Tobias Jesso Jr.: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/04erU78C1GiMbHCM3YqGHt?si=7cb20853d02d4af1">Hollywood</a>” (2013)</li>
<li>Kettel & Secede: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0V2dIHz0fFir1FOl04H4sE?si=47484e15c6a94ab7">Fullmoon</a>” (2012)</li>
<li>Labrinth: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4G92yYrUs0cvY7G41YRI0z?si=5bc249cda34d432f">Jealous</a>” (2014)</li>
<li>Miracles of Modern Science: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/17PJHJOtbPXgwpOkrJNSuc?si=ea786329930c455f">Secret Track</a>” (2011)</li>
<li>Simeon ten Holt: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5eamioEvf7MTRP2DM2n9wV?si=VnBkqohxSBi8kzC_OaRhjA">Canto Ostinato</a> (comp. 1976, rel. 1988)</li>
<li>Dafnis Prieto: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7tuS3iF9R8MixsVJy2aR2n?si=8e24940ba38148d1">Taking the Soul for a Walk</a> (2008)</li>
<li>Donny McCaslin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/60GZJyntKspBvsw7J9TTki?si=63b88d4a49b74396">Casting for Gravity</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Arve Henriksen: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/59PWU1lPbMDP5JYjDKZ3dF?si=4e150cd424ea4644">Glacier Descent</a>” (2007)</li>
<li>Kneebody: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1fO7Y5zH6z83Y0fG45LbXN?si=EVcKlDpyRFqpsMCtYR_Vvg">Kneebody</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1TTuP6MmDEfFjzkmxBKuiy?si=aa6a5b5a8e9d4888">Low Electrical Worker</a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3GrtramPrSi3f5dwxZOKc7?si=S1nv93l5RPilWHxhogG_Ig">Anti-Hero</a> (2017)</li>
<li>Partikel: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4tZsqJrWiPcXyuH8OGeMCH?si=4cdf9b2a514f47b0">String Theory</a> (2015)</li>
<li>Elephant9: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5rfU8uA34y05sS00qCcGlD?si=CjYln68VQEWznNt-tn9hlQ">Silver Mountain</a> (2015)</li>
<li>Mason Bates: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ILV04iKg2zzi10vB6nYjw?si=9c120fb0e279432b">Mothership</a> [album] (2015), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/298BMgVDvRW231woqrmLm1?si=CfV2fHQhRCetn317pJ_4Xw">Works for Orchestra</a> (2016)</li>
<li>Anna Meredith: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1qVKTHX3HLFIi9PkTldCus?si=0VXb-tiaSfC6Q_6tWDS-Yg">Varmints</a> (2016)</li>
<li>The Moonlandingz: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Gf3U9YgRm4tKR8Bx9CaIu?si=024dfcf0f2b54a49">Interplanetary Class Classics</a> (2017)</li>
<li>Daniel Herskedal & Marius Neset: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ZHg7cvctlA4XUYG70WnuI?si=fWSSZFOXR_OZkr8StSi6HA">Neck of the Woods</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Fly: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0zqWhZvjNuMPbpUc27WKMS?si=RnmQmalDRNquXe4Icau66w">Fly</a> (2009)</li>
<li>Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6tMNLs17rtc5inJW0XrVXZ?si=9i5EVmXARMC3zV--n1IKGQ">Moving Still</a> (2016)</li>
<li>Angles 9: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/51xIyzrFmlI7yC6dB1aQml?si=e430cfea8e62494c">Injuries</a> (2014)</li>
<li>The Kandinsky Effect: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Zd7ngCFcvLOkCLjTwWKxJ?si=43lZtKXBSkeoIDKU8Knb6g">Pax 6</a> (2017)</li>
<li>Rubblebucket: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/59ghXuWp5F2eqDovUHS0yB?si=ce417e28969c4234">Survival Sounds</a> (2014)</li>
<li>Hammock: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/46Ky1123o1MoI4tTCeIEdp?si=72d8842244dc430f">Mysterium</a> (2017)</li>
<li>Vitor Araújo: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7bMAK5GAYrXC90u3QZmtm8?si=704e166f694840f3">Levaguiã terê</a> (2016)</li>
<li>Sunwatchers: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0FRdyLSAdo6xXlkJtUsk3W?si=zAhJ72pVQmqJxpGoXf5YKg">II</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Ex Orkeest: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ex-orkest/een-rondje-holland/">Een rondje Holland</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Schnellertollermeier: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/schnellertollermeier/rights/">Rights</a>” (2017)</li>
<li>Setna: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0bqRz3iu5LHt2Unmnv8Fzl?si=zVfgC5nORe2qG4lAo6r0Bw">Guerison</a> (2013)</li>
<li>Inomata, Takeshi: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/takeshi-inomata-group/jazz-rock-in-stravinsky/">Jazz Rock in Stravinsky</a> (1970)</li>
<li>Eiliff: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eiliff/eiliff/">Eiliff</a> (1971)</li>
<li>Sameer Gupta: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sameer-gupta/a-circle-has-no-beginning/">A Circle Has No Beginning</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Swollen Monkeys: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/swollen_monkeys/after_birth_of_the_cool/">After the Birth of the Cool</a> (1981)</li>
<li>Sharon van Etten: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1Qpyt7U1yu4tfuJc4LKuzF?si=997f154edbd347da">Comeback Kid</a>” (2019)</li>
<li>Buke & Gase: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3s5dcB9AV4Rsp7bDRwuBdm?si=0z2WlAHpTUOB9mRLwJ7oVw">Riposte</a> (2010)</li>
<li>Theon Cross: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5ARRU7a8vxShTK3casRufg?si=TpjYeiK1SV-DDAUJZCSpgg">Fyah</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Alaskalaska: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/42ahY99K11LPVVe8fTXOus?si=m_r0GpgYTKm1lyo4B3HN1A">The Dots</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Joel Ross: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4XZmtRKGaFmcJHak5xii6m?si=19af7aed22b74264">KingMaker</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Echo Collective: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6ny0Z5uEQtUdNYPmvHCNAI?si=20e783a84e6c4c2b">Plays Amnesiac</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Mesadorm: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/79yCmGjxfXfbIrPXVEwTjx?si=950a6caa66b347de">Heterogaster</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Bad Luck: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6mkm6Sos4oFQNiSwhRxE1E?si=d06dfe221dbf47a8">Four</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Brandt Brauer Frick: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3RmflytOHq5tq3lA8hALtO?si=c5ff6e8e93bb4aad">Miami</a> (2013)</li>
<li>The Dance: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/the_dance/dance_for_your_dinner/">Dance for Your Dinner</a> (1980)</li>
<li>Les McCann: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/45u29423ZIoUm9B2C2ntKD?si=QRC6U4HIRUubvZidKFTWfA">Invitation to Openness</a> (1971)</li>
<li>Buddy Terry: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/54Va0PWKxWwGUoUzlOvXPD?si=nB6li1J-Q1eaPto9mqXytg">Pure Dynamite</a> (1972)</li>
<li>Allison Miller: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5H6mBKHcBmL9Wy5SVGh0hv?si=6c37f5ef92e34bff">Glitter Wolf</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Fieldwork: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4oMGxqdqDHe1ATgtVFNYPe?si=161bfe83a35e495f">Simulated Progress</a> (2005)</li>
<li>Emmanuel Booz: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0EJ3Mo7eQoeJisPswf6tmE?si=3anD2csQRWe9hBEJK6iGOg">Dans quel etat j’erre</a> (1979)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Dong-hyuk, Squid Game, season 1 (2021)</li>
<li>Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness (2022)</li>
<li>Various, Veep, season 1 (2012)</li>
<li>Various, Maid (2021)</li>
<li>Various, Bad Sisters, season 1 (2022)</li>
<li>Various, Veep, seasons 2-7 (2013-2019) ★</li>
<li>Duplass & Cohen, Somebody Somewhere, season 1 (2022)</li>
<li>McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) ★</li>
<li>Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)</li>
<li>Dominik, Blonde (2022)</li>
<li>Aronofsky, The Whale (2022) ★</li>
<li>Glover & Murai, Atlanta, seasons 3-4 (2022)</li>
<li>Various, Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)</li>
<li>Various, The Last of Us (2023) ★</li>
<li>Iannucci, The Thick of It, seasons 1-3 (2005-2009)</li>
<li>Various, The Plot Against America (2020)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
From now on I’ll just list all games I bothered to finish:
<ul>
<li>Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. A huge game, with several systems improved relative to previous entries. Quests and gameplay get too similar after a while. As always, the parkour system leads to janky movement fairly often. The world is less interesting and memorable than that of e.g. Elden Ring or BotW. I like that you can climb almost any surface like in BotW, but unfortunately there’s no quick safe way down from great heights.</li>
<li>Outer Wilds. A unique game that deserves its accolades. For some players, its first half may be among their best videogame experiences. I liked much of it, but for me the unforgiving checkpointing system led to too much tedious repetition, needing to replay the same 10 minutes of actions again and again because I missed a single jump. More hardcore gamers will be fine with this but these days I just like to experience all a game has to offer roughly as quickly as I can. Because of the checkpointing I didn’t technically finish Outer Wilds but I came close.</li>
<li>Hades. I’ve never liked roguelikes because the auto-generated levels aren’t interesting enough and permadeath is so unforgiving, but the gameplay mechanics and progression system in this case were addicting enough that I kept at it until I completed my first run past the final boss. For the first time I’m interested to try other roguelikes, so that’s a win for Hades.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reeves, Of Boys and Men.
<ul>
<li>Commits the usual sins of social science / policy books such as presenting correlational evidence as causal and so on, but my guess is that Reeves is at least very roughly on the right track, and I’m happy to see the case made in a relatively balanced, nuanced, and compassionate way rather than by the usual raging misogynists.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Siddhartha Kohsla: “Only Murders in the Building Main Theme” (2021) Low & Spring Heel Jack: Bombscare (2000) The Comet is Coming: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (2022) Mazie: The Rainbow Cassette (2021) The Grassy Knoll: III (1998) P’taah: “Perfumed Silence” (2011) Mulatu Astatke: Inspiration Information (2009) Yussef Kamaal: “Strings […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>Siddhartha Kohsla: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/253tU7JUIy3P4zfas4BCdu?si=0d6fb33a308f43c1">Only Murders in the Building Main Theme</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Low & Spring Heel Jack: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/low-spring-heel-jack/bombscare/">Bombscare</a> (2000)</li>
<li>The Comet is Coming: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1XPsJnIVMjOt04rczMWVO4?si=2ldIISl0SGKEqgYigAiZjg">Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Mazie: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7uzmNefPoRgc5Pi9DS00CC?si=0xZJmkJfSeySpsd6R2YCIg">The Rainbow Cassette</a> (2021)</li>
<li>The Grassy Knoll: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5XK4lvckg10ztNT0P953Qe?si=qH0FmVDjRQWfbfSbOJkqrA">III</a> (1998)</li>
<li>P’taah: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4yGUpKhcLn4tdJSThO8Iay?si=f096e789327c4e6b">Perfumed Silence</a>” (2011)</li>
<li>Mulatu Astatke: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2hb6aPSmJLdS99oFOp34EP?si=SIiw0ruwQKSLlQrni_LeXw">Inspiration Information</a> (2009)</li>
<li>Yussef Kamaal: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5yPowIqdVPFaBvBmhoLE0Y?si=3135513cd8c74801">Strings of Light</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Shibusashirazu: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E6%B8%8B%E3%81%95%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%82%BA/%E6%B8%8B%E6%98%9F-shibuboshi/">Shibuboshi</a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/50xWD1BL7QiFlbD0VGNyCf?si=5AwqlLWlTnq4YcMHwbeyGQ">Shibuki</a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6H4BXFSrQI73Wys3JpJTrL?si=fVboF89jQ-6uGpm-ENLoAw">Shibu-yotabi</a> (2010)</li>
<li>Salaryman: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ehIxS63DA7qVYYhTqyjnh?si=ILgoZ8XUQWuFpwFfwyUT3g">Karoshi</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1C1pcCcDWa9cv91DMVyneA?si=iDu8yRmYQsqPyvA1z0IxPg">The Electric Forest</a> (2006)</li>
<li>Turing Machine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6m0qlMbZpvOL2H1rNdYJNI?si=FE-PMBL3TU6O6dsI51RNkg">Zwei</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Government: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1xHyFiIQYt6ZS7aIpf2Oge?si=bb36faa451a246c3">Masses Bald as Love</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Alex Weston: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ocjH3ZUabKxJFpM6q12k9?si=q9wB1I8zSoWxocZ7BA4BoQ">The Novice</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Ikarus: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3vOPSftRLXplpKLaRvWBKf?si=8a2a64d97809477d">Plasma</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Alexander Noice: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4xugnefrx3d9UEFE4MO8rk?si=ec05eb32bdfd4553">Noice</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Meute: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5IreAuleKYz7GuRjc1QHGM?si=2f1f0efdc552406d">Taumel</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Cristobal Tapia de Veer & Kim Neundorf: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/68BVCSKG3lJ5JXKc5K54zZ?si=x8M9EADXQoSic_EyG3IYQQ">White Lotus Season 2</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Ensemble 4’33”: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/alexei-aigui-and-ensemble-433/sergey-kuryokhin-the-spirit-lives/">Sergey Kuryokhin: The Spirit Lives</a> (2016)</li>
<li>Serge Gainsbourg: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhs5cWN79Ow">Bonnie and Clyde (Akse Remix)</a>” (2012)</li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:
<ul>
<li>Spring Heel Jack: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/spring_heel_jack/there_are_strings/">There Are Strings</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3pjvEfJoSZu9V2ZEe4eK1J?si=Bp24s02jRNmdNentC_PXDQ">68 Million Shades…</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5jBbt5s5kBVLeaxnGpH2vI?si=qnnpGojkTLqUWKKQD7V9SQ">Busy Curious Thirsty</a> (1997), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/spring_heel_jack/treader/">Treader</a> (1999), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/spring-heel-jack/disappeared/">Disappeared</a> (2000), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3MBoOkfWqn9uMCV56HycMc?si=6b37947c9a10426f">Chorale</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3PLRSpDcCDzhkAFCm7dKEz?si=eb50f09336aa458e">Chiaroscuro</a>” (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0ZT1OGZvIhzSI2fBc87996?si=jkSYgQD8RAKTLZozvqrrPQ">Amassed</a> (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6hHt0oNDNiXJXGjbWXi5r0?si=5f372a4fb80a42da">Lata</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4o0Pd5H6Kcpc9TYeATlh6V?si=bb0ff7a4dc36442f">Autumn</a>” (2004)</li>
<li>Squarepusher: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1CPBXIsx6Km7ZvDmvM0gYS?si=dG1ouwYLR_-0hPuygeHVOQ">Hard Normal Daddy</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Cujo: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ivNH4XtxJxqnXc0fob675?si=Rp0S-RKHSrCcQzMG_KwX3w">Adventures in Foam</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Amon Tobin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0DFvcq1cdpIdQxavKkEVCH?si=RlvtQQKwSp2hMYDaq1eOaw">Bricolage</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7jxs0XY2yJS36PZCjUv4Hp?si=3xG-SIHDRbq--rLzzisxGA">Permutation</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/54zaC0AviuCfkDwHsUJIra?si=7ge2O-oNSG6PjpU9szYdYQ">Supermodified</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/27ftYHLeunzcSzb33Wk1hf?si=QhUe9Yy5RHidRtunwRJSvQ">Out from Out Where</a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6o7OzvIJJMkhgB1QtEB1fj?si=dFXSW4SoQDCBdC4hOfELWQ">Foley Room</a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6JiPQzrQs9VTk0cRW9kyS2?si=iSzVBtjyQKioT4o5cA6cAQ">ISAM</a> (2011)</li>
<li>Andrea Parker: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/andrea-parker/kiss-my-arp-1/">Kiss My Arp</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Icarus: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5h3jvlJuvplfUIHetYv31a?si=576947bcab3346a8">Three False Starts</a>” (2004)</li>
<li>Venetian Snares: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3BUZIDQHVZbn2ZNgdCqh1H?si=fc4b636cc189496f">Moonglow</a>” (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZfRZFsE3rZOOad7zv8fCt?si=kWjJyOOOT_yqxjvXXL1xeA">Rossz csillag alatt született</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4eib3O4q31ptlarnF8Phlm?si=7KHRQudKSxavg69fBFRyqg">My Downfall</a> (2007)</li>
<li>The Dylan Group: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0New0HgfT50KAm4tdubvIw?si=8wRvgV09RraoZNlCivMT8A">More Adventures in Lying Down</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/425AEG8kIHxf1a0TD0MEVt?si=9XP822xIT9-CAlpebWJI5g">Ur-Klang Search</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Mice Parade: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5YAhCIF3IRRWQmDGztwVRJ?si=fPaYOZiZSXGUiVOkcfL4BA">The True Meaning of Boodleybaye</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6GqaFKbQkyDtBvcCjHq2g1?si=5b3AD2FLTAW8ankxBPJJQg">Ramda</a> (1999)</li>
<li>DJ Spooky: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3tBSGtNOlCZD8x4IpsVncB?si=zUBCNAKGS1aUgeC2IZ38VQ">Optometry</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Ben Neill: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6vA75WrA6mZ4rBH7v9gEVz?si=6e_1Vr1lQHqT1W5gookE1g">Triptycal</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Jhno: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5VxXntKj1LaBBH3iJ0B653?si=3IBNm365Q1auvbl_NGbzEg">Understand</a> (1995)</li>
<li>Red Snapper: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2MtDzggjJ3iLZjJyw6HIs4?si=O33EaNboTI6fr_8CJh3lGA">Reeled and Skinned</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZaedkRcNzuoavBWJXF2ha?si=5pRcH1HoRXKKudDfW-uPGw">Prince Blimey</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/43T9blwnSifY6kro3uZUFe?si=WoSUrbn0QdeLvLtH4Z2cvw">Making Bones</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Goldfrapp: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6cJfHiiiH0fH6Ly5uRE902?si=B3iKLThoQ2iouDvUYt0VEg">Felt Mountain</a> (2000), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5kNbpvJ5b6R9Zqfm6c9sIX?si=95a60913c4da450a">Strict Machine</a>” (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6oLb4m0HlijuaxtQIbvAhp?si=7826c2ac3af24f62">Ooh La La</a>” (2005)</li>
<li>The Grassy Knoll: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/26ZB3qZMy016lTxKTSG9VO?si=SqZrg-U7Q9C8sZFMhrCevA">The Grassy Knoll</a> (1994)</li>
<li>P’taah: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2PGLcZqY58lAob4OtzUfRy?si=bCibnFPqQ3Ch0g_g7tI8-A">Compressed Light</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Leila: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0sKE3aoWy0Ly8vrmIc7LWN?si=RrrNFikMSxaY4-giMucpPw">Blood, Looms & Blooms</a> (2008)</li>
<li>The Cinematic Orchestra: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7juArEEjY6Eu9uPI6SvCER?si=2NnVAnuYR2GkfN4aXgt1eQ">Motion</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1EUXHvyflL27HwOTQgaVuh?si=0fMFGE78S5WidMgrPsTcaw">Every Day</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Talvin Singh: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3BX2BQbQhcjoEP79UsQOAK?si=ql3lUCnWQem5qlsvg7we8w">OK</a> (1998)</li>
<li>David Holmes: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Xwtd4Qa6xS4EhDU5BzBVD?si=f7DllyXcT2q5Tb1my5QgCw">Bow Down to the Exit Sign</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Bernhard Fleischmann: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6TADsRvehijZ9gNMMbGSAp?si=LjSCsEr3RXGF5t1VoX2PMQ">Welcome Tourist</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Rachel’s: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3lUKLpXYBa1NnYsEj84tsb?si=4hsL699qQdqjaGB_n83S3w">Handwriting</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0yvTvMAIZQBWEPJlL8SkVs?si=nymnnG_cQsWTS7vLwcfUyQ">Selenography</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Euphone: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1C9Eqi2MZas97vc3v1gPU4?si=Go5y6rw_QViJVPoFIZvjHw">The Calendar of Unlucky Days</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Frontier: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6WY1LeUcg951S7DoYEMGLH?si=B06TwGqhQ9W9u_LPzkxEVg">Heater</a> (1997)</li>
<li>L’altra: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6lTAG925m396mYSilBQd8u?si=46dfface171a47b4">String Theory</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Bablicon: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/71ztkTMJ2gTMWX0jRWFxnl?si=gG1lz2JtTaS3UebXRlPJDQ">The Orange Tapered Moon</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Trans Am: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7xUTO7fDDemypXX0VwfV85?si=hOzQiSKORdePqED7WbDT2Q">Trans Am</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Deerhoof: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2xod3of1zwLfS0Z6zDhUF4?si=9FVF2BQOQsCVO3nKROdy5g">Reveille</a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2vZtW3VjB0Axenb2QGF8Ms?si=BwrwrqaqQeCsAHO1mtIEAQ">Apple O’</a> (2003)</li>
<li>5ive Style: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Phr86iVwiJsMVW4QuH2f9?si=42g4dd1RRHuAHRseNl2-dQ">5ive Style</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4coi6PgfQuVJro3kzudk5J?si=Dn7X-RgkSWKeDBcW5h9VdA">Miniature Portraits</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Salaryman: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3iv227edlYPek3gO0jIP32?si=y9ohRxuRQyyzkN85OL1ISA">Salaryman</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Turing Machine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5xyoBPlL5ZxnbMYjqOwQFE?si=fo7C2FioQUmovsfdfzOu6w">A New Machine for Living</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Scenic: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2qe5NXjWznDYXRM4fCx2nA?si=fvInQD-AQnWm7SHWPQjszA">The Acid Gospel Experience</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Tarentel: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6ojGhQmZkN4IPp6tGzELBv?si=Mkls6-lgQOqtlu68JgzoKQ">From Bone to Satellite</a> (1999)</li>
<li>M’lumbo: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mlumbo-vs-kobalt-6/spinning-tourists-in-a-city-of-ghosts/">Spinning Tourists in a City of Ghosts</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Bran Van 3000: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5YMokuqZmSpvwlnbBhUaAp?si=fUHDUUrjSwiCvRllBJePZQ">Glee</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Solex: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0i7vdVLPGW3GedvYk2n3eu?si=q8_lUTUdS_-FjIjm_mn8sA">Solex vs. the Hitmeister</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0NRYFALpR6PAudjt52SqfQ?si=K2xGdG30QYal6cOjpUZL9Q">Pick Up</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6WphBhUkTLUgCnbPDRQCBm?si=dnrSW8pvTi2Z2bp99Z-ctQ">Low Kick and Hard Bop</a> (2001), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/solex/the-laughing-stock-of-indie-rock/">The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock</a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2ciHHcjt5nnMXLcM0fZkJf?si=gp6PTDtyQrOIfPv-exL92Q">In the Fishtank 13</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1g1xLpaGwlPewFyv424qUq?si=dQVv4aqPQzu8GkVelGzE3A">Amsterdam Throwdown, King Street Showdown!</a> (2010)</li>
<li>The Avalanches: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0YtYaaO0aipyeQl0xhAWTO?si=A24XaVdSTVu3O_xDRoVW0g">Since I Left You</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0j0djiGxLnBiW7meVc2PER?si=jVWmqUQtR7C4pza3YIHBYQ">Wildflower</a> (2016)</li>
<li>The Notwist: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1vyWWkMqeM9rP5x3c5gwVY?si=2kxeFBp6T5mVcIXeLIxIpg">Shrink</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/56Ez1wZMgHE5dIjyBFdZF4?si=4EOt1WqTTquVX_O25iNqgA">Neon Golden</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Tied & Tickled Trio: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/19j1NJwGKawZ5itdYazwZA?si=SawbswNgStCrrU7rOxk3XA">Tied + Tickled Trio</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7i0C9gISgoyJbsejo2RRna?si=9tfA7RxqSGuzhNssiCS49A">EA1 EA2</a> (2000), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tied-and-tickled-trio/electric-avenue-tapes/">Electric Avenue Tapes</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2vNH35NUZQFpGwbvmTvkVa?si=XOfwOPd8RH29BdTziQKbZw">Observing Systems</a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6KCZvFjvxzhcrUpXleHDIx?si=450f3a45ce6342cf">Aelita</a> (2007)</li>
<li>Kreidler: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4I9w3F2vFJJCyG9xMs48Rv?si=820a13bb56834840">Eve Future</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Lali Puna: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4njCkEDzldDrg21ic9OBVy?si=pfK2wBJbQgqKUSZZWP9Xeg">Tridecoder</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Mogwai: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5rVFrWKhJNe1iuGK0BPgTC?si=9afdaeec163043fd">Mogwai Fear Satan</a>” (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1k2uLH7mwB72zbepvM8rR4?si=OakmuQS4SP23SkLZEvg0Jw">Happy Songs for Happy People</a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4LjNbxlMmWNn5Yky9bfxRm?si=rbaWq-dMQcqxOFZtlsPSFg">As the Love Continues</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Ganger: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2JrbKoGsyQ0hTA0pOfBdOu?si=dRE3yyvjQCSUeUf5YJ7TRg">Hammock Style</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Fridge: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0MupD1x41qZ3V6D7PdXAaC?si=BMJiWbUuQGSnVIxoIWJtZQ">Eph</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/33DqemTSdXEpKGGJf8PoOo?si=OBWo_LsYTxuC9ovhhf186Q">Happiness</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Four Tet: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7lTiHIUQVKqvn2T34dd6MM?si=YQfszzDTR86k75WC_xqlSA">Thirtysixtwentyfive</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4ABxNWPmDvO2NLKsHK7qBo?si=pUNw7Zt3Q76Bz2eNByw5Tw">Dialogue</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5JgSf8r0GWeiK2hFNUHZDj?si=c2c97c23e5904cc6">Pause</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1ehwJGN59cUxk9LuHRHJdv?si=fadaa939306b41ff">Rounds</a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2BKXRpAaq7jZStXo6A10qK?si=05c554c6d8ac4427">Everything Ecstatic</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1HSe7aUzdxkRSZy7gucJpr?si=VYzsvvWVQBKteAPy68F9xA">There Is Love In You</a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/74r6JJ97ipO0CREXP9PMqZ?si=a3192b22ffe445d5">New Energy</a> (2017)</li>
<li>I am Spoonbender: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/i-am-spoonbender/sender_receiver/">Sender/Receiver</a> (1999), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/i_am_spoonbender/teletwin/">Teletwin</a> (2000), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/i-am-spoonbender/shown-actual-size/">Shown Actual Size</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Animal Collective: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/21LZ1OSKbxSU5I7QBUalW8?si=90f43ad726594a80">Feels</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4TyyZazCkju7vwioaV1KyE?si=KvGDkOxpQ5mI89w1kLXbbQ">Strawberry Jam</a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5O9OXl9zAWMJTzawofxuan?si=f545e546991341a8">Merriweather Post Pavilion</a> (2009)</li>
<li>Panda Bear: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/64TDaAbxgO0TmKZrIavdLg?si=fce8612eec9a4fd6">Person Pitch</a> (2007)</li>
<li>Skeleton Key: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/skeleton-key/fantastic-spikes-through-balloon-1/">Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Blonde Redhead: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0u9fVVMsSJ4JwXl2q6BzMK?si=cc2b327cc2c14f4c">In an Expression of the Inexpressible</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6wRDKCpKw3ap6dhkpdXNIN?si=b33cd03fd48e450b">Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Firewater: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ozq0HqaodK8ZxIil2JBg6?si=f297d98006444361">Get Off the Cross…</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5JaznPEk1u5hWOvdW7t3Do?si=7a0f158d864f4a8e">The Ponzi Scheme</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2j5pjiFYJr3LWb3rgSaGnS?si=f7cc223aad0548c8">The Man on the Burning Tightrope</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Calexico: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5RgWC3sDwTBQcIVj9GgBOb?si=4b018ac648a34634">The Black Light</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1ltLY5z3Ph1k4ugeKtZXDz?si=ab2df84c385e424b">Hot Rail</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2bidJTctAtNzC9WLdYnpS2?si=7ae00b357688444c">Feast of Wire</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Godspeed You! Black Emperor: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7sh2Z8jj1iySpHRAnGd9w5?si=5496fe90606d4578">F♯A♯∞</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2tA6VFMIQuSF3KpXsrulw9?si=33ace740f5224fb8">Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2rT82YYlV9UoxBYLIezkRq?si=8f015e070e234176">Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0XKw8i6Hlz6oV9moQcjjR5?si=f2e15c7822b24933">Yanqui U.X.O.</a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1OhcoQdeYqt68I22NWEdF0?si=8b348d37716b428d">Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!</a> (2012), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5PafRMGGWCTcsrnutA2ZIX?si=9ed6f5317b364ae3">Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress</a> (2015), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6NeicP84ZRNL2yMlWS6XzH?si=b7ee3472c88248d1">Luciferian Towers</a> (2017), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6gZsJeN8MdITXZMVDXrMk0?si=9e361dff0ed446ea">G_d’s Pee at State’s End!</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Silver Mt. Zion: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/298tKa2DPLT9GNmY8vsvLj?si=720106be0980467b">He Has Left Us Alone…</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Do Make Say Think: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4wdTsdXzJJddL3FwHmJHDy?si=ad8021b48b074b5b">Do Make Say Think</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/47JFhOvr0AZIZLpy7BTYWa?si=c0e0e191229743b1">Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2AuDp37UITj9t7WYJyeVXS?si=b66589fd3ce84fbf">& Yet & Yet</a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1Q692shc3b7SNtQ2ki3ZXV?si=5771405c296d4f0e">Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn</a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5PBYfoTi3muiDV63BWTBi7?si=7c2209de0da24703">You, You’re a History in Rust</a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7ikKyRxvduS0b3EPBxaRHA?si=57e36af7a31d48e1">Other Truths</a> (2009)</li>
<li>Circle: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/circle/andexelt/">Andexelt</a> (1999), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/circle/prospekt/">Prospekt</a> (2002), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/circle/pharaoh-overlord/">Pharaoh Overlord</a> (2015)</li>
<li>Cerberus Shoal: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/09XlXpT9g7qziByRBCSgwr?si=02ce07b6ae1b43df">Homb</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Malcolm Braff & Stephane Galland: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0h--StHDs">Afro Blue</a>” (2015)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Bravo, Zola (2020)</li>
<li>Various, Primal, season 1 (2020)</li>
<li>Various, House of the Dragon, season 1 (2022)</li>
<li>Baker, Red Rocket (2021)</li>
<li>Kwan & Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) ★</li>
<li>Cregger, Barbarian (2022)</li>
<li>Levinson, Euphoria, season 2 (2022)</li>
<li>Various, The White Lotus, season 2 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Various, Reservation Dogs, season 2 (2022)</li>
<li>Johnson, Glass Onion (2022) ★</li>
<li>del Toro, Pinocchio (2022)</li>
<li>Various, The Bear, season 1 (2022)</li>
<li>Seabright & Boyle, Chloe (2022)</li>
<li>Lovering, Slow Horses, season 2 (2022)</li>
<li>Cameron, Avatar 2: The Way of the Water (2022) ★</li>
<li>Valdez & Jones, Prehistoric Planet (2022)</li>
<li>Various, Rick and Morty, season 6 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Shephard, Not Okay (2022)</li>
<li>Field, Tár (2022) ★</li>
<li>Kosinski, Top Gun: Maverick (2022) ★</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
From now on I’ll just list all games I bothered to finish:
<ul>
<li>★ Tunic. Shockingly good and fully-realized isometric Soulslike from a previously unknown developer.</li>
<li>Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. A unique and sometimes thrilling experience, but also short, linear, and with a limited world and limited gameplay mechanics.</li>
<li>Stray: It’s fun to play as a non-anthropomorphic cat! Good world-building. Movement mechanics were limited and somewhat arbitrary. Short. I’d like to see a more fleshed-out sequel.</li>
<li>A Plague Tale: Requiem. Mostly solid but fairly straightforward. Insane that Amicia keeps saving Hugo while he kills thousands of people. The rat horde game mechanics were fun but played a smaller role than I’d hoped.</li>
<li>The Forgotten City. Very well-constructed, with satisfying endings. Gameplay is a bit janky given its origins as a Skyrim mod, but whatever. Almost deserves a star. Avoid spoilers before you play!</li>
<li>Uncharted 4. Polished and fun, but also very linear. The writing is decent for a game, which of course by film standards is “just bad.” The jungle areas are lush and designed to be a constant “natural scenery superstimulus” like Avatar‘s Pandora.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>[none]</li>
</ul>
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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Anteloper: Pink Dolphins (2022) Labrinth: Euphoria (2019), “I’m Tired” and “Love Is Complicated” (2022) Sirom: The Liquified Throne of Simplicity (2022) Karrots: Karrots I (2020) Bitch ‘n’ Monk: We Are Peering Over (2016) Ran Cap Duoi: Dep Trai Chet Het (2018) Jon Mueller: Tongues (2016) Balungan: Kudu Bisa […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>Anteloper: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6HrDzClUaPjFarGvvAjFwR?si=mKmvIMfaTtG_1TxL20L-Ww">Pink Dolphins</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Labrinth: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/788r22Bhr3IHLTNPy8pZea?si=QhwBpLWTR4mIJkt3lJZKDw">Euphoria</a> (2019), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7aECBTWeMSjTfJgUl34Y1G?si=bb7d5668241141ab">I’m Tired</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5mbLTFP3GSGp1NH1ah2KG9?si=888b847eb6fa42ca">Love Is Complicated</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Sirom: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6knKdMQgpdJJEMMdMgsLJy?si=e0TPHXPOTLm9bfN0WNi9jg">The Liquified Throne of Simplicity</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Karrots: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7FwXzlwqWHt85pU19lCvWv?si=uFl_FFcCS_ON7u4OjykmCA">Karrots I</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Bitch ‘n’ Monk: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3VD4dt6Ud8bmu7J8iUxoUv?si=1FqfYAl0QkG0IuG4T8WkOg">We Are Peering Over</a> (2016)</li>
<li>Ran Cap Duoi: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ran-cap-duoi/dep-trai-chet-het/">Dep Trai Chet Het</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Jon Mueller: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jon-mueller/tongues/">Tongues</a> (2016)</li>
<li>Balungan: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/balungan/kudu-bisa-kudu/">Kudu Bisa Kudu</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Janel Leppin: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/janel-leppin/ensemble-volcanic-ash/">Ensemble Volcanic Ash</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Peruvian Sleep: “<a href="https://peruviansleep.bandcamp.com/album/reminders-are-everywhere">Shapeshifter</a>” (2015)</li>
<li>Broun Fellinis: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/broun_fellinis/real_moments/">Real Moments</a> (1995), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/broun-fellinis/out-through-the-n-door/">Out Through the N Door</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Mimika Orchestra: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3izkvUG05drquxnglSd7AJ?si=FAjS1jr7S8S1pDHZGh8b7g">Divinities of the Earth and the Waters</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Fun Da Mental: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5yDACalOlv1wppR5hkeMrs?si=m6LaXivWRfC-XNLA8sW_NQ">Erotic Terrorism</a> (1998)</li>
<li>DJ Krush: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3CwU0SFLys2d9BKbzX42cH?si=b65hPoFAT2yB9es-7EdRcw">Jaku</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Viagra Boys: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4QDHK085r08dWT1GvXmR6F?si=2qYC3ciyQlK2EdgZc15YZg">Street Worms</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Jihye Lee: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5TFgb6hlkVNcC0MQ8cmuuv?si=e3cUM0_kQcyPjkx88uhaBQ">Daring Mind</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Nik Bärtsch: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0E5Eav4abwpcMJfCYKUrxJ?si=yIOLbHJMTW6IA5RTJnPDLQ">Stoa</a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ug6PdCyazy2KmVVFrJsMw?si=fuEQjVOcT92kHMVWd5BF1w">Randori</a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2NHRJWTviyLJ6wV1vXQSHs?si=-0bl8a1PQoOYeGVq73dvpQ">Holon</a> (2008), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0OrDs5db6bABQvKs7JowoK?si=64430a0ed88c4e2f">Modul 29_14</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Oren Ambarchi & others: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0vvMzwwsZaxPG2Iy7C7tGU?si=ttpsrokpS5Gm0lW_nvDKaA">Ghosted</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Fleshquartet: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6822rbMyLkOXPWgIH6O9dd?si=4sGQput6RjWb_HlOoRbYDA">Love Go</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Jimsaku: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4QBriXs944ySx19wFyPhi6?si=2b61bdf93b9c4e47">Aztec</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Eivind Aarset: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2TU5Kf4APpht9UFU2javB1?si=Ft7-e_GMTJSb9NY3-bj4tg">Light Extracts</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Tim Hagans: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7K7pQLfQqrNLXij23TuZhe?si=5c7ba3b316ef434b">Animation/Imagination</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6ndVsnlVLngSuDG2qllgCM?si=ea4d93f4b77346ae">Hud Doyle</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Matthew Herbert: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2mbQRKVonyEn9kxlbcavJ2?si=9HK-eRpkQPWh6hz7XXtBFA">Goodbye Swingtime</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Payton MacDonald & others: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1R3WIrgsxjMYKzXn1oLWfk?si=cLAyzPoWSzqPZV9Um0JBOA">Void Patrol</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Benny Omerzell & others: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4mT0opGoMrYFRp7Txj0Arg?si=26e766e695464888">Omersall, Kong & Sievaerd</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Gd2GUwMMH6dHSDSwsFvnv?si=c4100ddaa8d04be3">Skagerrak</a>” (2017)</li>
<li>Cinema Cinema: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6BjYbGGMBFGAuR9aNohEVJ?si=wQFf7WsmTf6ivQOA6J7DrQ">Man Bites Dog</a> (2017)</li>
<li>Plaistow: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/plaistow/lacrimosa/">Lacrimosa</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Innercity Ensemble: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/innercity-ensemble/ii/">II</a> (2014), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4ppyUavNWdx2KJBIuqtI9G?si=pkiKfk0wQkGbBXOxe2UhQA">IV</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Meute: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1MdbDBwEEecnlLiyWChJFh?si=7bb1c6409bbd4839">You & Me</a>” (2018), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0JsdRVcOPmk5MqlifhWPQl?si=b204b3598f4d47cd">Peace</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Szun Waves: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0sdMSMI1qtlMYtlv2jUkX4?si=594626c5c8904f18">Exploding Upwards</a>” (2002)</li>
<li>Daniel Rossen: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2R74tj2OOtjri1Fi8C05B5?si=8B7SI_qbQBG-1zotgsg8zg">You Belong There</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Meute: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/46g1H8GodFQjKlnj6i6wvM?si=K-LPLz3-QsS4yXZLm554ZA">Tumult</a> (2017), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKFbnhcNnjE">You & Me</a>” (2018)</li>
<li>High Castle Teleorkestra: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3BEEKfVCfGncTwDgsuG0jy?si=aFb4puIPTJejPkNSg5HVXw">The Egg That Never Opened</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Trance Mission: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/578mkEctLnilSt97vLK3AL?si=kYoRxiXxRPaYgV1HIV93yg">Le Pendu</a> (2020)</li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:
<ul>
<li>Radiohead: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/70LcF31zb1H0PyJoS1Sx1r?si=432fb01b4d8c4f1e">Creep</a>” (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/35UJLpClj5EDrhpNIi4DFg?si=bZ3RrLdlSyWr3kfaNC5fsg">The Bends</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6dVIqQ8qmQ5GBnJ9shOYGE?si=Vg4KaYZ7Tc24pIu11UE64g">OK Computer</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6GjwtEZcfenmOf6l18N7T7?si=rYfVbP1MRn-YjASubiP3jQ">Kid A</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1HrMmB5useeZ0F5lHrMvl0?si=jpRMT9xDRlu5lm_TuFUkow">Amnesiac</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5mzoI3VH0ZWk1pLFR6RoYy?si=tKGYdfjdTm6hWH9rOEIYmA">Hail to the Thief</a> (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/02ppMPbg1OtEdHgoPqoqju?si=d29c9ef97c8d4324">Reckoner</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4T1iiabe7G0UjWQJCY6NE2?si=9ff7bb0cb60a454d">Videotape</a>” (2007), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1R5qCDSE1XEiSDMkA0LAhf?si=c10e21f9ab014b12">Little by Little</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2QeutlLcJf2V1cMUUsDFT1?si=db01af991d794871">Lotus Flower</a>” (2011), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3DpuYpzkvUWXbmzCm6pfzR?si=e67f43a882074e5b">Burn the Witch</a>” (2016)</li>
<li>Jonny Greenwood: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0h4YgfIKn5WZCaOUXbNG2g?si=wcclOI_5RMGA0zxoh3DHVw">Bodysong</a> (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7eKr8wUcpRXqQKUZXfwzPW?si=1e734c91ebd2400b">Arrival</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Jellyfish: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2xWIi4fDWJZT2Mw3ydTIO7?si=sM1fBzqTRfS9vrAZQMh-hQ">Spilt Milk</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Smash Mouth: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4TQeNHx85xcP9YRkvJC6K1?si=2517461f7f984c38">Walkin’ on the Sun</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Fountains of Wayne: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/32uXfxJERzv4RK1gMLXbOA?si=ad3c95344599494d">Sink to the Bottom</a>” (1996), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/27L8sESb3KR79asDUBu8nW?si=c6d137dc73134d6b">Stacy’s Mom</a>” (2003)</li>
<li>Morphine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6NuVZbtcscN4RpgZd5UzQy?si=_1GP0rDYR06j5mV4ZWNHpQ">Good</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0FocpOyE7RnaNsiaEhSbp6?si=McsSy2agQJGGQ0pOJLi_KQ">Cure for Pain</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4hjF5ylcCM1AeJ2F4SaQKL?si=cXZVS_FYSQeYwDExtYmJHg">Yes</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/241JX9iRn1PrCTaNXO2Hjg?si=t9NlMhisR-2TIkcFt-u7aA">The Night</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Barry Black: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6HkaaJ71JcUk9T3bjQTmAz?si=fd98dEnXTjGZk1RUCpIROA">Barry Black</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6HQfJdkx6QOUX1zVqKR1Nn?si=T-w7IK1FSIq0r2vp_0eo9Q">Tragic Animal Stories</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Twinemen: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/twinemen/twinemen/">Twinemen</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Superconductor: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Xmd2aiy5qRMAradp5Su8e?si=PAbV9KBtRyObT16aWMjiWg">Bastardsong</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Alice in Chains: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5LbHbwejgZXRZAgzVAjkhj?si=BA1kCx8xRTqOCgAH4MxDZw">Facelift</a> (1990), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/58NXIEYqmq5dQHg9nV9duM?si=nYTvkd4fTJeDRkE4gzsRxg">Dirt</a> (1992)</li>
<li>Foo Fighters: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5UWwZ5lm5PKu6eKsHAGxOk?si=9b33b7956f4647ae">Everlong</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4dVbhS6OiYvFikshyaQaCN?si=c8f12301ddc840d1">My Hero</a>” (1997), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7x8dCjCr0x6x2lXKujYD34?si=e17050a7493d45f3">The Pretender</a>” (2007)</li>
<li>Everclear: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1wMeGm4JGAQ5fr0iUVWkc5?si=88bb118ad5044c5b">Electra Made Me Blind</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/37EJtTS7jT5WUyXGZzrwnI?si=318205ccfac64709">Santa Monica</a>” (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7xk1Tl6UZ8OALZkFEagPsM?si=f0cj6WOtR4yAg2JybszfSA">So Much for the Afterglow</a> (1997), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0WHOPmOuQKuu05k4g3UTvk?si=c868612d4c264cbd">Wonderful</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/50xQqiyIbP4GmQMimK4VjF?si=c79d39e9f14d4aee">Rock Star</a>” (2000)</li>
<li>Stone Temple Pilots: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0CkspLl535ZxdwCRs8AdZ4?si=55bac25be3184e1f">Plush</a>” (1992), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6qLEOZvf5gI7kWE63JE7p3?si=fc5b5bb7a5844e6b">Interstate Love Song</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>Tool: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6yWMN087PgSimbcVmHLEwG?si=8v7tuPkhTYuD4grzjUu39Q">Ænima</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5l5m1hnH4punS1GQXgEi3T?si=tl4SrsOBQXuTxNYCrrHrKw">Lateralus</a> (2001)</li>
<li>The God Machine: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-god-machine/scenes-from-the-second-storey/">Seven</a>” and “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-god-machine/scenes-from-the-second-storey/">Purity</a>” (1993), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3tcoBcWRnp5TbUPtZ8Tmqk?si=fe256aea19904096">Evol</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>The Smashing Pumpkins: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/14gI3ml0wxlgVrX1ve8zyJ?si=yJpkCiGsR4u32zGflM5r1A">Gish</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0bQglEvsHphrS19FGODEGo?si=8Ll6HvEzSxOLSVDkRmVpKg">Siamese Dream</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/55RhFRyQFihIyGf61MgcfV?si=Hezg3yjPSjmAfQ7E7pT8OQ">Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness</a> (1995)</li>
<li>Hermann Szobel: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2VUcwcNH6YbFCPfntYcYdG?si=YekLMW51QxW1G1QN1YP1YQ">Szobel</a> (1976)</li>
<li>Toadies: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/56SkdBKyR2zOkjk6wVFI9s?si=ea7786cabce14daf">Possum Kingdom</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4ti5I6Wxmj8CNpAxVHKohx?si=c243a32d13c440b3">Tyler</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>Manic Street Preachers: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7I6Ugwp4twHiMh7U7Ie0q1?si=620622de6f5e4982">Motorcycle Emptiness</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Aceyalone: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6bubB1a5KVVVgX0ESpqCT1?si=d4e9b25119dd4403">The Hold</a>” (1998)</li>
<li>The Beatnigs: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2aPDRxQh8uddVKaw2EYks4?si=e12dd71432204600">Television</a>” (1988)</li>
<li>Dream Warriors: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0pUED0wtNUsSZvmSlJVDhl?si=2bcf7de214c14a00">My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style</a>” (1991)</li>
<li>A Tribe Called Quest: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1p12OAWwudgMqfMzjMvl2a?si=jdwfyjfdSGyDkQAqpHihEg">The Low End Theory</a> (1991)</li>
<li>Greg Osby: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4CSHeujvlqWo12AekqrV1J?si=sOQSGQ-8SWuiuMOcrud6YQ">3-D Lifestyles</a> (1993)</li>
<li>The Roots: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/01FOonRYntwISzaCSa7S7p?si=UYb685_ZSnWl4JhQu8Pxzg">Phrenology</a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6L0j61jDPGMliS3NrxVgiE?si=PMPSHKoyS12fTEt8uhVY1g">Game Theory</a> (2006)</li>
<li>Common: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4eD2SoySMPRl0SBv7rqk1X?si=Zl4UfWXJQQ6S6WOEqSylbA">Electric Circus</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Outkast: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0I3q5fE6wg7LIfHGngUTnV?si=fce048f3fecf46f2">Ms. Jackson</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3WibbMr6canxRJXhNtAvLU?si=d79664e1e5ee4fb0">B.O.B.</a>” (2000)</li>
<li>Fun Da Mental: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6H9EVFnOkYrh2ikbv7pQmK?si=NsOaO_KhQJ23MBEkvDw5oQ">Seize the Time</a> (1994)</li>
<li>DJ Shadow: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4wvqGLk1HThPA0b5lzRK2l?si=qmL-9vExR7epnjTQddq1lA">Endtroducing…</a> (1996)</li>
<li>DJ Krush: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/toshinori-kondo-dj-krush/%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6-ki-oku/">Ki-Oku</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Macy Gray: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5TAf4lnZCZTLlZHNZMLFLi?si=432aa7c8cd6a4d15">I Try</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Meshell Ndegeocello: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/60vezCsAYmbluZSUpImTrb?si=MgStKHR7TZGPylOMPOaHsg">Dance of the Infidel</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2AaWyePc8ZelBtReUpDZXw?si=3Fc7clKxTOiKQrAWvSjHLg">The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams</a> (2007)</li>
<li>Grant Lee Buffalo: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4NTiuX39Em6iIFijzmz8Cx?si=e98de757c9dc41f2">The Shining Hour</a>” (1993)</li>
<li>Cake: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0xMEF2WiqKWTIG7Krjungw?si=ZmeNeFSxRsqzbmXCisuxxA">The Distance</a>” (1996), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7aKWgpecgLEqisWcXPElDl?si=gtnQn3pRTqmj4bGgUoYSkw">Never There</a>” (1998), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3OOFEF20WqtsUPcRbPY3L7?si=ihBsjEzET4uKZad9nevlHQ">Short Skirt / Long Jacket</a>” (2001)</li>
<li>Weezer: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1xpGyKyV26uPstk1Elgp9Q?si=CKK-GwWMS3-4-eazMY54qg">Weezer [Blue Album]</a> (1994), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2mPMFJvQ0v27gVqe5b6nDn?si=ba26886a2c2a4b66">Hash Pipe</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2MLHyLy5z5l5YRp7momlgw?si=5c4d7ea65e9f4df8">Island in the Sun</a>” (2001)</li>
<li>The Wrens: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3ugjuhgsXE07mJteirZc1l?si=932d83f6d2524cfc">Faster Gun</a>” (2003)</li>
<li>Sublime: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2hnMS47jN0etwvFPzYk11f?si=48f914b02b1245a9">Santeria</a>” (1996)</li>
<li>No Doubt: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5lWRaa0fBxDE5yU91npPq7?si=11764bb22cb44479">Just a Girl</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Green Day: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4uG8q3GPuWHQlRbswMIRS6?si=HGwOHxIXQR-Aj0GXHRBe1Q">Dookie</a> (1994), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1nLnpLXvl68RZCSjfkyiaa?si=8fbf4fd516fc4dbe">Brain Stew</a>” (1995), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4qjfQnccStTR8zNsb6Mizo?si=974c8782020e421c">Minority</a>” (2000), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0MsrWnxQZxPAcov7c74sSo?si=94d2d376d8fb4732">Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams</a>” (2004), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/575urseJcD6iGioNWuQy3H?si=6cef5c173ef04585">Viva La Gloria!</a>” (2009)</li>
<li>Rocket from the Crypt: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/33dVqZHjmnOaRQ8y9ztcf8?si=WFnu0ngNTryXK4WK5GK3cw">Glazed</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>The Offspring: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5JJDu0Z5DKe7mR31MGksSg?si=b364a88bf14f4a1c">Come Out and Play</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1FkoVC85Ds3mFoK0fVqEqP?si=fc4c06ca98a24c52">Self Esteem</a>” (1994), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5BnFZLH99sYav2cxJFGO2n?si=2d18c22f1a8d4eaa">Gone Away</a>” (1997) “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4EchqUKQ3qAQuRNKmeIpnf?si=d825cbf1b5fa490e">The Kids Aren’t Alright</a>” (1998)</li>
<li>Rocket from the Crypt: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/33dVqZHjmnOaRQ8y9ztcf8?si=WFnu0ngNTryXK4WK5GK3cw">Glazed</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Bazooka: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3vWkxglJir6P30VObXyFqi?si=3nRfkrJ5QXu0HhdfDcZNIA">Perfectly Square</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/688aQUNB7fZ53rMXxiPwop?si=44dc5e45265b48a5">Blowhole</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Iceburn: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/63q1MSvmDf6Yf3zxGVzblw?si=57of5K8jStyW4qzVQCWycg">Poetry of Fire</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4E3Zb0PXtusTSBff6kEPNX?si=Q3MYtljZRHKVWZPphN_lxQ">Meditavolutions</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Live: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/48iWbsOaBUAGzMdoSmqyg1?si=19c9232e73474160">Lightning Crashes</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>Marilyn Manson: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3D0bXrSv7O73vOaGOG8J9c?si=8a655f3659aa4538">Sweet Dreams</a>” (1995), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2aIB1CdRRG7YLBu9hNw9nR?si=49021e32885b408e">The Beautiful People</a>” (1996)</li>
<li>Dream Theater: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5CPXR6lDTvngxtmMZxnWmC?si=hT-Kn7BsRMKuFLGONLafPw">Pull Me Under</a>” (1992), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6nRCTb5b0N5zp8WTeY6xFZ?si=MqWbD9XhQ6eeUaQCHUL7Lg">Metropolis Part I</a>” (1992), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3pE7aRwRVf1557k2ZNHk3d?si=0JbqRALjRhCEVVYZQJPuow">Erotomania</a>” (1994), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1qZGjqfS5QoZQ5BKAhAauT?si=Nq7S3MYESoeko-jpQ_rTHg">A Change of Seasons</a>” (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1QZi8laY96nhaeGSklvN4D?si=5XkiGhEHQXaVIgx2Um5DHw">Metropolis, Pt. 2</a> (1999), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4IuVWyD0fgFvX6V5CL0mHC?si=ZJhjznhkQjCmfPjamznFxA">The Glass Prison</a>” (2002), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5axwj3ekvw85989jjO8Ov8?si=6ElXTtkWQP-Jkp_1QPJCWg">Panic Attack</a>” (2005)</li>
<li>Type O Negative: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5zrFsgcNNQs6K3RqGCSqvl?si=5uNJO0pBRyScFPEAaxxmhw">Slow, Deep and Hard</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/127mCJhPsHAB33rOYybK04?si=GuI_Hjn8RSSLBDhGDWdKvA">Bloody Kisses</a> (1993), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4eGHEHqoDMMejzPhRFTc7p?si=a1af81d8bf7340ea">I Don’t Wanna Be Me</a>” (2003)</li>
<li>Cathedral: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Xr4WOBVKHVI8UhsgBJkzU?si=XaTJJnHuSuWqrPIPi1nMlA">The Garden</a>” (2006)</li>
<li>Earth: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7JjgvQWsLpIAvwgj2QtxAP?si=yrJq-xodSxqfTvSiPDVP4A">The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull</a> (2008)</li>
<li>Monster Magnet: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/09bkkXFpOVi3aPLvByyWD5?si=efb264a07a8b45b2">Space Lord</a>” (1998), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7rbQ7uq3ffnVnIZn2Kstp0?si=e420673a24e04c49">Unbroken (Hotel Baby)</a>” (2003)</li>
<li>Rage Against the Machine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4LaRYkT4oy47wEuQgkLBul?si=Gnh1VqGIQXy_GzkI1T893w">Rage Against the Machine</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/24E6rDvGDuYFjlGewp4ntF?si=x-cnt2TvTyu934pFxA7sVA">Evil Empire</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2eia0myWFgoHuttJytCxgX?si=9BEkpPziRpydh8HmUKhicw">The Battle of Los Angeles</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Shinjuku Thief: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/shinjuku-thief/bloody-tourist/">Bloody Tourist</a> (1992)</li>
<li>Lights in a Fat City: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/lights_in_a_fat_city/somewhere_f1/">Somewhere</a> (1988)</li>
<li>Trance Mission: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/trance_mission/trance_mission/">Trance Mission</a> (1993), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/trance_mission/meanwhile/">Meanwhile</a> (1995), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/trance_mission/head_light/">Head Light</a> (1996), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/trance_mission/a_day_out_of_time/">A Day Out of Time</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Mo Boma: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2DxIJEcvS0oUAzeZU40Pta?si=UpgsblNqT5GoR-fHz3bSYg">Myths of the Near Future</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Paul Schutze: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/232MfjedOqcJ0nZNFTNWPE?si=d81f4545b8724edb">Topology of a Phantom City</a>” (1992), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/phantom-city-paul-schutze/site-anubis/">Site Anubis</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Innerzone Orchestra: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0m9pqyL2IppF7dJQMFCTEa?si=a609871534a54333">Bug In The Bass Bin</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Adam F: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/adam-f/colours/">Colours</a> (1997)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Various, Vice Principals, seasons 1-2 (2016-2017)</li>
<li>Various, The Boys, season 3 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Mostow, Breakdown (1997)</li>
<li>Branagh, Belfast (2021) ★</li>
<li>Mills, C’mon C’mon (2021) ★</li>
<li>Miller, The Afterparty, season 1 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Various, Search Party, seasons 1-3 (2016-2020) ★</li>
<li>Various, Search Party, season 4 (2021)</li>
<li>Various, Better Call Saul, season 6 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Various, Euphoria, season 1 + specials (2019-2021)</li>
<li>Various, Eastbound & Down, seasons 3-4 (2012-2013) ★</li>
<li>Hawes, Slow Horses (2022)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>[none]</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>[none]</li>
</ul>
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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Metropole Orkest & Leo Pellegrino: “Brass House / Moanin’ / Better Git It In Your Soul” (2017) Emmet Cohen / Bruce Harris / Patrick Bartley: Live From Emmet’s Place Vol. 52 (2021) Spiritualized: Everything Was Beautiful (2022) Sault: Air (2022) Arcade Fire: We (2022) Congotronics International: Where’s the […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>Metropole Orkest & Leo Pellegrino: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krLYZmPRtnc">Brass House / Moanin’ / Better Git It In Your Soul</a>” (2017)</li>
<li>Emmet Cohen / Bruce Harris / Patrick Bartley: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hQUHEBFfys">Live From Emmet’s Place Vol. 52</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Spiritualized: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7ewpcESfluGe0mJPgLNQ0S?si=vmeVNXQTRwyJNF6ceMh-CA">Everything Was Beautiful</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Sault: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7KR3GaBmiaydLWXrzHDKMt?si=RV9IQTQ3Sta1LezcNXay4A">Air</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Arcade Fire: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2sAePf08xIp4tnDlMUCV8B?si=mzqBNNcCT5ufy7PXMz2v6w">We</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Congotronics International: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0XNmYuzMeAaAl1HGASKw4y?si=IXHdp8vmTDWRNHvQ-KxRig">Where’s the One?</a> (2022)</li>
<li>The Smile: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-smile/a-light-for-attracting-attention/">A Light for Attracting Attention</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Amorphous Androgynous: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2zoSjBhO29kUOWvOTsII4J?si=iThzBP7hT4Cj8wdC6rSDMA">The Isness</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Transglobal Underground: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4ESQgI5QoUjtpV1vXxr3Pv?si=6rOGBhMgQ3yh9Y3o1MDxQA">Rejoice, Rejoice</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Mark Pistel: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mark-pistel/pistel/">Colorful World</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Joe Rainey: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Uhsg8iP4B789QSFc6l3b5?si=QreSKHxXQ_694kqo8-BNwA">Niineta</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Loop Guru: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/loop-guru/moksha-peel-to-reveal/">Moksha: Peel To Reveal</a> (1996), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/loop-guru/loopus-interruptus-forgotten-treasures-and-lost-artifacts/">Loopus Interruptus</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5qJp3HOk6kuYvjPJh1c7Cs?si=8fSZJlOGSNqp4lxvjTi4fQ">Bathtime with Loop Guru</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Directions: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/52r8QkQtTppfc2y3DeTGBN?si=89177a3f80ee4c17">Echoes (Continental Drift Version)</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>William Parker: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/07HfHVDOF8HTlv0TdmWQQQ?si=6_nyRLzqTnacHuGSL-nSXg">Mayan Space Station</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Embryo: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1SgXM29TNlu2Vqtcnvrt83?si=08FLsqUuQuyeDUq6pz-jlQ">Auf Auf</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Eclectic Maybe Band: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eclectic-maybe-band/reflection-in-a-moebius-ring-mirror/">Reflection in a Moebius Ring Mirror</a> (2019), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eclectic-maybe-band/again-alors/">Again Alors?</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Gnome: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gnome/king/">King</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Poliça: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0Kq7xmHwrkKE61S97Yta6d?si=635b0deb04f74dfb">Alive</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Snarky Puppy: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSiLPkUopBg">Trinity</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Miroslav Vitous: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6MvVX3yl1vcVc97D3KiWkC?si=TEM3i4NNR4C1u9v1mtSFgw">Universal Syncopations</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Vivaldi / Max Richter: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6J7CIQ4ReSZa611kZjCRkb?si=qblUeVabQFqXSxWkn3dHvQ">The New Four Seasons</a> (2022)<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q2-2022/#footnote_0_7064" id="identifier_0_7064" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I really enjoy this, but did we really need another Richter “recomposition” of this exact piece before Richter has provided the same treatment to other beloved works? Could he next recompose Beethoven’s 9th or Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring or something else?">1</a></li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:
<ul>
<li>Porcupine Tree: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1K5FJO5UZYn6GkVNgKbb2m?si=acafc0399ec74d59">Blackest Eyes</a>” (2002)</li>
<li>Ride: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1p75lScKo8XQT0niqFRxNx?si=f88c641a26354928">Seagull</a>” (1990)</li>
<li>Spiritualized: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/56YzQ0dhmRMDryZsrjdHun?si=NPhrHom_SmyF1OcQiFUOZw">Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4P3KaftJ2WwL89iKIEkWai?si=12OFZlX2Rb64oxctXBfeZQ">Let It Come Down</a> (2001)</li>
<li>Miranda Sex Garden: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5JYoBi9NpVdn9tCWvzHVah?si=pI--tVEpTl-zvDLr8cHJ4g">Suspiria</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1qgQDLw1pGyFoA3LzC3MLb?si=U1278oV_QripDXKLyP6_SA">Carnival of Souls</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Bark Psychosis: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZbWuu5pVq7o13r35D3jMC?si=3f375259f8b9473c">Scum</a>” (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7j98uMKCZuBQU1SPcrQAxP?si=q160LxFLQUOSfe4NRjiyPQ">Hex</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5yWxoUPj9UREuIgwVfJeW7?si=hya6LmcRSMCaskOJv4HgxQ">Codename: Dustsucker</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Ghost: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4ymQv6T7mpwFHbO52jUhaz?si=Tz_drfIVQeShb1WHIUzXpg">Lama Rabi Rabi</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/73oMVQMcpPxE5XQFEXMp5t?si=Ng4t4J1-QO-S4UH348vxew">Hypnotic Underworld</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Califone: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7DYfmNDUlFh2CdYgdpX7EB?si=68ce7b9a4ea44126">Califone [1998]</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1sRByCU5EBd55YB10aVV32?si=6268363194c54506">Califone [2000]</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7q0KgyDLqQVOaR6YFLlY0x?si=77l6cCtlQ3OUoF82xNIqqQ">Roomsound</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/682GJ5pREzEXhohIj7Jxdq?si=54H28ilpTu6zNelKpAfMiQ">Heron King Blues</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Man or Astro-Man?: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/man-or-astro-man/is-it_man-or-astro-man/">Is It… Man or Astro-Man?</a> (1993), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/man_or-astroman/destroy-all-astromen/">Destroy All Astromen!</a> (1994), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/man-or-astro-man/project-infinity/">Project Infinity</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7jZKv67uF3Vjmkaez08ekk?si=iMQAUENTRXiL6BV1OXkPPA">Experiment Zero</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Pell Mell: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5saVdbzbyRSrjGBo12srZk?si=SEMrQWK7Rkizly_tSf2kCg">Interstate</a> (1995)</li>
<li>The Mermen: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_mermen/a_glorious_lethal_euphoria/">A Glorious Lethal Euphoria</a> (1995), “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/the-mermen/songs-of-the-cows/">Curve</a>” (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0dqKGWb75IEdS1wRWEVykt?si=lTTidLJRQxqxZjwBuKUYXQ">The Amazing California Health and Happiness Road Show</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2RmjMrbkmwpRyvYwU3u03y?si=qlxP0srQTDqtMIeVLbhcNg">In God We Trust</a> (2009)</li>
<li>The Moles: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7aRlMpVlriKEJScRFFhqFd?si=817efd120be54752">Breathe Me In</a>” (1991), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0rvyx2aYJJaRRcOCpcy1mc?si=e68772c34cd14fa9">Minor Royal March</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>Elliott Smith: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/60C4r1YwIxsliktUL6eXfw?si=PfORE0IbSROStuntL1UVyw">Elliott Smith</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6KMdn9HDIqcBPaaok0K34K?si=0W0D8EgQSnWjygzFnLG5lA">Either/Or</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1zOxlHQGGV6EH7n4OIFTyh?si=O7Y456GsRJyKV-jPRgLrIQ">XO</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Jeff Buckley: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7yQtjAjhtNi76KRu05XWFS?si=7W4f-Yl6RiaO7I328X1LHA">Grace</a> (1994)</li>
<li>The Magnetic Fields: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2wBQbthVmSbVkEwP7jmv3o?si=zapWN4hsRq6QtSzUHI4C-g">Holiday</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7l9uPcnZNczzO6EwpeUlaH?si=Kx_yAMbRQFaEalzUhS0ctw">The Charm of the Highway Strip</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/41xkD8HnEZ4ad9DPeL2kY0?si=jk3cjuxATCKmP5eYHYN9jA">Get Lost</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2GuROKcqyHdpIDcgxml1C7?si=aPt4LsaEQAuAVsYaeCta7g">69 Love Songs</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Bruce Hornsby: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5Zks2SZNQAw4NYlUhVEE85?si=fhfJ88FqRJiZJMmw-_uTLQ">Absolute Zero</a> (2019)</li>
<li>Beck: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1M1dhwZE65bqGfbUdMzvlj?si=2julBDGDQ6SjGamoLnDAZw">Mellow Gold</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1Pus5h1qGedCn4CtOuPVtp?si=XqvMaxc0TbOjTkiGzqukqQ">Odelay</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Nine Inch Nails: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3umFHeEpc4yLXtrRcv9gLN?si=ZHCetsy6TMqDmgH3vuDH2A">Pretty Hate Machine</a> (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3nJnyDV8fwFpffo0EyHQto?si=G7sd8vJ5SzWuKoYwOYmzWg">The Downward Spiral</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4uiVwLbTzE6VMkXpaDAwB8?si=aRQS5Lq6RPqkTBreLQvWcQ">The Fragile</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Milk Cult: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/milk-cult/burn-or-bury/">Psychoanalytwist</a>” and “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/milk-cult/burn-or-bury/">Bow Kiness Static</a>” (1994), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/milk-cult/project-m-13/">Project M-13</a> (2000)</li>
<li>New Wet Kojak: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1X2KZcIqrQRBv3QVmhjphk?si=rnR_C-EvSqyo-PQByo8fxw">Nasty International</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Towering Inferno: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/towering_inferno/kaddish/">Kaddish</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Babyland: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3JDBAoXXJktiBOz3vyWwWC?si=p32XRdwbTtyEjQr-0QQrqw">You Suck Crap</a> (1992)</li>
<li>Alec Empire: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1a2bsrNcCUxBoEDcFHBHL2?si=1ef11537a9f341c7">God Told Me How to Kiss</a>” (1996)</li>
<li>Curse of the Golden Vampire: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/curse-of-the-golden-vampire/the-curse-of-the-golden-vampire/">The Curse of the Golden Vampire</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Red House Painters: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3pVrZ6rfHhoZO3kB8aEXCR?si=5540ff609a0149bf">Down Colorful Hill</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Low: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/61dByu8oBt4qdym9Rkz39w?si=fAg1TBZxTwmCmZL_wgKDSA">I Could Live in Hope</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4G2XuMMtwTwuS1hs85piHP?si=099AgHWTTE-L8Ky1vaAtxA">Secret Name</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/71I6DvVoUfYmszlwb6is18?si=f7b95af19cd44071">Things We Lost in the Fire</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0ooDpxwPm6gFJdxjWMQ2FQ?si=fbVKem06SXqClW57V89Bng">Trust</a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0TtSidnyfFcIBWsFwrPvtw?si=uv0IOKHSQ2mTDT_I_kzjNQ">The Great Destroyer</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3mKFPapRcMyGiKrH5mgx55?si=dXPvEYwFTya90l_VZDm50w">Drums and Guns</a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3JSpiFEfxG63fHvKIPpVuz?si=kA64vEOxQgaAlKK-_Qzbqw">C’mon</a> (2011), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2AtmbSoIYb9gBOjg3GC5aG?si=kqDbZMAtQ6qziPe1yr5kJg">The Invisible Way</a> (2013), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0LIhIm6U7BOnVBk0FSDdzr?si=f356fa62d74a42d9">White Horses</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Mazzy Star: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1LzNfuep1bnAUR9skqdHCK?si=73338154d9454cbf">Fade Into You</a>” (1993)</li>
<li>The Stone Roses: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3DE7aixVSE6DZ6ALYIztT0?si=XJTjk-S3QwKfQ2F3WwEp3A">Second Coming</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Ace of Base: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/74jTexO94dFGyXGyeu8krd?si=9d39ec4748a349a2">Beautiful Life</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>President’s Breakfast: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/presidents-breakfast/presidents-breakfast/">President’s Breakfast</a> (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5BVIpVjy5pG5j6pJdyXrxH?si=9SeAVap0QQyLaL0DwvT7Jg">Doo Process</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2TWyhE2eK62wZth3PA6PRI?si=uZW7jdR8SpeEpHzzrDX7JQ">III C</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Scanner: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2lPqXSSicf6jMCE3P0NVX3?si=c1040c55ba76419a">Lithia Water</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Banco de Gaia: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2Joozdms9UpsRjAUdHP8Fo?si=dc22cf98e39443ec">Last Train to Lhasa</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Woob: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/woob/woob-1194/">On Earth</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>The Future Sound of London: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2xHvAxrgMfKrYIicQVT9ay?si=tU8zfzWgSMiNL4oittxybQ">Dead Cities</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Aphex Twin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6oRuinkJdTge4hpTuClEF8?si=CSy9v5nHT5ugsa1jvE6hfw">Syro</a> (2014)</li>
<li>Moby: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6bzV0xGO4dROmmL9GmVkjM?si=687d16ec9b0842d4">Go</a>” (1991), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5xRLIECpw4bqA47UNL9IBL?si=826928ca9a524604">Unloved Symphony</a>” (1993), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/40bfEGAvCrIEXGi5WKO2e6?si=feb6ad65553444d1">Anthem</a>” (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0L4fYx4PNPnyceIR4PO6pL?si=fa31b4d434704a4c">Play</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7pHm3F2KoMP41bEj8IXzO0?si=b195c3e3328a432f">18</a> (2002), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3D3F0drD5Gb9QZbmeXk49w?si=624870dccda84c09">The Violent Bear It Away</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2fZfj6h3PNs4MPJX39o2fs?si=8859241e67a14466">Lacrimae</a>” (2011)</li>
<li>Transglobal Underground: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3B9pC7Lum99oskyZBU4dqr?si=NmIYeQOASQGSb0DXGeVdXw">Dream of 100 Nations</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1tTQzBRUUmtySzC6dY2cIp?si=eslUYOCcTNa7_vJsilS3Fw">International Times</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/309xqtQOSXPtMRyX3J1WDZ?si=yW4eUNDfRJOLKn8JHJUNRQ">Psychic Karaoke</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Loop Guru: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2b6y122RIbB2jD3mKI8Up0?si=wc1lZkvRT0mA3GZmncTUyg">Duniya</a> (1994), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/loop-guru/amrita-all-these-and-the-japanese-soup-warriors/">Amrita</a> (1995), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/loop-guru/loop-bites-dog/">Loop Bites Dog</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Paul Haslinger: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/paul-haslinger/future-primitive/">Future Primitive</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1zHkTBntYZcR6rYRQS16zr?si=lZtwhu6dQc-OfjOJkC5qCA">World Without Rules</a> (1996)</li>
<li>µ-Ziq: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/-ziq/in-pine-effect/">In Pine Effect</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5Rc5G86a4zX96HlyHYeGsX?si=H0GtJrgKR_uM8Azlrl65rw">Lunatic Harness</a> (1997)</li>
<li>The Prodigy: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2qivROlvQ8BcUKTaCA7dL2?si=3Fqtp2HtTKS3nAmbK6vJ7Q">The Fat of the Land</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Underworld: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3WQpmFc7GonmzN40EjbbKY?si=tNEaPit8TpOPvt1o7u3cvA">Dubnobasswithmyheadman</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Fatboy Slim: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4q9EafI4cNCb3yMjEPoPCB?si=H3qoE_UXSriR3rI77hbeSg">Better Living Through Chemistry</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7G7cCHgQKbDD6zvwDQZyJu?si=VbqWJMBqRYCP8ix-LBB1KQ">You’ve Come a Long Way Baby</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Daft Punk: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0MyY4WcN7DIfbSmp5yej5z?si=012e53f217234912">Da Funk</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1PH5Es89c1cENU8WVuWwbp?si=e324c131b15644ec">Alive</a>” (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2noRn2Aes5aoNVsU6iWThc?si=AAXWzrzGQsuroK54p88-KQ">Discovery</a> (2001), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/69kOkLUCkxIZYexIgSG8rq?si=fe2badb84eed422f">Get Lucky</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2KHRENHQzTIQ001nlP9Gdc?si=dd07d76c4c3e4375">Contact</a>” (2013)</li>
<li>Massive Attack: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5mAPk4qeNqVLtNydaWbWlf?si=jDrwSteaRpmd1UMdL9bZwQ">Blue Lines</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/49MNmJhZQewjt06rpwp6QR?si=2ImaZqyqShWBYx1vn0n5AQ">Mezzanine</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/60szvcndZTCqG9E7GSAplB?si=nbjnxYhpR3iLeRcYqZdbmQ">100th Window</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Portishead: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3539EbNgIdEDGBKkUf4wno?si=nHwogouJTpmemYAKlDKHFg">Dummy</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3G36754KQVLyGuskraEAVA?si=sVvl7FVQSFywvXBj02BckQ">Portishead</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4BnNSzOWadogStvyYshJIo?si=Smxk62pbQ1GxxG5BCvEM5A">Third</a> (2008)</li>
<li>Modry Efekt: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/413atOyJTxrSrj4nS1iSmG?si=MyWwlTAHR9CYO5k551En5w">Svitanie</a> (1977)</li>
<li>Miroslav Vitous: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2F9hELPozxk6biUkQwVkyT?si=H9lZvo43Sk24PRHn6m9gWg">Infinite Search</a> (1970)</li>
<li>Jazz Q: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1vc3ctorA77WMyBT8lBVis?si=2891c1e75c044893">Coniunctio I</a>” (1970)</li>
<li>Wagon Christ: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/wagon-christ/tally-ho/">Tally Ho!</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Luke Vibert: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/luke-vibert/big-soup/">Big Soup</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Autechre: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0ioIXXMV89w0qC39FpxYnL?si=ipeRrCvURwmOcaJHMDm7Lw">Tri Repetae</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6UcShvT8JIKOaHj39k6A8f?si=4ydsY405QaiVHzD07r_cNQ">Anvil Vapre</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4MjWLFGSAEsfsMjC5iqNON?si=dH3U4zQgQ2mP6tIjE9sLjQ">Chiastic Slide</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5fjmlndTpOERmIWjHveAMG?si=NM0uOg0PTWGWshum-IrNSg">Envane</a> (1997), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1F5tXUEQuNfu533UF2U9yf?si=6967b1b359ba4625">Yeesland</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Oyn6QJb1u9iAmdlXhEwIw?si=f848b0ff2a404b32">Pencha</a>” (1997), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0qlYXKbQKSeZZBMUxSFTln?si=2d053ae17b664913">Maphive 6.1</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Hole: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2V4Bc2I962j7acQj1N0PiQ?si=0bd8ae47c9e1404e">Celebrity Skin</a>” (1998)</li>
<li>Sleater-Kinney: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/39PIkbnRTKCbnnOadVu47k?si=ecd8e10dd1ab40bb">The Fox</a>” (2005)</li>
<li>Babes in Toyland: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0o0fnK2CqZvI3jONRDv6ax?si=ceb2036ad89a42e5">Bruise Violet</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5dLKBgEDfbXhTlxD4BO9eq?si=cb3e5fc61536473c">Right Now</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6GDzBDy7zHhRK1YIWmQnpe?si=8e2feeed43304e86">Bluebell</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Sugarsmack: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Uujf33eImG3QwpqnoE9il?si=0d12b0882c6f45bf">Hey Buddy Boy</a>” (1993)</li>
<li>The La’s: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0SMkzFGJOBFDI9KfYD55L0?si=643e331ef03249d7">There She Goes</a>” (1990)</li>
<li>Pulp: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2fXKyAyPrEa24c6PJyqznF?si=ed3f1fa34e3d4299">Common People</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Blur: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3R9bx0Y0yBLZqEvbhF7aV2?si=c1b54d5326474982">Parklife</a>” (1994)</li>
<li>Stereolab: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0F5hFgbTqzIOTT8O88e98L?si=QE1ErShQToWKwfgK_BN4kA">Super 45</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GAHS1prUfopC2lsPkMM4G?si=9051f68020e2492f">Super-Electric</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2YCKr94Hh3qjNoFfJO2pJb?si=dVqiYgueSNiix9y2CfGKDA">Peng!</a> (1992), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/stereolab/low-fi/">Low Fi</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/31HW3lvz4NXJLNK1TzdCRu?si=EYvdkKjjSiWG59fUbiQODw">The Groop Played Space Age Batchelor Pad Music</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7i6xvTqziHnOBKLxstx9va?si=9uoyDWnyQgmEbY74ZskNhg">Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6cgYdiQvB0FTVwe3io7LWN?si=fB8eRsDWRWqRwSbMVRGQcg">Mars Audiac Quintet</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4420hj4RNgpozukzJlePCG?si=NegA2U4dS2OLZXWO0J-Whw">Emperor Tomato Ketchup</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0foAEjzxEoXMcTdpUXqkUr?si=a1026ebcd3c045f5">Fluorescences</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5YZmrMsFY6xdUBsS7DJxaz?si=69LW0BLqQniwHt-0iQcS2Q">Dots and Loops</a> (1997), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/stereolab-%E2%80%A2-nurse-with-wound/simple-headphone-mind/">Simple Headphone Mind</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0n95ZoggN6kIlKXm9i82lG?si=iujxoIP0TSGGBPsryrT11g">Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1C230abc3VCCQdiscF0gC3?si=Y6lbO-T0QPCGR2dmH8WjrA">Sound-Dust</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3TKKuhUegDNFu6FRPmVyLW?si=_lwCndTORKmMTevbau9LSA">Instant 0 in the Universe</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Ylvis: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE">What Does the Fox Say?</a>” (2013)</li>
<li>Saint Etienne: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4pCyqSGb9MXBGdYIRA9MUw?si=g3lsA4wrTaad5zAnd9dwWg">Tiger Bay</a> (1994)</li>
<li>State of Grace: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0GsuNjM05DEx4TmsqneSCP?si=KHvDggVSR42Q9pkLR-_QOA">Jamboreebop</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Tindersticks: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6E7bTOxwVrOymhDLZXlGJe?si=5z6LrQwoQDqw0vVW0odVgg">Tindersticks [1993]</a> (1993)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Various, Severance, season 1 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley (2021)</li>
<li>Various, Russian Doll, season 2 (2022)</li>
<li>Various, Eastbound & Down, season 1 (2009) ★</li>
<li>Various, Eastbound & Down, season 2 (2010) ★</li>
<li>Barry Jenkins, The Underground Railroad (2021)</li>
<li>Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza (2021) ★</li>
<li>Various, Invincible, season 1 (2021)</li>
<li>Various, The Boys, season 1 (2019)</li>
<li>Various, The Boys, season 2 (2020)</li>
<li>Various, Barry, season 3 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Trier, The Worst Person in the World (2021) ★</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
Ones I “liked” or “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>★ Elden Ring: Plausibly the best video game of all time, and now (I think?) the game I’ve played for the most hours. Far more accessible to new players than previous FromSoftware games.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>Don’t Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Pretty good, though doesn’t do enough to emphasize the tentativeness of findings from non-RCT studies or other studies with major design weaknesses.</li>
</ul>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_7064" class="footnote">I really enjoy this, but did we really need another Richter “recomposition” of this exact piece before Richter has provided the same treatment to other beloved works? Could he next recompose Beethoven’s 9th or Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring or something else?</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Effective altruism as I see it</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here’s the main way I think about effective altruism, personally: I was born into incredible privilege. I can satisfy all of my needs, and many of my wants, and still have plenty of money, time, and energy left over. So what will I do with those extra resources? I might as well use them to […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here’s the main way I think about <a href="https://www.effectivealtruism.org/">effective altruism</a>, personally:
<ol>
<li>I was born into incredible privilege. I can satisfy all of my needs, and many of my wants, and still have plenty of money, time, and energy left over. So what will I do with those extra resources?</li>
<li>I might as well use them to help others, because I wish everyone was as well-off as I am. Plus, figuring out how to help others effectively sounds intellectually interesting.</li>
<li>With whatever portion of my resources I’m devoting to helping others, I want my help to be <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/iupkbiubpzDDGRpka/other-centered-ethics-and-harsanyi-s-aggregation-theorem">truly other-focused</a>. In other words, I want to benefit others by their own lights, as much as possible (with whatever portion of resources I’ve devoted to helping others). This is very different from other approaches to helping others, such as helping in a way that makes me feel good (e.g. a cause I have a personal connection to, or “giving back” to a community that has benefited me), or helping specific kinds of people that I feel special empathy for (e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifiable_victim_effect">identifiable victims</a>, people with whom I share particular characteristics, or people who face particular deprivations that are salient to me), or helping in a way that allows me to achieve particular virtues, or helping in ways that aren’t <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope_neglect">scope-sensitive</a> (e.g. spending $1 million to save one life via bone marrow transplant rather than spending the same amount to save ~220 lives via malaria prevention).<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_0_6092" id="identifier_0_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="My estimate of the cost of a bone marrow transplant is taken from Millman (2020). My estimate for the cost of saving lives via malaria prevention is $4,500, which is GiveWell’s estimate for the average cost-effectiveness of GiveWell-directed funding to Malaria Consortium in 2020, taken from this page on June 4th 2022. I might be misunderstanding the cost estimate in Millman (2020), though in any case I suspect that basic point will stand, that paying for bone marrow transplants will save much fewer lives per dollar than funding malaria prevention via donations to Malaria Consortium.">1</a> I might do those other things too, but I wouldn’t count them as coming from my budget for other-focused altruism. (See also: <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/iupkbiubpzDDGRpka/other-centered-ethics-and-harsanyi-s-aggregation-theorem">Harsanyi’s veil of ignorance and aggregation theorem</a>.)</li>
<li>Okay, so what can I do that will benefit others by their own lights, as much as possible (with the other-focused portion of my resources)? Here is where things get complicated, drawing from domains as diverse as ethics, welfare economics, <a href="https://www.openphilanthropy.org/2017-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood">consciousness studies,</a> <a href="https://www.givewell.org/research/intervention-reports">global health,</a> <a href="https://theprecipice.com/">macrohistory,</a> <a href="https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/KrJfoZzpSDpnrv9va/draft-report-on-ai-timelines">AI,</a> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/61uiwb0smr0vr7j/15.357%20Economics%20of%20Ideas%20Azoulay-Stern%20Fall%202019.pdf?dl=0">innovation economics,</a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576513001148">exploratory engineering</a>, and so much more. There will be many legitimate debates, and I’ll never be certain that I’ve come to the right conclusions about how to help others as much as possible, but the goal of all this research will remain the same: to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible and then devote my other-focused resources toward doing that.</li>
</ol>
In other words, I’m pretty happy with the most canonical definition of effective altruism I know of, from <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506078de4b02d88372eee4e/t/5f36ae8fd76ee3582c25475d/1597419152486/The_Definition_of_Effective_Altruism.pdf">MacAskill (2019)</a>, which defines effective altruism as:
<blockquote>(i) the use of evidence and careful reasoning to work out how to maximize the good with a given unit of resources, tentatively understanding ‘the good’ in impartial welfarist terms, and
(ii) the use of the findings from (i) to try to improve the world.</blockquote>
This notion of effective altruism doesn’t demand that you use all your resources to help others. It doesn’t even say that you should use your other-focused budget of resources to help others as much as possible.<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_1_6092" id="identifier_1_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="See MacAskill (2019), section 2.">2</a> Instead, it merely describes an intellectual project (clause i) and a practical project (clause ii) that some people are excited about but most people aren’t.<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_2_6092" id="identifier_2_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="You could call this a “watered down” or “weak” version of moral realist utilitarianism, but it is not a watered down or weak version of effective altruism (as suggested by Nielsen). It is the primary, canonical notion of effective altruism, crafted with input from a survey of effective altruism “thought leaders” from a few years ago.">3</a>
Effective altruism is radically different from many other suggestions for what it looks like to do good or help others.<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_3_6092" id="identifier_3_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Contra Srinivasan and Nielsen.">4</a> True, the portion of resources devoted to helping others may not differ hugely (though it may differ some<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_4_6092" id="identifier_4_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="It’s hard to get comparable numbers on this (or any numbers at all), but my anecdotal sense is that highly engaged EAs are substantially more likely to choose a “direct work” EA career than similarly engaged members of most other morally-motivated communities are, though of course it’s not at all rare in other morally-motivated communities. EAs might also on average donate a bit more than most other morally-motivated communities, though it’s worth noting that e.g. the median EA (in this survey) donates much less than 10% of their income. If anyone has numbers for any of these claims, let me know!
Some EAs embrace a more morally demanding version of EA, even though strong moral demandingness is not part of the canonical definition of EA. I applaud and respect these EAs and think they are morally superior to me, but my sense is that they are in the minority of EAs, and of course many other morally-motivated communities also have a minority of practitioners who embrace an especially morally demanding lifestyle.">5</a> ) between an effective altruist and a non-EA Christian or humanist or social justice activist, since the canonical notion of effective altruism doesn’t take a stance on what that portion should be.<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_5_6092" id="identifier_5_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="See again MacAskill (2019), section 2.">6</a> Instead, effective altruism differs from other approaches to helping others via one or more of its defining characteristics, namely its aspiration to be maximizing, impartial, welfarist, and evidence-based.<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_6_6092" id="identifier_6_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="MacAskill (2019) uses the phrase “science-aligned” rather than “evidence-based,” and notes that effective altruism’s impartialism and welfarism is “tentative.”">7</a>
For example, I think it’s difficult for an effective altruist to conclude that the following popular ideas for how to do good or help others are plausible contenders for helping others as much as possible (in an impartial, welfarist, evidence-based way):
<ol>
<li>Providing basic necessities (food, shelter, health care, education) to people who are poor by wealthy-country standards, at a cost that’s ≥100x the cost per person of providing those necessities to people who are poor by global standards. (Not maximizing, not impartial.)</li>
<li>Funding for the arts. (Not maximizing: there is already more great art than anyone can enjoy in a lifetime, and the provision of marginal artistic experience benefits others much less than e.g. providing the poorest people in the world with basic necessities.)</li>
<li>Religious evangelism, e.g. to spare souls from hell. (Not evidence-based.)</li>
<li>Funding advocacy against GMOs or nuclear power. (Not evidence-based.)</li>
<li>Funding animal shelters rather than efforts against factory farming, which tortures and slaughters billions of animals annually.<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_7_6092" id="identifier_7_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="For context, Lewis Bollard estimates that “US animal rescue shelters had a combined budget of $3.2B in 2021. Shelters house 6.3M animals/year, so that’s ~$500 spent per shelter animal (often for a short period of time). US farm animal advocacy orgs had a combined budget of ~$100M, while the US has 2.7B farm animals alive at any time, so that’s $0.04 spent per farm animal.”">8</a> (Not maximizing.)</li>
<li>(Many, many other examples.)</li>
</ol>
Of course, even assuming effective altruism’s relatively distinctive joint commitment to maximization, impartialism, welfarism, and evidence, there will still be a wide range of reasonable debates about which interventions help others as much as possible (in an impartial, welfarist, evidence-based way), just as there will always be a wide range of reasonable debates about any number of scientific questions (and that’s no objection to scientific epistemology).<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_8_6092" id="identifier_8_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Indeed, after making a small number of moral assumptions, questions about which interventions will help others the most just are, in a broad sense, scientific questions.">9</a>
Moreover, these points don’t just follow from the canonical definition of effective altruism; they are also observed in the practice of people who call themselves “effective altruists.” For example, EAs are somewhat distinctive in how they debate the question of how best to help others (the debates are generally premised on maximization, welfarism, impartialism, and careful interpretation of whatever evidence is available), and they are very distinctive with regard to which causes they end up devoting the most money and labor to. For example, according to <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nws5pai9AB6dCQqxq/how-are-resources-in-ea-allocated-across-issues">this estimate</a>, the top four EA causes in 2019 by funding allocated were:<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_9_6092" id="identifier_9_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="See the same post for estimates of how much EA labor goes to different causes; that picture is harder to describe succinctly so I’ve skipped it here.">10</a>
<ol>
<li>Global health ($185 million)</li>
<li>Farm animal welfare ($55 million)</li>
<li>(Existential) biosecurity ($41 million)<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_10_6092" id="identifier_10_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="By “existential biosecurity” I just mean “Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness interventions focused on avoiding existential catastrophe from pathogens,” which is generally the sort of biosecurity work that EAs fund.">11</a> — note this was before COVID-19, when biosecurity was a much less popular cause</li>
<li>Potential (existential) risks from AI ($40 million)</li>
</ol>
Global health is a fairly popular cause among non-EAs, but farm animal welfare, (existential) biosecurity, and potential (existential) risks from AI are very idiosyncratic. Indeed, I suspect that EAs are responsible for ≥40% of all funding for each of farm animal welfare, potential existential risks from AI, and existential biosecurity.<a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/effective-altruism-as-i-see-it/#footnote_11_6092" id="identifier_11_6092" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="This is harder to determine for the case of existential biosecurity, since existential biosecurity interventions overlap a lot with lower-stakes biosecurity interventions, and biosecurity in general has become a more popular cause since COVID-19. On farm animal welfare, Lewis Bollard estimates that EA funders were responsible for perhaps ~45% for farm animal advocacy work in 2021, though Leah Edgerton’s estimate of 25% for 2018 may have been correct (EA funding in this area has increased in recent years).">12</a>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_6092" class="footnote">My estimate of the cost of a bone marrow transplant is taken from <a href="https://www.milliman.com/-/media/milliman/pdfs/articles/2020-us-organ-tissue-transplants.ashx">Millman (2020)</a>. My estimate for the cost of saving lives via malaria prevention is $4,500, which is GiveWell’s estimate for the average cost-effectiveness of GiveWell-directed funding to <a href="https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium">Malaria Consortium</a> in 2020, taken from <a href="https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities">this page</a> on June 4th 2022. I might be misunderstanding the cost estimate in Millman (2020), though in any case I suspect that basic point will stand, that paying for bone marrow transplants will save much fewer lives per dollar than funding malaria prevention via donations to Malaria Consortium.</li><li id="footnote_1_6092" class="footnote">See <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506078de4b02d88372eee4e/t/5f36ae8fd76ee3582c25475d/1597419152486/The_Definition_of_Effective_Altruism.pdf">MacAskill (2019)</a>, section 2.</li><li id="footnote_2_6092" class="footnote">You could call this a “watered down” or “weak” version of moral realist utilitarianism, but it is not a watered down or weak version of effective altruism (as suggested by <a href="https://michaelnotebook.com/eanotes/">Nielsen</a>). It is the primary, canonical notion of effective altruism, crafted with input from a survey of effective altruism “thought leaders” from a few years ago.</li><li id="footnote_3_6092" class="footnote">Contra <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n18/amia-srinivasan/stop-the-robot-apocalypse">Srinivasan</a> and <a href="https://michaelnotebook.com/eanotes/">Nielsen</a>.</li><li id="footnote_4_6092" class="footnote">It’s hard to get comparable numbers on this (or any numbers at all), but my anecdotal sense is that highly engaged EAs are substantially more likely to choose a “direct work” EA career than similarly engaged members of most other morally-motivated communities are, though of course it’s not at all rare in other morally-motivated communities. EAs might also on average donate a bit more than most other morally-motivated communities, though it’s worth noting that e.g. the median EA (in <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nb6tQ5MRRpXydJQFq/ea-survey-2020-series-donation-data#Donation__shares__versus_income_and_GWWC_pledge">this survey</a>) donates much less than 10% of their income. If anyone has numbers for any of these claims, let me know!
Some EAs embrace a more morally demanding version of EA, even though strong moral demandingness is not part of the canonical definition of EA. I applaud and respect these EAs and think they are morally superior to me, but my sense is that they are in the minority of EAs, and of course many other morally-motivated communities also have a minority of practitioners who embrace an especially morally demanding lifestyle.</li><li id="footnote_5_6092" class="footnote">See again <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506078de4b02d88372eee4e/t/5f36ae8fd76ee3582c25475d/1597419152486/The_Definition_of_Effective_Altruism.pdf">MacAskill (2019)</a>, section 2.</li><li id="footnote_6_6092" class="footnote"><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506078de4b02d88372eee4e/t/5f36ae8fd76ee3582c25475d/1597419152486/The_Definition_of_Effective_Altruism.pdf">MacAskill (2019)</a> uses the phrase “science-aligned” rather than “evidence-based,” and notes that effective altruism’s impartialism and welfarism is “tentative.”</li><li id="footnote_7_6092" class="footnote">For context, <a href="https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/lewis-bollard">Lewis Bollard</a> estimates that “US animal rescue shelters had a combined budget of $3.2B in 2021. Shelters house 6.3M animals/year, so that’s ~$500 spent per shelter animal (often for a short period of time). US farm animal advocacy orgs had a combined budget of ~$100M, while the US has 2.7B farm animals alive at any time, so that’s $0.04 spent per farm animal.”</li><li id="footnote_8_6092" class="footnote">Indeed, after making a small number of moral assumptions, questions about which interventions will help others the most just are, in a broad sense, scientific questions.</li><li id="footnote_9_6092" class="footnote">See the same post for estimates of how much EA labor goes to different causes; that picture is harder to describe succinctly so I’ve skipped it here.</li><li id="footnote_10_6092" class="footnote">By “existential biosecurity” I just mean “Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness interventions focused on avoiding existential catastrophe from pathogens,” which is generally the sort of biosecurity work that EAs fund.</li><li id="footnote_11_6092" class="footnote">This is harder to determine for the case of existential biosecurity, since existential biosecurity interventions overlap a lot with lower-stakes biosecurity interventions, and biosecurity in general has become a more popular cause since COVID-19. On farm animal welfare, Lewis Bollard estimates that EA funders were responsible for perhaps ~45% for farm animal advocacy work in 2021, though Leah Edgerton’s <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xPtWaMCFPXWCSFGqs/leah-edgerton-strategic-considerations-for-effective-animal">estimate</a> of 25% for 2018 may have been correct (EA funding in this area has increased in recent years). </li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Laika & the Cosmonauts: Surfs You Right (1990), “Delayrium” (1995), “Disconnected” (1997) Tarta Relena: “Me yelassan” (2021) Godswounds: Death to the Babyboomers (2018) Anna von Hausswolff: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (2022) Fontanelle: Vitamin F (2012) Tigue: Peaks (2015) Kashiwa Daisuke: Program Music III (2020) Dakota Suite […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3>
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
<ul>
<li>Laika & the Cosmonauts: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/laika-and-the-cosmonauts/surfs-you-right/">Surfs You Right</a> (1990), “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/laika-and-the-cosmonauts/the-amazing-colossal-band/">Delayrium</a>” (1995), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7cRQTI5VajCptScSnm3ReR?si=116bcead62f04a00">Disconnected</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Tarta Relena: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3IRg9zkJmvUhb80JgwzXSm?si=f15a49f514d14537">Me yelassan</a>” (2021)</li>
<li>Godswounds: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/661XsGGI8EuP7bOuXYvcrJ?si=ZuWyju_dQDuEHQ6T5Hzn8g">Death to the Babyboomers</a> (2018)</li>
<li>Anna von Hausswolff: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6oG9NsYamnKxzA3HiFodlk?si=j4PzJ7KcTNSHbUnJ21eo3Q">Live at Montreux Jazz Festival</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Fontanelle: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7kiZseoyfeaW4G5RwbpxpN?si=sy51sunnRx-wqzSQnZZHDA">Vitamin F</a> (2012)</li>
<li>Tigue: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1HIbkdIo9vcUlbrcRF1drW?si=CGx5dGmLRsKHG6OV769FAw">Peaks</a> (2015)</li>
<li>Kashiwa Daisuke: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1qguKtaS5xGKsNm4CelbfK?si=Ueo04q-STuuQzcRw3W764Q">Program Music III</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2squGSoOJwgprV5U5PLhD9?si=0b808358de7f4c36">Committing to Uncertainty</a>” (2014)</li>
<li>Grandbrothers: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/31U9MBpTspcwmENreYTt1Q?si=J3UhnAroS6CvBiWRQCUgTQ">All the Unknown</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Gurrumul: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Q6tWAOvNcSBbCqbiRxaWH?si=CDzDKF93Q-WNR2LvchH02A">Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)</a> (2018)</li>
<li>The Styrenes: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-styrenes/in-c/">In C</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Moonshake: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/moonshake/first/">First</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2t45t4Fd1bK4sQqfadsFe2?si=0ATGg2bLQ3GQIM9GGS8Oig">Secondhand Clothes</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/35NjFQqFbGEbit2O9FUW0t?si=echHzKEiRoOgpn0ihAWP2A">Big Good Angel</a> (1993)</li>
<li>King Cobb Steelie: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/king-cobb-steelie/junior-relaxer/">Quo Vadis</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Ben LaMar Gay: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/76zELBn6OAkwCbt3zDq61R?si=7pjNrtyvRtWuDLleOsKGIQ">Open Arms to Us</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Tsukasa Saitoh: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E9%BD%8B%E8%97%A4%E5%8F%B8-%E5%AE%AE%E6%BE%A4%E7%BF%94%E8%A1%A3-%E5%B7%A5%E8%97%A4%E5%90%89%E4%B8%89-%E5%8C%97%E6%9D%91%E5%8F%8B%E9%A6%99-%E5%AF%8C%E6%B2%A2%E6%B3%B0/elden-ring-digital-soundtrack/">Elden Ring</a>” and “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E9%BD%8B%E8%97%A4%E5%8F%B8-%E5%AE%AE%E6%BE%A4%E7%BF%94%E8%A1%A3-%E5%B7%A5%E8%97%A4%E5%90%89%E4%B8%89-%E5%8C%97%E6%9D%91%E5%8F%8B%E9%A6%99-%E5%AF%8C%E6%B2%A2%E6%B3%B0/elden-ring-digital-soundtrack/">The Final Battle</a>” (2022)</li>
<li>Ghost Rhythms: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ghost-rhythms/ghost-rhythms/">Ghost Rhythms</a> (2007), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5WKGb5lkudNyjxQCp1Su1o?si=784a7152fed84979">Sept Cercles</a>” (2012), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/30x3A6AqBdpwR7DiZ7gt32?si=51fa7bc3b8fc4380">Madeleine</a> (2015), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0ss9R0XPTERX0GGOI7PRVT?si=1Zmb-RvhSHW6ICMGvLNQIA">Imaginary Mountains</a> (2020), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ghost-rhythms/spectral-music/">Spectral Music</a> (2021)</li>
<li>Fucked Up: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4t16EeMSppiUrRPaGTG9U5?si=67df61f2447d4827">Year of the Horse</a> (2021)</li>
</ul>

Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:
<ul>
<li>Innerzone Orchestra: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6lCV8DITUzEHAQOY7tDYPC?si=da725fbbca604bcf">Bug in a Bassbin</a>” (1995), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3wJOoHMmHKTYBDxgc6qiHx?si=a0434b37c5504daf">Eruption</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Primal Scream: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Vx3e9PipiEceifVyBzCdj?si=a8024350db634d0e">Movin’ on Up</a>” (1991)</li>
<li>Meat Beat Manifesto: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4ivl44nLRAK9tkVXtHUzIJ?si=8512f559f9d3442e">God O.D., Pt. 2</a>” (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5Yrkrh6qTgCbrDNt2zq0bz?si=GyJZb-IQSMGbMmICsBVg3g">Actual Sounds & Voices</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Michael Jones: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ss3iKiqyPAGjcr09fULOu?si=AHYPiQHZQ5aVEWXZGVjjcw">Amber</a> (1987), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6xP5nZNMyCrHIIWFPUhkZs?si=oCzC30-JRWGXHz8S1EQjNA">After the Rain</a> (1988), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6n7GP4AXMt9WnjUEEgfjtb?si=b1434da7953044a6">Lullaby</a>” (1990), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0AmF8nX9NDW3SnMH2qKz3a?si=pP3-HKkGSbuoBVMW_buq1w">Air Born</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Turtle Island String Quartet: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0971Ocbsd4H73kYqUgjbNG?si=OTTiUBYyQuOQmhXK7ls4bQ">Skylife</a> (1990), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3fiFblUCBGwTXhMWY3Tsxq?si=9g3c2HomRIyOYOlgB-XLbQ">Spider Dreams</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2WvLBnXPOacS9tS0QiBbNo?si=zHucrpgcRTmC_9X9htTxag">Danzon</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Steve Roach: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6lnjs641LTK3qswbVFFBJw?si=ZAY_FiWDQci5orgkHr_p5Q">Dreamtime Return</a> (1988)</li>
<li>Constance Demby: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5qvqdmI2weOLkMU4fyuoxB?si=WkMbA38aSWyy9fEeuATzaQ">Novus Magnificat</a> (1988), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5rVForlfsk7z19Vdee9qud?si=cc9ewtcZROeglbgwdlg78g">Aeterna </a>(1995)</li>
<li>Ray Lynch: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3wNdebqmHRSVm17wWKu8Kw?si=ddfb20d311b7418e">The Oh of Pleasure</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7vZEC8LgBnx8pb9GlxHVwG?si=e442358f2d0043cc">Tiny Geometries</a>” (1984)</li>
<li>Jon Hassell: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5aZQzSX2cCYC91CTNw0TdJ?si=yXNT4qBFTHytEIpi30tMug">Vernal Equinox</a> (1978), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4tXeNxb4cUhDUrWMmG1eF8?si=n-EGTq17Riqy0x6EF1oqug">Earthquake Island</a> (1978), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jon-hassell-brian-eno/fourth-world-vol-1-possible-musics/">Possible Musics</a> (1980), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jon-hassell/fourth-world-volume-two-dream-theory-in-malaya/">Dream Theory in Malaya</a> (1981), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jon-hassell/aka-darbari-java-magic-realism/">Aka / Dabari / Java: Magic Realism</a> (1983), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3NeBtTjhIhWNnXi7wBcvHo?si=Jcrvb7ZvSvadLqA9KlI2mA">Power Spot</a> (1986), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/340b9hmd9nk80UHtlfRYRg?si=26d82079576a40b3">City: Works of Fiction</a> (1990), “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jon-hassell-bluescreen/dressing-for-pleasure/">Blue Night</a>” (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/47OJ22T2drD6DY3vMLWQ1D?si=iVGXwLVTSmK464typXQ0Rg">Maarifa Street</a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6p97ys8xZeV60gh427TwMz?si=53A_gHhaS3ypeK0NVrPbHw">Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street</a> (2009)</li>
<li>Eternal Wind: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eternal-wind/eternal-wind/">Eternal Wind</a> (1984), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5z8vRgsF84mnzgYedvoJr0?si=k14j8cSdRr6WVz4boFIQaA">Wasalu</a> (1988)</li>
<li>Osamu Kitajima: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1hpjbnNqkpNIj9nWV4Ejzc?si=3Odje_YsQxyXcOx3f1qUig">Benzaiten</a> (1974)</li>
<li>Tim Clement: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3RGhPlBuBhqFx5JG3f4xON?si=4a4038d7cb7d4d06">La danse du serpent blanc</a>” (1990), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5wib5vdrrlCuWadjXumEKH?si=wgqtkDtUS6G-LZn6syaDwQ">Wolfsong Night</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Mark Isham: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mark-isham/vapor-drawings/">On the Threshold of Liberty</a>” (1983)</li>
<li>Lucia Hwong: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/lucia-hwong/house-of-sleeping-beauties/">House of Sleeping Beauties</a> (1985), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7puRxVEDLx0MzysMaR4Udr?si=O2C1FANCRTO-eUvuha8Ayw">Goddess Awakening, Vol. 1</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Jesse Cook: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1JbWJ450grmSwQNiOk9ke2?si=5ecea68cc57f4570">Tempest</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Lakshminarayana Subramaniam: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1pW2tJieRrKZRf06ezX2V2?si=lu9vrJruTy-1Y5dm6_WGeA">Garland</a> (1978)</li>
<li>Ilaiyaraaja: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/11708069-Ilaiyaraaja-How-To-Name-It-">How to Name It?</a> (1985)</li>
<li>Trilok Gurtu: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Ly6zprviGHQHbxH2eHdGM?si=9055cd31e098404c">Shobharock</a>” (1987)</li>
<li>My Bloody Valentine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3GH4IiI6jQAIvnHVdb5FB6?si=qGRoy93CTtuvZ0p5bXjlZg">Loveless</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2SlSnUYW5bgtdWXVymv18a?si=NghBEGMYTLOZwTJh7O0Daw">mbv</a> (2013)</li>
<li>The Flaming Lips: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0ojfgkv3uawvWb83lKpDZH?si=4b65d359c1c34edb">Hell’s Angel’s Cracker Factory</a>” (1989), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2PBtyFh5rgThYrfzr2CNMJ?si=a97c9abffdc248a9">Buggin’ (Remix)</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4D8amAivdlQ4LyiBD6xc1d?si=96902875b78d4405">The Gash</a>” (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/49LA20VMk65fQyEaIzYdvf?si=_qmuEdWCR_mk6iCrzZgu9w">Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Yo La Tengo: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0o4F5KIjjGJUAlf8MTGUxt?si=b2ebcda2c70643a3">The Room Got Heavy</a>” (2006)</li>
<li>Fugazi: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5FFowl1Ve4S5OehL6OywSg?si=143720e3fd054dba">Waiting Room</a>” (1988)</li>
<li>L7: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7b1snQi3wWfUPmRrPvK0ny?si=f7d364d47f364ba8">Wargasm</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3z5ggGtcs4t8pizW521gW9?si=914f2446be82475f">Pretend We’re Dead</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Chumbawamba: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5YScXJKtefsgdskIy60N7A?si=cb3c424860ce4f00">Tubthumper</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Helios Creed: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVG9gUQEsGs">Flying Through the Ether</a>” (1991)</li>
<li>Boredoms: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/boredoms/vision-creation-newsun/">Vision Creation Newsun</a> (1999), “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/boredoms/seadrum-house-of-sun/">Seadrum</a>” (2004)</li>
<li>Pixies: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/79CvxovoFgGNuAMvQp9wul?si=ZVFti0toTK2gBAuLfCwsqQ">Come on Pilgrim</a> (1987), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/50j4Wm1b9hLpSpPIA39Vp9?si=_2N3fMqZRAmoxN4u3-Lpag">Surfer Rosa</a> (1988), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0DQyTVcDhK9wm0f6RaErWO?si=cYf_oVXxTLy3FdZdK_YMJw">Doolittle</a> (1989)</li>
<li>Tragic Mulatto: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/tragic-mulatto/judo-for-the-blind/">Judo for the Blind</a> (1984), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tragic-mulatto/locos-por-el-sexo/">Locos por el sexo</a> (1987), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tragic-mulatto/hot-man-pussy/">Hot Man Pussy</a> (1989)</li>
<li>Hugo Largo: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/hugo-largo/drum/">Drum</a> (1987), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/hugo_largo/mettle/">Mettle</a> (1989)</li>
<li>Harold Budd: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0hWjBUtA4eoFsyh6lygVRN?si=aFTLSR8cQAGico-RHX9q3A">The Pavilion of Dreams</a> (1978)</li>
<li>Daniel Lentz: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5DWnLESOBIoka9nsMbCO5f?si=6865c80278e24314">Point Conception</a>” (comp. 1979), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6LBsITGPPapOWLNp9JuWCW?si=843db7a4ad574464">Is It Love?</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0qOmuTXwUcLBmmAQSFuvw1?si=e99df0f0ccee4136">Wolf is Dead</a>” (1984), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/daniel_lentz/the_crack_in_the_bell/">The Crack in the Bell</a> (1987)</li>
<li>Rhys Chatham: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC5NI6jvJgw">Die Donnergotter</a>” (comp. 1985), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/rhys-chatham/an-angel-moves-too-fast-to-see/">An Angel Moves Too Fast to See</a> (comp. 1989)</li>
<li>Piero Milesi: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/piero-milesi/modi/">Modi</a> (1982)</li>
<li>Wim Mertens: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/68OwGyV1ExXlhsfI59uxzC?si=e8h27kBPR9q5YO3QcemBeQ">Maximizing the Audience</a> (1985), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2sPgUZZW42KWizzhnYrdrc?si=zm9EZAmjS2iq93YrNqbV7g">A Man of No Fortune, and with a Name to Come</a> (1986), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6aGuk8aTNbVPhPNhkMPGx2?si=v5LQeQgGRmeVBrTedejMHg">The Belly of an Architect</a> (1987), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1alQSXNSM6UrH0YIIMIx8H?si=JNd_ZTmEQLShXGW94sC75w">After Virtue</a> (1988), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0GjvDdh8RkQIm6grRfbAv3?si=0o7s1yTyShOpkx8Hwtl2yA">Struggle for Pleasure</a> (1988), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7KYju3kwxxP3kZORfHFUkK?si=e7ASpEYwTYukEZYwKEeUWw">Motives for Writing</a> (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/41pnRbkKOGTe8hDLsTBYGD?si=uUiSwkRoQOqdhFzLgp2iUA">Stratégie de la rupture</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7CRU7Y9ImAgcxXECmk4JJ8?si=sFW64UtsTsqraobUkCwKSw">Shot and Echo</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0NzF4iFkXdY83HKd9yTSoX?si=U9T7pJzhRMWuwrbsKkHTTw">Jeremiades</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6SbxfAE8tAKLU4O8b971ny?si=xGnfNO7qTlKsBuqiaNjPOw">Jardin Clos</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/27T119hmTslvIv7WyZl16W?si=rol46-GKRQqRMK20zY9_yA">Der Heisse Brei</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4T6f3cMAJ9D3vraqhrjhZb?si=PZWMgKLqSLyh4oKlavrM2w">Skopos</a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4KlucDERWXmdWbQuVdQG2I?si=cag2EQ0PR1CZZbF0JI33Qg">Partes Extra Partes</a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7cbtbSyAuIi0cEYU8KVwVe?si=owX5pABkS4ee9qXF-1k2nw">Receptacle</a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5AmZ8MndYzk94AclTrwj6D?si=Vt20RJAlQkC7qOkwZGbYzg">Zee Versus Zed</a> (2010) [Strange: I don’t love any of Mertens’ albums, but I like many of them just barely enough to list them here]</li>
<li>Mary Jane Leach: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0RneLO10ipYJPy1fKcTjdm?si=51fef6b81d784542">Bruckstuck</a>” (comp. 1989)</li>
<li>Robin Holcomb: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/robin_holcomb/larks__they_crazy/">Larks, They Crazy</a> (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/69cKGsCHimxRZJin9cXcX6?si=kkqxRAdEQzeU2VehaIscGQ">Robin Holcomb</a> (1990)</li>
<li>Lisa Germano: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1yZ4bCBoDk01rxjefcoUzq?si=Qq5MoooFTf2e42QE208ksQ">Geek the Girl</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Tori Amos: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0W4BtjtJcS4G1WWgKo1XUD?si=807679507d3a4683">Crucify</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Bjork: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3icT9XGrBfhlV8BKK4WEGX?si=X-Wgm8TNQlK8KbHDRTq8OA">Debut</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Ul7B1LEHxXzYubtkTMENs?si=Pf-0D5a_TMytqojSY5RICQ">Post</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0HMsmYvoT1h2x1C4di5faf?si=R-0p69SsSvKRimJed3KsRA">Homogenic</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5vBpIxm8ws6pWyVmTWiGE1?si=i2BGZickTvu8IdM7y2t7Lw">Vespertine</a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6bjGw9Clp684XTRPBI0h6K?si=g1zzrCkkQnis5bflQzOuQA">Medulla</a> (2004)</li>
<li>Kate St. John: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6mAinuhwRluhIuKv7tbGzh?si=7OCmn9NISX-cLA0ZJ5dG0w">Indescribable Night</a> (1995)</li>
<li>Aimee Mann: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0EqtsCvcDjEz6svFsaV5HN?si=6ae35c9cb2734635">Save Me</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5e7OZ8PyDJYQdGAiidCPad?si=483b67485eaa4399">One</a>” (1999)</li>
<li>Alanis Morissette: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/09AwlP99cHfKVNKv4FC8VW?si=_qToYE6uQFekFBNZjPa-Xw">Jagged Little Pill</a> (1995)</li>
<li>Anna Homler: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5xsrNvXBRuxKPRhmEheZXu?si=1c0d0ec432254a32">Ee Chê</a>” (1985)</li>
<li>Slint: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4NxYyugSdspmYp8aEGMqTP?si=HIDlvLK3TNytqygwP9tQcw">Tweez</a> (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2NnkLRaeX33d1Mn8ZLgTo8?si=ViIxycNSTh-kMbbUE0qmyA">Spiderland</a> (1991)</li>
<li>Tortoise: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1AmtXhIDwENPsR1qzdoq3Q?si=yOq9tAXfRHK8dDfGGz45pQ">Tortoise</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3X20tXW0zsl5imVzETPhQh?si=RfpsHi0XTMaLBI84Z30S9w">Millions Now Living Will Never Die</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4JwjxPyISbFEUeh267bYbg?si=ERUbyndJQqiQCzitLWrxQg">TNT</a> (1998)</li>
<li>HiM: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4yQwrZ9stgi8Qa9SEgrskq?si=mlTbPnHzSga97Nqafo2uvQ">Sworn Eyes</a> (1999)</li>
<li>The Denison / Kimball Trio: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1sL7Za6bj9jeeTxYB825ig?si=Jx7HFrmISmG6KGv1v9WTPQ">Walls in the City</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6fuqlnEh3s4OnAnfcUAfC9?si=f657TB9oTtOPrE2v_JMEdw">Soul Machine</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1CF4CeO67nwsTk2dlLx9qm?si=qy44BDUaS8S2b-Gv9VvO3Q">Neutrons</a> (1997)</li>
<li>Soul Coughing: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1tdZSH8rMdK3Oz0U4pijpj?si=yfA25xLGTzeOV9OWu34OlA">Ruby Vroom</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5nMVmu0FpBX3PpVFR0n5Dj?si=6QZiuvYMSSinXv_B2Tyolg">Irresistible Bliss</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6jI7iMNkqc3GYejY5fDL9z?si=ejWL5evkTImNXaAs9Wz3jw">El Oso</a> (1998)</li>
<li>Mark De Gli Antoni: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mark-de-gli-antoni/horse-tricks/">Horse Tricks</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Ui: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/ui/the_2_sided_ep/">The 2-Sided EP</a> (1993), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ui/sidelong/">Sidelong</a> (1996), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ui/lifelike/">Lifelike</a> (1998), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ui/answers/">Answers</a> (2003)</li>
<li>Fontanelle: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/70CSreMuSqknEztHCHljys?si=cywhJ3W1SPeZr-6A22Znhg">Fontanelle</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Concussion Ensemble: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/concussion-ensemble/stampede/">Stampede</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Don Caballero: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3X0EAtFIpfNVT0toDXOa0G?si=qxXYSvrVQY2s1GXrTBEQVQ">For Respect</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2ewXus1O2vZpjbgVmDQITy?si=QNg8qDxeTUS6g-gHfOLUbA">Don Caballero 2</a> (1995)</li>
<li>Dirty Three: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7cyBTYPFPNPWYf6ulkqxJ8?si=zoTzohafShK2764hNVEQwg">Dirty Three</a> (1994), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dirty_three/sad_and_dangerous/">Sad and Dangerous</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5zTyU8UAkX3rpWvJFl0EcA?si=boGjhj9uSLu68ePyp3E5Dg">Horse Stories</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0syzN7KIjMYIAakohoO32i?si=5mEcALdpT7qGgpWxWrkruA">Ocean Songs</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2UV7pkYbeWmq2h1skrFgQ5?si=VDKchy0ASheeITyn5JTF6g">Whatever You Love, You Are</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Vampire Rodents: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2rcmZSOYHmTfzTrK34776g?si=Qk6DewD5SNe4uXwH2zFupA">Lullaby Land</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3LkZH28NYJPQWjx8im4xi0?si=A2KGrvbNQPCHig4IIz9MsA">Clockseed</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0LDWDfEUJlAJJpkpRPU88J?si=DlB7rAdLTSiiTalsQq50CQ">Gravity’s Rim</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7mrXMJmRoXNsRhti0VR0V6?si=TlidR9kTRLqDf-BCs2PdNw">Noises in the Wall</a> (rec. 1996, rel. 2017)</li>
<li>Ether Bunny: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4h1k4qGnhHcrd1HFjx5Qwx?si=eb88ae7d154d4924">Papa Woody</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2OXJkc9Im5mTwZivFUE0Cd?si=bsb1_nAPQ4ymF4s7xQOjdQ">Attention Please</a> (2017)</li>
<li>Pram: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6t0O7Ekor2S2xRY4YpPwm6?si=neMUttrBToGns0ivx_4kyg">Sargasso Sea</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3u3DsP4DHP32kmsM6Pswzj?si=_GTke3bkSuuDxpXxtcqsxw">North Pole Radio Station</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/39KtuXAPlbb1O88ozEyTZS?si=zomBjIfyROeHPXeCHt08Fw">The Museum of Imaginary Animals</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Moonshake: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1St9brU342Dkk9fxVfVltZ?si=Io9bUxaERoGYh0szLfIAww">Eva Luna</a> (1992), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6DK4Gl8KuvdwzhQUGpJCKO?si=FuVapgBjSdy_OOLmETeUzw">The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5i7plYnpuA75c3Y4ayu7TP?si=bPRjEZjGQ8Ksc0e2pGttbw">Dirty & Divine</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Laika: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Gn0aaXxQIHZPKPpdf6gnR?si=a1EefIg4Tr-yB90FDsSyJA">Silver Apples of the Moon</a> (1994), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/51FoRkdxXCk77EDTSnA57Y?si=ML3Wp3xvT2iogeQ7cn1W2w">Sounds of the Satellites</a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5drSlLdRONBLu76BhsVRDP?si=UvtuCk9mQdW_PjWRYVn6xQ">Good Looking Blues</a> (2000)</li>
<li>Deus Ex Machina: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/deus-ex-machina/de-republica/">Res Republica</a>” (1995)</li>
<li>Bohren & Der Club of Gore: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3CrWNG2oqbEBHKAqfZP6CO?si=EK4o4uwSSFutwPCqlksxFg">Sunset Mission</a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/57Jc5ixqmNuGudtV51M5aG?si=XouFlWrwQIeEPjH_byZIQw">Patchouli Blue</a> (2020)</li>
<li>Phish: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/11I9VPyaoJ3p0pMXpCMedY?si=msxGdAg_RIOgo0F9aJfIgg">Junta</a> (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1WfhBVs4YXnUxDLlQswBPF?si=F9yrjwb8Sjuw4oi2La8RUA">Lawn Boy</a> (1990), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7A1l4RxB2pUxv6kU6ynUSF?si=U-RzZ_aQTaOG7feVVtmD6w">A Picture of Nectar</a> (1992), see also <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/38Zrlg88gMA1Arry1rufAM?si=34980a17ffd345de">my favorite live Phish tracks</a></li>
<li>Motherhead Bug: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0oW3XCfNI1zPRgPFPAmKKD?si=7aeGCS8vTsqFaxP0Sg1Mgw">Zambodia</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Cul de Sac: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2jWZyCqzKdEXJurMjvzNm3?si=yKKmR82IR2W_ygATlotqcA">ECIM</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Vkn0oFNTsz0ghutywBehq?si=j6as62vxS52qDzvfANOK3g">China Gate</a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0cLYzAI1VPjWg1OUb9awu2?si=DL6o9VXNThqrYojQHI0Tow">Crashes to Light, Minutes to the Fall</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Home: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/2311782-Home-IX">IX</a> (1995), <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1452426-Home-13-Netherregions">13: Netherregions</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0QwCGG8OcdtMZMCvFjX3gF?si=TDCdDOwfTK-zH3JmwzlWLg">XIV</a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7MXMRfGYCd9OyB986MKvLT?si=fF1K38GlQY2sVVasea0gww">Sexteen</a> (2006)</li>
<li>Ozric Tentacles: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/15Nq0YWgblVhQSIIQJ0eJy?si=KzH1vPzTQSe9u2gD0Zh1Zw">Tantric Obstacles</a> (1985), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6KI39VxXHOzltzTFEhxduB?si=RuEQYl6xSFOJc6uQE6fyrw">There Is Nothing</a> (1986), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/25l2CGlqqiPslS0G4qVHnp?si=KT2XlFHkSmuYtrL1T07MxQ">Sliding Gliding Worlds</a> (1988), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/34oIVbNn1ADIuE5nn5fC2I?si=nMyM94y2RIiXsmJ1i-fUZg">Pungent Effulgent</a> (1989), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3dYQp32j5iB8OOF8xhxllV?si=mmqp6jdaT0-1VQ0p960iKg">Erpland</a> (1990), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1O8LiHN6IizBkjNv1kqnKg?si=GziSoJzeRuaCiP7SD1mEng">Strangeitude</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1sBTE8pk2bYgcqI3C0xBnw?si=fNVWxvjkQEOqOXpVAocudg">Jurassic Shift</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Marc Ribot: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2WdA4w2xsJWKKjbRIDOYg5?si=d8eb39f67f7f44fa">Shortly After Takeoff</a>” (1990), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3lh9O0mPnUmHGkruXSVAmw?si=c5d37611f1854e32">New</a>” (1992)</li>
<li>Nicky Skopelitis: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nicky_skopelitis/next_to_nothing/">Next to Nothing</a> (1989), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nicky_skopelitis/ekstasis/">Ekstasis</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Mr. Bungle: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5TzQq2irJPHeHNnh11atPw?si=8guEg4G5ST2JZGtUjrR0mg">Mr. Bungle</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6QAKD1wqCrmkBYw1AsZfEy?si=i7UmBSj9Rp2dGbds5tZU4w">California</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Tone Dogs: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2xy4YuIdFn3o4m8d7Oz8VD?si=HGr7_pf_QdaK9HlmPq5QVA">Ankety Low Day</a> (1991)</li>
<li>Amy Denio: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5MrJROdvijbQFQTdCo8DZ5?si=rwmHF7qERnOi-qnwz2TqXg">Tongues</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Philharmonie: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/philharmonie/les-elephants-carillonneurs-the-elephant-bell-ringers/">The Elephant Bell-Ringers</a> (1993)</li>
<li>Shylock: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/shylock">Le Quatrieme</a>” (1977)</li>
<li>Slow Loris: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/slow_loris/the_ten_commandments_and_two_territories_according_to___/">The Ten Commandments and Two Territories According to…</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Happy Family: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/happy-family/happy-family/">Happy Family</a> (1995), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/happy-family/toscco/">Toscco</a> (1997), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/happy-family/minimal-gods/">Minimal Gods</a> (2014)</li>
<li>Uz Jsme Doma: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/uz_jsme_doma/uprostred_slov__in_the_middle_of_words_/">In the Middle of Words [Uprosted Slov]</a> (1990)</li>
<li>Galaxie 500: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6XzwamNZckFVqq1zw3DHT4?si=8e4bf9efca9c41ce">Decomposing Trees</a>” (1989)</li>
<li>Mercury Rev: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7d57rNsaPHIEZddITSwZc4?si=KJsp7FJyQSmqhRxovW5Hsg">Yerself is Steam</a> (1991), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/39fEPwkxc9pFlrunkyPOnh?si=521VG2eDQ9C-zaZHtNXDQg">Boces</a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7y0LbgS6sSvi9mmP8afeXY?si=CJB5gK9kS1irgmosnuKKTQ">See You on the Other Side</a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6MvMOhNSo3bYEu42Wj9c4e?si=wbMMtdqcT6aEbpeZUozmaQ">Deserter’s Songs</a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4N13GH5Ofi55VvG5yc3vFl?si=UgtlH6PrTYe6bWdYbP-cFw">All Is Dream</a> (2001)</li>
<li>The Verge: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/57iDDD9N9tTWe75x6qhStw?si=cdff00f491aa421c">Bitter Sweet Symphony</a>” (1997)</li>
<li>Curve: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/curve/doppelganger/">Doppelgänger</a> (1992)</li>
<li>The Cranberries: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2QJdYUug06Z4woVoubhPLI?si=ec2059a951934818">Zombie</a>” (1994)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Movies/TV</h3>
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter (2021)</li>
<li>Charrue & Delord, Arcane, season 1 (2021) ★</li>
<li>Schaffer, Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 11 (2021) ★</li>
<li>Morales, Plan B (2021)</li>
<li>Green, King Richard (2021)</li>
<li>Soderbergh, Kimi (2022)</li>
<li>Sharpe, Landscapers (2021) ★</li>
<li>Various, Succession, season 3 (2022) ★</li>
<li>Various, The Righteous Gemstones, season 1 (2019) ★</li>
<li>Various, The Righteous Gemstones, season 2 (2022) ★</li>
</ul>
<h3>Games</h3>
Ones I “liked” or “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
<ul>
<li>Horizon Zero Dawn: Fun gameplay, gorgeous world. A few gameplay systems are less well-developed than in e.g. Skyrim, Witcher 3, or RDR2, but that didn’t detract much. The story-heavy parts of the game are a bit boring. Too Ubisoft. Still, a solid start to a new franchise and the sequel looks improved if still too Ubisoft.</li>
<li>Control: Surprisingly avantgarde for such a big-budget-looking game. Looks and plays great. Somewhat limited in variety of environments and gameplay mechanics.</li>
<li>★ God of War [2018]: Great gameplay, fun and succinct dialogue. I found the “one continuous take” approach engrossing. Extremely polished, in a satisfying way like with RDR2.</li>
<li>Metro Exodus: Immersive gameplay, nicely varied throughout the campaign. Great graphics. Long unskippable cutscenes with mediocre voice acting.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>[I rarely read full books anymore, just particular sections]</li>
</ul>
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