Books
- Lukianoff & Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind. Only adds a bit beyond the article, mostly additional horror stories that have occurred in the meantime, and precious little data. I’m broadly sympathetic to their concerns but hardly convinced.
- Several books by Thomas Sowell. I do like him better in longform than shortform. In general I like his “basic economics applied to X” and “bunch of facts you didn’t know” books more than his “my rambly theory of culture” books (e.g. Conflict of Visions). His style is fun and easy to read but his analyses aren’t systematic/rigorous and so it’s often hard to know how much to trust the conclusions. He’s an economist, but in his books he writes like a historian (e.g. ~no identification strategy).
Music
Spotify playlist for the albums and tracks on Spotify here.
Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:
- Canarios: Ciclos (1974)
- Embryo: Embryo’s Rache (1971), Steig Aus (1972), Rocksession (1973), We Keep On (1973)
- Dzyan: Time Machine (1973), Electric Silence (1974)
- Ex Vitae: Mandarine (1978)
- Eroc: “Kleine Eva” (1975)
- Los Jaivas: Alturas de Machu Picchu (1981)
- Modrý Efekt & Jazz Q: “Coniunctio I” (1970)
- Jazz Q: Pozorovatelna (1973)
- Bubu: Anabelas (1978)
- SBB: Pamięć (1976)
- Eiliff: Eiliff (1971)
- Missus Beastly: Missus Beastly [1974] (1974)
- Recreation: Music or Not Music (1972)
- Anthony Moore: Flying Doesn’t Help (1979)
- John Cale: Hobo Sapiens (2003)
- Like a Villain: Bast (2014)
- Arbete Och Fritid: “Ostpusten-Västpusten” (1972)
- Kan Mikami: “Bang!” (1974)
- Kazuki Tomokawa: “Sakura no Kuni no Chiru Naka wo” (1980)
- Esperanto: “The Journey” (1974)
- David Stoughton: Transformer (1968), especially “The Anecdote of Horatio & Julie” (industrial music in 1968!)
- Jean Cohen-Solal: Flûtes libres (1971)
- Roberto Colombo: Sfogatevi Bestie (1976)
- Czar: “Tread Softly on My Dreams” (1970)
- Dedalus: Dedalus (1973)
- Karuna Khyal: Alomoni 1985 (1974)
- Love Live Life: Love Will Make a Better You (1971)
- Takeshi Inomata: Jazz Rock in Stravinsky (1970)
- Patrick Moraz: Patrick Moraz (1978)
- Second Hand: Death May Be Your Santa Claus (1971)
- Secret Oyster: Sea Son (1974)
- Pryapisme: Epic Loon (2018)
- Ultra Zook: EPUZZ (2015)
- Black Renaissance: Body, Mind & Spirit (rec. 1976)
- Ohmme: Parts (2018)
- Setna: Guérison (2013)
- Rhun: Fanfare du chaos (2013)
- Szun Waves: New Hymn to Freedom (2018)
- Angélique Kidjo: Remain in Light (2018)
- Morning Teleportation: Salivating for Symbiosis (2017)
- Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra / Grant Kirkhope: Banjo-Kazooie Symphony (2013)
- Arto Lindsay: Prize (1999)
Had completely forgotten about, now rediscovered and really liked:
- Embryo: Opal (1970)
- Stephen Micus: Implosions (1977)
- David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)
- MU: “Eternal Thirst” (1971)
- Flower Travellin’ Band: Satori (1971)
- Shawn Phillips: “L Ballade” (1970)
- Shawn Phillips: Second Contribution (1970)
- Tony Coe: Zeitgeist (1977)
- Moses Sumney: Aromanticism (2017)
- Os Mutantes: Os Mutantes (1968), Mutantes (1969)
- Alan Sorrenti: Aria (1972)
- Claudio Rocchi: Volo magico n. 1 (1971)
- Franco Battiato: Sulle corde di Aries (1973)
- Egberto Gismonti: Academia de danças (1974)
- David Bowie: Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
- Rush: “Cygnus, Book I, The Voyage” (1977)
- Lou Reed: Street Hassle (1978)
- Mickey Hart: Diga (1976)
- The Denison Kimball Trio: Walls in the City (1994)
- Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)
- Fleetwood Mac: “Tusk” (1979)
- Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour (1976), Morrocan Roll (1977)
- Camel: Mirage (1974), The Snow Goose (1975)
- Heldon: Stand By (1979)
- Clearlight: Clearlight Symphony (1975)
- Univers Zero: Univers Zero (1977), Heresie (1979), Ceux du Dehors (1982), Uzed (1984), Heat Wave (1986)
- Art Zoyd: Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (1976), Musique pour l’Odyssée (1979), Génération sans futur (1980), Phase IV (1982)
- Aksak Maboul: Un peu de l’âme des bandits (1980)
- 10cc: The Original Soundtrack (1975)
- Shub-Niggurath: Les morts vont vite (1986)
- U.K.: U.K. (1978)
- Peter Gabriel: Birdy (1985)
- Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (1985)
- Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
- Patti Smith: Radio Ethiopia (1976)
- Lydia Lunch: Queen of Siam (1980)
- The Clash: Sandinista! (1980)
- Wire: 154 (1979)
Why so many re-discoveries this quarter? I’m listening through the history of rock music again and constructing this playlist along the way. Many great albums aren’t listed above because I hadn’t forgotten about them. 🙂
Movies/TV
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
- Finley: Thoroughbreds (2017)
- Bird: Incredibles 2 (2018) ★
- Way & Way: Wild Wild Country (2018)
- Daley & Goldstein: Game Night (2018)
- Swanberg: Easy, season 1 (2016)
- Swanberg: Easy, season 2 (2017)
- Burnham: Eighth Grade (2018) ★
- Aster: Hereditary (2018)
- Kargl: Angst (1983)
- Benson & Moorhead: The Endless (2017)
- Various: Adventure Time, Season 10 (2017-2018) ★
- Fukunaga: Maniac (2018) ★
Games
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
- [none]
Old favorites
Discovered long ago…
- Book: Modern Principles of Microeconomics by Tyler Cowen & Alex Taborrok
- Music: Absolution by Muse
- Movie/TV: Charade by Stanley Donen
- Game: MESH Hero by Everett Kaser
Quite a lot of italian authors in that list! Expecially impressed by Aria by Alan Sorrenti, even in italy no one knows that (Alan Sorrenti is still famous for dance-pop music he made after those prpf rock albums). Do you understand/speak italian?
Nobody ever mentions Shawn Phillips. Still spin Patti Smith’s Radio Ethiopia now and again.
Thanks for the lists
Here’s a Spotify playlist (not all we’re available)
https://open.spotify.com/user/1217351654/playlist/5tvrxpCudIJvbbu3GNJk7Z?si=y8e6PMluQL-ur7o5Anm6rQ
thanks so much David for putting this together
This playlist seems pretty inaccurate and incomplete, probably a consequence of the automatic playlist generator.
Was reading your blog and wondered if you’ve ever thought about Paul Ewald’s new germ theory hypothesis. Seems very neglected. I also sent a FB message which this comment makes redundant. Big thanks for all your work! More info: facebook dot com/groups/144017955332?view=permalink&id=10160936645650333&refid=12
It would be useful if you would list the titles of the books by Sowell that you are recommending: ‘the “basic economics applied to X” and “bunch of facts you didn’t know” books’. I’ve read several of his books, and have been in general very disappointed, but I would give him another try if you could be more specific.
Hey again. I was wondering if there was anything to update on that awesome lesswrong post – The Best Textbooks on Every Subject?
Thanks.
Oh wow! A fellow Brand X fan!
I used to devour their albums – alongside early Yes, Focus and other prog-rock and jazz-rock bands
in my 70s teens.
Then – after graduating – having discovered Weather Report and Chick Corea – i ended up in the 80s movie onto modern jazz and fusion – and never looked back!
Will be checking out the rest of the list – much of which ( i’m ashamed to say ) I’ve not heard of.