Daft Punk: Random Access Memories

With allusions to robots and UFOs, and themes of the intersection of humanity and technology, the album’s sci-fi aesthetic signals an intent to—by blending many shades of retro—create the dance music of tomorrow. However, while the recordecstatically embraces both past and future, it doesn’t have much love for the present, turning an icy shoulder to modern club-style beats, loops, or samples, and shunning the computer assistance that sustains most newcomers.

I can’t stand most album reviews, but AV Club’s are usually pretty good and I actually enjoyed reading this one.

Purchase Random Access Memories (and you should) right here:

Eight nerds get rich off a game where Oprah sobs into a Lean Cuisine

At $25 per copy, the original game has likely generated at least $12 million in revenue since 2011 (the company won’t give sales figures). Industry experts estimate the game costs less than $10 to make, sell and distribute. The Chicago-based company behind Cards hasn’t spent a dime on marketing and has no full-time employees. Demand for the game has spawned a resale market where prices reach $100. Customers have downloaded PDFs of the game — available for free on the company’s website — 1.5 million times since the founders began tracking the number last year.

Chicagogrid.com has an awesome look in at the creators of Cards Against Humanity, my friends and my favorite party game. Since I bought it, I have gotten at least five other people to go directly to Amazon to purchase their own copy. No one has played it with me without being on the brink of crying from laughing so hard. The only downside is that any other group game feels boring after playing this.

Purchase your own copy on Amazon right here:

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mr-derp-herpin: blua: What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes and then photographs deserts at night, combing the two to show us what our cities would look like with the lights off. The stars are not enhanced, they are actual photos from relative latitudes that would expose the same starry sky view if it weren’t for light pollution. Click on each photo to see which city it is. Light pollution and pollution in general
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mr-derp-herpin: blua: What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes and then photographs deserts at night, combing the two to show us what our cities would look like with the lights off. The stars are not enhanced, they are actual photos from relative latitudes that would expose the same starry sky view if it weren’t for light pollution. Click on each photo to see which city it is. Light pollution and pollution in general
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mr-derp-herpin: blua: What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes and then photographs deserts at night, combing the two to show us what our cities would look like with the lights off. The stars are not enhanced, they are actual photos from relative latitudes that would expose the same starry sky view if it weren’t for light pollution. Click on each photo to see which city it is. Light pollution and pollution in general
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mr-derp-herpin: blua: What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes and then photographs deserts at night, combing the two to show us what our cities would look like with the lights off. The stars are not enhanced, they are actual photos from relative latitudes that would expose the same starry sky view if it weren’t for light pollution. Click on each photo to see which city it is. Light pollution and pollution in general
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mr-derp-herpin: blua: What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes and then photographs deserts at night, combing the two to show us what our cities would look like with the lights off. The stars are not enhanced, they are actual photos from relative latitudes that would expose the same starry sky view if it weren’t for light pollution. Click on each photo to see which city it is. Light pollution and pollution in general
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mr-derp-herpin:

blua:

What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes and then photographs deserts at night, combing the two to show us what our cities would look like with the lights off. The stars are not enhanced, they are actual photos from relative latitudes that would expose the same starry sky view if it weren’t for light pollution. Click on each photo to see which city it is.

Light pollution and pollution in general

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Friday Discussion: The First CD I Bought

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The odds are that the first CD you bought is not indicative of the music that you listen to today. Or maybe it is, who knows. Regardless, we thought it would be fun, amusing, and interesting to do a new PropertyOfZack Friday Discussion on The First CD I Bought. Check out our Discussion below and feel free to reblog with your first CD purchase!

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The first CD I ever bought was Green Day - Dookie after hearing “Basket Case” at a friend’s house. I then bought it at least two more times due to my music collection being trashed by my parents (more than once) and my CD case getting stolen (remember when that was a thing!?).