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After their original Dariacore album invented a genre (“not a fucking genre”—c0ncernn), the artist a/k/a Jane Remover among other aliases delivered on their potential for creating the most annoying music in the world. The sampling piles on more layers and c0ncernn’s own beats have sped up, continually breaking up and reconfiguring like drifting continents while delivering melodic pleasures as ancient as bedrock (both the geological material and Young Money’s hit.) Voices are chipmunked beyond gender, so that, say, Taylor Swift’s “22” becomes a universal declaration of 22-ness, regardless of whether one is binary or enby or a robot.

What are you most looking forward to once Stay-in-Place is lifted? Maybe it’s a vacation which requires traveling 🏝️. Or, finally getting a haircut from someone who knows what they are doing 💇. There’s even some of us who really just want to go back to school or work 🧑‍🏫. But for most at the top of the list is seeing, hugging, and just being around people again 💕.

At the end of January, Dave put the first issue of Aaagh! to bed. It would be out on the streets in mid-March. Almost despite himself, he had produced the most explosive, angry, street-level comic of all time. By comparison, its rival Guts didn’t really have any, because it was produced by Angus, Angus and Angus. But Aaagh! had more than enough for both of them: quantities of them were depicted in all their intestinal splendour in Deathball, a gladiatorial death game, inspired by the film Rollerball and ten pin bowling.

This week, four alleged or convicted serial killers were in the news, all at different stages of the legal process. Here's a summary of what happened, what our information suggests about their motives and makeup, and the investigative techniques used to stop them.  Alleged Serial Killer Apprehended in Mexico City  Mexican authorities have arrested a 39-year-old pharmaceutical chemist named Miguel Cortez, who they believe is responsible for the murders of multiple women in Mexico City.

As long as you know what you’re in for, Mom, which ran for eight seasons on CBS and gains thematic momentum in the fourth season, is filled with laughter and love. Though all seasons are worth watching—ideally, from the beginning—this is a mildly biting, not romantic, let alone heroic, television comedy series. With a lifelong personal history of drug and alcohol addiction—an affliction suffered by loved ones, though not by me—I can appreciate Chuck Lorre’s dark, alcoholic-themed humor.

I want to begin to discus serious popular fiction. It is a concept that defines my ambition as a writer and also my beef with the current state of publishing. The market neither values nor seeks serious popular fiction today. It may slip by, but it is not, as it once was, the heart of the literary market. I want to write serious popular fiction. I want to write it because I want to read it, and there is not much of it about these days.

Those subscribers who are regular readers of my Friday newsletters might have noticed that from time to time, I highlight a listing for a watch that includes official Grand Seiko service papers. Reference index to the Friday newsletters· March 22, 2023 The possibility of having a vintage Grand Seiko serviced back at “the mothership” is something not that widely known in the collecting community - which isn’t that surprising given that I have never seen the existence of this service publicly marketed by Grand Seiko, and only became aware of it myself when I saw auction listings including the service papers.

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This week I received an advance copy of Veggie Burgers Every Which Way, the updated second edition and — it’s beautiful! Published by The Experiment, with vibrant new photos by Evi Abeler and styling by Albane Sharrard that just sing on the page, there are also several new and many revisited recipes, including Made by Lukas burgers which I’ve never shared before. Also it’s a sturdy, durable hardcover, which delights me to no end after believing for a while I’d only ever be a “trade paperback original” kind of author.