Are We Watching The Internet Die? (via MeFi) / related, How Google is killing independent sites like ours / not related: the sounds of horror. The Mega Marvin and the Apprehension Engine (which subsequently inspired the Tension Engine), custom creations for horror movie and video game soundtracks (via the Guardian). See also Morfbeats and the Ultra Mega Marvin / see also Spitfire Audio’s Labs series, a wide range of esoteric instruments.
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A giant new metaphor is due to set sail, maybe: Clive Palmer refloats Titanic II plans 10 years after first announcement / The legacy of the Apple Car and the gravitational pull of vapourware / Owen Hatherley revisits the 1983 Guide to the Architecture of London / amazing embroidered animations by Huw Messie / Rem Koolhaas’s work for Prada shows / Painting Nerds, films about painting / art by Ned Elliott; Samuel O’Donnell; Harriet Florence Wilkinson; Fiona White; George Rowlett’s paintings of garden designer Sarah Price’s garden / we got into this just as it ended: whos____who / Warbling, a curatorial project.
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Matt Berry on the art of library music / e.g a collection of tracks from Cavendish Music / AI-generated album covers prioritise virality over creativity / The Fledgling Movement to Rewild Golf Courses. Yes / The Magic of Video Game Landscapes / PodEngine searches podcasts / house tours at Cup of Jo / ‘Watch A New Chinese Car Clear Snow Off Itself Like A Big Dog‘ / the idiosyncractic architecture of Marcel Raymaekers / interesting foray into the complexity of the UK leasehold system, right to buy and the Brunswick Centre at Modernist Estates.