Ed Plunkett at Matter in April. matternews.org/voices/essay-w…

oh good magneto chiming in

“I was out in the woods ... thinking about how good being alone feels in comparison to being around people who take energy from you. And then I’m just watching these hawks crush it. And it was like, the hawks get it, man. The hawks know what’s going on.” matternews.org/culture/music/…

two killed and one injured, all detainees, yet republican politicians and right-wing influencers rush to this app to set the narrative as an attack on law enforcement.

“I think that’s part of what makes the magazine work. Steyven and I have both talked about this idea that artists, just as a necessity of focusing on discipline, can become siloed. … And what this does is sort of expose you to a different kinetic energy.” matternews.org/culture/words/…

commander in troll

also jd vance: “if I have to create stories so that the american media actually pays attention to the suffering of the american people, then that’s what I’m gonna do.”

“For me, being in a band is just about getting together with my friends and drinking beer. And if we get to make music, yeah, that’s great. But sometimes you just need to eat hot dogs in the backyard.” matternews.org/culture/music/…

Most guardians win ever

no issue with those gray bars though eh

yes the 40 year old military vet with multiple us flags attached to his pickup planned and executed a terror plot in less than 24 hours after watching kamala speak on cspan yesterday.

“I wrote something 20 years ago that was not for that time, but it started resonating with me, and now it’s resonating with other people that have heard it now in ways it never did then. … I very literally wrote my way into the future.” matternews.org/culture/music/…

lol

the bad bunny super bowl announcement has triggered the blue check crowd to unleash a flood of the most garbage music takes you will ever see

Mark your calendars for our next Community Conversation. facebook.com/events/7730238…

“Sometimes the world collapses and you go, ‘Well, I want to give everybody a treat.’ And sometimes the world collapses and you need a painting that feels like that collapse.” matternews.org/culture/art/th…

my gemut “helles real” t-shirt is killing it here at burial’s burnpile fest.

I wrote about the Bari Weiss CBS deal and the future of media under the Ellisons

“We all crave patterns and meaning, but sometimes it all just kind of happens. Everything is chaotic and there’s no rhyme or reason to it. And sometimes it feels good to make music that reflects that.” matternews.org/culture/music/…

“But I think watching [my father] die was a real moment of clarity for me, like, oh, I’m going to die one day, too. … And when I’m in this position and I’m dying, I want to look back on love and friendship and nature and beauty and joy.” matternews.org/culture/words/…