notes bookshop link recommended: highly this kept cropping up in the stuff i’ve been reading over the past couple of months. i figured it was time to dig into this again. i read this last in the 1990s. the book holds up extremely well and the mass suspension of critical thought and utopian dystopia it describes seems like something we’ve done a great job of slipping into ever more firmly over the past 10 years....
notes bookshop link recommended: highly this is a classic, full stop. i don’t know where to begin on this. a few random thoughts. it’s the first time i’ve read/seen someone provide a harsh critique of sesame street. i didn’t see that coming, though, i’d been paying attention quite assiduously to the book up to that point. i should have. the arguement here is that huxley was right, and we’d be swimming in amusement or a need for continuous dopamine hits....
books the high sierra: a love story (kim stanley robinson) i’m a recent convert to KSR’s stuff. i’ve loved all of it and this is no exception. this is the first bit of non-fiction i’ve read by him. honestly, i don’t know if he has more. having done a limited amount of hiking in the sierra’s, i was hooked and burned through this faster than i expected to. a book like this makes you question your life decisions....
movies knives out (no, not the new one) white noise (netflix) why did we watch this again? pinocchio (netflix) - very good. would recommend. the menu (on the plane) - very good. would recommend. jurassic world: dominion (amazon prime) - amusing, would not recommend. ticket to paradise (on the plane) - saccharin. would not recommend. patagonia films (on the plane) - i’ve been watching these on flights lately. they really make me feel like i’ve been living my life wrong....
links, etc the the racket ran a year in review some nuggets that i missed. [‘It’s Your Job to Keep It Moving’: A 30th Anniversary Oral History of Radio K Racket](https://racketmn.com/its-your-job-to-keep-it-moving-a-30th-anniversary-oral-history-of-radio-k) shit. 30 years of radio K. this makes me feel old. There’s a Massive, Hidden Lake of Mining Residue Above the North Shore. It Might Grow. - Racket fuck.