Mastodawn

Subvert.fm is live (no Mastodon account? Get on that folks!). Co-op owned streaming/sales platform. Bandcamp is great but putting our faith in corporate owned platforms is not wise in this day and age. I put my music on there but check out the whole platform!

Brian Roach 1d ago

Let's make this an essential stop on a NYC tourist agenda!

https://www.wired.com/story/a-library-dedicated-solely-to-the-epstein-files-is-opening-in-new-york/

A Library Dedicated Solely to the Epstein Files Is Opening in New York

The Institute for Primary Facts has compiled more than 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files for public display at the newly opened Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room.

WIRED

Brian Roach 4d ago

They should give @edzitron a freaking Nobel or something he's a goddamn genius. Every word he writes is gold! We should ALL be listening to him!
https://www.wheresyoured.at/am-i-meant-to-be-impressed/

Am I Meant To Be Impressed?

If you liked this piece, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic and OpenAI’s finances,

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

Brian Roach 5d ago

Want a break from doom scrolling? Why not try my new Substack post, in which I heap praise upon some very deserving new electronic music albums!

https://brjoro.substack.com/p/best-electronic-music-april-2026-4ea?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4248909&post_id=196685976&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=92ip5&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Best Electronic Music - April 2026 - Part II

And a little bit of May too

Brian Roach

Brian Roach 5d ago

I've read her first book and some of her short stories, all great. Nothing could've prepared me for how amazing this one is. Stunning! Essential read!

Brian Roach 6d ago

Waking up to an email from Ultimae Records alerting that there is a new MARTIN NONSTATIC album out is about as good a way to start the day as one can ask for. And to no surprise it's amazing!
https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/laniakea

Laniakea, by MARTIN NONSTATIC

11 track album

Ultimae

Brian Roach 6d ago

AI/data centers f***ing s**t up for Wikipedia and The Internet Archive, in addition to everything else it's ruining!

https://www.404media.co/the-ai-hard-drive-shortage-is-making-it-more-expensive-and-harder-to-archive-the-internet/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

The AI Hard Drive Shortage Is Making It More Expensive and Harder to Archive the Internet

The Internet Archive, Wikimedia, academics, and hobby archivists are having trouble finding hard drives or are having to pay extremely high prices for them.

404 Media

Brian Roach May 6

I've been a reader of @igloomagoo for a LONG TIME!! To have them review and album I made is surreal, and to have them give it a positive review is even more so. An incredible honor! Thank you!!
https://igloomag.com/reviews/anhnch-cartography-of-expression

Anhnch :: Cartography of Expression (Self Released)

What lingers is a sense of disorientation paired with reflection—a portrait of a fractured present, hinting at eventual calm while acknowledging the long aftermath ahead. In that sense, Cartography of Expression stands as both document and inquiry, tracing intersections of sound, voice, and politics

Igloo Magazine

Brian Roach May 4

Just sharing a track from my 'The Byzantine Business of Reality Maintenance' album for no particular reason!
https://soundcloud.com/anhnch/8647a1?in=anhnch/sets/the-byzantine-business-of

8647

Listen to 8647 by Anhnch #np on #SoundCloud

SoundCloud

Brian Roach May 3

Watched this last night. Obviously a deeply flawed man (and this must've been released before it was accepted fact that he'd fathered Sally Hemmings' children) but listening to the intelligence and intellectual breadth of mind and then thinking about where we are today is pretty heartbreaking!
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/thomas-jefferson/

Watch Thomas Jefferson | Ken Burns | PBS

Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president.

Thomas Jefferson | Ken Burns | PBS