Month: May 2026

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Hey Now!

Somehow, I missed this upon release last October, but it’s available to rent on Amazon Prime.

Based on the novel written by Glen Matlock, I WAS A TEENAGE SEX PISTOL follows Glen Matlock’s journey as a founding member of the influential punk band the Sex Pistols. Having co-written ten of twelve songs on their only studio album, NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, Matlock’s contribution was essential to the band’s success. Experience the Pistols’ rise to global infamy with an honest, insightful account of a group of malcontents, determined to change the music business and to attack hypocrisy and stale conventions in society at large.

I know what I’m doing tonight!

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I Said Goddamn

Phenomenal Kinks cover from 15 (!) years ago, bonus points for Andy Stack’s double duty on drums and keys. I think Wye Oak is still around but they haven’t released a studio album since 2018. Anyway, YouTube reminded me I really like this and now I’m telling you bastards. (Yes, I’ve probably posted this before.)

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Labels Down, Frank

From Ars Technica …

The robotics startup Figure AI has been livestreaming humanoid robots placing thousands of packages onto a conveyor belt for nearly a week—a spectacle that included a robot competing against a human intern at one point.

The promotional robot demo has become a viral sensation among tech enthusiasts, spurring YouTube commenters to name the robots and the company to rapidly roll out related robot merchandise in response. Users on X have described the livestream in glowing terms, such as “the greatest product demo since Steve Jobs’ ‘one more thing.’” But despite such sentiments, it’s worth bearing in mind that even the most impressive robot demos represent narrow windows for understanding real-world robot capabilities.

Truly, we are living in the future. Oh! And don’t forget to pick up some merch!

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Yes, I Ordered One

I’m usually not a fan of composer t-shirts, but I had to make an exception here: the fact that this image looks more like Clark Kent than Shostakovich makes some kind of demented sense to me.  Hardly matters anyway.  Only  0.000002% of Americans will know who it’s supposed to be.