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I'm a big fan of cultural true crime — it rarely actually involves a crime, but it does feature the sort of obsessive fact-finding that feels like outright wizardry, weaving together a historical cloth from the thinnest of threads.
The title is long and descriptive, but it's not enough: this video breaks down the individual samples that constitute a popular track from each year, showing you step by step how the layers add up, and it's a master class in musical transformation.
This beautifully-assembled exhibition pairs together photographs, posters, audio, and more to present the rich and complex history of the most important liquid on the planet.
I make no secret for my love of the mundane and ubiquitous, so you know that an in-depth look at the deep and complex landscape of silica gel fascinates me.
Hat tip to Widgett Walls (look up his eclectic bedlam on Mixcloud), who provided the insight on this completely unnecessary yet absolutely important reference on various handheld foodstuffs, visualized and animated in an assortment of angles.
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