Is there a graph that correlates how stupid we've become since the introduction of "smart" phones"?
One of my favorite data journalists is @jburnmurdoch and he is cooking once again with this piece: “In country after country the birth rate plunged after the introduction of smartphones, no matter what the previous trend was…the modern digital media environment has had profound effects on society that have led to a decline in romantic coupling”. Read here: ft.com/content/fba35eca-df3a…
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Little Feat live at L'Olympia Paris 1975. Jimmy Page's favourite band. Cold Cold Cold/Dixie Chicken/Tripe Face Boogie medley. There's tight and then there's this tight:
open.spotify.com/track/6gpUC…
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Never forget Lester Bangs: villagevoice.com/where-were-…
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William Goldman's "Nobody knows anything" used to just refer to Hollywood. Now it's everyone on social media.
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How did I miss the great Danny Thompson's passing... irreplaceable. Dammit.
Photo of Danny Thompson by the late photographer Bruce Griffin. #RIPDannyThompson
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Daytime and now nighttime radio is a Kelner Free Zone.
The horror.
The horror.
Whatever you do, don't miss this one. It's Kelner & Will Buckley, on radio, rebels, plus two screen recommendations despite Will saying 'I'm not Barry fucking Norman,' another up-to-date cultural reference martinkelner.substack.com/p/…
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Gone down a bit of a Harlan Ellison rabbit hole: youtu.be/P6gtHQGbXmM?si=8lKd…
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Hey @BBCWorldatOne @BBCPM when will your programmes be available outside the UK on the new BBC App? Missing you already!
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We are doomed to a world of conflicting fundamental ideology without possibility of compromise. No grey. Just black and white.
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