Matthew Dessem
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I’m the enchanting wizard of rhythm. I came here to tell you about the rhythms of the universe.
Reading this shit makes me feel like I’m some other species. How can any human being misunderstand the situation they are in or the stakes they are playing for that completely? Always the kitchen table issues. I don’t understand.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Reading this shit makes me feel like I’m some other species. How can any human being misunderstand the situation they are in or the stakes they are playing for that completely? Always the kitchen table issues. I don’t understand.
What could Klobuchar possibly imagine she has to gain by behaving this way in any conceivable arena of life or possible future? This is not “failing to meet the moment.” This is not even wrong.
February 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
What could Klobuchar possibly imagine she has to gain by behaving this way in any conceivable arena of life or possible future? This is not “failing to meet the moment.” This is not even wrong.
(There is a Discord channel in one of my classes where students are swapping music recs; I have enjoyed learning what the youths are listening to but responded most strongly to this. Then I discovered it was from another returning student. How do you do, fellow kids?)
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
(There is a Discord channel in one of my classes where students are swapping music recs; I have enjoyed learning what the youths are listening to but responded most strongly to this. Then I discovered it was from another returning student. How do you do, fellow kids?)
I don’t even want to listen to 192KHz recordings, I’m not a dog, topping out at 22KHz is fine by me. It just doesn’t make much sense to support a feature only via third-party hardware when you manufacture and sell an appliance that could theoretically do it with a software update.
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I don’t even want to listen to 192KHz recordings, I’m not a dog, topping out at 22KHz is fine by me. It just doesn’t make much sense to support a feature only via third-party hardware when you manufacture and sell an appliance that could theoretically do it with a software update.
That’s what I’m saying! It’s not about selling them audiophile gear, it’s about teaching them there’s a sensual part of the medium that *really* matters, even (especially!) when the aesthetic is “underlit 90s 16mm indie” or “DigiBeta zombie movie” or whatever.
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
That’s what I’m saying! It’s not about selling them audiophile gear, it’s about teaching them there’s a sensual part of the medium that *really* matters, even (especially!) when the aesthetic is “underlit 90s 16mm indie” or “DigiBeta zombie movie” or whatever.
So that’s worth learning and teaching. My first film classes was 35mm with Dolby Stereo on the high end, Laserdisc on projectors and classroom speakers on the low end, 16mm mono on average. To my memory, we never talked about any of the differences between these presentation formats at all.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
So that’s worth learning and teaching. My first film classes was 35mm with Dolby Stereo on the high end, Laserdisc on projectors and classroom speakers on the low end, 16mm mono on average. To my memory, we never talked about any of the differences between these presentation formats at all.
You can learn a lot about screenwriting or editing and a little about sound by studying VHS on a CRT, or streaming on a laptop, or whatever you like. But once you can actually see and hear something close to the way the artists did, it’s like seeing a real painting instead of a photo.
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
You can learn a lot about screenwriting or editing and a little about sound by studying VHS on a CRT, or streaming on a laptop, or whatever you like. But once you can actually see and hear something close to the way the artists did, it’s like seeing a real painting instead of a photo.
You can’t understand how something is mixed if you can’t hear it. You can’t understand a visual medium if you can’t see it. A laptop screen and earbuds are going to mislead you. Both of those things are places universities can and should spend money.
January 31, 2026 at 7:58 PM
You can’t understand how something is mixed if you can’t hear it. You can’t understand a visual medium if you can’t see it. A laptop screen and earbuds are going to mislead you. Both of those things are places universities can and should spend money.
I will say this, however: getting decent speakers fundamentally changed my understanding of recorded music; getting a decent TV fundamentally changed my understanding of motion pictures. (Reading novels digitally, on the other hand, is a huge step back.)
January 31, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I will say this, however: getting decent speakers fundamentally changed my understanding of recorded music; getting a decent TV fundamentally changed my understanding of motion pictures. (Reading novels digitally, on the other hand, is a huge step back.)