Episode 34: Just a nice conversation as we celebrate the end of a fantastic summer and welcome my favorite season. Spoiler alert: your phone camera might be augmenting your pictures with AI. Do I want to know that, or are the illusions sometimes helpful? Another spoiler: if you are reading this, you aren’t being raptured.
Spinning the globe gets us back to Nepal, with more info and an in-depth article in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/nepals-violent-gen-z-uprising. So, what comes next after this particular revolution?
The Night Tapes album comes out on September 26th. The singer hits the high notes, but probably within Smashley’s range. I see a karaoke night in the future. Meanwhile, you can listen to and buy the album on Bandcamp: portals//polarities
Velocity’s Out There festival will deliver some really out there dance. The most experimental, wildest, boundary pushing; this is what I really like (in addition to the gold old traditional ballet): OUT THERE 2025 | Velocity Dance Center.
