Welcome to Water & Music, an email newsletter focused on unpacking big ideas in music and technology. The name comes from a 2015 HYPEBEAST interview between Quincy Jones and Kendrick Lamar, in which the former declares "The last things to leave...
What you’ll get
—Curated links, with commentary and pull-quotes
—A weekly round-up of classics content
—Original humorous posts
—Content calls for Eidolon
—Posts about the writing process that can make you feel like you could become a better...
Maybe you don’t know what “hormone therapy” means and you’re looking to learn about The Trans Experience. Maybe we went to that all-girls Catholic school together and you want to know what I think about that...
Fortnite is a game unlike any I’ve ever played before. It’s layered and complex. It reminds me more of chess than Halo. At any time there can be over 10 things to keep in your head at the same time: where other enemies are in your build, which...
You sit there at night, staring at the ceiling, wondering, “What’s Chip Zdarsky up to?” You turn in bed to face me, but my back is to you as always. It’s cold in the room. Too cold. So, you pull out your phone, hoping the light doesn’t wake me...
The name “Culture Study” is a modification of “Cultural Studies,” a term used to describe an academic field — and general posture — towards the culture that surrounds us. The scholars of this early field believed that if people