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How I learned to breathe the air of Pandora
In search of smartdumb: Avatar 3, Stranger Things, Marty Supreme, The Studio, Byung-Chul Han, Sarah Belle Reid, & letting the Kool-Aid movie be the…
 • Nick Sylvester
The Funny Thing About Difficult Music
in search of smartdumb: Merzbow, Weird Al, infantile babble, Riff Central (RIP), breakbeats, samplers, annihilation, and the debut album of Nick…
 • Nick Sylvester and Sam Hockley-Smith
In Praise of Billy Jones
In search of smartdumb: the ongoing collective hallucination that is New York City; a band called the Octagon; Elvis Guesthouse; living your life as one…
 • Nick Sylvester
The 0dBFS Aesthetic
in search of smartdumb: Sleater-Kinney's "The Fox"; digital clipping; Stadium Arcadium; St. Anger; Apogee converters; Sleigh Bells; Merriweather Post…
 • Nick Sylvester
What is smartdumb?
In search of smartdumb: a working understanding of the concept; the supposed decline of culture; art vs. entertainment; getting one's freak on; rolling…
 • Nick Sylvester
Addison Rae, or: When Gas Is Mid and Mid Is Gas
in search of smartdumb: Max Martin's voice memos; good vs. believable; pop stars become celebrities vs. celebrities who become pop stars; Ron Perry's…
 • Nick Sylvester
O Drum Fill, Where Art Thou?
in search of smartdumb: Dave Grohl; some unfortunate realities of live drum recording; power versus performance; DAWs and EDM; the painted word (maybe?)
 • Nick Sylvester
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