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Robert Rackley

Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker and paper airplane mechanic.

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🎵 Geowulf "Saltwater"

Last week, I wrote about some musical favorites from 2021. This week, I'm posting the video from one of my favorite songs that isn't from last year, but that I discovered last year. I think this one surfaced due to the Apple Music recommendation algorithm, which

🎵 Geowulf "Saltwater"
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Issue No. 3

How Christmas changed everything, catching back up with Amazon, my favorite song of the year, Bullet Journaling for men and mobile phones as a necessary lifestyle accessory.

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🎵 Spectres “Northern Towns”

For this Friday Night Video, Spectres comes your way with some powerful, muscular post-punk. At first, I thought this was a fan-made video with the traditional fuzzy retro found footage. It wasn’t until the band was shown in the same style that I realized it was a legit official

🎵 Spectres “Northern Towns”
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Issue No. 2

Evaluating the Glass photo sharing network as it matures, changing a screen time habit into a reading ritual, China is looking to make Marx the answer to the lack of spirituality in the country and noticing a meaningful nuance in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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Hazel English "Nine Stories"

This is definitely the most playful music video I've seen in some time. You have Hazel English, mostly dressed like a school girl from a private prep school, goofing around in fountains, reading in the grass, and well, attending school. The song exudes a twee charm with a

Hazel English photo.
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Pissed or Blissed?

It’s frustrating to see people disregard the health of their neighbors, but even as we get angry, are we as considerate as we imagine?

A quadrant with Blissed, Blessed, Pissed and Dissed in the squares.
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Issue No. 1

Amazon employees yet again have reason to complain, the results of the 2021 Flickr x LEGO Build and Capture photo contest, the Vivaldi browser hits at Microsoft's Edge and using AI to create better psychotherapy outcomes.

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Hoops "Cars and Girls"

Last week I featured an important song in the Japanese city pop genre and made the comparison to sophisti-pop, which came from the UK. This week I wanted to feature some sophisti-pop for comparison, but didn't want to go straight at it. So what we have here is

Hoops "Cars and Girls"
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America Defeated Itself

In America, those that lived during the time of World War II are often referred to as "The Greatest Generation." Their level of self-sacrifice and dedication to their country and to freedom around the world will long be remembered by history. They can tell their grandchildren stories of

Man loading rifle.
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Mariya Takeuchi "Plastic Love"

The song for this video is from 1984, but the video was shot just recently. Originally not a huge seller, "Plastic Love" by Mariya Takeuchi has been growing in popularity over the last 40 years. It fits in with the 80's Japanese genre, city pop, and

Mariya Takeuchi "Plastic Love"