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Philip Sherburne
@PhilipSherburne
Pitchfork / Futurism Restated / Balmat
Substack: futurismrestated.substack.com
Label: balmat.cat
Mixes: soundcloud.com/psherburne
- An all-timer great feature hereThe last great master of his art form died yesterday. I wrote about him a few years ago for a story I pitched mostly so I'd have an excuse to meet him. nytimes.com/2023/01/02/mag…
- Loved getting to write three blurbs for @tweeasfuck's excellent electroclash list for Pitchfork (and I'm even happier to see the no. 4 selection, which I didn't write but voted for, rank so high on the list!)
- In this week's newsletter: dazzling hothouse minimalism from Tonal Union’s Akusmi, guitar duets from Meg Duffy and Gregory Uhlmann, a raucous live recording of Bill Orcutt’s The Four Louies, a banging new Djrum EP, and much more. futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-184-terra…
- Beyond the stupidity and arrogance of this directive (though Trump wanting to return to the 19th century should be no surprise at this point) I’m baffled by the White House’s word choice hereSCOOP: Trump has directed the Navy to tear out a complex system for launching fighter jets from its aircraft carriers and instead go back to using steam catapults, a move Navy officials have fought for years and will likely cost billions in extra dollars. U.S. officials say
