Five Bullets 8.9.24
Breaking, Resonate, Tornados & more
Good morning and Happy Friday!
After a few days of cool temperatures and rain here in New York City, we’ve got more humidity and rain in the forecast today - and a tornado warning!
This week I spent some time listening to and writing about one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands - Lettuce’s album Resonate. If you’ve been reading this newsletter for a while, you’ve likely heard me talk about this band (over and over!)
Also if you were as surprised as I was to see breaking added to the Olympics, check out the link below which covers the sport/dance form’s early start in New York City with some awesome photos.
And a few ecologically-related articles today, on marshes and tornados, just a reminder that everything is related, everything is a circle.
What are you reading, hearing, and seeing?
This week’s bullets:
Dance: This weekend Breaking will make it’s Olympic debut, 50 years after it’s Bronx beginnings. Hit the link to learn about breaking’s history and the moves B-boys and B-girls will be showcasing in competition.
Music: This week I revisited funk band Lettuce’s 2020 album Resonate. I remember when this album came out during the pandemic - positive news during a dark time.
NYC: Researchers studying saltwater marshes in New York’s Jamaica Bay say we only have a short window to save these crucial ecosystems. Marshes play an important role in the health of our waterways and protect the coasts from flooding, erosion, and natural disasters. Reading about the marshes reminded me of the trash heaps of Barren Island once located in Jamaica Bay.
Science-fiction: The Tech World’s Greatest Living Novelist Goes Meta. I’m not really sure if there’s a point to this essay about novelist Robin Sloan - except that the writer’s recorder died - but I enjoyed it and immediately connected the essay’s quirky style to one I shared back in March 2023 about Brandon Sanderson. Both essays by Wired’s Jason Kehe.
Tornados: If you’ve seen Twisters (sequel to the ’90’s film) Tyler Owens (Glen Powell) is based on real-life storm chaser Reed Timmer. Timmer studies and tracks tornados in a heavily armored Ford F-350 truck named the Dominator. According to the article, over 1,000 tornados have hit the U.S. so far this year.
Resonate helped me dance my way through the pandemic <3