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: jordanlee.life🎵 Back To School Listening: jordanlee.life
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","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/08/27/capital-from-zero-by-kohei.html","date_published":"2026-08-27T14:57:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-27 14:57","date_timestamp":1787842658,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96491460","content_html":"🎵 R.AGGS - TAPE 2
\nI was a fan of Ray’s first tape from six years ago so I was delighted to see a new one self-released. TAPE 2 features their signature fiddle and drum machine combo with glimmers of the guitar and singing prevalent in their other projects. I feel especially drawn to side B.
\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/44d99b1991.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/08/27/raggs-tape-i-was-a.html","date_published":"2026-08-27T14:00:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-27 14:00","date_timestamp":1787839241,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95637896","content_html":"Bach - 'Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria' by Nevermind : jordanlee.life
📚 Getting Off with the Luddites: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/08/07/getting-off-with-the-luddites.html","date_published":"2026-08-07T13:00:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 13:00","date_timestamp":1786107650,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95295277","content_html":"🎵 Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962): jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/08/06/sonny-rollins-the-bridge.html","date_published":"2026-08-06T14:14:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-06 14:14","date_timestamp":1786025682,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94708888","content_html":"🍿 Triple Odyssey: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/07/26/triple-odyssey.html","date_published":"2026-07-27T00:17:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-27 00:17","date_timestamp":1785111457,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94539631","content_html":"Helado Tropical - s/t (Psychic Hotline / 2026)
\nI have listened to the laid back synth pop of Helado Negro for almost 20 years so I was eager to hear his collaboration with Reyna Tropical whose upbeat Latin pop seemed like grounds for a great combination. I’m loving the echoing electronic grooves!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/668968e063.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/07/23/helado-tropical-st-psychic-hotline.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T19:17:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 19:17","date_timestamp":1784834223,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94331850","content_html":"A great primer on the work of Byung-Chul Han: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/07/20/a-great-primer-on-the.html","date_published":"2026-07-20T14:56:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-20 14:56","date_timestamp":1784559373,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94053051","content_html":"Nighttime - Looking Glass (2026) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/4c3da231d5.jpg\")
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A Month of Travel through Movies: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/07/09/a-month-of-travel-through.html","date_published":"2026-07-09T14:10:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 14:10","date_timestamp":1783606249,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93611302","content_html":"I am testing out using video embeds with a Penny and the Quarters song me and L sang at our friend’s wedding
\n\n\n jordanlee.life","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/07/07/test-yt-hrumyupos.html","date_published":"2026-07-07T21:42:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-07 21:42","date_timestamp":1783460558,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93611030","content_html":"📚 Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/56337680.jpg\")
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Nolen Royalty on his website One Million Check Boxes and how it accidentally made community
\nI saw Nolen present at WordHack recently and thought it was incredible, he’s become one of my favorite digital performance artists. I recommend this 7 minute talk on creativity, constraints, and binary.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/07/01/nolen-royalty-on-his-website.html","date_published":"2026-07-01T19:37:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 19:37","date_timestamp":1782934672,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92523813","content_html":"Brian Merchant on Neo Luddites: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/06/19/brian-merchant-on-neo-luddites.html","date_published":"2026-06-20T00:45:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 00:45","date_timestamp":1781916317,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92242500","content_html":"Although I recently enjoyed (and posted about) Neil Postman’s work, I thought Rob Horning made some valid critques here: The postman always rings twice
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/06/15/although-i-recently-enjoyed-and.html","date_published":"2026-06-15T20:15:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 20:15","date_timestamp":1781554546,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92173496","content_html":"The parameters within which technology should operate must be established collectively, politically, but mounting moral panics about new technology results only in a withdrawal into individual soul-searching. The point of tech criticism should not be to confirm our powerlessness but to clarify how to better distribute the power that technologies put at our command.
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🎵 Ruth Garbus - Profound (Orindal 2026)
\nI try to check out everything Orindal releases and was rewarded by the new Ruth Garbus record which has a wide-open quality vacillating between the childish and, yes, the profound. Lyrically and musically I feel privileged to be let into this rich inner world
\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/94f7d11400.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/06/14/ruth-garbus-profound-orindal-i.html","date_published":"2026-06-14T18:15:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-14 18:15","date_timestamp":1781460936,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91905548","content_html":"📚 Ways of Seeing by John Berger (1972) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/2784.jpg\")
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Marion Milner's Creative Confrontations by Akshi Singh in Parapraxis: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/06/09/marion-milners-creative-confrontations-by.html","date_published":"2026-06-09T14:02:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 14:02","date_timestamp":1781013777,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91526302","content_html":"🎵 Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart - BODY SOUND (International Anthem 2026) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/80036a401e.jpg\")
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🎵 Touch Girl Apple Blossom - Graceful (K Records 2026)
\nNamed after a Beat Happening lyric, I really enjoyed TGAB’s upbeat, jangly set at Providence Popfest last month. Luckily the album, out on K Records, is a great encapsulation of that same catchy DIY charm.
\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/67dc725249.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/05/24/touch-girl-apple-blossom-graceful.html","date_published":"2026-05-24T15:43:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 15:43","date_timestamp":1779637435,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90826791","content_html":"📚 Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (1985) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/9780143036531.jpg\")
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🎵 Matt Evans - Daydream Observatory (2026) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/479ff96091.jpg\")
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A new type of LLC for artists (via [hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/art-problems-wtf-is-an-a-corp/?ref=blog.metalabel.com)): jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/05/19/a-new-type-of-llc.html","date_published":"2026-05-19T13:50:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-19 13:50","date_timestamp":1779198616,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90368732","content_html":"Critical Listening interviews Maine Music Alliance: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/05/17/critical-listening-interviews-maine-music.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T19:24:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 19:24","date_timestamp":1779045897,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81973515","content_html":"@wiggitywhitney You might like the song A Ballad, it reminds me of sound check ;)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mutebenny/81973515","date_published":"2026-01-13T17:22:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-13 17:22","date_timestamp":1768324952,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81648710","content_html":"@mattypenny I’ve always meant to get into The Pogues, do you have a favorite album?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mutebenny/81648710","date_published":"2026-01-08T21:40:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Jordan Lee","url":"https://mutebenny.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F00%2F1859258.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mutebenny"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-08 21:40","date_timestamp":1767908430,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}