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: jordanlee.lifešµ Parallelisme - mui zyu (Father/Daughter 2026)
\nI enjoyed the melancholy art-pop of mui zyuās last album so I was intrigued by her cover of Miharu Koshiās 1984 song Parallelisme. I not only loved the cover but found the originalās harsher industrial textures to be an equally compelling contrast.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/030aeb1586.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/04/23/parallelisme-mui-zyu-fatherdaughter-i.html","date_published":"2026-04-23T13:11:37+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":"2026-04-23 13:11","date_timestamp":1776949897,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88712868","content_html":"interesting interview with Nathan Schneider on governing online spaces: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/04/21/interesting-interview-with-nathan-schneider.html","date_published":"2026-04-21T15:22:25+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":"2026-04-21 15:22","date_timestamp":1776784945,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88303584","content_html":"Neti-Neti - Echo of Being / Grace in Rot (2024) : jordanlee.life
šµ Flore Laurentienne - Volume III (2026)
\nThis is the first time in the history of this young blog where I post about the same artist twice, but Iāve been enjoying Flore Laurentienneās new work as a continuation and expansion of his past two volumes of instrumental string and synthesizer work.
\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/e3cb9a47f2.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/04/14/flore-laurentienne-volume-iii-this.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T13:36:27+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":"2026-04-14 13:36","date_timestamp":1776173787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88048317","content_html":"šµ Stan Getz Featuring Joao Gilberto - Aguas De MarƧo (1976): jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/04/11/stan-getz-featuring-joao-gilberto.html","date_published":"2026-04-11T13:52:07+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":"2026-04-11 13:52","date_timestamp":1775915527,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87767828","content_html":"Kevin Munger on Vilem Flusser's Communicology: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/04/07/kevin-munger-on-vilem-flussers.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T14:35:56+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":"2026-04-07 14:35","date_timestamp":1775572556,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87766744","content_html":"Wendy Eisenberg - s/t (Joyful Noise 2026)
\nIāve enjoyed seeing Wendy play guitar in a wide range of experimental contexts over the decade but this new record takes those experiences and applies them to more conventional song structures. With their cosmic lyrics and Mariās strings, Iām totally hooked
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/4b3db614ce.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/04/07/wendy-eisenberg-st-joyful-noise.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T14:16:23+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":"2026-04-07 14:16","date_timestamp":1775571383,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87535451","content_html":"The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/04/03/the-price-of-democracy-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T15:12:14+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":"2026-04-03 15:12","date_timestamp":1775229134,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87328681","content_html":"Tristan Allen - Osni the Flare (RVNG 2026)
\nI have been spellbound by the new album by puppeteer and composer Tristan Allen, whose delicate instrumentals dance across piano keys, bells, and reeds before dissolving into the air. It reminds me a bit of Ichiko Aoba, another favorite composer of mine.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/4f333db8bc.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/31/tristan-allen-osni-the-flare.html","date_published":"2026-03-31T16:00:56+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":"2026-03-31 16:00","date_timestamp":1774972856,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87219731","content_html":"š¶ Mixtape for Spring šæ: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/29/mixtape-for-spring.html","date_published":"2026-03-29T23:27:20+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":"2026-03-29 23:27","date_timestamp":1774826840,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86934312","content_html":"š Ways of Being by James Bridle ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/ways-of-being-uk-hb-small.jpg\")
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šµ dagmar zuniga - in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music
\nHappy first week of spring! Iām currently hooked on dagmar zunigaās contemporary yet out-of-time devotional pop miniatures. Self-recorded onto cassette tape, the album has an appealing earthiness.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/89e4b89178.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/24/dagmar-zuniga-in-filth-your.html","date_published":"2026-03-24T22:04:26+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":"2026-03-24 22:04","date_timestamp":1774389866,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86531817","content_html":"\nRosie Spinks on private equity salad chains, homeless encampments, and the accelerating logic of extraction
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/19/the-logic-of-extraction-rosie.html","date_published":"2026-03-19T13:41:58+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":"2026-03-19 13:41","date_timestamp":1773927718,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86387046","content_html":"Extraction isnāt my idea; itās the operating logic of private equity which, by some estimates, controls as much as 20% of the US economy. The general gist is that everything in our world is driven by the impulse to extract power and wealth from one set of people or resources and move it further up the chain. The higher up the chain it goes, the more detached from reality it becomes. The further down, the sadder and more desperate.
\n
š Love by Hanne Ćrstavik (1997) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/9780914671947.jpg\")
: jordanlee.life
Bonnie Prince Billy - We Are Together Again (No Quarter 2026) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/a3003050591-16.jpg\")
: jordanlee.life
As a nonacademic, I was blown away by Adam Mastroianniās deep dive into the corruption of the for-profit scientific journal industry which has a stranglehold on who gets tenure and what research gets done. Apparently Ghislaine Maxwellās dad was one of the architects of this system??
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/10/as-a-nonacademic-i-was.html","date_published":"2026-03-10T13:47:55+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":"2026-03-10 13:47","date_timestamp":1773150475,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85780230","content_html":"Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Ever New (At Hotel2Tango 2026)
\nI already loved the peaceful arpeggiating synths of the original version of Ever New, but now 40 years later, this new choral version recorded in the midst of a dementia diagnosis takes on new weight and feels like a true gift to the listener.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/a3971954812-16-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/08/beverly-glenncopeland-ever-new-at.html","date_published":"2026-03-08T19:05:04+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":"2026-03-08 19:05","date_timestamp":1772996704,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85684232","content_html":"Mike Pepi on Software Binaries: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/06/mike-pepi-on-software-binaries.html","date_published":"2026-03-07T03:20:30+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":"2026-03-07 03:20","date_timestamp":1772853630,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85429428","content_html":"Messenger by Mary Oliver: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/03/messenger-by-mary-oliver.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T18:52:25+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":"2026-03-03 18:52","date_timestamp":1772563945,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85416113","content_html":"Market - Cleanliness 2: Gorgeous Technologies (2026 Western Vinyl)
\nI absolutely love Nate Mendelsohnās new record. I did a rare back to back listen to catch the bonkers, constantly unraveling pop production and spiralling, stream of consciousness lyrics. The whole album is definitely worth a spin.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/a1644681378-16-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/03/market-cleanliness-gorgeous-technologies-western.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T15:40:48+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":"2026-03-03 15:40","date_timestamp":1772552448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85273019","content_html":"The Inhuman Intelligence That Already Rules Us: jordanlee.life
","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/03/01/the-inhuman-intelligence-that-already.html","date_published":"2026-03-01T13:25:10+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":"2026-03-01 13:25","date_timestamp":1772371510,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85151675","content_html":"Michael Cormier-OāLeary - Proof Enough (Dear Life 2026)
\nIāve been playing this EP a lot this week from the founder of a favorite label of mine, Dear Life. It uses vignettes to explore how āfamilial tendrils pervade our perspectivesā. I especially love the warm yet strange harmonies of Marilyn
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/a0180448201-16-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/02/27/michael-cormieroleary-proof-enough-dear.html","date_published":"2026-02-27T15:26:18+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":"2026-02-27 15:26","date_timestamp":1772205978,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84877742","content_html":"šµ Mirah - Dedication (2026) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/a2455352402-16.jpg\")
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šæ Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie directed by Matt Johnson (2025) ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/1041012-nirvanna-the-band-the-show-the-movie-0-2000-0-3000-crop.jpg\")
: jordanlee.life
Compost Modernity written by Yogi Hale Hendlin in Aeon
\nThis seems like a good entry point to learning about the solarpunk movement and itās ethos of using technology in collaboration with ecological systems instead of dominating them. My only qualm is the author misunderstanding Luddites.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/283804/2026/solarpunk-card-image01.webp\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jordanlee.life/2026/02/20/compost-modernity-written-by-yogi.html","date_published":"2026-02-21T03:07:56+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":"2026-02-21 03:07","date_timestamp":1771643276,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":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,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81648710","content_html":"@mattypenny Iāve 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,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}