Music
A Band on the Brink of Collapse
The image of musicians in a recording studio beset by interpersonal tensions—while making their best music—is so familiar it leads a listener to wonder, Is the strife all somehow necessary?...
Millions of simulations show that media companies have too much time on their hands
It’s Wednesday and I discuss a number of topics today. First, the ‘million simulations’ that Bloomberg apparently think show that there is an impending US bond market rout. Second, the way in which neoliberal-inspired legislation ensures the private energy providers can gouge prices and make huge profits in the face of a state-owned alternative. Third,…
Inflation excluding volatile items is now falling back to around 2 per cent in Australia – despite the efforts of the RBA
Today (March 27, 2024), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest – Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator – for February 2024, which showed that the annual inflation rate steadied at 3.4 per cent. Today’s figures are the closest we have to what is actually going on at the moment and show many of…
Bank of Japan’s rate rise is not a sign of a radical policy shift
Yesterday, the Bank of Japan increased its policy target rate for the first time in 17 odd years and it set the noise level among the commentariat off the charts – ‘finally, they have bowed to the pressure from the financial markets’, ‘major tightening’, ‘scraps radical policy’, etc – all the hysteria. The reality is…
"Rainy day friction" by Lorenzo's Music
Listen to the song
"Rainy Day Friction" (3rd song for a film soundtrack project we're working on) is a melancholic song. Sparse piano, strings, and bass set the pace, while vocals, baritone sax, and organ create an ASMR-like crescendo in the chorus, evoking feelings of longing for a scene in the movie.
Get the recording files
You can clone the Ardour DAW recording session files from our GitHub repository and reuse and remix the song.
Clone the song on GitHub here - https://github.com/lorenzosmusic/rainy-day-friction
This song is released under creative commons so you are free to:
Share — use, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
Latest US inflation data is no cause for alarm – the trend is down
It’s Wednesday and I have looked at the US CPI release overnight that has set alarm bells off in the ‘financial markets’ and among mainstream economists. My assessment is that there is nothing much to see – annual inflation less volatile items is still falling and the lagged impact of shelter (housing) is still evident…
My blog is on holiday today
Its that time of the year … I have a long flight today with a long drive from where I have been working this week to get to the airport and at the end of the various journeys will be a birthday cake (cue LC). The travel is to get me to where the cake…
Taylor Swift: The Modest Proposal
And so the working hypothesis of this proposal is: that only art with an awareness of finitude constitutes meaningful composition. ...
Taylor Swift, the Modern Alcibiades
Much ink has been spilled on whether she’s a feminist hero or ruthless capitalist villain. I think she’s a modern day Alcibiades. ...
The Mysteries of Taylor Swift
In this Taylor Swift symposium, New School philosophers and critical theorists dissect the mysteries of the pop star....