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DOG FM is a cryptic dream committed to tape

interview

DOG FM is a cryptic dream committed to tape

Oliver Chapman and Phoebe Eccles discuss their new field recording / music / poetry mash-up album

The Temple Ugly burger on a purple background.

Day Soda

Day Soda #19: One ugly vegan

I tackle the Ugly Vegan x Temple of Seitan collaborative burger

The 2025 Night Water Oscar Ballot results are in

film & tv

The 2025 Night Water Oscar Ballot results are in

Who will take home the top prize this year?

Water being poured into a glass on a solid purple background.

Night Water meta

Night Water: Year Four

A quantitative look at the fourth year of this newsletter

High Vis performing at Electric Brixton. An audience member crowd surfs while others film.

music

Gig Report: High Vis / Narrow Head / Whitelands

21.2.25 @ Electric Brixton

An em dash with a drop shadow on a light purple background.

writing

You can take my em dashes from my cold, dead hands

Are em dashes really a telltale sign of AI writing?

A marker drawing of the Titanic sinking—it's tail end sticks up out of blueish-green frothing water.

interview

10 years of drawing the Titanic every day

3654 days after they started, an anonymous artist looks back at ten years of Titanic drawings

Night Water

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Close-up of a tortilla with pulled mushrooms simulating the look and texture of carnitas, along with other ingredients.

A BritMex Veganuary Fast Food Tour

The best vegan “Mexican” food London has to offer

Scrubs Power Hour: Selections from Season One

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A still from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Charlie Brown and Linus discuss life in the snow.

Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits #2: Christmas

Another holiday special from the NYU Local archives

Statler and Waldorf (Muppets) type furiously on a computer keyboard.

A liquid cat in your mailbox

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A staff member introduces the Greatest Muppet Movie Marathon at the Prince Charles Cinema.

Late Night Vibes: The Greatest Muppet Movie Marathon Edition

“What fools are we… that go to all night Muppets marathons?”

The remote end of the iPod Radio Remote on a purple background.

iPod Radio Remote, 18 years later

Is this the most inconvenient way to listen to radio in 2024?

Artwork from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, showing the Peanuts gang at a large dinner table.

Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits #1: Thanksgiving

A holiday special from the NYU Local archives

Greggs’ Vegan Festive Bake is a worthy train treat

Miracle on the high street

An iPod nano running Sonic the Hedgehog on a purple background.

Meet the developer saving the iPod’s click wheel games

Finally, you can play LOST: The Video Game with a click wheel

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A person in a beat-up Spider-Man costume thumbs for a ride on the sidewalk in a city.

Austin Powers saying “Yeah, baby!”

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