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Day Soda

Day Soda has lost its fizz

Paid-only content on Night Water is over

podcasts

Introducing Local Files Club

A digital label for audio fiction

Zach Braff and Colin Hay in a screenshot from Scrubs season two, episode one. Text: "Night Water Presents Scrubs Power Hour"

scrubs

Scrubs Power Hour: Selections from Season Two

Featuring hits from Colin Hay, Doves, Nelly, and more

National Sausage Roll Day

food & drink

National Sausage Roll Day

Let's celebrate the only way we know how

A screenshot from Titanic Re-Christened, showing the bipedal Titanic carrying "Molly's Greetings," a gun.

games

Never let go of your thirst for revenge

Titanic Re-Christened: Maiden Vengeance puts you in control of a shipwreck with bloodlust

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Day Soda

Day Soda #21: Big in Japan

Plus: we're irregular!

Lana Del Rey sitting on a pool recliner.

Day Soda

Day Soda #20: Lana Del Rey Trivia

Plus: GOOD pricing changes, for once

Night Water

A late night, idiosyncratic niche culture newsletter. As refreshing as a glass of cold water at 3 a.m.

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DOG FM is a cryptic dream committed to tape

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 #19: One ugly vegan

I tackle the Ugly Vegan x Temple of Seitan collaborative burger

The 2025 Night Water Oscar Ballot results are in

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: 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.

Gig Report: High Vis / Narrow Head / Whitelands

21.2.25 @ Electric Brixton

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

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.

10 years of drawing the Titanic every day

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

Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announce the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards.

The Night Water 2025 Oscar Ballot

Plus: Steven Seagal and an update on the Movies Fantasy League

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

Scrubs Power Hour: Selections from Season One

Featuring hits from David Gray, Nil Lara, Cheap Trick, and more

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

Plus: Muppet extras, fantasy league updates, and MF Doom

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