Terrence O'Brien

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Almost one year ago today I traumatized Verge readers by recommending The Body's I’ve Seen All I Need to See. I needed something equally upsetting to recommend this spooky season. Please enjoy Scott Walker's The Drift.

With the death of Arc Browser you might be looking for a replacement. Personally, I ditched Arc for Zen a while back and regret nothing.

I know the AI ban at r/opensource is getting all the attention, but the ban on non-English speakers is far more egregious if you ask me.

yesterday i talked to wildwood director travis knight and he had a lot to say about ai www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Some Kind of Animal, the latest record from Fielded, jumps from slinky R&B, to neo-soul, to industrial funk. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

I had no idea that Underworld started as a pretty forgettable new wave act. youtu.be/r4jfwzw1drw

AI is helping breathe new life into neglected music hardware, but it's also flooding the market with slop plugins. musictech.com/features/opi...

The Verge commenters know flattery will get you everywhere. (I'll even forgive misspelling my name.)

New: We found cops who kept using Flock to spy on women after they left the force. One used it for five years after retirement, tracking his wife during a custody battle. Another ran searches while he was suspended (and later fired) after killing a 15-year-old boy. Free to read: wapo.st/3UEwWU7

Nothing wrong with more freaks.

If you spend any time on r/synthesizers or watch a lot of synth videos on YouTube, you’ve probably noticed the explosion of custom firmware for hardware synthesizers, samplers, and grooveboxes. What unites many of them is that they were made possible by increasingly sophisticated vibe-coding tools.

We’re back with our second story about how Trump’s purge of the FBI killed a sweeping bribery probe in D.C. This time, we take you to South Carolina, where two powerful politicians escaped scrutiny: Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn. THREAD 👇

Felt spooky. Might delete later. www.instagram.com/reel/Der_FHS...

AI has made it trivial to whip up custom firmware for your favorite synth. In the last couple of months there's been more mods than I can count for over a dozen different instruments and there's no sign it's slowing down any time soon.

The story of Michael Organ is the rare documentary that doubles as a psychological horror film. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

I talked to J Mascis about gear, generative AI, and the secret to Dinosaur Jr.'s longevity. (Turns out, he's just got nothing better to do.)

We've had some really great weekend questionnaires over the last several months, but this is definitely one of my favorite.

Talk all the shit you want, it takes a lot to outdo Anthony Scaramucci.

I mean, what did they expect when they invited him back? www.theverge.com/2019/9/16/20...

Artists are frustrated with the lack of transparency around DistroKid removing their songs. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Continuing our series of spooky season recs with this lesser-known George A Romero flick that mixes feminism, witchcraft, and exploitation film vibes.

As if Nic Cage wasn't cool enough, he basically told Amazon where it could shove its AI. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Human art is getting caught in the crossfire of UMG's “AI-slop pipeline” lawsuit against DistroKid.

Mastodon pressed on actual mastodon is pretty metal, I guess. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Dawn Richard absolutely crushing it (again) on Creole Culture. dawnrichard.bandcamp.com/album/creole...

I legit thought the Nanomatte display on the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro was a cardboard printout shoved in a dummy unit at first.

I find the idea that Teenage Engineering could stop making synths hard to swallow. But it would also be the ultimate troll from the company that sold a $1,600 folding table.

It took no time at all for someone to turn Chompi into not only a VST, but also a web app you can toy with for free. www.theverge.com/tech/1006682...

There’s growing anti-streaming sentiment, and the slowtech trend doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. But no obvious heir to the iPod throne has stepped in to fill the gap in the MP3 player market. Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social:

The first of my spooky season-themed weekend recs, which are, to be fair, not terribly different from my normal recs.

I've recently been using an iPod again and it's an absolute joy.

Well, now I feel like NEED to watch it.

Seeing an easy PR win, Neon is cashing in by announcing it’s making its own SCP movie. But unlike A24, it proactively reached out to the SCP Foundation Wiki team and has pledged to release it under the Creative Commons ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license.

Excited to see what people do with Chompi now that it's open source. www.theverge.com/gadgets/1002...

I hate that The Alchemist keeps getting caught using AI. And that he's trying to deny it this time with Gangrene and this fake-ass painting of the cover art is infuriating. It's like he thinks his fans are stupid. www.hearingthings.co/ai-album-cov...

Jesus Christ Cornell

Drums that Knock are basically inescapable if you dabble at all in making electronic music.

Brave enough? Or masochistic enough?

I've had Pat Benatar's Invincible stuck in my head all day. (I just watched the Legend of Billie Jean on Monday.) But for some reason it keeps morphing into Sheryl Crow's Soak Up the Sun.

the new video is good. it's about why criticism is so important not only to culture but also to our ability to read the political situation. it features interviews with good people. (you can skip the sponsor) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUcy...

Two years after the feed unceremoniously went silent, one of my favorite podcasts is back!

Does A24 have the guts to release the SCP movie under a Creative Commons ShareAlike license?

The chiptune rock band formed in 2004 on forums and remains very online to this day. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

I am claiming "F Bomb the Moon" for my next album title right now. www.youtube.com/shorts/4SKpH...

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