New posts from jordanlee.life
As a nonacademic, I was blown away by Adam Mastroianni’s 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 Maxwell’s dad was one of the architects of this system??
Bonnie Prince Billy - We Are Together Again (No Quarter 2026)
Will Oldham has gifted us another BPB album; this one finds him accompanied by a large ensemble assembled in Kentucky to back up his distinctive americana-esque style. It feels like a continuation of his past couple records which preach love and openness in our time of isolation and fear. I appreciated his interview with Larry Fitzmaurice where he got deeper into the circumstances of making the album including taking care of an aging parent, newfound rootedness, (not) adapting to a changing music industry.
One of my favorite moments is when he sings “the human times have come and gone, we must accept our rule is done” in Life Is Scary Horses. Overall I resonated a lot more with the first half of the record but it is a real treat to have someone like Oldham continuing to chart his own path and still writing lit-up spirit-filled alt country in these dark times.
