Gone (Almost) Phishin’
Most phishing attacks are still pretty obvious if you're paying attention. But man, if you find yourself in the crosshairs of a sophisticated attacker? Good luck.
Most phishing attacks are still pretty obvious if you're paying attention. But man, if you find yourself in the crosshairs of a sophisticated attacker? Good luck.

I'm simultaneously shocked and yet completely unsurprised. Has there ever been a more untrustworthy steward of user privacy than Meta?

This review hit me right in the feels. “There is a certain kind of computer review that is really a permission slip. It tells you what you’re allowed to want. It locates you in a taxonomy — student, creative, professional, power user — and assigns you a product. It is helpful. It is responsible. It has very little interest in what you might become.”

I collect many things—vinyl, LEGO, retro computers—but I’m not a Fancy Watch Guy™. I’m perfectly happy with my Apple Watch Ultra. But someday, I will own a Breitling Navitimer 806.

Damon Albarn and Dangermouse’s genre-defying 2005 masterpiece — “Feel Good Inc.,” “DARE,” “El Mañana” — featuring De La Soul, MF DOOM, and more. Picked up at House of Kong, an immersive Gorillaz exhibition in LA. Standard 2LP reissue.

This looks wild. Genuinely, the most novel idea we've seen since Merc introduced dual-axis steering back in 2020.

"Suno and other generative AI music platforms treat outliers as noise to be filtered. Miles Davis heard them as curiosity doors to be unlocked. Suno iterates cheaply and randomly. Steely Dan iterated expensively and deliberately. Suno defines success as meeting a statistical average. Both the Dan and the Quintet defined success as defying the average to find the immortal."

“I’m torn because I don’t want to give Meta another penny. They don’t deserve it,” says Boyer, who invested in three Meta Quest headsets, along with several straps and accessories. “The corporation as a whole does not care about the people who use it. That’s the message I got from them and as a result, I will never buy those glasses, their watch, or any of the other things they’re trying to develop.”

Blue Note’s Tone Poet edition of Sinatra’s In The Wee Small Hours arrived November 14, 2025 for the album’s 70th anniversary – mastered by Kevin Gray from original analog tapes, pressed on 180g mono vinyl at RTI in a deluxe gatefold jacket.

Miles Davis Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 captures the Second Great Quintet across seven Chicago sets, subverting standards like “My Funny Valentine” and “‘Round Midnight” into daring, telepathic anti-music. 10LP, 140g vinyl.

Van Morrison’s Moondance – a soulful 1970 blend of R&B, jazz, and Celtic folk featuring classics like “Into the Mystic” and “Caravan” – gets the Analogue Productions treatment: 45 RPM, 180g, pressed at QRP from the original analog tapes in a Stoughto

Bill Charlap’s trio – billed as New York Trio – plays hushed Songbook ballads on Blues in the Night. The 2021 Venus Records reissue is a limited 180g Japanese pressing via their Hyper Magnum Sound series.

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto’s trio plays warm, single-take standards – “Caravan,” “Speak Low,” “Tea for Two” – recorded in Tokyo in 2013. Venus Records’ 180g Japanese pressing, mastered via Hyper Magnum Sound.

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto’s trio plays relaxed live standards – “Satin Doll,” “Misty,” “Nature Boy,” “Caravan” – captured at Yokohama’s Jazz Is club in 2019. Venus Records’ 2LP, 180g Japanese pressing, mastered via Hyper Magnum Sound.

Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian’s complete Riverside studio output – Portrait in Jazz, Explorations, plus 26 alternates (17 unreleased) – in one Craft Recordings 5-LP, 180g box. Remastered by Paul Blakemore, lacquers cut by Kevin Gray.

A 2025 RSD Black Friday clamshell box collecting all four 1985 singles — “Raspberry Beret,” “Paisley Park,” “Pop Life,” “America” — plus “4 The Tears In Your Eyes,” each on its own color-matched 7” in original picture sleeves.

Ike Quebec’s warm, blues-drenched tenor across four 1959–62 jukebox sessions for Blue Note – ballads to boogies – on a Tone Poet 3-LP set. All-analog from Van Gelder’s original tapes, cut by Kevin Gray, 180g, pressed at RTI.

Bloc Party’s landmark 2005 post-punk debut returns for its 20th anniversary on white 2LP vinyl, released RSD Black Friday 2025. “Helicopter,” “Banquet,” and “This Modern Love” sound as urgent as ever across Paul Epworth’s taut, splintered production.