#Spectrum Magazine

[thefugitivesaint]

Yuko Shimizu, 'SVA Subway Poster 2', ''Spectrum'', Vol. 24, 2017

[show-us-kaidenshenandoah]

every time i watch anything with him in it (admittingly, predominantly from the Dropout app), i am reminded that Lou Wilson is the most handsome man to have ever lived. like, objectively. he just is. i will hear no arguments for any other person to be ranked higher. Lou Wilson: whose face single-handedly shows humanity can go no higher in beauty. he is THE most attractive man in the world. argue with the wall lmao

[livefastnbebeautiful]

[melovibes57]

[arconinternet]

Crashed (Zines, 1994-1997)

You can read them here.

You can play tons of ZX Spectrum games and other programs in your browser here.

[handsonurkneesimangelinajolie]

[basic-retro-programming]

Für echte Retro-Fans ...

Aktualisierte Neuauflage als Director's Cut ...

Post #326: CHIP, Computer Magazin, Kult-Computer der 1980er Jahre, Die beliebtesten Heimcomputer der 8- und 16-Bit-Ära, Ausgabe 2024.

[taxi-davis]

Crash Magazine cover art, July 1986

[mingos-commodoreblog]

Eight Bit Magazine Issue 12

[mvfm-25]

" Suck plasma, bug eyes! "

Zero Magazine n16 - February, 1991

[thefugitivesaint]

Rafael Olbinski, 'Salome', ''Spectrum'' #7, 2000

[adventism-atheism-orthodoxy-me]

"When it counts God has often gone to the ladies. The imminent arrival of the Messiah is revealed to Mary before Joseph. I like it that Mary is the only one I can think of who gets to give the Saviour of the world a good ‘where-the-heck-have-you-been-we-were-worried-sick!’ telling off! It’s Mary who anoints Jesus before the crucifixion and it is the ladies again who are first witnessed to the resurrection. Paul's counsel is that a man should love his wife as much as he loves his life, and the analogy is used to present the church as a bride. God is not the church, we are the church so we are the bride. God has no issues with women." -- From the Comments

[reasonsforhope]

By the way, you can improve your executive function. You can literally build it like a muscle.

Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.

This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):

Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):

Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.

But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:

Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.

Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation

Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.

Meditation

Martial arts

Sports in general

Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)

Woodworking

Cooking

If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers

Things can be easier. You might always have a disability around this (I certainly always will), but it can be easier. You do not have to be this stuck forever.

[theactioneer]

Oliver Frey Giana Sisters Crash Magazine cover (1987) 

[decorativecollar]

Fusion, ZX Spectrum edition

[dustedmagazine]

Illusion of Safety — Float (Full Spectrum)

Water is the canvas on which life scatters its myriad forms. It’s also the vehicle for nature’s wrath. Within water’s covalent structure, placidity and chaos swirl in a perpetual duel. For the 40th anniversary of his ineffable Illusion of Safety project, Daniel Burke wanted to demonstrate his reverence for this mercurial substance. “I was always in water,” he says, “swimming and later scuba diving, always fascinated not only by the feel of it…but also the sound of it: wave, flow, bubble, crackle, and hiss.” His awe is matched by his realization that climate change begets extreme weather events, and he wanted to represent this powerful but deadly aspect of water in his work: bomb cyclones, storm surges, record-breaking rainfalls, intense blizzards. Float is how Burke reconciles water’s many temperaments. He conjures its calm mirrored surface, the hypnotic splattering of its droplets, its rage-filled violent surges, and the melancholy dance of its foggy vapor across a single extended soundscape.

The initial incarnation of Float was an immersive 16-channel audio experience with video accompaniment. To witness it must have been like being copilot to Mother Nature, as the audio-only stereo mixdown is indelible and haunting on its own. Its fluid frequencies seep between the synapses to secure a home in our collective amygdalae. Burke has woven a multi-hued tapestry from water recordings spanning the spectrum of hydro-human experience: raindrops, thunderclaps, waves, drips, gurgles, and misty sprays. Environmental field recordings add a sense of immediacy and immersion. Burke places us amid the storm, he submerges us in the stream, and he dips our toes into the ocean’s salty waves. His own instrumental recordings, primarily electronics and piano, tie the narrative together. Ambient and noise music conjure a host of water metaphors; Float rises above metaphor; it tells the story of water and the asymmetrical nature of our relationship with the substance. Our survival depends on it, but we don’t appreciate it. We exploit it, and it can destroy us. 

Illusion of Safety has taken many forms over the decades Burke’s been active. His list of collaborators is lengthy. For Float, he’s acting solo, harmonizing with the water itself. This is a personal relationship for him, one that becomes more important as the impact of climate change becomes ever more apparent. As the music reaches its noisiest point and electronic clouds beget distorted peals of thunder and static, Burke is appealing to our lizard brains. We should respect water’s power, even fear it. He punctuates this thought with the title of the piece. What happens when we don’t float in water? We don’t survive.

Bryon Hayes