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Kevin Kortum

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Armand Hammer /// Tiny Desk

So. Damn. Good. Armand Hammer is incredible as always. I think the reason rap stands out to me more on Tiny Desk is two fold. First, I think rap is just better in a more intimate setting as opposed to someone rapping loudly and being played over excessive speakers in large venues; it just doesn’t carry well. Second, they almost always bring a full real band, with drums, guitar, bass, etc. Some rappers do travel with bands, but it’s not the norm. There’s just no beating real instruments in an intimate space, with charismatic leads.

For Better Or Worse, 'The Odyssey' Is Peak Christopher Nolan

And so we have his vision of The Odyssey, a massive, operatic cinematic experience mostly about the story's own operatic massiveness. In many ways, Nolan especially has always been making The Odyssey from the inside out, obsessed as he has been with his own harrowing quest to make big, majestic spectacles.

Just testing out linkblog posts from my new publicly available web app, Readding, that turns your Linkding links into a beautiful read it later experience and lets you post to Ghost or Pika blogs.