Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… I Am My Own Worst Enemy (No Shit, Right?).

Thinking that it’s time for one of my occasional purgings/refreshings of RSS feeds. Getting a little stale.

EarBliss, 01may2020 (the ”title may be ill-timed to the current situation but whatever it’s absolutely beautiful music” edition): A PLAGUE TALE: INNOCENCE (Original Soundtrack), by Olivier Deriviere.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… CHUNGKING EXPRESS, Revisited.

‘Hanna’ Teaser: Amazon Announces Release Date for Season 2, via IndieWire.

Microsoft’s big Xbox Game Pass bet is starting to pay off, via The Verge.

Europe flooded with cocaine despite coronavirus trade disruptions - Reuters, via Reuters.

Not quite all there - The 90% economy that lockdowns will leave behind, via The Economist.

The Internet Likes Kim Yo Jong a Little Too Much, via Foreign Policy.

Status.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… SitRep, 30apr2020 / “Responsible Re-Start” Edition

Under pressure to reopen this fall, school leaders plot unprecedented changes, via The Washington Post.

Nick Cave & More Sign Open Letter Warning Of ‘Cultural Wasteland’, via The Quietus.

Nothing to See Here? How Not to React to North Korea Rumors, via 38 North.

Rural Counties Account for Increasing Share of New Covid-19 Cases, via The Daily Yonder.

Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar: Researchers discover 66-million-year-old ‘crazy beast’, via phys.org.

Watching, 29apr2020: NIGHTFALL, dir. Jacques Tourneur (1956). (First Criterion Channel pick; could do a lot worse than a Tourneur adaptation of a David Goodis novel.)

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… I (Have, Can, and Will Let Myself) Watch Movies.

Now that I have the Criterion Channel, the next step is letting myself take the time to sit down and enjoy its treasures. Relaxing has never been my strong suit.

The Criterion Channel is available on XBox One - had to search for the app in the store, though. Day=made.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of These First Baby-Steps with Drafts.

The Very Real Threat of Trump’s Deepfake, via The Atlantic.

Five Things to Know If Kim Jong Un Dies, via Foreign Policy.

Nine Ways Schools Will Look Different When (And If) They Reopen, via NPR.

President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat, via The Washington Post.

The Library of Congress wants to help you remix public domain audio clips, via The Verge.

Finally decided to give the Drafts app a try. Think I might already be sold on it. (Thanks, @kaa and @cm.)

Patrol break.

Just making my semi-regular statement of desire for The Criterion Channel to be available as an XBox app or Amazon channel so that I can give them my money. Carry on.

EarBliss, 27apr2020: MANHATTAN SPECIAL, by Onyx Collective.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Polarities and Process, Ad Infinitum.

Bolshoi in the kitchen: Russian ballet is also working from home during lockdown, via The Washington Post.

A Tale of Two Rescue Plans, via Foreign Policy.

Is the talk about Kim Jong Un being sick — or worse — true? Pyongyang is abuzz, too, via The Washington Post.

Posters From Japan’s 100-Year Old Pandemic Manual, via Spoon & Tamago.

Update: I’m still married.

Over the last decade, I’ve learned: gardening without killing plants; basic plumbing; pergola construction; furnace repair; vehicle battery replacement; and dog v. raccoon ear bandaging. I’ve now attempted the most challenging and potentially disastrous: coloring my wife’s hair.