Blue Plate Special: Sunny Day Real Estate
Born in the shadow of Seattle’s grunge explosion, Sunny Day Real Estate emerged in 1992 as something altogether different. While the Pacific Northwest was...
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Blue Plate Special: Blancmange
Emerging from the gray edges of post-punk London in 1979, Blancmange arrived like a transmission from a stranger, equal parts art-school experiment and electronic...
Blue Plate Special: James
Formed in Manchester, England, in 1982 by Paul Gilbertson and Jim Glennie, James evolved from an improvisational garage outfit into one of the most...
Blue Plate Special: The Dream Academy
The Dream Academy feels like a memory you’re not entirely sure is yours—soft-edged, slightly faded, and glowing from somewhere just beyond reach. Emerging in...
Handwriting vs. Typing: What the Brain Research Actually Shows (and Doesn’t)
A Norwegian neuroscientist’s brain-imaging work has been making the rounds again, repackaged as proof that typing is bad for your brain and handwriting is...
Blue Plate Special: Cursive
Emerging from the fertile indie underground of Omaha in the mid-’90s, Cursive carved out a sound that feels less like a genre and more...
More Than Code: A Thank You to the SharePoint Community
Microsoft recently released a short film called More Than Code, produced in honor of SharePoint’s 25th birthday. If you haven’t watched it yet, I’d...
Blue Plate Special: We Are Scientists
We Are Scientists emerged from late-90s California dorm rooms and East Coast basements like a half-serious experiment that accidentally produced something electric—clean lines of...
Blue Plate Special: Death From Above 1979
Emerging from Toronto’s underground in 2001, Death From Above 1979 carved out a visual and sonic identity defined by high-contrast minimalism and calculated chaos....
Blue Plate Special: Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat emerged at the turn of the millennium like a flickering neon sign in a rain-slick alley—equal parts jittery urgency and dancefloor...
