#mati barks

I'm not caught up with Jojolands but just from a design standpoint John Rod is such a flex. Imagine being known for designing very busy characters with intensely depicted anatomy and just deciding hey. I can do simple and expressive too. Check it out. This guy's a line. And it fucking works.

Gorillaz' album Humanz is such a fucking fascinating glimpse into the world of music as a product. It's an incredible comeback album, a strident and undeterred artistic proposal bringing back the band's political commentary in full force, this time not limited to the scope of the interests of a few members of the collective but fully open to the voices of their collaborators; it's multiple musicians, rappers and singers joining together in a beautiful, wailing, surreal, compelling cacophony, which is unashamedly entrenched in the political moment; it's the comeback of the zombie hip-hop flag the band waved during its earlier years, this time drenched in the decadence of modern celebrity; it's a full display of the range of visual component jamie hewlett, who experiments to create wild, funny, grotesque and fascinating mixed media illustrations; it's a showcase of multiple genres, countries and sounds, from historical voices to underground newcomers; it's opinionated, varied, powerful and conflicting, with its tone ranging from naive hope to satirical cynicism without ever losing sight of its thematic throughline. The longest version of the album is 34 tracks long, featuring songs in multiple languages. And all that for people to just shrug and say it's the worst album because it doesn't "sound like gorillaz". Cool take, guy who's never listened to this band outside of apple commercials. Would you like to say something racist now since you're here.

Been thinking about ways to overcome my fear of flying and I hate that my first idea was "develop a deep desire to fuck planes"