How about a reasonably complete scanned archive of BYTE magazine?
Monthly Archives: August 2025
Dept. of Heathen Updates, Jazz Edition
Four and a half years ago I pointed y’all to this excellent cover of Radiohead’s “Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box” by piano phenom Robert Glasper. Go ahead and watch again; I’ll wait:
I don’t think this version is available outside the Youtube clip, but around the same time it was recorded (2013), Glasper released an album called Covered that contains another Radiohead track (“Reckoner”, from In Rainbows). Last year, Glasper released Keys to the City Volume One, which contains another very different cover of “Packt” that is probably also worth your time; it’s much more trip-hoppy. Keys is exclusive to AppleMusic / iTunes.
What I did NOT note at the time, though, is that the beatboxer in the clip is Taylor McFerrin. His dad is kind of a big deal.
Planning Ahead: Nontraditional Christmas Movie
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996, with Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson) is a GREAT Christmas movie.
i will not be taking questions at this time, but I will point out it was directed by Shane Black, who also directed several other fun movies of note (Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Predator) and did uncredited script work on The Hunt for Red October.