I’m excited that Death Grips is releasing new music soon (though who knows how soon is soon). The group’s visual identity is tied up with their music so I’m curious to see what else we get when the music releases. I appreciate how web 1.0 their website designs (1, 2) are.

“Don’t it feel good to drive a bus? People need to get picked up.”

- Death Grips

I finished Blood Meridian a few days ago. That is a dense book. There are layers to peel back that I only sometimes understood. While I was reading (and rereading some parts), I thought about a quote from Christopher Nolan on Tenet, where he implores the audience not to try to understand but to just feel it. Choosing not to think too hard and instead feel the rhythm of Cormac McCarthy’s writing made the reading experience more enjoyable.

The book gave me the same feeling as listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Godspeed’s music paints a landscape and lets you imagine the suffering inside of it. Blood Meridian does not give you the chance to imagine violence, it shoves it in your face at every opportunity.