Matt Rutherford

Some new names to me on your list. Will give them a listen!

Sunday Roundup. 10 Bands/Artists I listened to this week.

- Miska Lambert
- Paperbark
- Bill Callahan
- The Dears
- Mitski
- Searows
- Sleaford Mods
- D’Voxx
- Erland Øye
- Meursault

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Prestige is a Lagging Indicator Your job title tells you what was valued. Not what will be.

Your job title tells you what WAS valued. Not what will be. AI is not coming for the hardest jobs first. It is coming for the repeatable ones. New post on why prestige might be the most dangerous thing to optimise for right now.

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Sunday Roundup. 10 Bands/Artists I listened to this week.

- Underworld
- D’voxx
- Drexler
- Moby
- Dalot and Sound Awakener
- Hannes Kretzer
- Miska Lambert
- Georgia Knight
- Archive
- Machinefabriek

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I think Google Calendar has invented a new day of the week...

Greetings from Bognor Regis | ONCEPOSTED Greetings from Bognor Regis from Bognor Regis, UK - A vintage postcard from the ONCEPOSTED collection.

Greetings from Bognor Regis from Bognor Regis, UK - Once Posted

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Stuff that MattRs - #279 Patience without a plan isn't strategy. It's 'waiting' with better branding.

Patience without a plan isn't strategy. It's just waiting with better branding.

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HERZOG: A Retrospective by d'Voxx Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Have recently discovered d'Voxx - who make modular, electronic/kosmische albums about books/films.

Right up my strasse!

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Sunday Roundup. 10 Bands/Artists I listened to this week.

- Lussuria
- Ordnance Survey
- Olive
- Lina Filipovich
- Wet Leg
- Black Dog
- Scritti Politti
- Warrington Runcorn New Town Development
- Clarice Jensen
- Vince Clarke

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Inside the fast and furious world of London’s oldest Scalextric Club Buzz & whir — First opening in 1977 in north London, members meet every Tuesday to race carefully customised and handcrafted slot cars around a 34-metre…

Love this - Londons oldest Scalextric club... I used to love playing this as a kid.

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At last - one of my favourite pieces of architecture in the whole world is listed. It may not be everyones cup of tea, but in its time it was revolutionary and remains meaningful.

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Stuff that MattRs - #278 There is one brutal question that forces clarity for career moves

Most career advice tells you what to choose.
Almost none tells you how to stop overthinking long enough to actually choose anything.

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Cleethorpes | ONCEPOSTED Cleethorpes from Cleethorpes, UK - A vintage postcard from the ONCEPOSTED collection.

Cleethorpes from Cleethorpes, UK - Once Posted onceposted.com/postcard/cle...

Rydal Water 1902 - Once Posted onceposted.com/postcard/ryd...

Sunday Roundup. 10 Bands/Artists I listened to this week.

- Gia Margaret
- Meursault
- Otro
- Rafael Anton Irisarri
- Erland Cooper
- Placid Angles
- Asgeir
- Hania Rani
- Yamila
- Lussuria

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Most people don't plan their careers. They drift into them.

The danger isn't the wrong path — it's building a career around momentum you didn't choose.

New newsletter today: a 10-minute reset to start steering again.

www.mattrutherford.co.uk/277-most-car...

Sunday Roundup. 10 Bands/Artists I listened to this week.

- Shackleton
- FRANKIE + Kelman Duran
- Martin Phipps (Steal OST)
- Everything but the Girl
- Blanck Mass
- The Cure
- Daniel Lopatin
- Duran Duran
- Massive Attack
- Hifiklub

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I'm on a 16 day writing streak with startwriting.now! This is really helping me to build a daily writing habit, one prompt at a time.

Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why Why does everyone feel overwhelmed by information? Why does it feel impossible to trust what passes through our streams? We tend to blame individual publications, specific platforms, or b…

Velocity is the new authority - excellent essay from Om Malik on how the information ecosystem is changing, and not necessarily for the better.

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Oi - you leave my siri voice alone!

The world is trying to log off U.S. tech Some global users are turning to services like Proton Mail and UpScrolled instead.

I've heard many discussions about people wanting to move away from using US services to reclaim sovereignty over their personal data. While the market offers a lot of choices, making a decision isn't always straightforward.

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Stuff that MattRs - #276 Confidence without clarity creates noise that can damage your career. Clarity turns effort into progress.

Clarity turns effort into progress.

Confidence gets you in the room, but clarity does the work. If you feel stuck, stop seeking more "hustle" and start defining what you’re deliberately ignoring.

Read why clarity beats confidence: www.mattrutherford.co.uk/276-clarity-...

#Focus #Growth

I'm on a 10 day writing streak with startwriting.now! Building my daily writing habit one prompt at a time. startwriting.now

Some new names to me on there. Will explore!

Sunday Roundup. 10 Bands/Artists I listened to this week.

- Sade
- Mike Majkowski
- Editors
- Craven Faults
- Searows
- Boards of Canada
- Mer De Revs
- Hania Rani
- James Adrian Brown
- Cindytalk

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Dario Amodei — The Adolescence of Technology Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI

Recommended (long) read from the CEO of Anthropic about the risks and defenses against misuse of AI. But scary in places, but some sensible ideas and conclusions.

www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-a...

Death in the Business of Whaling by Searows Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Brilliant find from last week, new (to me) - Searows.

Beautiful new album - Death in the Business of Whaliing.

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Alarming Number Of Bedroom DJs Still Convinced They’ll Make It Someday A RECENT survey carried out in Ireland has found that an alarming number of bedroom DJs are still convinced they'll make it in the music industry someday, despite never actually playing a live set or releasing …

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Sunday Roundup. 10 Bands/Artists I listened to this week.

- Tom Smith / Editors
- Adrian Lane
- Deaf Center
- Clarice Jensen
- Eydis Evensen
- Craven Faults
- PVA
- Searows
- Peter Gregson
- Christian Löffler
- Sleaford Mods

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Weeknotes weeknote

Over a year of weeknotes now, what started as an experiment has become part of an enjoyable weekly routine.

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#weeknotes