Everywhere at the End of Time is the eleventh recording by the Caretaker, an alias of English electronic musician Leyland Kirby (pictured). Released between 2016 and 2019, its six studio albums use gradually degrading sampled loops of ballroom music to portray the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The albums were inspired by the success of Kirby's An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (2011); they reflect the patient's disorder and death, their feelings, and the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. At first, concerned that the series would seem pretentious, Kirby thought of not creating Everywhere at all; he spent more time producing it than any of his other releases. He used abstract paintings by his friend Ivan Seal as album covers and made music videos with anonymous visual artist Weirdcore. The series received increasing acclaim as it progressed, and is considered one of the best music releases of the 2010s. It was later popularised on TikTok and became an Internet meme.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1453:
With the fall of Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottomans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
1913:
During the premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the avant- garde nature of the music and choreography caused a near-riot in the audience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring
1942:
Bing Crosby recorded his version of the song "White Christmas", which went on to become the best-selling single worldwide, with more than 50 million copies sold. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_%28song%29
1999:
President Olusegun Obasanjo took office as Nigeria's first elected and civilian head of state after 16 years of military dictatorship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
nick: 1. (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. 2. (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar. 3. (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher). 4. (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. 5. (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. 6. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection. 7. (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon. 8. (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face. 9. (transitive, Australia, Britain, slang) To steal. 10. (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nick
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. --John F. Kennedy https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy