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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everywhere_at_the_End_of_Time>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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