Every talk leaves a lot of scraps, and Beyond the Machine is no exception. I read a couplebooks, watched about 20 hours of interviews with Brian Eno, listened to 10 hours of podcasts with Rick Rubin to make sure I wasn’t being uncharitable. (One podcast was a discussion between Rubin and Eno. A really nice listen!) I clocked some serious headphone time with Holly Herndon’s discography, which I’m eager to do again. Listening to all three of her albums in one big gulp was a trip. There we...
