I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT

I dreamed I was assigned to cover a story about some Japanese R&D firm that had invented a "quantum app" for iPhones and Android phones that worked across different parallel universes.

The idea was that the app – which could be for FaceBook or G+ or GoogleMaps or iTunes whatever – could be used to gather usage data from the same app (and thus the same user) across all possible universes in which the user exists.

The result: the data could be crunched into the most complete user profile possible, thus creating an app with unrivaled predictive capabilities, enabling it to anticipate the user's needs and make relevant recommendations with pinpoint accuracy by calculating all possible choices in all possible universes.

This is the kind of dream I have when I watch the first three seasons of Fringe on DVD back to back, apparently.

There's an app for that,

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LISTEN TO IT #37: SONGS THE DESERT TAUGHT US

Few bands have as awesome a backstory as Tinariwen – Tuareg rebels form a band in a Libyan refugee camp in 1979, return to Mali in 1989, play songs that blend Tuareg and West African music with Western classic rock and give their music away to anyone who brings a blank cassette tape, then start getting international recognition around the end of the 90s.

I got hip to them two years ago with their fourth official release, Imidiwan (Companions), which was one of the best albums I heard that year. Now their fifth album, Tassili, is out, and while it's more stripped down and acoustic than Imidiwan, I'm digging it. It's got an intimate campfire feel to it, and it's pretty hypnotic.

It's also got some interesting guest slots, to include the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and – on the current single – Tunde Adebimpe & Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio.

Listen.

Desert blues,

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