The Future of Nostalgia 🔮
The Future of Nostalgia 🔮
Shuffle Sundays #4 • Jan 24, 2021
Hello and welcome to another issue of Shuffle Sundays! This week we’ll be exploring a fantasy world in virtual reality, revisit disco music with a modern flavor, pay homage to one of the greatest video game trilogies from the 90s, and learn some tips to finally organize our photographs. Ready?
nos·tal·gia • /näˈstaljə,nəˈstaljə/ • a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
🎧 • soundtrack while writing this issue: Philip Glass: Piano Works
🎬 📚 • Ready Player One, by Steven Spielberg
{something to watch • movie, 140min / something to read • book, 284p}
Even though Ready Player One (the movie) was based on a book of the same title, it’s often considered one of the best video game adaptations to the big screen, and it’s easy to understand why just by watching the trailer. Most of the story takes place inside a fantasy world built through virtual reality, in a future not that far from us, in terms of number and technology. As with any adventure movies released in the 80s or 90s, don’t expect Oscar-worthy acting or a perfectly crafted script. It’s all about following the journey of the characters with a big smile on your face from the beginning till the end. If you also happen to be a fan of video games and pop culture in general, expect tons of cameos, references, and easter eggs. It’s a hell of a ride!
{read the book / watch the trailer}
🕺🏻• Future Nostalgia, by Dua Lipa
{something to listen to • album, 37min}
If you paid any attention to mainstream music in the last few years, and especially in 2020, there’s no way that you’re not familiar with British singer Dua Lipa at this point. But if her 2017 debut album wasn’t already one of the most interesting things that happened to pop music in recent years, her latest release was the definitive proof that she wasn’t going to be just another name in the industry to fade away. Future Nostalgia goes back to the 70s disco music to draw a lot of inspiration, taking everything to the next level by adding a flawless contemporary production in an album packed with instant hits ready to take over the dance floors around the world. Little she knew that we would all be dancing to her songs in our living rooms instead… An album that was instantly born a modern classic and we’ll be jamming for a long time!
If you can’t get over listening to the album and want to go a bit behind the scenes, here are 3 extra pieces of content worth consuming:
🕹 • Streets of Rage 4
{something to play • video game}
There’s no way to describe Streets of Rage 4 without using the word ‘nostalgia’ all over the place. If you were a kid playing video games in the 90s, you certainly remember the mega-hit trilogy Streets of Rage on SEGA Genesis. Even though back then we would either own a Nintendo or a Genesis console, there was always a friend or a neighbor that owned the one we didn’t. If you have no idea what I’m talking about (I don’t blame you), “Streets of Rage is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up video games, centering on the efforts of several ex-police vigilantes trying to rid a fictional, large American city from a crime syndicate that has corrupted its local government”, according to Wikipedia. Watch the trailer above and try not to feel nostalgic!
📚 📸 • How to Organize Your Photos, by Angela Goodhart
{something to read • ebook}
If you’re looking for a project to work on, what about taking some time to finally organize your photos? Photographer Angela Goodhart put together this great and easy to follow (and free!) ebook with some actionable tips for you to get started on this task. Also, her newsletter ‘A Gossamer Thread’ is always an inspiring read!
💽 • Some new music released this past week
{new music releases}
Another week with great new albums released, I'm particularly interested in checking the new ones from Rhye, Caroline Shaw, and Mason Lindahl. Also, great new tracks from Architects, Billie Eilish with Rosalía, Years & Years (covering the Pet Shop Boys), Royal Blood, Jon Batiste, and Amen Jr. If you’re curious to hear some of these songs and more, make sure to follow my 2021 playlist on Spotify, updated weekly with new releases!
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