Links for 20-12-25

“It is estimated that more than 100,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every single day, and that’s just one streaming service. This glut of music is unprecedented. Fewer tracks were released in the entirety of 1989.”

You need a filter to make sense of modern music in 2025. Far Out Magazine does a half decent job here. I’m a little ashamed to say that only two of these albums have been on my radar in the past twelve months. Maybe of more itnerest is what didn’t make the list?

Essex Pedal Power Colchester project gives away 900th bike

Good. It’s always a pleasure to see these out in the wild when I’m cycling around town. They are genuinely helping people to understand what can be achieved with active travel around a town / city that can be, ahem, a little hostile to cycling.