Opus Digest: August 2024
Highlighting some of the best stuff posted on Opus last month.
Aug 1: August 2024’s Best Streaming Titles: The Rings of Power, Raising Arizona, Amélie, Godzilla, The Goonies
Return to Middle-earth, Coen brothers, Parisian fantasy, the big G, One-Eyed Willy, and more.
Aug 1: Watch Kraftwerk Pay Tribute to the Late Ryuichi Sakamoto
Watch the electronic music pioneers perform a haunting rendition of “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.”
Aug 2: 4AD Announces His Name Is Alive’s How Ghosts Affect Relationships Boxset
The limited edition 6xLP boxset collects the band’s first three albums alongside bonus and unreleased material.
Aug 3: My Cultural Diet (July 2024): Rivers of London, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fist of Legend, Samurai Cop
A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
Aug 9: Christian Heilmann on Building a “Simpler, More Accessible Web”
Web development doesn’t need to be so complicated, nor should it be.
Aug 10: New Subscriber Playlist: “Warp Factor Ten”
This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode celebrates one of the most influential electronic music labels of all time.
Aug 12: Corey Yuen (1951-2022)
The legendary martial arts filmmaker died in 2022 as a result of COVID.
Aug 13: A Little Homunculus Needs Your Help to Tell Another Story
Join the Kickstarter campaign for Seth T. Hahne’s latest graphic novel.
Aug 15: Review Roundup: Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus
Critics respond to the latest installment in the long-running sci-fi/horror movie franchise.
Aug 16: Lust for Gold by Starflyer 59 (Review)
Starflyer 59’s seventeenth(!) album contains throwbacks to their earliest releases, which are sure to please longtime fans.
Aug 20: Improving and Expanding My (Cultural) Diet
Hopefully, this update makes Opus feel a bit more interconnected and consistent.
Aug 21: Netflix Invites You to Play in Monument Valley
The latest in the acclaimed puzzle game franchise is coming to the streaming platform.
Aug 22: Building Websites in 2024 Really Can Be This Simple
Not every website needs to run on a CMS, implement a build process, or use a framework.
Aug 24: The MAGA Mockery of Gus Walz
For certain dark corners of the MAGA world, Gus Walz’s love for his father is something to ridicule.
Aug 25: Childhood Under the Mushroom Cloud
Few things are more twisted than kids finding comfort in a quick death.
Aug 27: Ed Brubaker’s Friday Is a Delightfully Lovecraftian Twist on Encyclopedia Brown
Ed Brubaker exchanges his noir tales for eldritch creatures and arcane mysteries.
Aug 30: “Grey Rubble - Green Shoots” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Canadian collective responds to the ongoing conflict in Palestine with their elegiac-yet-defiant post-rock.
Related: Opus’ full August 2024 archives.
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