Ars Nihil

The usual "not ending this but slowing it down for a while to focus on my offline life" type of post, April 2026 Edition.

A band that can be best described as entirely weird, Canadien, and microtonal.

A collection of videos, articles, Wikipedia pages, and PDFs put in one place to celebrate DC Metro's 50th Anniversary on March 27, 2026.

"Cathy", an oft-hated but uniquely important comic strip" became the subject of one very funny deep-dive podcast from 2021.

Oklahoma almost had a big-ass 'Murica-themed amusement park but things got a little loopy...

A selection of 11 albums for you all to hear during March-April 2026.

A video about the time signatures used in "Happiness is a Warm Gun" led to a rabbit-hole about how The Beatles going to India defines the whole "White Album" as a concept.

It's the Ides of March today - here's a video about Julius Caesar's assassination.

Go-go and hardcore punk (rightfully) represent D.C. but there's a 3rd genre it's given us too: Quiet Storm.

Several videos and articles about the Hotel Chelsea, before it finally became an actual boutique hotel.

Ever wanted to daydream about the Romans but don't know where to start? Watch this 3-hour video!

A short ramble about putting the Ars NIhil zine on hiatus while also reposting all 8 issues from the Alfa series.

A solid list of tips about critical thinking found on Reddit.

A really adorable video retelling a classic Japanese folk tale.

A selection of 7 albums for you all to hear during February-March 2026.

Las Vegas in the 1990s was weird and fantasical, man.

The root of zines from the Dadaists (excerpt from the book "100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design").

A Reddit post about the mystery cults of Ancient Greece.

Honestly, I've slept on listening to Bad Bunny (I'm not a huge reggaeton fan) but after watching his performance from last night on YouTube this morning and then listening to two of his albums in full today, I'm starting to understand the appeal. To mark a solid work of showmanship (I'd rank it equal to Kendrick Lamar's stellar Halftime Show from last year ), I found this 2-parter from Reddit explaining all the cultural notes lost on gringos like me. If you haven't watched t

A quick post from Reddit about the changeover from silent films to sound.