At 90 years old, just before he passed away, Chuck Berry recorded an album of all new material. It’s due to come out next month. The first single is here, and it’s everything you’d want from a 90 year old rock legend.

Recently, I have been on a kick to find an album that perfectly encapsulates the way I feel when I watch old crime dramas. I came close with the non-album single Speaking of Happiness by Gloria Lynn, but it’s just one song, and it kind of steps away from the smokey crime noir feel at the end. Miles Davis’ 1957 soundtrack Ascenseur pour l’échafaud comes pretty close to scratching that itch, as does the soundtrack to Anatomy of a Murder.

DC folks, if you’re free on Friday June 2nd, I highly recommend you plan to attend this event on the Politics of Art in the Middle East from the Institute of Current World Affairs.

Tempest is a survival game built in pico-8. It’s challenging, but it’s also a lot of fun.

Pico Monsters is a pokemon style RPG for Pico 8. (If you’re new to Pico-8, see: Pico Fox, Combo Pool, Tempest) It is very short, but the bits that are there have been well excecuted.