Saturday night. The Apex. A fluorescent-lit corporate fight lab where dreams come to die, and the UFC keeps its worst secrets. They hold these cards in silence, locked away from the world, so that when the inevitable horrors of bad judging, worse refereeing, and completely meaningless fights unfold, no one Continue Reading
The Spies Who Became the News
The television was on. The voices came through the screen. The same men. The same lies. They were old now. They had gray hair and soft hands. They did not run missions anymore. They did not hide in the dark. They sat under studio lights, in air-conditioned rooms, drinking coffee Continue Reading
The Digital Patriots vs. The Bureaucratic Swine
WASHINGTON—It’s a cold March day in the Imperial City, and the streets are full of the usual parade of zombies—politicians, lobbyists, reporters—scurrying through the halls of power like rats gnawing through the last scraps of a once-great empire. The scent of bureaucratic rot clings to the air like cheap perfume, Continue Reading
Understanding Masking in Audio Mixing
Masking is one of the most important concepts in mixing music. It describes how one sound can obscure another, making it difficult—or even impossible—to hear. You’ve likely experienced this both in everyday life and in your own production work. Masking doesn’t just occur with broadband noise like white noise; even Continue Reading