The best of 'What's Curation?' in 2022
Rediscover some of the year's best articles and tracks
Hello everyone,
Monday’s edition of the newsletter will be an advanced State of the Newsletter and the last one for 2022 before we meet again in January 2023.
The New Year is also a nail-biter for newsletter writers hoping to survive their readers’ new year resolutions.
“I spend way too much time perusing too many newsletters. It’s crashing my inbox, destroying my mind, and giving me more anxiety than the time I went to Lego Land without protective footwear. Time to unsubscribe from the fluff!”
Anyhoooooooo…. let’s check some favorites from the 2022 archive!
Enno Cheng & Chen Xian Jing
Catchy, carefree Mandopop and rap. Read the article here.
A.R. Rahman
For when the motherland calls you home. Please be sure to turn on the English subtitles. And some tissues for the homesickness tears.
María Emilia Mernes
Argentina’s leading reggaeton diva sings about marijuana in a warehouse. Why else is the track named, literally, Four Twenty? Read more here.
I Still Haven't Experienced Vinyl
An essay on how I finally listened to a vinyl record for the first time. In 2022. Shameful, yes.
“I don’t know where the commas go anymore”
The first essay on ‘What’s Curation?’ on how I learned to read and write again in the digital age. Set to the theme of “Blood” by Sweet Pill.
I hope you enjoy revisiting these if you’ve been with us for a while. If you’re new(ish), these are great picks for the type of content you’ll see in your inbox!
See you on the 19th!
—Nikhil.
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Your newsletter and Ted Gioia's are my favourites for expanding my musical palette so yes, I'll definitely still be seeing you in my inbox next year.
I wonder what's your Spotify wrapped looks like!