Tommy Nagle

Blog Archive

  • Undergraduate Modus Operandi:

    Undergraduate Modus Operandi:

    “University is massive highs, and fucking terrible lows.” JN, 2020 Every adult you ever speak to, especially recent graduates, say that your time at university goes by too quickly and you should ‘enjoy every second’ of it. Every undergraduate student takes no notice of this. Then you’re three years down the line, submitted your dissertation Read more

  • Skrillex, Four Tet & Fred Again..:

    Skrillex, Four Tet & Fred Again..:

    “Four Tet is like the uncle that’s making sure everyone has fun safely“ What the fuck is going on in the music world? Three independently gargantuan artists have come together to form a DJ [and hopefully production] supergroup. They’ve sold out Madison Square Garden, secret shows in London’s O2 Brixton Academy and stormed Time’s Square Read more

  • Spare, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex:

    Spare, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex:

    For a time, the whole UK was talking about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Twitter and Instagram housed the memes and younger discourses, while the papers and Facebook mediated the older generation in sharing their opinions. Just as this started to fade away after giving up their royal duties, Harry releases his book [and Netflix Read more

  • Letters From A Stoic, Seneca:

    Letters From A Stoic, Seneca:

    What began as a highly influential and respected philosophy, stoicism has become a journalistic buzzword and TikTok fad; frequently used as tool for traditional-cum-toxic masculinities informed by Andrew Tate et al [see Piers Morgan referencing it here 4 years ago]. Campbell’s (1969 [2004]) collection of Letters From A Stoic is one of the most prominent Read more

  • Gender & Geography, Essay 2:

    Gender & Geography, Essay 2:

    Fuck me, that was tough. After some positive marks just after the Christmas break, my attention turned to the second essay in Gender & Geography. The questions this time around were much more difficult and specific, drawing synoptically across various different parts of the module. My usual approach is choosing the question which interests me Read more

  • Boards of Canada: Roygbiv

    Boards of Canada: Roygbiv

    65 times. 155 minutes. 2.5 hours. Roygbiv is a masterpiece. It was my most listened to song in 2022, as per Spotify’s stats, and easily ranks in my top 10 of all time. Expertly produced and mixed, the song begins with a simple, yet incredibly memorable, bass-line. The song slowly progresses, adding in the percussive Read more