{"id":235,"date":"2016-03-11T02:34:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T02:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2016-03-11T02:35:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T02:35:02","slug":"its-all-in-how-you-play-the-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/its-all-in-how-you-play-the-algorithms\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s All in How You Play the Algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5010.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"IMG_5010\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5010.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5010.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5010.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5010.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5010.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5010.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>On today\u2019s show we chat with TLR and Jack Squires about L.A. Zinefests PlayDate 2016 and their indie video game, Tonight You Die. Steve Howard interviews Mike Andersen and we hear a song from Mike\u2019s peroemance on Asheville FM\u2019s <em>The Lost Cause<\/em>. Emil Brown explains yo-yo culture. Alan Ranta prasies Prince Rama\u2019s new album, <em>XTREME NOW<\/em>. Ryk McIntye reads us a poem about his experience with OKCupid. Brent plays us a Vaporwave mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lazinefest.com\">L.A. Zine Fest<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"http:\/\/playdategameshow.com\">PlayDate 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zine\">Zines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/duendegames.com\/tonightyoudie\/\">Tonight You Die<\/a> video game<\/li>\n<li>Your Network is Your Net Worth video game<\/li>\n<li>Mike Andersen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/MentalNotesFreeform\/steven-sits-in-on-the-lost-cause-live-performance-wmike-andersen-362016\/\">live<\/a> on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashevillefm.org\/the-lost-cause\">The Lost Cause<\/a><\/em> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashevillefm.org\">Asheville FM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mike-Andersen-243537738991451\/\">Mike Andersen<\/a> \u201cEvery Day\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hihowareyou.com\">Daniel Johnston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yo-yo\">Yo-yo<\/a> culture<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalyoyo.org\">National Yo-Yo Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yoyo.wikia.com\/wiki\/Redondo_Beach_Pier_Yo-Yo_Contest\">Redondo Beach Pier Yo-Yo Contest<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Prince Rama\u2019s new album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/xtreme-now\/id1060354863\">XTREME NOW<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glam_rock\">Glam rock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/now-age.org\/now-age-aesthetics\/\">Now Age Manifesto<\/a><\/li>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/xtreme-now\/id1060354863\">Prince Rama<\/a> \u201cYour Life in the End\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.okcupid.com\/\">OkCupid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gotinder.com\/\">Tinder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennysaverusa.com\">PennySaver<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ryk McIntye\u2019s \u201cOkCupid is To Dating, as Salmon is To\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:none\">\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>I posted a new profile on OkCupid recently,<br>\n            figuring it\u2019s like playing cash lottery, but<br>\n            more \u201cIt\u2019s just so crazy it might work!\u201d<br>\n            as opposed to odds of lightning strikes.<br>\n            <em>\u201cIt\u2019s all in how you play the algorithms\u201d<\/em>,<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>friends offer, the same way Math teachers<br>\n            explain things to people who have allowed<br>\n            themselves to be born as Poetry students:<br>\n            ar-tic-u-late-ing <em>\u201cal-go-rih-thim\u201d<\/em> as if<br>\n            it might better take root, the knowledge<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>sinking deeper into my hopeful imagination.<br>\n            I expected personal questions, and receive<br>\n            questions better suited to astronomers-<br>\n            <em>\u201cWhich is bigger- the Sun or the Earth?\u201d<\/em><br>\n            it asks, then asks me what is acceptable<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>for a possible match to answer, and to rate<br>\n            that importance, using the three-finger metric:<br>\n            <em>\u201cA Little\u201d,\u201dSomewhat\u201d<\/em> or <em>\u201cVery\u201d<\/em>. So, I answer,<br>\n            \u201cthe Sun\u201d, make it clear I\u2019d want my match<br>\n            to also answer \u201cthe Sun\u201d, stress it is \u201cVery\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>in its importance, explaining \u201cI need to know<br>\n            that you come from the same Galaxy as me.<br>\n            Long-distance relationships suck.\u201d Satisfied<br>\n            I am being as specific as possible, I go on.<br>\n            OkCupid asks, <em>\u201cWhen it comes to pubic hair,<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><em>do you make a regular effort to maintaining<br>\n            its appearance?\u201d<\/em> Well, I\u2019ve stopped picking<br>\n            out the grey ones\u2026 does that count? I have<br>\n            no particular opinion on how or if a match<br>\n            needs to answer that one, assume it\u2019s the same<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>sort of thing as <em>\u201cWhat noises would she make?\u201d<\/em>\u2013<br>\n            things I\u2019d find out if a match is found; the first<br>\n            date gone so well, that she asks me to drop her<br>\n            off, circle the block, and ask her out again, but<br>\n            this time, she says, <em>\u201cPark the car\u2026 lose the keys\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u2026and this fantasy is interrupted by the next<br>\n            question, which asks me to describe my life<br>\n            by what stage of Salmon I would describe me<br>\n            as being at? The metaphors are not even subtle:<br>\n            a.) Fry (youth), b.) Smolt (young adult), c.) Adult<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>fully developed) and d.) Spawner (has kids\/dead).<br>\n            My Life in Dating as sad coda to nature documentaries.<br>\n            This is where my perfect match would say \u201ce.) <em>Sushi-<br>\n            now shut down the computer. Let\u2019s get to eating.<\/em>\u201c<br>\n            I would mumble glad praise to algorithms, and join her.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/storium.com\/\">Storium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brent Morris\u2019 Vaporwave Mix<\/li>\n<ol>\n<li>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/3dblast\/twenty15\">3D Blast<\/a> \u201cTwenty15 \u7236\u306e\u5e74\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/3dblast.bandcamp.com\/track\/visceral-mind-over-matter-feat-replica-federation\">Visceral<\/a> \u201cMIND OVER MATTER (Feat. Replica Federation)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/blankbanshee\/teen-pregnancy\">Blank Banshee<\/a> \u201cTeen Pregnancy\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drugrunrecords.bandcamp.com\/track\/oddy-seicentosessentaseis-experience\">K\u00f6shrimp<\/a> \u201cOddy SeicentoSessentaSeis Experience\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bodyline.bandcamp.com\/album\/sunset-shell\">Bodyline<\/a> \u201cSunset Shell\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bl00dwave.bandcamp.com\/track\/--38\">ULTRADREAM<\/a> \u201camerica (VHS)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/beerwizard.net\/track\/--12\">YOUTH FOUNTAIN<\/a> \u201c\u96fb\u6c17\u306e\u9280\u884c\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joseph Aleo<\/strong><br>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephaleo\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephaleo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Andersen<\/strong><br>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mike-Andersen-243537738991451\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mike-Andersen-243537738991451\/<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_AndersenPiano\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_AndersenPiano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emil Brown<\/strong><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephaleo\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebilflindas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Howard<\/strong><br>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mentalnotesAFM\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mentalnotesAFM<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MentalNotesAFM\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MentalNotesAFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Howard<\/strong><br>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mentalnotesAFM\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mentalnotesAFM<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MentalNotesAFM\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MentalNotesAFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryk McIntye<\/strong><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RykMcI\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RykMcI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brent Morris<\/strong><br>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/closetgeekshow.ca\">http:\/\/closetgeekshow.ca<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/closetgeekshow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/closetgeekshow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alan Ranta<\/strong><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alanranta\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/alanranta<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Squires<\/strong><br>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/duendegames.com\">http:\/\/duendegames.com<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/duendegames\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/duendegames<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLR<\/strong><br>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/taylorshechet.com\">http:\/\/taylorshechet.com<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_tlr_\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/_tlr_<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FPOPCULTUREINTELLIGENTSIA%2Fits-all-in-how-you-play-the-algorithms%2F&amp;hide_cover=1&amp;light=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/130655590\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mCOkbOmKjMk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s show we chat with TLR and Jack Squires about L.A. Zinefests PlayDate 2016 and their indie video game, Tonight You Die. Steve Howard interviews Mike Andersen and we hear a song from Mike\u2019s peroemance on Asheville FM\u2019s The Lost Cause. Emil Brown explains yo-yo culture. Alan Ranta prasies Prince Rama\u2019s new album, XTREME &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/its-all-in-how-you-play-the-algorithms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It\u2019s All in How You Play the Algorithms&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,20],"tags":[25,14,26,28],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listen","category-pop-culture-intelligentsia","tag-indie-pop","tag-interview","tag-vaporwave","tag-videogames"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}