#50: Tyler, Alex, and Serey (Perfectly Imperfect)

Perfectly Imperfect on Can't Get You Out Of My Head (2021), Fellow Coffee, Baboon to the Moon, and more!

Welcome to Perfectly Imperfect #50 👋

If you’re new here after Nicole McLaughlin, Lance Oppenheim, or Jacob Keller— welcome! Perfectly Imperfect is a 2x/week recommendation newsletter, no algorithms or referral links here, just good ol’ fashioned curated recs from real people. Check out the archive for more recs and as always, join the Perfectly Imperfect Discord to keep the conversation going.

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Tyler Bainbridge (instagram, letterboxd, last.fm)

📽️ Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2021)

Adam Curtis’ ambitious BBC series, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World, is a fascinating exploration of how we’ve gotten to this present moment. Curtis plainly delivers his analysis of the modern world by connecting the dots of seemingly unrelated events over archival footage soundtracked by Aphex Twin, Burial, Gang of Four, and more (seriously, it’s a great soundtrack). It’s as beautiful as it is mind-boggling— if you’re interested in inequality, power, c…