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# 🌈 F1 Rainbow Road is My Vibe Shift (Newsletter #104)
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/newsletter-104/
- Published: 2022-02-25T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-25T10:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: newsletter, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Happy Friday! I kinda feel like I need to take the month of March off or work because there are too many games coming out right now! Last week was Horizon: Forbidden West, today is Elden Ring, next week is Gran Turismo 7, and a few weeks after that is GhostWire: Tokyo. Just…what?! If you have a PS5, then this is an unbelievable month for you.

Anyway, I know you're not all gamers like me, so today's update has tons of stuff for everyone. Have a great weekend!

## The Links

- Ranking [Steven Spielberg's 32](https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-steven-spielberg-movies?ref=birchtree.me) feature films.
- This [interactive traffic simulation](https://traffic-simulation.de/onramp.html?ref=birchtree.me) helps show how small slowdowns can cause massive backups.
- New research on booster shots is [very positive](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/health/covid-vaccine-antibodies-t-cells.html?ref=birchtree.me) 🙌
- Kids [as young as 7](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-kids-are-afraid-to-ask-for-help/?ref=birchtree.me) don't like to ask for help because they want to look smart.

## The Music

We're going back to 2005 for today's music pick, Wolf Parade's debut album, which I would count as one of my favorite records of all time. I think it may be the absolute best indie rock album in the 2000s, and it includes several songs I'd put on my personal Best Songs of All Time list. *Shine a Light* is a top 5 song ever, and *This Heart's on Fire* is the best album closer…ever.

Crank this one up 🤘

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2022/02/wolf-parade.png)](https://album.link/i/669683619?ref=birchtree.me)

Click the image above to find this on your streaming platform of choice.

## The Videos

This video pitches these things as so obviously brilliant, but all I can think of is how all this is proprietary shit that will at best cost a ton to fix/replace, and at worst be impossible to replace when the companies stop existing/supporting these.

Combining F1 and Mario Kart? That's exactly my jam.

Good lord, this keyboard sounds incredible 😱

Dave Grohl videos always make me smile, and this one (which I can't embed because of the uploader's settings 🙄) of him playing drums on Smells Like Teen Spirit was as great as expected.

Breaking down how old games work is a fascination of mine, and seeing how the "A.I." in Super Mario 64 works.

And finally, the ska cover of Ocarina of Time's Gerudo Valley that you didn't know you needed.