Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 6

Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2019.

When Congress created the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1972, a Democratic lawmaker from Michigan won a provision that prohibits the federal government from regulating gun safety. Firearms are the only product for which the government cannot issue a mandatory recall.

— He Testified Against His Son, But Came to Blame the Gun (Casey Parks for The Trace)

This is because booze is really about displacement. Drinking is actually about saying ‘it’s nice to see you and I’m in a good mood and there are lots of things worrying me at the moment drinking allows me to forget briefly. Please don’t suggest I have a dependancy problem and ruin it for me.’

— The Unifying Theory of Alcohol (Dan Kieran for Medium)

We’re the Tumblr band, really, in every sense,” he said, describing the demographic and conceptual overlap: “Young girls, kind of an idealistic sense of romance, edgy but actually kind of beautiful, and you can play it in your mom’s car.

— Can a Quote-Unquote Band Drag Rock Into the Future? The 1975 Is Trying Its Hardest (Joe Coscarelli for The New York Times

But he 'wasn’t putting any seeds in the ground,' he says. 'I was in panic mode.'

— The Search for Good Vibes: How Theophilus London Lost, Then Found His Glow (Brad Wete for Billboard)