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When you have more money than god, but helping other humans doesn’t feel luxury enough. Would visit though, ngl

I wanted my old life back... but it was going to take time. And I faced the dreaded post-treatment tests. Continue reading →

MARKUS GUENTNER - KONTRAPUNKT Ever since his first releases - Regensburg in 2000 and In Moll in 2001 - Markus Guentner has developed his own personal style: 'deep, atmospheric and textured music, characterized by subtle but intense arcs of harmony and melody'. That style is the connecting factor on his recent Kontrapunkt release, even if all of the eight tracks were created in collaboration with different artists - each bringing …

I pushed an update to Stupid today that features a theme inspired by Jacques Monneraud‘s ceramic work. Best if viewed on a phone.

Bombergirls Developer: Mint (they did sound composition, at least…) Publisher: Intec Release Date: February 25th, 1995 Available On: Super Famicom Genre(s): Maze Game + Action = Maze Action It’s trickier to put a spin on the Bomberman formula than you might think. Add too much and the action becomes difficult to parse or so unpredictable that player skill matters less, but add too little and it just feels like you’re …

This Is Serious Early 'Mumblecore'Dance Party, USA [2006], the debut from Aaron Katz, depicts an early-20-something/late-teens house party, and all the house parties out there, all the Americas within the United States. As such Katz's film's title hits all the spots. (I don't remember this program at all though I had to have seen some of it: "Dance Party USA is an American dance television show that aired daily on …

Venus is bright and easy to spot shortly after sundown in the southwestern sky.

It was a relaxing week. L— had the week off, I don’t have any work at the moment. It was a novelty to be able to relax in a home that isn’t a construction site for the first time in many months. I cycled to Ikea to pick up a few things, and realised that it only takes me 20 minutes on the efficient, mostly segregated route that I’ve found. …

Cheyne Walk in Chelsea is known for its famous residents. Since it was laid out in the 18th century it has drawn musicians (Keith Richards, Mick Fleetwood and Ronnie Wood), writers (Mary Anne Evans, T.S. Eliot and Ian Fleming), artists (Dante Gabriel Rossetti, JMW Turner and James McNeil Whistler) and many other household names. Travel a little further back in time and this stretch of the Thames was no different, …

A little film about Bruce Conner and the making of a promo film for Toni Basil's 1966 single "Breakaway" (which is apparently a Northern Soul classic)Toni Basil, genius choreographer, had another intersection with the avant-garde - her work with a bodybopping crew called The Electric Boogaloos influenced Byrne & Eno in the early stages of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Byrne - who dated Basil for a while …

Life gets in the way sometimes, so picture heavy this one, but we all need a break from fishing and I did with a rather enjoyable trip to Glasgow for a long weekender just gone. The record label Selador and the like-minded were at the wicked Skyline bar with knob twiddlers Dave Seaman, Steve Parry, Kasey Taylor, Hannes Bieger and Tara Brooks. It felt like one big family of acid …

I reviewed Joe Danks’ last full album, the maritime-themed Seaspeak, when it came out in 2021. Gosh, was that three years ago already? How time flies. Anyway, he’s followed that up with a four-track EP of original material that’s already been out some four months. I’m rather later to the party with this one but never mind. This is a release that’s certainly still worth writing about. Take Courage marks …

Here’s one last bit of followup on my Finder/Terminal tool posts. In the first post on the topic, I mentioned that I had created a bunch of zero-length JPEG files using the touch command. And in both the first and second posts, I talked about how long the sel command took when there were hundreds of files to select. I thought it worth a post on how I made hundreds …

At the moment, I'm not referring to American electoral politics, at any level. At the moment (it could change…). A gentle reminder when choosing allies: Even if he's "our bastard," at the next opportunity he'll prove pretty definitively that he's still a bastard. (Partisan allegiance and gender immaterial.) Exhibit A: Cozying up to Stalin during the Second Thirty Years' War. Exhibit B:

From horror visionaries Blumhouse Television, and Cake Boss creators High Noon Entertainment, Killer Cakes is a one-of-a-kind competition show where bakers with terrifying skills attempt to win some of the most frightening challenges ever produced for television. Contestants will work with the best horror special effects artists in Hollywood to unleash their twisted imaginations and create cakes so disgusting, so disturbing, and so realistic, that it’s the stuff of nightmares. …