I missed this week's #TuneTuesday because my Mastodon server was being migrated, but I wanted to share this song for #OdeToTheWall

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Up Against the Wall by Peter Bjorn and John

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Angel Dust is the fourth studio album by American rock band Faith No More, released on June 8, 1992, by Slash and Reprise Records. It is the follow-up to 1989's highly successful The Real Thing, and was the band's final album to feature guitarist Jim Martin
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@donutage @nevar23

That sounds about right. ๐Ÿ˜„

Honestly, that's what I enjoy most about #TuneTuesday. Every week I end up discovering artists and songs I would have never found on my own.

Long live the Fediverse ๐Ÿ‘Œ

@donutage @nevar23

That's a fantastic idea!

What caught my attention in the data is that participation keeps growing while the average posts per participant stays remarkably stable. That suggests a recurring community event rather than a typical social media trend.

Following #TuneTuesday week-to-week could reveal some really interesting patterns:

๐ŸŽต Core participants vs newcomers
๐ŸŽต How themes influence participation
๐ŸŽต Genre diversity over time
๐ŸŽต Engagement patterns across different communities

I originally started this as a fun trend analysis project, but now you've got me thinking about a longitudinal study. ๐Ÿ“Š๐ŸŽถ

Jupiter and Venus can be seen pretty easily in the night sky and according to my NightSky app Mercury is nearby as well.

It's one of the really neat things about being this far away from Houston is that we can see a few more stars than before.

But with Jupiter and Venus up there bumpin' and grindin' it reminded of this song by the long defunct Austin-based band The Hudsons.
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Party in the Sun

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I analyzed 119 posts from this week's #TuneTuesday on Mastodon.

The numbers aren't huge:

๐ŸŽต 119 posts
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 76 unique participants
โค๏ธ 140 favorites
๐Ÿ” 247 boosts
๐Ÿ’ฌ 44 replies

But that's exactly what makes it interesting.

Most social media trends are driven by a small number of highly visible accounts.

#TuneTuesday looks different.

76 unique authors generated just 119 posts, which means participation is spread across the community rather than concentrated around influencers.

This week's theme (#OdeToTheWall) produced an unexpectedly diverse soundtrack:

๐ŸŽธ Classic rock
๐ŸŽท Jazz
๐ŸŽป Folk
๐ŸŽน Blues
๐ŸŽง Indie

The data also shows:

๐ŸŽต "song" mentioned 43 times
๐ŸŽต "music" mentioned 41 times
๐Ÿ“บ YouTube links shared 38 times
๐ŸŽง Spotify links shared 8 times

People aren't debating.

People aren't doomscrolling.

They're basically showing up once a week to exchange music recommendations with strangers.

From a data science perspective:

High author diversity + low engagement concentration = community participation, not influencer amplification.

The internet could probably use more trends like that.

#Mastodon #DataScience #TuneTuesday #Music

The Caves Of Altamira - Steely Dan

Since @tc_morekindness hasn't shared it yet...

I recall when I was small

How I spent my days alone

The busy world was not for me

So I went and found my own

I would climb the garden wall

With a candle in my hand

I'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand

...

Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall

When there wasn't even any Hollywood

They heard the call and they wrote it on the wall

For you and me, we understood

#OdeToTheWall #TuneTuesday

The Caves Of Altamira

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Didn't Cha Know

Erykah Badu

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