in my sudden relentless search for music I like most from Japan for no particular reason.. Neon Sign Stomp by esoteric jazzy outfit Ego-wrappin', which contains just one or two nods to Tom Waits.
'the first take' is music without an edit option, good principle - I'd imagine the best guarantor of a faultless take is having played lots of gigs lately - from it, the band I've listened to most lately, Wednesday Campanella.. the device of one take, with new singer, yielded this astonishingly complete and composed result
"Isn't "going viral" and getting big follower counts what it's all about? … I finally realised on Monday that the word I was looking for was "traumatic" …"
A meditative read from @hugh on what it's been like for longer term #fediverse users (and instance admins) to fall under the algorithmically conditioned gaze of post-Musk Twitter's exodus.
ok doing an #introduction
am new to mastodon, best thing finding my way around is learning the extent to which it's another culture
currently teach #sound design, media production and communication theory at #Canberra Uni
do a lot of data collection and #dataviz on twitter, not sure yet how that might translate beyond the bird app
live near uni just with a small doggo, who's currently experiencing uncertainty as to whether his new llama toy is in fact a toy or a proper animal.
What @bastianallgeier said.
I joined Twitter in 2007. There was no reply feature yet. We invented writing @ in front of usernames before Twitter added it as a feature. It didn't mention anybody or even linked to their profile.
Early adopters shape digital spaces through open-minded creativity and tolerance for rough edges.
It's no feat to point out the rough edges of the Fediverse. It's a feat to see its potential and help pave the way to its great future.
missed the 'blood moon', tried a camera and lens that didn't work out, then there was cloud.
second try just got this partial moon instead.
Tom
Marcel