@grantpotter

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Educator, instructional technologist, tinkerer, musicmaker, hauler of bootstraps
Bloghttps://networkeffects.ca
WFMU Profilehttps://wfmu.org/profile/727619763/Pappy_with_the_Khaki_Sweatband
#canadian #80s #90s #bravenewwaves #cbc fans rejoice .. a collection of 40 home recorded tapes https://archive.org/details/ajpa_20220828
Brave New Waves - Home Recordings : Northfield Lenox : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

For a few years I recorded entire overnight broadcasts of the CBC Radio program Brave New Waves. This started on Reel to Reel, then progressed to Hi-Fi...

Internet Archive
And when you need to pass, you don’t need to yell, “WITNESS ME!” A simple honk of your horn is just fine .. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-am-the-only-person-on-the-fury-road-who-still-drives-a-sensible-car
I Am the Only Person on the Fury Road Who Still Drives a Sensible Car

When the world died, all that was left was chaos. All that awaited us was death. Living in the ashes of our civilization, I’ve learned two things: ...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency
So happy my children are living and learning in #denmark .. they spent the weekend at this event https://www.bloom.ooo/english
BLOOM

Bloom is the biggest nature and science festival in Denmark with over 20.000 participants each year. The festival has free entrance and takes place in…

Bloom
"Over the last four decades, McCaughey has been the Mad Hatter at an eternally rocking tea party where pals from Wilco, The Decemberists, The Bangles, R.E.M., Death Cab for Cutie, NRBQ, The Dream Syndicate, The Posies, and others help bring his slightly skewed visions to life." #bandcamp https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/scott-mccaughey-album-guide
A Guide to the Many Faces of Scott McCaughey

Where to start with the man behind The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, Baseball Project, and so many more.

Bandcamp Daily
“You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.” – The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin
"Jazz must swing - #jazz musicians agree on that. However, even a century after the beginnings of jazz, there is still no general agreement what exactly constitutes the swing feel. With a dedicated experiment and data analyses on more than 450 well-known jazz solos, we have tried to unravel some secrets of swing." #audio #sonification https://www.ds.mpg.de/swing
What is This Thing Called Swing?

“a triumphant return for #stereolab echoing past glories while remaining analytical, steadfast, and inquisitive.” https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/stereolab-instant-holograms-on-metal-film-review
Stereolab, “Instant Holograms On Metal Film”

The avant-pop group's first album in 15 years is a triumphant return, echoing past glories while remaining steadfast and inquisitive.

Bandcamp Daily
"Get in the room with other people (more D.I.Y. and I.R.L.). Embrace the analog, which can’t be surveilled by artificial intelligence. Reach out to unexpected, even problematic (I prefer “problemagic”), allies, with different but compatible definitions of justice." https://archive.ph/85QND
Fascist Discotheque

Listen to Fascist Discotheque by Des Demonas #np on #SoundCloud

SoundCloud
"Those who see journalistic neutrality as an aspirational myth will value the narrative and moral force of the work and appreciate how openly the artist journalists reveal their own values and conflicted perceptions." #comics #graphicnovel https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/22/Comics-Power-Moral-Horror-Spiegelman-Sacco-Gaza/