John Carter Wood

@marsianica@social.linux.pizza
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Historian (technology, religion, violence, crime, media, gender, intellectual history), musician and eternal (though enthusiastic) Linux newbie.

American-made, British-oriented, German-based.

"Weird's all I've got. That and my sweet style."

#history #music #linux #FOSS #scifi #fantasy #rpgs #histodon #ardour #tolkien #NealStephenson #AdrianTchaikovsky #Kraftwerk #DrWho #NFDI

Musichttps://soundcloud.com/transitsofmars
More musichttps://soundcloud.com/thecalmrads
Personal websitehttps://jcwood.de/
John Carter WoodDec 4, 2023

As the Stooges used to say, "I resemble that remark!"

(From _Penny Dreadful_, season 2, episode 2.)

John Carter WoodNov 26, 2023

The latest track from my transatlantic band, "September", is the final song in an 8-part concept album, "Summer of '87".

Free to listen to on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thecalmrads/september-summer-of-87-part-8

And on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3p4W0m99sT0

Made with #ardour

September (Summer of '87, part 8)

All stories come to an end. LYRICS We meet at the Diamond on the edge of town I hold your hand Talking while we watch the sun go down It’s so quiet here On evenings when there are no games I hav

SoundCloud
John Carter WoodOct 29, 2023

I just uploaded our latest track, "Downtown" -- part 7 of our series "Summer of '87" -- to SoundCloud and, as linked here, to YouTube.

Hope you like it!

https://youtu.be/iBCc8_jCIhM

The Calm Rads, Downtown (Summer of '87, part7)

YouTube
John Carter WoodOct 21, 2023

Our latest song from my band The Calm Rads -- "Eighteen" -- now on YouTube. It's part 6 of a longer song cycle that we've been releasing bit by bit on SoundCloud, but this might make it easier for you all to enjoy our music.

This track was produced completely in #Linux with @ardour

The Calm Rads, "Eighteen" (Summer of '87, part 6)

https://youtu.be/RRsTXVapE6g

Eighteen Video 1

YouTube
John Carter WoodOct 15, 2023

Our latest song from my band The Calm Rads -- "Tan Lines" -- now on YouTube. It's part of a longer song cycle that we've been releasing bit by bit on SoundCloud, but this might make it easier for you all to enjoy our music.

This track was produced completely in #Linux with @ardour

The Calm Rads, "Tan Lines" (Summer of '87, part 5)

https://youtu.be/yrPLPj5i5No?si=DRvThaIwW71OjUYK

The Calm Rads, "Tan Lines" (Summer of '87, part 5)

YouTube
John Carter WoodSep 18, 2023

Just released the latest song in an 8-song concept album, "The Summer of '87" from my transatlantic band, The Calm Rads.

https://soundcloud.com/thecalmrads/tan-lines-summer-of-87-part-5

Hope you enjoy "Tan Lines", free to stream or download at @SoundCloud

This track made in Linux with FOSS tools, such as @ardour

Tan Lines (Summer of '87, part 5)

Part 5 of the 8-song series "Summer of '87". LYRICS: Summertime suburban afternoon Hanging out together in your backyard pool You had invited me on the phone Thinking we could spend a little tim

SoundCloud
Show threadJohn Carter WoodJun 6, 2023

Sarah: Are we there?

Doctor: Where?

Sarah: Where we're going?

#doctorwho, The Masque of Mandragora, 1976

John Carter WoodJun 6, 2023

Sarah: Just how big is the Tardis?

Doctor: Well, how big is "big"? Relative dimensions, you see, no constants.

Sarah: That's not an answer.

Doctor: How big are you at the moment?

Sarah: 5'4" just, and that's still not an answer.

Doctor: Listen, listen, listen: there are no measurements in infinity. You humans have got such limited little minds. I don't know why I like you so much.

Sarah: Because you have such good taste.

#doctorwho, The Masque of Mandragora, 1976

Show threadJohn Carter WoodJun 1, 2023

Sarah: This isn't Cassiopeia.

End of "The Seeds of Doom", 1976.

Show threadJohn Carter WoodJun 1, 2023
...and some pretty cool special effects, actually.