Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

Watched this movie the other day, was half joking with my brother that the imagery was prophetic. Too soon. :(

@urbanfoxe I have just heard some Democrat apparatchik on the radio talking about "Well'll see n four years time if Trump does the things he said in the campaign." Hello? Bit late for that, and we've had 8 years of seeing what he does, in and out of power.

I made the right decision not to stay up and watch the impending doomscape.

RIP Quincy Jones - such a massive figure and yet I still didn't realise half of the stuff he'd done - The Italian Job soundtrack, for example.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/04/quincy-jones-musician-michael-jackson-producer-dies

@solderandchaos I've got a great vegan carbonara recipe involving that, king oyster mushrooms and nutritional yeast.

M.Bjoernstroem, a Swedish mechanic/air traffic controller/one man construction company/videographer, in his latest 5 hour video where he builds a base for his new garage. #ASMR for middle aged blokes.

https://youtu.be/W0bDzIiK91o

The piece that piqued me, for #organ and #choir is here, introduced by Revd Dr Sam Wells at St Martin's in the Fields last Thursday.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o0yQHZNerpU&t=1715

@louis Are you aware of the "Ferris is Cameron's imaginary friend" theory?

I was at a recital yesterday of some choral and organ church #music, and after looking up one of the composers, was surprised to find that he wrote one of those annoying viral tiktok tunes you hear all the time.

So here's Thomas Hewitt Jones a couple of years back on how that ended up going viral.

https://youtu.be/5BxjG0AwAT8?si=JaVlVkymikVNeBBs

And more recently how the internet / social media / AI generative music puts creativity at risk:

https://youtu.be/aBG3i4v9EK4

First time ever commuting with Mrs Davoloid to our respective new buildings at Stratford. Lovely open examples following #Brutalist tradition. And a thoroughly nice day.

This hits hard.
https://mixmag.net/feature/rip-danielle-moore-crazy-p-singer-frontwoman-house-music-tribute-obituary

"Danielle Moore believed in the idea of dancing as a deliberate act of community or a salve for personal anguish and the numerous benefits that came with moving together on a dancefloor. It was this experience that enabled a shy and otherwise under-confident woman to perform as though she owned the stage."

Aww this is so unfair. Crazy P frontwoman Danielle Moore dies at only 52. Only discovered this chilled blend of funk, house and soul in recent years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjvpde78zyo