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Gah! Bah! I was just thinking about Rupert Hine’s solo music. Always enjoyed this particular trio of songs: and this song was ahead of its time (Picture Phone): https://youtu.be/M-H5l1owKJg

“Don’t carers”?

(Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom" intensifies)

Greg Spawton (Big Big Train, prog) posted the setlist they were going to play this tour: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HVmaI11zjosk5E2umpdf9?si=Mjxlq7VzRO-XlJdGaB-iZQ So I did my best to recreate it on Tidal, and now I'm listening to it: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/ea3057b4-a28d-4ec8-9636-a45878f1ac9e

Thanks for the pointers. I especially appreciate the comments regarding bombproofness. I actually only have a couple USB-MIDI, most of my devices are from the 90’s.

Hey, like what you like. IIRC you were only using it as a guide on what to watch, no-one obliged you to dislike it after the fact. Cheers.

Yay doggie!

Re: image: Egad! Someone let out the magic smoke and the chimney is utterly demolished! Re: music: Effin’ groovy!

I used to play This is the Day...This is the Hour...This is This and Cure for Sanity and both those albums still get a listen every once in a while. Did you know...? Clint Mansell is now a famous Hollywood soundtrack composer?

And those of you who have known me longer than Head-Case (which is to say, none of you) will know that Henry Mancini has a special place in my heart, so this was a particularly mind-blowing arrangement:

https://youtu.be/0EpuCeAk0Fw

I rewatched season two and finished season three. I can tell you exactly where they lost me: when they reduced people to books in season two. They backpedaled a little bit when they said free will was hard, but then they doubled down in the behind the scenes after the last episode saying that 90% are still 100% predictable and it’s only the psychos that are the “outliers”. I’m not an outlier! I’m far too lazy, but I’ve been thinking for myself since I was 16. People are more complex than weather, and we know what kind of computational power that takes to predict. That said, they do have moments of brilliance like the aforementioned Ghost Nation and Shogun World episodes as well as the episode, ‘Genre’ in the current season and the production values are always off the hook good quality, so I will probably keep watching. But definitely tuning out all the pretentious.

I just watched that episode recently. Out. Fucking. Standing. I think I like it better than the original.

I've been listening to her without watching her all day, and I think I figured it out. Her silent motions are the visual portion of the performance, because her playing is so meticulous that she imparts no personality onto the music (and that’s a good thing). You know how when you hear Keith Jarrett or Brad Mehldau (or more obviously, Miles Davis or David Gilmour), you know immediately who's playing? Not with her, I can't. She lets the (beautiful) music speak for itself. I would love to hear her play some Schubert or Bach, or any other kind of music that "plays itself". So her movements at the bench are the visual portion of the performance. Or maybe she just can't help herself, maybe she's just that moved by the music. Oh well, don't know, don't care, I enjoy, and she obviously does too, and that's all that matters. On the bright side, she does Pictures -- one of my favourite pieces for piano, EVAR -- her performance of it might have just zoomed into the top spot for me. Thanks for reminding me of her. By the way, I had heard her before, in a collaboration she did with Ólafur Arnalds, The Chopin Project, which I also enjoyed. Really wish I was paying more attention at the time, would've seen her live. That was 5 years ago. Unrelated-- jazz:

So this guy posted these with the caption, “Do I have a problem?” I responded with, “only if you can’t reach everlything.”

It’s not just that, she obviously enjoys the music as much as I —as the audience member, not just me personally—do. I realize when I spoke, I was talking about her looks, but it’s really cute how joyous her playing is, too. I’m listening to her on Tidal right now, her playing is excellent.

Went down the Alice Sara Ott rabbit hole yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQObiL-ZYsw

Thank you. She’s incredibly cute, and it’s beautiful music. I mean, she’s so cute, I went and looked up her genetic makeup.

Notwist live from a pre-lockdown festival—if this is the new normal, I am going to miss live music the most. EDIT: Actually, that might’ve been live.

I didn’t know they came in black. Gorgeous!