Jyoti Mishra

I'm the bloke in White Town

I also write for Sound On Sound magazine and am fascinated by anything to do with music making or tech.

Don't be a dick. If you're impolite, I'll just block you.

If you're offended by the word 'cunt' - do not follow.

#Indian #StraightEdge #Trotskyist #Genderqueer #Polyamorous #Musician #Immigrant #SouthAsianDiaspora #UK #Derby #IndiePop #AlternativeMusic

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2024-07-13 16:56:02

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@npub1fvt…83fu
That is megarare, then! Wow!

2024-07-12 13:02:11

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@npub1fvt…83fu
On 7" ? ?
Even I haven't got one of them!
Could you post up a pic, please?

2024-05-25 13:20:25

Here's my music:
https://songwhip.com/white-town
I love that I can bung you one link which then has every service my music is on, plus other stuff.
Well, sadly, #Songwhip is shutting down.
So, lil tooters, what is the best alternative to Songwhip? I've just gone through a couple of 'BEST ALTERNATIVE' lists and they were obviously generated by drunk AIs. In a coal scuttle. With low batteries. Just awful.
I'm hoping you ugly bags of mostly water can do better?
#MusicLinks #Links #Umm...

2024-02-02 18:53:03

#AllBillionairesAreEvil
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/111/863/394/469/237/291/original/ac24a1fe0303681c.jpg

2023-10-07 12:13:04

42 years old and still one of my favourite ever pop songs.
My generation got it to number two in the charts.
https://youtu.be/Vkfpi2H8tOE?si=cwxCaSZHU1FUaB4m
#LaurieAnderson #OSuperman #PopMusic #AlternativeMusic

2023-09-23 15:48:09

Ooh, what's this, a new #AmazonPrime series based in the John Wick world.... hmmm... maybe I'll check it out.
Oh, lifelong noted anti-Semitic pustule #MelGibson stars in it?
No thanks.
WHY THE FUCK IS MEL GIBSON'S ANTI-SEMITISM GIVEN A FREE PASS??
Fuck Gibson and fuck every anti-Semite. I hope you all die in agony, you utter fucks.
#AntiSemitism
https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/23/winona-ryder-reveals-mel-gibson-called-oven-dodger-recalls-experiences-antisemitism-12890407/
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fculture%2Farchive%2F2021%2F12%2Fmel-gibson-anti-semitism%2F620873%2F

2023-09-01 15:06:09

Should I just start baiting #ReplyGuys?
On the other hand, I find myself having to examine every post with a hermeneutic multiplexity before I post it. Spontaneity go POOOOF! So they do my nut in.
On the other, is it mean to bait them?
All you need to do is pretend to get something wrong about Linux and they'll be queuing up.
Like the old saying goes, it's like shooting fish in a barrow.

2023-08-25 23:06:09

In the new Dune trailer, there's a bit where Rebecca Ferguson says, "Paul Atreides is still alive" but it sounds like she says:
"All the tradies are still alive!"
I need to stop watching #Aussie comedians on TikTok.

2023-08-25 19:34:35

Trump makes Mussolini look like a grounded, humble intellectual powerhouse.
BoJo did the comedy version of Trump over here for a bit and now he's handed on the baton to Sunak who's doing a sterling job of evading corruption charges every other bloody week.

2023-08-24 22:37:55

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@npub18r5…lx79
:ablobmeltsoblove:

2023-08-21 19:10:02

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@npub1y65…kgly
That's my thinking. 35 quids so not too bad!

2023-08-21 18:00:36

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@npub1y65…kgly
I got it on Switch!
I'm loving it so farrrr!
wwweeeeOOOOoeeeee

2023-08-21 11:45:06

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@npub14yy…mhwx
haha, I've done that many times myself!
I was sooo surprised to see her in DKR. My brain went HUH?

2023-08-21 00:02:50

Watching The Dark Night Rises and, fuck me, it's KEEEEEELEYYYY!
*squeals*
#TedLasso #KeeleyJones #Jen #JunoTemple

2023-08-20 17:00:57

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@npub1pgn…kr4r
How about:
"Assuming your question is in good faith..."
for the polite version
and
"If you're not fucking with me..."
For the normal one?

2023-08-19 18:18:29

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@npub14kp…8m3s
Thank you! :ablobblewobble:

2023-08-19 13:58:31

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@npub18kx…mgsd
I am 57.
Anyone under 40 (barring aristos) has had a tougher time of it than I had growing up.
Whether it's Blair introducing Uni fees or 9/11 and the horrendous wars that spawned or the ever-present way we've fucked the planet, things have been tougher for you than they were for my generation.
Honestly, if you're a kid out there, fucking well done if you can simply hold your shit together day to day. I dunno if I could.

2023-08-19 12:57:43

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@npub18r5…lx79
Here's another fave version:
https://youtu.be/uD786xQUjPQ?si=wisyBy6atHfQYLqo
Sorry, I've been a bit Irving Berlin obsessive lately. Every song I write, I hold up to him and think, 'Will people still know this song 100 years from now? Does it connect?'
And the answer is, of course, no, because I'm no #IrvingBerlin. *sigh*
Damn him.
https://youtu.be/kEc16BjfrvI?si=xQKDrBp5sRnTKwIO

2023-08-19 12:54:08

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@npub18r5…lx79
You have an amazing voice! I know you haven't got the time but I would buy an album of you doing classic 1930s/40s covers, like Nilsson did.
His version of this song haunts me:
https://youtu.be/O4UoZn6B49A?si=8Un4OKDKRehRhQAI
I think he captures Irving Berlin's sadness perfectly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27ll_I_Do
😢

2023-08-19 00:18:48

One of my fave alt / DIY music places:
https://diyconspiracy.net/
#IndependentMusic #DIYMusic #Punk #HardcorePunk #StraightEdge

2023-08-19 00:07:13

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@npub18r5…lx79
SOO GOODD
arghhh
You make me sooo envious of your voice, dammit!

2023-08-18 23:43:19

If you're a Cryptobro, please, PLEASE un-follow me.
Same goes for "ancaps" and US-type "libertarians."
While I'm here, Covid-deniers, anti-vaxxers, Flat Earthers, moon-landing-deniers, MAGAs and the whole sticking Axis Of Idiocy - get to fuck.
You make Tories seem reasonable, fucking hell.

2023-08-18 15:34:55

I wasn't on Mast when this came out soooo gonna say - WATCH THIS NOW if you've ever read pulp SF, ever played a video game or just love stories about stories:
https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/backstory/umc.cmc.1q75k0pt9ph5gno1gtjaevfd1
#MythicQuest #Backstory
It's a standalone episode so you don't need to watch the rest of the series.
It's one of the best bits of telly ever made. EVER.
I'd watch it again today but I'm not sure I want to weep that much tonight.
Not a grief weep, a weep for SCIENCE FICTION and a little lost robot and...

2023-08-18 09:00:00

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@npub1dnw…k9uk @npub1405…fe88
THANK YOU! :ablobcatrainbow:

2023-08-17 18:00:59

https://boingboing.net/2023/08/17/major-brands-pull-ads-after-they-appear-next-to-pro-nazi-content-on-twitter.html
How X/Twitter continues to promote fascism.

2023-08-17 14:40:11

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@npub1zhf…2yxw @npub1tgv…svy7
I am sooo envious of his melodic sense - it's the best theme tune I've heard in the last decade, easily!
I *always* let it play, never skip through that intro!

2023-08-16 12:09:49

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@npub126f…f7ef @npub1kd6…w72f
That's a way better dream than mine! YUP!
I would love to see all this happen. :ablobcatrainbow:

2023-08-15 23:11:42

I finally saw Babylon (2022) and here's my review of it:
https://bzangygroink.co.uk/archives/2023/08/15/babylon-2022/
(contains very minor spoilers)

2023-08-15 23:09:58

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@npub126f…f7ef @npub1kd6…w72f
I'm hoping that de-centralisation will enable many, many people who feel squished like I do, othered and sidelined to finally find a home.
That's the dream!

2023-08-15 16:10:54

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@npub1rsh…eshh @npub14g4…xnzh
Thank you, Arthur!

2023-08-15 14:12:40

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@npub19dp…zwzj @npub1dxv…0mgw
It's good!

2023-08-15 13:53:30

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@npub1jyr…xttp
Ooh! That's sad and I see it's only a month and a bit ago.
I'm guessing no progress since then?

2023-08-15 13:48:42

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@npub1q6s…uw78
That's my motto for life!

2023-08-15 13:48:17

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@npub1yk0…tdz7
No worries! :ablobcool:

2023-08-15 13:04:19

I never skip the theme tune to #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding because it's a bop. So I googled the composer...
... it's #SiddarthaKhosla who was also in #Goldspot who made one of my fave ever albums, #TallyOfTheYesMen.
Check out this loveliness:
https://youtu.be/e_hfh2k8p6o
#Indie #IndianIndie #DesiMusic

2023-08-14 23:45:16

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@npub10y2…9tyn
fuck me
We're finally here.
#MaxHeadroom #Blipvert #Enshittification #Shitvertising
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/890/621/325/566/756/original/d50ddfc8a7d9898f.mp4

2023-08-14 23:40:29

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@npub1qgr…nhha
It's like some weird tech shell game.
"WHERE IS THE FREE CONTENT YOU PAID FOR?
NOT HERE, YOU SILLY!"

2023-08-14 23:31:57

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@npub10y2…9tyn
Fuck me - you're kidding? Aren't you??

2023-08-14 23:31:32

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@npub1ndj…9kw4
It's a fucking scam, innit?

2023-08-14 23:30:15

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@npub1z3u…k4k7
awh, THANK YOU!
As for Theme for a Late Night Documentary About the Dangers of Drug Abuse...
I remember recording that - it's live, straight to DAT iirc. I wanted to do a techno/electro jam that was me twiddling live. When you hear the snares coming in and out, that's me tip-tapping them into the 808 hahah. The 808 is triggering the JX-3P sequencer.
And the distortion is me turning up the gain on my Rat pedal. :-)

2023-08-14 23:22:54

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@npub1vvz…jry3 @npub1y56…n0jg
THANK YOU!!
I shall add it to the now-growing list to check out!
:ablobcatrainbow:

2023-08-14 22:52:30

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@npub16mz…uzxf
Lubly kitties! :ablobmeltsoblove:

2023-08-14 22:50:25

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@npub1hlq…dcz7
I could be wrong but it feels to me like the late '70s, when punk arrived and then, more importantly for me, all the post-punk '80s indie labels.
That gave us #Mute, #TwoTone, #Stiff, #TouchAndGo, #K, #Postcard, #CherryRed, #Creation, #SarahRecords, #SubwayRecords, #BlastFirst and all the others. It was great until they folded / were bought by majors.
I feel like the #Fediverse might be that again but for where we are now.
Something that cannot be bought, cannot be centralised.

2023-08-14 22:42:13

Amazon: Get Prime and watch GREAT TV when you want, no ads!
Me: Cool. How about this film?
Amazon: Naah, that's 13 quid!
Me: Ummm... I thought I'd already paid for it but.. okay, how about this one?
Amazon: Good choice, that's FREE... with ads.
Me: Hold on...
Amazon: CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW GOOD A DEAL WE'RE GIVING YOU?
#Streaming #Netflix #AmazonPrime #Disney+ #Paramount+ #AndFortyOtherFuckingChannels

2023-08-14 22:38:38

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@npub15yw…htxl @npub17ge…hgsu
Ooh, cheers, smells!

2023-08-14 22:38:15

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@npub15yw…htxl
We're reaching a turning point - too many people I know are baulking at how many streaming subs are out there now, basically the return of cable tv.
When it becomes this stupid, people will just to piracy. And though I wouldn't do that myself, I can't blame them!

2023-08-14 22:35:25

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@npub15yw…htxl
My fave is when Musk "invented" public transport but made it *single cars in a tunnel.*
And people still think he's a genius. jfc.

2023-08-14 22:34:15

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@npub1kna…9qpm
Sadly, my geekness is not in computery areas.
More ethnomethodology and drum machines, innit?

2023-08-14 22:27:31

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@npub17ge…hgsu
THANK YOU!
I shall check them out, Andy!
:ablobblewobble:

2023-08-14 22:20:29

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@npub13dv…ake9
This is awesome news - can you listen for 20 hours as I wanna get a Milky Way Duo?

2023-08-14 22:18:30

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@npub1e2f…9f26 @npub1yac…vv4x
awhh, very nicely put!

2023-08-14 22:08:21

MY FELLOW FEDIVERSE GEEKS - PLEASE HELP!
I wish to abandon YouTube because they are absolute fucking dickheads. I currently have 28K subscribers for 141 vids.
My current YT channel is a mix of my original music videos, gear reviews and other bits and bobs.
Which Peertube server would you recommend me to join?
#Peertube #YouTube #Fediverse

2023-08-14 22:02:46

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@npub1yac…vv4x
It's so frustrating.
:(

2023-08-14 22:02:24

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@npub13dv…ake9
When I saw the sales I'd generated for EMI internationally in 1997 and then what my cut of that was...
... if I hadn't been a revolutionary communist before, I would have converted then, on the fucking spot.

2023-08-14 21:40:43

More and more, I want to be exclusively on decentralised places online, whether that's the Fediverse or similar.
I am fucking done with the way musicians and other creators are held ransom by the robber barons of the tech world.
Their "disruption" always seems to make them billionaires and leave the actual creators scrabbling for pennies in the dust.

2023-08-14 21:27:50

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@npub17zh…mrxh
Someone *really* needs to make a wholesome comic panel out of this where this lil be is going CRAZY over your tasty, tasty arm!
:ablobmeltsoblove:

2023-08-14 21:26:57

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@npub19dp…zwzj @npub1dxv…0mgw
Is that Captain Pikant? I may be getting muddled here as I watch both of them. 🙂

2023-08-14 21:16:01

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@npub1yac…vv4x
Wel...
I'm always going to be on the side of the worker and not their exploiter.
Saying, 'he should have known better' is victim blaming *and* lets YT off the hook to be as bad as they want.
Without creators, what exactly would YouTube consist of? A bunch of empty servers.
I repeat: fuck YouTube, fuck Google and fuck *every* thief of our labour, whatever that labour might be.

2023-08-14 20:48:57

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@npub1dxv…0mgw
Yup - Ball's #Roland documentary should really be turned into an actual cinema feature, his scholarship is impeccable.
#Synthesisers #ElectronicMusic

2023-08-14 14:52:08

Now is the time you need this proto-twee bop:
https://youtu.be/gvNhjWZTi_E
#YoungMarbleGiants #IncludeMeOut #PostPunk #Twee

2023-08-14 14:51:17

I love #VenusTheory and he always does good stuff, whether it's his reviews or sound design for synths.
This latest vid of his is heartbreaking though he presents it as comedy. I don't think I'd be that sanguine.
https://youtu.be/jxTxl4rD66A
The sooner we can de-centralise everything, the better.
Fuck YouTube for making serfs out of all of us.

2023-08-11 22:08:59

Hallo! I'm live now on Twitch doing #MusicProduction stuff, come and gimme a TOOT!
http://www.twitch.tv/bzangy
#ElectronicMusic #DAWs #Synthesizers #DrumMachines #Sampling

2023-08-11 13:33:22

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@npub1fy0…mmfu
I *try* to be as accessible as possible and for the times I fail, @npub1fzm…duxa is my fren! :-P

2023-08-11 00:23:53

#art
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/868/125/342/550/378/original/924476a98a54de8a.jpg

2023-08-10 14:04:20

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@npub15st…rlzj
Oho - I have heard this sooo many times, in so many different contexts. Variations on 'suck it up,' 'they're only kidding' all the way to 'why do you have to be so touchy?'
1000% bullshit.

2023-08-10 13:47:14

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@npub1c9n…5q09
This sounds like a comfy onesie and cuppa day to me? :-)

2023-08-06 22:58:41

https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/845/143/454/566/431/original/9f0d86d4c1bb527b.jpg

2023-08-06 20:49:39

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@npub14yy…mhwx
Please, DO rant away.
We need more ranters, more people calling for inclusivity and openness cos it's sorely missing everywhere at the moment.
I honestly believe that if every human had the time and the help to make music every day, their lives would be enriched immeasurably.
Music is the bestest.
(then, food!)

2023-08-06 20:47:26

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@npub1s2t…yvv0
Ohhh, I love this supercut, THANK YOU!!

2023-08-06 14:47:55

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@npub1ut0…wu3d
No worries!

2023-08-06 14:47:20

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@npub174t…cfav @npub19dp…zwzj
Or maybe, just maybe...
.. YOU'LL BE JOINING THEM ON BANJOLELE ?
they may shift your perception of music permanently hahah
:ablobcool:

2023-08-06 14:46:09

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@npub1ut0…wu3d
Clarksons are anyone who displays Jeremy Clarkson-type tendencies of extreme smug racism / other right-wing nonsense. AKA gammons or MAGAs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
Hope that helps!

2023-08-06 14:43:24

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@npub1848…zfgl
THANK YOU for the link but I don't follow / boost / post anything from The Guardian because of their collusion in the Corbyn witch-hunt.

2023-08-06 14:41:51

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@npub1s2t…yvv0
ahh, I absolutely LOVED the Aristocats when I was lil kid.
We had a sticker book for it and you could collect/buy those crazy 3D stickers, the ones with the bumpy fronts?
Disney did quite a few of those and I loved them all.
You have *excellent* taste!
:ablobblewobble:

2023-08-06 14:38:58

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@npub19dp…zwzj
AHA! No, I get you completely - they'll make out like their system is the best / most logical and if you can't make sense of it, that's *your* fault.
I've encountered this temperament many times, sadly.

2023-08-06 13:59:20

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@npub14yy…mhwx
It's fucking bullshit, innit?
The most awful thing is that the loudest voices in those circles are often the least productive musically, so they're not even speaking from experience.
Whereas, most actual working musicians I know are the most evangelical, the most inclusive people!
Music is the BEST thing ever - why would anyone want to gatekeep it??

2023-08-06 13:47:13

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@npub174t…cfav @npub19dp…zwzj
Y'see, in my experiences, most audiences don't even notice / care about missed beats or notes *as long as the whole band is happy and smiling* and the vibe is good.
And then there's the essential rule of live music: hit a wrong note? Play it three more times and everyone will think you did it on purpose and you will be a jazz legend.
Because, really, there are no wrong notes / beats. I say this as a non-ironic Shaggs fan.

2023-08-06 13:38:39

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@npub19dp…zwzj
I dread to think how many times I'm in this...

2023-08-06 13:35:53

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@npub1s2t…yvv0
Soo, using my hooge Sherlock-brain (google), I just worked out that when I first heard of Pia Zadora, I would have been 14/15 and she would have been 26/27.
I was most definitely seduced by the charms of The Older Woman. She would teach me the ways of LOVE, also possibly French poetry and how to DANCE THE TANGO IN THE PULSATING ETRUSCAN MOONLIGHT.
I wish I could say I'm less foolishly romantic now. But that would be a lie.

2023-08-06 13:22:20

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@npub1qy2…lsht
Oh, thank you!
Here's a link page for everything I've done, everywhere:
https://songwhip.com/white-town
:ablobcatrainbow: :pensive_party_blob: :ablobblewobble: :ablobcool:

2023-08-06 13:16:57

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@npub19dp…zwzj
The weird thing is I've met many musicians who are technically brilliant but are absolutely *atrocious* at music. Zero feel, can't improvise - they're stiff and... correct. In the worst ways.
I can't think of a way that someone is technically brilliant at tech and yet still awful at it. But I know you'll tell me if there is. :-)

2023-08-06 13:10:46

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@npub19dp…zwzj
It sounds like there's a book in those decades, no?

2023-08-05 14:24:31

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@npub19dp…zwzj
If someone's a terrible musician, you just get a bad gig.
But if someone is awful at IT... well... *shudders*

2023-08-05 14:22:33

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@npub19dp…zwzj
That is really depressing :(

2023-08-05 14:22:05

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@npub1cne…muve
Soooo fucking true.

2023-08-05 12:27:17

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@npub1s2t…yvv0
PIA ZADORA
fuck me, I haven't heard that name in decades hahaha
Might as well have Sam Fox in it. :ablobcool:

2023-08-05 12:25:02

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@npub15st…rlzj
I'll have the Bezos Ears in Aspic, fanks, guv'nor!

2023-08-05 11:58:41

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@npub19dp…zwzj
I would have hoped in IT that if people were just blowhards that they'd soon get found out. But no? That's very dismaying.

2023-08-05 00:40:08

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@npub15st…rlzj
I like to think of us both as hapless miscreants in a Harlan Ellison short.
Either that or I'm Burgess Meredith losing his glasses.
I'm Burgess, aren't I?

2023-08-05 00:35:03

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@npub15st…rlzj
And I'll be like, "David, can you kindly pass that roast haunch of Gates?"
And you'll be like, "Sadly, I cannot, Jyoti, for I am loading up my plate at the *Warren Buffet!*"
And we shall both laugh and growl and then yip into the sky whilst swallowing down their greasy gristle.

2023-08-04 23:46:48

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@npub19a7…rk6d
It'd be lovely to hear your process for this, if you have time?

2023-08-04 23:39:44

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@npub1nqg…r35m
All I can say is - when they find the gene for FUCKING BORING WANKER it's gonna have a significant correlation to maleness.
:-P

2023-08-04 23:37:37

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@npub19dp…zwzj
haha - so you see what I mean? WHAT IS THE POINT?
On all the photography groups, it's the same: men wanking on about lens MTFs and *never ever taking pictures*
Does my nut in.

2023-08-04 23:35:44

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@npub1s2t…yvv0
awhh, thank youuu!!!
Your link was sadly COPYWRONGED but is this the same film:
https://youtu.be/QvRfoTz04e4
?
I mean... it's highly likely it is hahah but just checking!
:ablobmeltsoblove:

2023-08-04 12:15:20

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@npub1yp2…dn9p
hehehhe - I needed that, thank you!
That group was like gazing into a new circle of the inferno, lined with blokes complaining that DCOs aren't as "organic" VCOs.

2023-08-04 11:52:31

I just made the mistake of joining a FB synth group.
Fuck me - at least 80% SYNTH CLARKSONS / sealions. I left it straight away.
One sealion was asking why people use polysynths when organs and pianos are available. Obviously thinks he's hilarious, reeling in unwitting Clarksons, foaming at the mouth at the denigration of JP8s.
I hate men. Is there anything they can't fucking ruin and suck the joy out of?

2023-08-02 16:01:08

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Awww, FANKS!
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2023-08-02 15:55:43

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Umm - I don't really like using General Purpose computers for live music. I would far rather use a bespoke box, like and MPC (which is, of course, Linux wearing a beard, in a box).
BUT if I had to... I'd probably use Ableton Live for live triggering of loops / plug host / mixer. With a nice control surface, that'd be very slick.
I have tried other streamer thingies but I keep coming back to OBS. It has never *once* crashed on me mid-stream, rock solid.

2023-07-29 17:33:14

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Urghh, I have had that happen irl a few times - it's awful. One mate, who I thought was okay was absolutely *not* okay. Another friend showed me the texts they'd been sending and it gave me the shivers.
I feel that people are VERY good at appearing 'okay' on Mast. They decloak every now and then and thus get away with it.

2023-07-29 15:48:49

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2/2
And Mast becomes less in their absence.
I hate the whole macho culture that used to pervade Usenet and, at its worst, seeps into Mast. The kind of elitist, RTFM, let's be nasty to the lusers that I often see.
People should not need nova levels of confidence just to post on here. That is ridiculous.
I am a geek but, wow, geeks can be utter cunts.