Super interesting. From Blackhat marketing (fake hype for real artists) to money laundering (fake artists streamed by bots) in the music industry. Everything is an arms race.
ποΈ @dailytlj.bsky.social now has a podcast >>
snsmt.transistor.fm/episodes/a-m...
πΆ Wanted Dead or Alive πΆ
Acoustic, shared lead vocals, only.
#myJam
Did not expect to find music recommendations in a Robert Macfarlane book. But if one of his cloud forest travel companions is a musician, I gotta listen. #CosmoSheldrake
Excited that #Eurovision is staged in Austria next year ->
EXCITED that #Eurovision is currently imploding for all the right reasons.
Back from the #MAB25 Media Architecture Biennale in Bangkok. Hosted at the beautiful BACC. Mango sticky rice, night markets, temple gongs, academic papers and inspiring talks about alternative media facades, light experiences and storytelling platforms.
As a Montrealer, this makes me so proud! π
βThough other cities offer bike-sharing programs, βMontreal revolutionized the trend,β TIME wrote, calling Bixiβs technology βthe backboneβ of bike-sharing services in cities including London and New York.β
montrealgazette.com/news/bixi-bi...
β« Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five β«
Paul McCartney
#myJam
(pretty cool to see he's still performing that one!)
Pacific Northwest textures
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Beach activities on Hornby Island
Forest install on the Canadian West coast, two flights and two ferries required π€π²
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Ever wondered why itβs often cheaper to fly across Europe than take the train? π€Hereβs why polluting airlines can afford to sell ultra-cheap tickets! πβοΈ
Mutek Village Numerique highlight: Γco-sonoritΓ©s du vivant by Victor Drouin-Trempe. village-numerique.mutek.org/en/circuit/e...
@renaudfv.bsky.social you will like this! Chirping electronics, a swarm of electronic birds, calls of non-existing birds ...
Can almost hear the crowd from my place. Vicky Mboko, what a star #NBO25 ππ¨π¦
August is Women in Translation Month. My favorites that I read since last year's #witmonth:
"Summer in Prague" by Zdena SalivarovΓ‘
"Eden" by AuΓ°ur Ava ΓlafsdΓ³ttir
"My Husband" by Maud Ventura
Pretty soon my email and SMS will only be verification codes.
What a way for Iga to end her title drought π #Wimbledon
Okay, flight tracker apps are pretty cool. Inspired by Kate Folk's Sky Daddy.
Can confirm.
Fairphone 3+, 4 years and going strong-ish.
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousandsβ major embarrassment to Orban
The Music Instinct by Philip Ball The Science of Musical Sound by John R. Pierce Helmholtz by Michel Meulders Music and the Mind by Anthony Storr The Soundscape by R. Murray Schafer Music Theory by George Thaddeus Jones Harmonograph by Anthony Ashton
Inspired by my new digital piano (and also work), I am on a mission to learn more about music theory. Plus all things adjacent. Half the books from the library the other half pulled off my unread shelves. Even started a Great Courses lecture on music theory πΌ
On the Calculation of Volume (I) by Solvej Balle Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
Additions to the summer reading pile:
On the Calculation of Volume (I) by Solvej Balle
.. curious if it holds up to all the hype
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
.. can't go wrong with a Robert Macfarlane
I like a list. Even if they are impossible to make.
Systemsprenger isn't even in their options!
Visited the green of Scotland and Edinburgh. Besides the beauty of nature and the charm of the city, my favorite bit was all the live music in tiny pubs. Special shout-out to The Wee Folk Club.
I might be overthinking this, but in my degoogle journey I am now giving each online account its own unique hide-my-email alias. 20 down, only about 500 left to go. #protonmailnewby
π Lilli Tagger und ihre einhΓ€ndige RΓΌckhand ππ¦πΉ
Nice to see some discussion happening around TeamLab and the remarkable similarities between their work and other artists. cc @elliotwoods.bsky.social
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πΊ Book launch party on June 12th at the CCA! www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/99...
