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@oppen The audiophile subculture would be such an interesting topic to study. It probably has been studied in terms of cultural history quite a bit.  @oppen Ynys Llanddwyn, my favourite place. It was too far for the tired kids to walk to so I left them with S on Newborough beach and headed off alone. There was only time for a quick circuit and I still got cut off by the tide and had to wade back across. Third time I've been and it felt as special as the first. Wtf, browsing the news feed on my phone and this pops up: https://cdm.link/2023/12/modular-playdate/ #playdate Seems simple: nuts, sugar and cinnamon, but the trick is to never stop moving them in the pan, not even for a few seconds, or some will burn. Add sugar in batches, once some has already caramelised the fresh sugar grains stick to the nuts more easily. #theGalley I'm going through old photos and images in Jottacloud, and every time I come across a POV-Ray render it sparks joy. RIP Andre Braugher, I remember as a teen with a little CRT TV in my room staying up later than I was supposed to to watch Homicide: Life on the Street. Standard TV tropes now, but I'd never seen anything like it then. I love the quiet still the snow brings. Millions of slowly falling flakes absorbing every background noise. I'm not going to enjoy being snowed-in tomorrow though, and having to walk the weans to school. Elmet Brae EB01 The Land Compilation is live: https://orllewin.github.io/elmet_brae/EB01/ Mirrored on Bandcamp by @neauoire or a simple FLAC download via itch. @bd and @rostiger have done a great job with the mastering and artwork and the music is a fantastic collection - thanks to everyone who contributed.
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 Elmet Brae update: everyone now messaged, and 90% of people have responded so I'm going to move onto sequencing the tracks and designing a webpage and a free release page on itch.io or something. People who recently followed because I played some music to mushrooms, this is the project: https://orllewin.github.io/elmet_brae/EB01/ Final call for Elmet Brae 'The Land' ambient/soundscape/noise submissions: https://orllewin.github.io/elmet_brae/EB01/ It's 1pm here, so 11 hours to go before the cut-off. 25 entries so far. Final call for submissions to this community ambient/noise/soundscape compilation: https://orllewin.github.io/elmet_brae/EB01/ Will extend it to the end of the month as @bd boosted the previous call and there was a flurry of new interest, so there's still a week to submit. We're at 12 tracks so far so don't miss out. Email oppen@fastmail.com if you have submitted but you're not on the screenshot below - our server's been dropping DMs.  Streaming music is ridiculous really isn't it, conceptually I mean, it's absurd, and the environmental impact at scale is huge. I've installed Minim Server on all my daily computers, you don't need a dedicated box on the network. Just look at the glorious website: https://minimserver.com/ Previously I had Minim on a dedicated home server (in the form of a Pi 4), the subtle difference this time round is having it on my work and personal laptops, downloading to the Music folder, and using VLC on my phone. It's turned a painful experience into something really low effort and low friction. My biggest regret in life is not naming my son 'Merlin'. There's another lad in his nursery with the name, obviously has cooler parents. I've always hated my own name, maybe I should become Merlin.  We got food at the pub today, sat outside, and when the rain came down finally after a hot week everyone cheered. Yann Tiersen thoroughly pissed off with the unstickable Amelie attachment, it defined a time but I totally get it. There's sailing here too for Merveilles folk: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/06/autonomy-is-so-important-to-be-the-engine-yourself-why-yann-tiersen-is-now-touring-by-sailboat #theBoatyard @oppen @rek and I were just talking about him yesterday, wow. 12
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@oppen Hang in there, short pole! :)