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Comment on What is your favorite internet radio station? in ~music
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Comment on Film soundtrack discussion in ~music
speaka LinkInterstellar is the best soundtrack of all time. :) This is kind of cheating but my next 3 favorites are the Qatsi trilogy. They’re a lot of fun to zone out and code to. Most everyone prefers...Interstellar is the best soundtrack of all time. :)
This is kind of cheating but my next 3 favorites are the Qatsi trilogy. They’re a lot of fun to zone out and code to. Most everyone prefers Koyaanisqatsi of the three, but Naqoyqatsi has always been my favorite and there were a couple of years where I would listen to that album every Friday afternoon to wrap up the work week.
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Comment on What's your thoughts on vaporwave as a genre? in ~music
speaka LinkI think the Vaporwave aesthetic is a lot of fun and I like the general idea of retro-wave music and taking prominent elements of 70s/80s music and updating them with a modern sound palette and...I think the Vaporwave aesthetic is a lot of fun and I like the general idea of retro-wave music and taking prominent elements of 70s/80s music and updating them with a modern sound palette and modern production tools, but the specific music that comes out labeled as "vaporwave" I tend to not gravitate to at all. I much, much more prefer vaporwave-adjacent music genres like synthwave, lofi, nu-disco and glitch.
And I personally don't really care about the effort or complexity of one song or genre versus another. I've been producing music since the 90s and I just think fun is fun. If I'm having a good time, I don't really care anything other than if I like the song. Or similarly as Ice-T put it in Rick & Morty, "Over-developed, under-developed...a bad song's a bad song..."
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Comment on Anyone here like e-scooters? in ~transport
speaka LinkWhen I lived in downtown Nashville I had a Qiewa Q-mini that was a lot of fun, especially in Spring 2020 when the roads were completely empty. I used a Kryptonite bike lock and felt perfectly...When I lived in downtown Nashville I had a Qiewa Q-mini that was a lot of fun, especially in Spring 2020 when the roads were completely empty. I used a Kryptonite bike lock and felt perfectly comfortable leaving it locked for an hour or two at a time. I also strapped a velcro speaker mount to the top so I could listen to a portable JBL speaker...riding around listening to Vaporwave and Outrun playlists.
I moved out of the downtown area into a neighborhood with steep hills, so I ended up getting rid of my scooter, but I do miss it. I thought about getting an eBike. A company out of California, Onyx, makes some cool looking bikes that seems like they could handle hilly areas.
I definitely wish this kind of transportation was more mainstream. I never felt super safe sharing roads in Nashville and had multiple close calls, including one incident that could have ended very badly had I not been a super defensive and alter rider.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
speaka Link ParentWas crate digging through Funkadelic this morning! "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" is my more mainstream favorite of there's, and my all time favorite Funkadelic track is a little lesser...Was crate digging through Funkadelic this morning! "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" is my more mainstream favorite of there's, and my all time favorite Funkadelic track is a little lesser known, "I'm Never Gonna Tell It".
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
speaka Link ParentSame! Was driving around to this album earlier today. "Hollywood Baby" is songwriting perfection.Same! Was driving around to this album earlier today. "Hollywood Baby" is songwriting perfection.
I thought I was a nerd for being a di.fm subscriber for 10+ years. Had no idea they'd even been around for 20 years. Glitch Hop, Chill Hop, and Disco House.