Well, let's see how this goes. (Server description via its creator MTS and that sounds about right!) I write about music in a variety of spots, work with information science in another, podcast about Tolkien with a couple of friends and generally am bemused. Hopefully in a good way.
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Last Notes npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Goddamn, this took forever but glad to see it: a proper full length album of work by the mighty and sadly departed Q Lazzarus. #music https://qlazzarus.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-horses-the-many-lives-of-q-lazzarus-music-from-the-motion-picture npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett @nprofile…0ftr I'd add this essay that just got published the other day. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/ npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Earlier this week I had a chance to see the wonderful #YoungFathers for the first time. This also finally gave me some space to talk a little more about a truly remarkable person, now gone. For #NeilKulkarni, always. My weekly Patreon posting, open for all. #music https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-weekly-112-102671636 npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Meantime, in OTHER #music news, in this case of an older bent, the absolutely brilliant debut album by #Orbital, one of my favorite acts then and now, is now out in a hyperexpanded edition available for only 20 euros digitally. Well, well worth it. https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/album/orbital-the-green-album-expanded npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett I'm not pulling any punches here: one of the most evil, mendacious and destructive people of modern American history has died and I for one will shed no tears. Neither should anybody. (Gift link.) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/bennett-braun-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k00.CzpX.eCzVzIeqS8Oy&smid=url-share npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett And sometimes you wake up and you’re sorta Phil Oakey? npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett @npub1m7v…h7x4 Yeah when I found out Tracy Hickman's background years and years back I went "ORLY" npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett For my weekly music thoughts on Patreon this week, as ever free to all to read...well, what else was I going to talk about? #music #Pitchfork https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-weekly-100-96774752 npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Hum de dum, just a day in terms of the arts, hum de dum, #MaxEvry who wrote #AMasterpieceInDisarray on #DavidLynch's #Dune has turned up Lynch's initial script for a sequel film, hum de dum wait WHAT https://www.wired.com/story/david-lynch-dune-sequel-script-unearthed/ npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett A new Shfl update for the week -- Hank Shteamer with a guide to Dischord, reviews from @npub1c0z…evjx, #NatePatrin and #ChrisCatchpole, plus reviews from me on #BUCKTICK, #99LETTERS, @npub1vy0…xrg5, #NiecyBlues and #DropNineteens! #music https://news.theshfl.com/p/shfl-update-1116 npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett So #PhilipSherburne has written up some good thoughts on what's happened and could happen with #Bandcamp here. Worth your time. #music https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/is-bandcamp-as-we-know-it-over/ npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett I am extremely disappointed, if sadly unsurprised, to learn that jj skolnik, per this post on Bluesky, has been laid off by #Bandcamp. An excellent editor and union organizer/supporter, and the sale of Bandcamp to #Songtradr is clearly already bearing bitter fruit. npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett NYT has a piece up from the long-in-the-works forthcoming bio on #LouReed by #WillHermes, covering the period in between the #VelvetUnderground and _Transformer_. Here's a gift link, share out! #music https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/nyregion/lou-reed-king-of-new-york.html?unlocked_article_code=BiyWI1mnxrm8trr2W5kCSA1tVjeR4RaddM_upMhGVjeGOjtIZm4Ql_C2FLsqliDVETLfddsd6w_wpksJpn1T5iaxf4ZAsKHz-Up-B2GZJ3aZ1asZa5393KrlQOJgKOk046t-7gjfrSQKmz3X4yoWuTsIt78JFMMydqbXVzv6yx5eKIYA9is-wbTcJucaWFsd2Bk5A4Xxe8GlHHG3a0nBAyyDIOOCCU6UbvFT8-s1vwj5WMGmI6p3YHUG-2ffuK755b_u5cvJuMDtjN2tHE2I4bSyoT_YV1Xd0F5EcEIc3BLvrEfkCHiGy_-atZ9TRJ-S0A2R5TJ9huCXYxT8jaNtftJhJgw&smid=url-share npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Meanwhile on #DragRaceBrasil npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett I strongly suggest reading this https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/transphobia-in-music/always-the-topic-rarely-the-voice-transphobic-rock-stars #music npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett So hey! I'd like to thank everyone for the kind comments yesterday about my #DepecheMode anniversary piece on #ConstructionTimeAgain in #TheQuietus -- much appreciated indeed. Relinking here but also what I'd like to do is start up a thread of my other DM pieces in recent years -- almost, but not all, for tQ. You might like those as well! #music https://thequietus.com/articles/33308-depeche-mode-construction-time-again-review npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett My latest piece for #TheQuietus is live! Looking back on the album that, forty years ago, didn't invent industrial #music, no, but it sure as hell invented industrial pop. Happy anniversary, #ConstructionTimeAgain by #DepecheMode. https://thequietus.com/articles/33308-depeche-mode-construction-time-again-review npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett @npub13qj…ycgh @npub1evl…yenf Per KL, there will be a separate box for the later years in 2024, so there's that too! npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett @npub1evl…yenf _Rockford Files_ isn't far off, I figure. Not much else comes to mind, though, you're right! npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett @npub1evl…yenf You're welcome! Truly a delight to see, those extras all sound very promising. npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett So #KinoLorber has announced the full details of its #Columbo in the 70s Bluray set due in November and yes please. Yes indeed. https://www.facebook.com/KinoLorberStudioClassics/posts/pfbid02bzYemurgtnuNxgk9JZHgwJAdXG4LegMvisPLzeHov4keTwTWtcE3zMEC4f61LmjRl npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Oh a new collection of home recordings of #Sylvester singing classic songs from back in 1970? DARN. #music https://sylvester.bandcamp.com/album/private-recordings-august-1970 npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Have I been listening to #CeliaRoseGooding and more sing a few songs by #KayHanley on a bit of a loop this past hour? Uhhhhh maybe? #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett One of the musicians I've been bowled over to learn about this year is #JeremyDutcher, a Two-Spirit Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) artist from Canada. I am very much looking forward to the forthcoming album _Motewolonuwok_ and this new single from it is a moving beauty. #music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os0MPGWQ_8I npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett @npub1437…ranm He's that good, man npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett A slightly different entry on the Patreon for this week, as always free for all, something I'd been thinking about for the past few weeks but put into words over the last couple of days. Involves these guys, you might have heard of them. #music #queen https://www.patreon.com/posts/reflection-on-86812864 npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Okay NOW my brain hurts. And yes this is a screencap of an actual tweet and the link does lead somewhere. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87980831&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett And a little more about #TonyBennett's wartime experiences here as well as the bigotry he saw and dealt with on his own side. The stories aren't new, but they're worth remembering. Respect. Gift link, read and share. https://wapo.st/3Y3CXHb npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Did not expect to be reading a new interview with #ViniReilly of the #DuruttiColumn today, and very glad to be doing so. #music https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/21/guitar-hero-vini-reilly-durutti-column-factory-records-interview npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett @npub156n…mvgw Thanks to often solitary work and keeping an open window right behind me (and wind flows in quickly) I unmask at work but have one to hand as needed. Any other indoor space not my house or a friend's residence, mask on by default. npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Meantime some brighter #music news -- my latest piece for #TheQuietus has run and it was an absolute delight to chat with the very great #TakiayaReed of #DivideAndDissolve about some of her favorite artists and albums. https://thequietus.com/articles/33145-takiaya-reed-divide-and-dissolve-bakers-dozen npub1jaysetyrpquvus0nfkz02g4nfu8z6jk5ew99n8us0q6mxl4dv46qjavye2 Ned Raggett Wonderful news to hear that @npub1w90…hndh has won a 31-7 vote to be formally certified as a union by the NLRB. Both the union and #Bandcamp itself have released a a joint statement noting that collective bargaining will begin shortly thereafter. Great news for #music and #labor both. https://blog.bandcamp.com/2023/05/19/bandcamp-and-bandcamp-united-release-joint-statement-on-union-vote/
