Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

Lead shenaniganizer at @[email protected] and @friendsofccmusic

One of the owners of blocsonic.com

I'm not a particularly hard person to find online. I'm on Diaspora (maybe haven't logged in in a while), pump.io (maybe haven't logged in in a while), soundcloud, libre.fm, last.fm, ccMixter, and tons of other places.

My dog's name is T'Challa. He is joined a family of cats, is black (mostly), and is African (not completely, he's a mutt).

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2026-01-10 14:41:56 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 not sure what their rules are but I don't see why not.

2026-01-08 02:25:58 GMT

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@nprofile…2wsh not that all of them are 4x4 and there are AWD cars but they are pretty useful around here with the ice.
Of course, a lot of folks such as myself have fat bikes so there are other options, but my point is they aren't really a fashion thing here like they are most places.

2025-12-05 17:17:26 GMT

This should sync to #PeerTube within days, maybe hours. When it does, I will post in the thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pas4CJIpegM
Josh is a musician in the band Louis Lingg and the Bombs.
We talk about a bunch of stuff, including the fact that we really need Spotify to stop w/ the AI music. I offer up brain.fm as an option if that is all folks use Spotify for.
We talk about the anger people have and how to direct that anger appropriately.
We discuss the difference between #GenAI & #AGI ...and more!

2025-10-03 00:31:06 GMT

@nprofile…hyrk I'll be in Chicago the first full weekend in November.

2025-10-02 21:46:32 GMT

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@nprofile…tamh at least the music hasn't died

2025-08-20 15:07:03 GMT

The interview with @nprofile…kzgj is our 5th most viewed video (well, on this channel, we have higher views on the Listening Party page).
https://www.youtube.com/live/oTY33kSQfb8
The PeerTube sync didn't work automatically, so I downloaded it. I will drop the link in the comments shortly.
#ccmusic #netlabels

2025-08-16 00:55:47 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk that is not historically true. NIN put out 2 CC albums (or 5, depending on how you count).
Smashing Pumpkins has a CC album.
Beastie Boys has a CC track.
But all of those were well over a decade ago.
Stetasonic was on Warner Bros and then some of them have been on blocSonic releases.
Pete Miser of Five Fingers of Funk was Dido's DJ.
Snarky Puppy was on Universal
I'm sure if I spent any time at all, I could come up with other folks in the #ccmusic scene that have been on majors.

2025-07-12 22:09:14 GMT

It wasn't the day I wanted. Not that any day in the last 2.5 weeks has been...but we got it done and all things considered went amazingly well: https://www.youtube.com/live/Mkg1sss-VI4?si=A8TLBWkOcMeONj5P
I'm going to stop typing so I can actually edit the video description for once in my life.
Thanks to all that participated!
#netlabelday #netlabelweek #netlabels #ccmusic

2025-07-01 10:43:16 GMT

It's July, which means it is time to get serious about #netlabelday2025 on Juky 14. Send your submissions to @nprofile…4kpe. You can sign up to be a DJ 13-15.
If you want to be involved in the #netlabelweek panel, lmk! We need both musicians and tech folks
I've been sick and ridiculously busy so I'm behind where I would like to be and really don't have much hope of catching up so if folks could help out it would be really appreciated. Even a boost helps. #ccmusic #netlabel #netnativemusic #netlabels

2025-06-13 23:39:11 GMT

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@nprofile…8hjr maybe I'm a weirdo but looks like a circle in a circle to me

2025-06-11 11:36:50 GMT

#musicians if #fccm were to put on courses in the future what sorts of courses would you like to see? Don't worry about how we'd do it we can figure that out later.
Some starter broad topics:
Languages
Legal
Technology
Music
Stage
Video
Marketing
History
Bicycles
Fitness
Health (including mental)
Safety
All courses will be released as CC BY (unless a presenter feels strongly about CC BY-SA and then we'll do that)
As always, plz boost

2025-06-02 20:11:21 GMT

The time has come to start signing up for #Netlabelday2025 DJ slots. Same system as what was used last year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ALqXQFUNIoFAfaeAXtWKb3pxK_3YZjSP7r2LCb8lu9w/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Any genre is welcome.
Please send questions and pre-recorded sets to @nprofile…4kpe at [email protected].
Separately, you can also have a #netlabelday release. You can find more info about that process at https://beige.party/@musicman/114597448203151980 (there is also some additional information about the the DJ slots there I couldn't get in the char limit)
#netlabels #ccmusic #music

2025-05-20 10:35:44 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk I get what you are saying but that's just not correct as stated. Social media definition: "Interactive forms of media that allow users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by means of the Internet."
Xitter, meta stuff fall 100% in that category.
I think the problem people have with those platforms is the algos over emphasize celebs but facebook still works if you just don't follow celebs and businesses. Haven't used xitter regularly in...idk, feels like a decade

2025-05-18 00:36:28 GMT

Is there any spreadsheet app that will will take the sums of numeric values in a cell that has alpha?
I have windspeed directions that include the direction.
I know for certain there is vector math that could be done here, but I think what I might want to do is discard any values that go the other direction. For example, a bunch of data for May 23 says the wind will come out of the south, but one piece says East. Easiest thing to do is just discard the East. Vectors would be the easiest way...

2025-05-15 21:31:13 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk Hunter wasn't a politician so not sure this is a both sides thing, but... I mean, it's not like you really have to look far for that: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/menendez-bribery-charges-democrats-resign-2024-election-rcna117399
Of course, there is the pardon both sides thing with Hunter. I'm not sure I'm fully against the pardon power but maybe we could limit it instead of being a blank check.

2025-05-09 00:21:41 GMT

Today while recording #CCLP I had an interesting idea. We should have a #ccmusic pets get together. Possibly as the August @nprofile…7lx4? I already asked A23P to be the guest for August, so we'll see what he says. There's always December instead of doing a holiday episode, which would be fine.
#dogsofmastodon #CatsOfMastodon #petsofmastodon
Not sure who else has one @nprofile…tamh. Any ideas?
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2025-05-06 11:56:37 GMT

If you have a #ccmusic video, send it my way! Doesn't matter what platform or genre! #music

2025-04-29 01:06:12 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk huh? They are like super different heights

2025-04-15 23:15:06 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk I wonder what would happen if someone came up with an autism vaccine

2025-04-12 00:55:55 GMT

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@nprofile…tamh
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/322/265/679/079/771/original/a989bf5e6fa629eb.png

2025-03-30 13:48:25 GMT

@nprofile…tamh is there video from Friday?

2025-03-23 17:26:05 GMT

@nprofile…4kpe @nprofile…hyrk @nprofile…q7zh I don't see how there is any chance I am back to start the recording. do you guys know how to do it?

2025-02-22 18:10:20 GMT

@nprofile…hyrk do you know how to do the Jitsi recording? there's a high likelihood that I will not be where I can record at 2pm.

2025-01-19 23:32:08 GMT

Saturday is the big @nprofile…fwk0 shindig. if folks want to get some conversation started before Saturday we can talk about whatever during @nprofile…m833. The invite has a link to the agenda which has a LONG list of items not on the agenda for the 25th. One of the big ones is a code of conduct. Another one is picking a time for the next one. I might just go ahead and pick a date so we can tell everyone on Saturday. we could still talk about reoccurring.
please share #ccmusic folks.

2025-01-04 15:22:44 GMT

Al aka Alien23 and I are going to record the next "Everything's Open" later today. This pilot I am calling "CC Next". won't be limited to the jitsi hour because I'll be casting through OBS.
The idea is that I'll bring in folks to talk about the future of #ccmusic and shareable music in general... occasionally just music in general. I've been careful in this series to be very clear that these pilots are not intended for me to be the host but this one might actually be a good fit for me.

2024-11-23 15:55:07 GMT

What are good #vegetarian options in #CDMX #MexicoCity?

2024-11-15 01:58:22 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk i mean the servers can be decentralized with a central block server. people are already doing that in the multicoloredverse

2024-05-30 00:46:07 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx no doubts these measures are dumb but Brexit has got to be a big contributor to the Poland note

2024-05-10 20:55:31 GMT

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@npub1dm5…5sqe what is it supposed to be?

2024-04-18 17:44:41 GMT

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@npub1dm5…5sqe a turtle shell

2024-04-12 23:35:24 GMT

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@npub1dm5…5sqe I'm not sure the past bands is supposed to just be metal bands. a look at the Josh Freeze page should tell us if either of us care enough to check which i don't at the moment

2024-04-04 01:00:51 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx yes
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2024-02-02 22:38:07 GMT

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@npub1ks4…x88p what evidence is that religion is an evolutionary advantage? My guess is it is #2 on this list: https://evolution.berkeley.edu/misconceptions-about-natural-selection-and-adaptation/not-an-adaptation/
The real adaptation here is imagination.

2023-12-21 16:43:44 GMT

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@npub1m34…njzz @npub1ks4…x88p interesting. I'm all for population decline, but that seems like...not the way.

2023-12-21 16:14:22 GMT

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@npub1m34…njzz @[email protected] @npub1ks4…x88p wtf is a post-birth abortion? I mean infants are larva, yes, and however you feel about the personhood of a larva, killing a larva is not an abortion.

2023-11-22 16:24:16 GMT

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@npub1dm5…5sqe Feb 25?

2023-11-17 22:03:44 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx I had no idea their were Ewok movies!

2023-11-07 22:29:56 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx important caveat to the "all videos" piece is that daily import limits are likely to apply meaning if you have a video over the daily limit, it is never going to sync. This is why the weekly #ccmusic shows I do are now limited to 50 minutes

2023-11-07 12:14:32 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx Who knows if they know PeerTube sync is even a thing. you should send them a message

2023-11-04 00:14:15 GMT

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@npub1dm5…5sqe you wanna join Dec 10?

2023-11-04 00:09:52 GMT

well, I have some time to find a guest before Nov 12 for the #ccmusic show, but if anyone wants to come on, you can make life easy for me...

2023-08-23 18:18:42 GMT

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@npub1dm5…5sqe based on the jersey, I am assuming it was an indoor team?

2023-08-17 11:26:14 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx but you can drink straight from a coconut water tetrapak. Idk if people are doing that, but you always pay for convenience. It is a pretty steep convenience fee, nonetheless

2023-08-12 19:28:49 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx I asked my wife what she thought just to make sure I wasn't crazy and she said "yes, it's weirder than most of them, but not as weird as Moon Knight". She actually said "mummy thing" but yeah, Moon Knight.
Don't get me wrong, by all of this, it probably fairly earns it's 45% critic score, 82% audience. There's a selection bias on who is seeing it in the first place.
I'm probably more interested in the comic-book-as-a-series-of-movies experiment than I am the movies themselves.

2023-08-10 15:26:47 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx there is definitely that scene but also plenty that are weirder

2023-08-10 01:32:22 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx the creatures of the Quantum realm are way weirder than any of those. I mean sure MoM has a world that was paint but you stayed there for literally like two seconds. Pretty much the entire movie takes place in the Quantum Realm.
Maybe "weird" isnt the right word, but the entire landscape being CGI might have made it too cartoony for some.
Also, I think it might be partially about expectations. Dr. Strange is right there in the name.

2023-08-09 15:42:31 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx sure, perhaps not a problem for you, but being weird is going to be a pass for the people that are still on X, I'm sure

2023-08-09 13:03:38 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx hard disagree. Secret Invasion is likely to have huge implications. Also, actually Quantumania in a way is huge it's just it be summed up in one line: the Kang that was keeping the other Kang at bay reportedly dies.
Maybe stuff in the sub-quantum realm will come back in an unexpected way but I don't see it. Maybe I'll change my mind after Loki

2023-08-09 11:12:06 GMT

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@npub1trd…ussx quantumania is weird as hell and it's easy to see why it didn't do well at the box office. Also, the ending could have been better but I won't say how in case you decide to see it.
The idea that marvel needs to answer to any DC at this point is frankly a laughable starting point.
That said I bet if you skip Quantumania and just watch Loki you won't miss much. I mean hard to know exactly what's happening but lots of Kang action for sure.

2023-06-09 01:20:44 GMT

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@npub1dm5…5sqe the grief here is real, but also this is the cycle of life. The death of Music Manumit gave rise to Tom Ray's Art Podcast and allowed me to spend more time with the CC CMA.
As mentioned, succession is an incredibly difficult task. I've struggled with this with the CC CMA. I feel like it needs new life, but then again, I moved and we rearranged some things and I am hoping we are back on track.
Whatever it is you are ending, I hope you find your new beginning.