Open Box Computers & Electronics
Was able to find an iPhone mini here not available anywhere else. 'New' here means brand new sealed in box. Claimed over the phone they resell returned items from Costco.
Open Box Computers & Electronics
Was able to find an iPhone mini here not available anywhere else. 'New' here means brand new sealed in box. Claimed over the phone they resell returned items from Costco.
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Is the solo model misaligned when capacity for non-projects feels chronically impossible, yet fundamental milestones seem lightyears away? How much is a celebration of what can be accomplished by one person and how much is a failure to involve others along the way?
Tagged: succeed.
From A Song for You (1972). Caught me by surprise to hear this while looking for something in a local Asian supermarket—my mom used to sing it as a kind of showpiece and even recorded it once in a studio. Listening more closely, I hear for the first time that there’s electric piano everywhere, orchestral strings, and these cool IV-I cadences before the verses start.
From Currency (2017). Starts with delicate acoustic piano tones and chords. I usually find it interesting when to use blocky (predictable) patterns from techno music without the music feeling too repetitive; the constant contrast here makes it always dynamic and alive. Lots of triplets and dotted rhythms throughout, twice used in the melody to create this feeling of continuously moving, dropping (for example, around 57s). The lyrics and melody help evoke a sense of flying, soaring, falling.
From Live at Madison Square Garden (2019). Inspiring to hear a thousand-strong audience sing a complex line in three part harmony. Lots of beatboxing, music via voice and the body. Guitar shredding partially mirrored on voice. Surprising to clarinets at the end in this context. Good vibes, happy times, saudades for live music.
[We generated and wrote to disk all mathematically possible melodies, then dedicated them to the public domain.]
Tagged: music.
[To become so centered that anyone coming to you with an opinion simply forgets. You can kill Jesus or Buddha but not push them.]
[Creativity comes easily to those who are loose and natural. Doing anything becomes a creative phenomenon. Touching something turns it into art, saying something into poetry. Even walking is creating a rhythm. Not because of obsession: simply being filled with energy makes you create.]
Much happens but nobody is the doer.
[A giver knows they have given and would like you to recognize it by giving them a receipt saying "Yes, you have given me", thanking them, feeling grateful to them. This is not a gift but a bargain, where something is expected in return. They give to get.]
[Birds don't need any religion.]
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From I’M UUGLY (2016). Time feel for instant body shaking, decorated and supported with seventh chords, bass patterns that repeat with variation, and effects to create contrast between sections. Lyrics slot into the drumming like Lego.
Zventa Sventana: Мужа дома нету
From Мужа дома нету (2019). Combines electronic sounds with folk singing. Lots of cool percussion and odd production details throughout to keep things dynamic (several only occurring once in the whole song). Touches elements of techno music without being too formulaic, might be the combination with various vocal timbres that keeps it feeling alive.
Let's talk about why countries don't follow the manual....
[It's not the side who can dish out the most that wins, but the side who can take the most.]
Creating Community Wherever You Go with Digital Nomad Alex Salinsky
[A couple of people are having dinner at this place (which isn't true the first few times, but later on it is), would you like to join us?]
[Give people something to say yes to; they may even be relieved if they were looking to have plans for the evening.]
The 2nd Winter Moon Cycle: Thoughts on Covid-19, Vaccination, VAERS, and Related Topics
[What kills people from COVID is the overreaction of their immune system to a pathogen.]
[A 'strong' immune system is bad language.]
Composition as a way to remember musical ideas by putting them in mental structures.
Tagged: music.
[Don't ask what's their favourite X or most important Y.]
I love you today.
[The accountant is accountable and therefore can get emotional about numbers not lining up.]
Tagged: relate.
How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit
He is soft-spoken, even shy. As a boy, he once wrote, “I was timid and extravagant.” He can seem suspiciously modest for a world-famous musician. Many of his contemporaries are technically superior, he’ll say. “But there is this more mysterious aspect” to his talent, he told me: “The atmosphere that comes with my voice.” He described it as “my presence, my personality,” which echoed an old song of his, called “Minha Voz, Minha Vida,” or “My Voice, My Life.” His liquid tenor, melodic and trance-like, is one of the most distinctive voices in music. Away from the microphone, he listens intently, and goes into languorous digressions full of references to books and films.
Tagged: music.