James Gardner
@jegcomposer.bsky.social
Grateful Immigrant and Manuhiri | Composer | EMS Researcher | an "individual with diverse but intertwined competencies” Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. gardnercomposer.com
One for you specialised crate-diggers out there….
Tom Erbe@soundhack.bsky.social · 2d agoI am looking for all of the 78s that Cage used to make “Imaginary Landscape V”. Some of the really short “samples” have eluded me. I’m attaching a sound file with 4 of the vocal samples. Any help would be great! drive.google.com/file/d/1cT_J...
One for you specialised crate-diggers out there….
Tom Erbe@soundhack.bsky.social · 2d agoI am looking for all of the 78s that Cage used to make “Imaginary Landscape V”. Some of the really short “samples” have eluded me. I’m attaching a sound file with 4 of the vocal samples. Any help would be great! drive.google.com/file/d/1cT_J...
Nice to see some love for the great John Tilbury here: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
John Tilbury: At Home album review – an eclectic and extraordinary treasure trove
The great interpreter of Morton Feldman and a towering figure of experimental music signs off with four discs of intimate, revelatory recordings
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Nice to see some love for the great John Tilbury here: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
John Tilbury: At Home album review – an eclectic and extraordinary treasure trove
The great interpreter of Morton Feldman and a towering figure of experimental music signs off with four discs of intimate, revelatory recordings
theguardian.com
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Mildly heartened that even my ex-Microsoft ex-Spacex technoenthusiast BIL concedes that LLM-type AI can’t innovate…
If the people you are paying to write a curriculum need to use "AI tools" to "check and generate content", you are paying the wrong people and you should actually not have dumped the people who are capable of these core tasks.
Michael Brown@jingajik.bsky.social · last wk."Pulse, legato, harmony, tone colour, rhythm, triads, tuning - each appeared in the draft curriculum with incorrect definitions" www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
"I wasn't really into climate change or global warming, but the way this is stacking up there seems to be something happening," You’re *nearly* there, mate… How will we live as storms get worse? One region's story www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
How will we live as storms get worse? One region's story
Destructive storms are exposing the vulnerability of rural communities, as ageing infrastructure and outdated river management are struggling to cope. In South Wairarapa, back-to-back floods have prom...
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"But I can't understand the different you In the morning, when it's time to play at being human for a while" Released OTD in 1974, the sublime 'Rock Bottom' by Robert Wyatt. One of the most original and unique British albums of the 70s (and beyond). #musicsky
Sign the petition: Press Pause On New AI Data Centres action.greens.org.nz/pause_ai_dat...
Press Pause On New AI Data Centres
The Green Party is calling for a one-year pause on the construction of new AI data centres, so we have time to develop clear rules to make sure that the needs of people and planet are put first.
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If you're in Auckland tomorrow night (Friday 24th) do check out the premiere screening of Unsung Heroes, a film about FROM SCRATCH, screening at Academy cinema at 7pm. Read about it here: www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2026/the-gre...
The Great Witchdoctor Q&A - Songs For Unsung Heroes - Witchdoctor
On the eve of the premiere of John Pain's brilliantly captured (and captivating) From Scratch performance film, Songs For Unsung Heroes, GARY STEEL asked the director some leading questions.
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Synthposium 26: Registration will close on 15 August 2026 for this year's event. synthresearch.org/symposium/
SyReN SYNTHposium 26
From Circuits to Culture: Synthesizers as Instruments, Interfaces, and Ideas SYNTHposium ’26 will bring together practitioners, researchers, engineers, musicians, and scholars – interested in…
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Healey made Chancellor? I’m having flashbacks to 1974!
The Goldbaby July sale is now on. 40% off purchases made between now and the 31st of July 2026 Use this discount coupon when making your order: 40JULY Don't miss out: www.goldbaby.co.nz/products.html
Beautifully written and informed article from @jonathancoe.bsky.social here:
Jonathan Coe@jonathancoe.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen he began his collaboration with Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Hitchcock was also about to be launched as an unlikely TV star. My take on the creative symbiosis between the two men.
Subvert is now live to all. Entire back catalogue now available. www.subvert.fm/colin-james-...
Colin James Woods - Subvert
Colin James Woods is an Irish freelance Sonic Practitioner based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His projects range from sonic art creations, live improvised electronic and acoustic works, through to in...
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Sam, you did your bit, your level best: now it’s up to the rest of us to make sure this diabolical project never goes ahead #nzpol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
‘That’ll be the end’: actor Sam Neill joins fight to stop controversial goldmine near his New Zealand vineyard
Neill says ‘one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world’ will be permanently changed if Bendigo-Ophir wins fast-track approval
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Bugger. He gave a talk at University of Canterbury when I taught there – heseemed like a really good (and funny) bloke. And then there are all the films…
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 3w agoSam Neill, star of Jurassic Park films, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, dies aged 78
The original stereo tapes for John Barry's The IPCRESS File are lost. What came next is in the video 🎧 youtu.be/8uWv5277WQU
The IPCRESS File – Reconstructing Cinema History
YouTube video by Malone Digital
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Last full day to submit on the conservation bill (mining & selling conservation land) & climate change tort law (removing our ability to sue polluters in court) Yeahnahbills.org a helpful tool! Be a Lorax! 🌲🌴🌳
yeah, nah. again. take three for the trees!
The government is attacking our environment. Yeah Nah builds you a personalised submission on two bills closing 13 July - quicker than a coffee.
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A reminder! Submissions against the bill preventing private court action against firms for climate harm close 13 July!- Helpful notes from NZ lawyers for climate action www.lawyersforclimateaction.nz/news-events/... Also all in the context of the lack of any lobbying regulations over drafting bills
Climate Tort Prohibition: Submission Hub
The Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill would block tort claims against greenhouse gas emitters for climate-related harm, and would do so retrospectively, with the explicit int...
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There's only 5 days left to submit on the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill. This Bill would prevent lawsuits against companies for climate-changing emissions like the Mike Smith case. Submission link in the comments. #nzpol
The Friends of the Turnbull Library offers an annual research grant of up to $20,000 available to scholars whose research involves use of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. The closing date for 2027 applications is Friday 2 October 2026. turnbullfriends.org.nz/research-gra...
You have until 11:59pm on Thursday NZT to submit against NZ First's transphobic definitions bill Your submission can be long or short, what's important is telling the committee why you oppose the bill. If you have relevant expertise or life experience, use it 1/4 www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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Latest pic of AoNZ coalition government leaders just dropped…
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.Morning Bluesky.
