Just treated myself to some propah laptop speakers (pair of Onkyo GX-30ARCs). I'm now 10 mins into my usual test record (Massive Attack/Mad Professor: No Protection) and OHMYGOD WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING WITH MY LIFE
Tim Rutherford-Johnson
@purlis.bsky.social
Listener, CFer, wordmonger. Written books about new music; trying to write one about Schubert. https://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.com/about/ Substack here: http://purlis.substack.com
Eliane Radigue Electronic Works (1971-2000) the 14 CD motherlode, back in print boomkat.com/products/ele...
It’s for a thing, but I’ve listened to Bruckner 9 many more times over the last 48 hours than is healthy, surely?
Baffling that this has only 7.8k signatures; please consider signing: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
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*taps the sign* www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInst...
The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review (2006) assessed a wide range of evidence on the impacts of climate change and on the economic costs.
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National Emergency Briefing@nebriefing.bsky.social · 2w agoThe June heatwave alone cost the UK alone over £1 billion. www.edie.net/june-heatwav...
Answer to every search request is an elaborate ploy involving Honoria Glossop and an antique cow creamer
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 2w agoImagine the alternate timeline where Ask Jeeves became the dominant search engine and we’re now being ruled over by a malevolent AI based on a dubious understanding of P.G. Wodehouse.
Fully on board with this, though the perfect martini served with every request might become heavy going after a while
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 2w agoImagine the alternate timeline where Ask Jeeves became the dominant search engine and we’re now being ruled over by a malevolent AI based on a dubious understanding of P.G. Wodehouse.
#nowlistening Pieces for multi-tracked instruments by Canadian composer Robert Humber. New name to me; rather lovely pastoral quality to the music. Esp. liking murmurations for 6 pianos
Latest newsletter is up, with chunky reviews of discs of Valentin Silvestrov and Michael Finnissy/Cassandra Miller, plus notes on Tim Parkinson, Samuel Vriezens and Alex Ross: purlis.substack.com/p/purposeful...
Purposeful Listening 18
Reviews of music by Silvestrov, Finnissy/Miller, Parkinson and Vriezen
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This is some great writing
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 3w ago'In a world where krautrock and dub are so often treated like prized commodities, not to be fucked with by future excavators, it’s a rare treat when Ferries hit that sweet spot: nostalgia evoked, but not for nostalgia’s sake.' Eye Wander by Ferries is tQ's Album Of The Week buff.ly/MMRMHl8
Today is Jude Bellingham's face rushing out and knowing he's not in time to make that block, on a loop, endlessly and forever
I got cross with it the other day over colotomic, but tbf this is worse.
Lisa Hirsch@lisairontongue.bsky.social · 3w agoLove that Spelling Bee allows triad but not triadic.
Are there any UK politicians with the courage to say that these were 2700 deaths caused by fossil fuel companies who knew it was going to happen? Why are we even considering giving them access to new oil and gas fields to make it worse?
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3w ago".. this heat wave was about 3 to 4 degrees hotter than it would have been without human induced climate change" Professor Fredi Otto, one of the lead researchers on a study looking at the impact of the recent heat waves.
That it has an Edition Peters cover is very nice.
Edition Peters@editionpeters.bsky.social · 4w ago🎼This compact music notebook fits in any bag and is always ready for your sketches, melodies and musical ideas. Take it wherever you go and capture inspiration anytime. 🔗Discover our range of practical, high-quality music notebooks! www.fabermusic.com/shop/list?gr...
Thing is, a love of football is made of what-ifs. Maradona's hand, Beckham's flick, Lampard off the bar, Kane's 2nd pen vs France... By skipping timelines (whether pushed or jumped), USMNT killed the mythology that wd have sustained fans for yrs. They peeked, and found they got absolutely spanked.
With all those overhit crosses and players running out of steam in the last 20 minutes, maybe it was Mexico who needed to acclimatise to the altitude
Great big interview with Heloïse Werner in the latest newsletter, plus some thoughts on things I heard at Aldeburgh this year purlis.substack.com/p/purposeful...
Second writing weekend in Suffolk. It’s actually quite cool here (sorry). Twenty-four hours spent scouring, reinterpreting and making stories from my medical records (not for the faint-hearted) alleviated by a frankly extraordinary performance by Sean Shibe at Snape, who played ...
