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ianRobinson

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Writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a LOT! #Music #NewMusic

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Siri on HomePod is having a shite day.

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Between getting busy public services to run spurious Freedom of Information requests, to trawling Twitter looking for intellectual property to steal, it's no surprise that journalists have no time to get off their lazy arses and do some fucking real work. 🙄

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@HouseOfSchnuck What happened?

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Apparently, Snake Tongue by The Beaches is about the sexist shite they have to deal with in real life and on Social Media.

Why do some men think it's okay to direct stuff like this at women artists? Don't be one of those men.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9gv52_TbAY

Lyric: https://genius.com/The-beaches-snake-tongue-lyrics

Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/snake-tongue/1561643201?i=1561643446

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Courtyard Marriott Downtown Toronto hotel booked for 7 nights for Toronto trip. The Courtyard Marriott Downtown on 2nd St is the hotel I stayed in every time I was in San Francisco. Let’s see if the Toronto one is as good. #Toronto

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@PapyrusBrigade Cool. I was there in 2003 for three days. The hotel was on Yonge St, but I don't recall what it was called. Looking forward to going back in November. And seeing The Beaches play their hometown on the 1st and 2nd in Massey Hall ☺️

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47 #NewMusic releases stored in MusicBox app to listen to for this weeks playlist and library update.

If I can stop listening to The Beaches. Seems unlikely 😊

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This song* is phenomenal. I know music is subjective and people like different things, but this song reaches into my brain in all the right ways.

In other news, I recently learned that Canada has rules that require broadcasters to include art from Canadian artists. 40% for commercial radio. Higher for TV. This is a good rule. 👍🏻

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content

  • Want What You Got by The Beaches
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@detachedspork Yep. I think it's a very good requirement.

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It seems prudent to have a good few days as a buffer against cancelled flights when planning a trip across the Atlantic. Given the reports of late cancellations by BA and others. I’ll probably build in 4 days for my November trip before the first gig. More time to get used to the time zone.

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Some good news today..my housemate's ColoGuard results are negative. He doesn't have to get a colonscopy, and I don't have to hear anymore about poop, so win-win.

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https://janerationx.me/@j @fahrni Pfft. Numbers! 🥰

HouseOfSchnuck, to random

Eek, looks like I'll be starting again on a new instance. Don't have the skills to do a transfer. Giant buffalo bollocks. 🐃

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@HouseOfSchnuck It’s meant to be pretty easy. There are severa guides about.

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The TicketMaster tickets I have for The Beaches are NFC tickets and they can be added to Apple Wallet. Nice.

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Here’s a 16-track playlist of songs by The Beaches that I’ve been playing a LOT.

If they don’t appear in my top 5 listened-to artists in the next Apple Music Replay stats, I’ll be surprised.

Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/the-beaches/pl.u-9N5lyuxA54

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I’ll have to try these as a backup for my Mac mini. And for away from my desk working.

Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad - Apple https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-brings-final-cut-pro-and-logic-pro-to-ipad/

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"Hi. I really enjoyed your book.

I didn't pay for it, I stole it, as I assumed I wouldn't like it. But I did! And I wanted you to know that"

...thanks, I guess?

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@Garwboy 😳

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Woot! I got home from a 7km walk, and I had presale emails from the gig tracking site about a presale for The Beaches tickets in Toronto.

I got standing tickets for each Toronto gig.

Bloody Marvellous 🥳

Flights and hotels I'll book next month. Vacation time: The Beaches Nov 1st and 2nd. Dune 2 Nov 3rd. Lots of walking, food and beer on all days!

#Music #Live #TheBeaches #Dune2

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Dune 2 gets released on November 3rd. If I get The Beaches tickets I’ll be seeing Dune 2 in Toronto then 🥳

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If I can get tickets for The Beaches Toronto gigs, I'm going to go to Toronto for a holiday in November. I'll go to the gigs, Niagara Falls, Sarnia* and a few other places within easy travelling distance of Toronto.

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@marramgrass I was there for a few days in November 2003. The gigs are exactly twenty years later – to the day.

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@alwirtes Nice. When I was in Toronto, the lake felt weird. It looked like the sea but didn’t feel or smell like the sea. If that makes sense?

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@marramgrass Fingers crossed that I can get tickets on Friday when they go on sale.

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Play counts on Apple Music are very slow to update and often don't match across devices.

I'll bet there is some ancient WebObjects-based batch process that runs daily and weekly to add up the plays from different devices.

I think that Apple Replay gets the right totals at the end of each week when it's updated.

#Apple #Music

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@don Even via Airplay?

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@don Does the Sonos app have play counts? That you can combine with other service play counts? Maybe via a shortcut or spreadsheet?

I think there are iOS apps that claim to give stats for multiple services. Maybe one of those will include Sonos counts?

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Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones to Play Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan in Sebastián Lelio’s ‘Voyagers’.

The "Gloria Bell" director helms the romance between astronomer Carl Sagan and science filmmaker Ann Druyan, with sales commencing at Cannes.

https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/andrew-garfield-daisy-edgar-jones-lead-sebastian-lelio-voyagers-1234859301/

#CarlSagan #AnnDruyan #Film

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@AdamCoffman No idea!

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