Tonight makes three years I've been streaming with #Owncast; three years I haven't had a single issue with the streaming server, adaptive rate video player, and chat interface that I personally control; and three years I've been serving the music more than I serve platforms.
Come over and watch me try to contribute something with a fraction of the value lead dev Gabe and all contributors to the project have.
Sparks have had a most deserved renaissance of late. I admit I'd kind of lost them in the 90s and only when the Lil Beethoven album came out in the early 2000's did I realise that they were almost single handedly keeping the flame of art rock alive.
I have no idea why I find My Baby's Taking Me Home (which was from Lil Beethoven) quite so emotional. These days Ron does the talking section when played live. #Music#Sparks#artrock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAez4VsSQXs
Something happens when an artist goes down a rabbit hole of obsession, driven to realize a specific vision. Kate Bush locked herself down with a Fairlight, producing herself, and made this absolute masterpiece...my favorite of her albums, by far.
"Church of Anthrax"
[Church Of Anthrax
The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace At Versailles
The Soul Of Patrick Lee
Ides Of March
The Protege]
John Cale – bass guitar, harpsichord, piano, guitar, viola, organ
Terry Riley – piano, organ, soprano saxophone
18 years ago this week I published an album called A Model Psychosis to coincide with the 100th birthday of its living subject, Swiss chemist #AlbertHofmann, best known for his "problem child" #LSD.
Then 7 years later on the same date open culture prodigy and martyr #AaronSwartz was driven to suicide by the Obama administration.
Jan 11th will make history again this Thursday when a legal delegation from South Africa goes to The Hague to present the evidence of the Israeli government genociding the Palestinian people.