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Congratulations, Tim!

Her best album, and an example of the extremely creative and interesting early-80s albums using Fairlight CMIs and other samplers (e.g. Peter Gabriel's "Security"). So good.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The real point of all the AI companies asking for a slowdown? They want to lock in perceived leads and prevent newer, faster, cheaper competitors from catching up. That's it. Establish themselves as "the only AI companies" and continue soaking investors and the government for cash.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh, I see "Mitch McConnell" is "back".

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Everything old is new again.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My favorite of his records.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

See also: The music of William Basinski.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I also once read that "books should be GIVEN, not loaned." I try to abide by that!

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The new Boots Riley film "I Love Boosters" is great. Highly recommended.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

You know your books, you know your friends. What is better than receiving a book from someone you know who tells you "I think you would enjoy this!" ?

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I don't know if you read Ed Zitron (highly recommended!) or not, but most of the data centers don't exist as anything other than bullet points in deal memos: www.wheresyoured.at/where-are-al...

wheresyoured.at

Where Are All The Data Centers?

If you liked this piece, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, includ...

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

But given how creative you are, I bet you can make something compelling regardless. And maybe our networks will surface someone who connects with it.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

At the same time, it is Yet Another Thing to Learn and Master so that the result is at the level you want. I'm at an age where there's only so much time I want to spend learning new skills when I can pay or find someone with far more skill and better ideas. But video is just inherently complicated.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

And NONE of these bozos have come up with an idea or feature we didn't already do or have planned by Rhapsody 2.0. It's so disappointing.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Spotify isn't in the music business. They're in the business of getting you to pay them $20 per month. It was inevitable they'd deprioritize music given how expensive the industry made it for them. Also inevitable they'd collaborate with the industry to screw indie artists.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Did this in a couple hours during the pandemic, for example: youtu.be/sldgapyygMc?...

youtu.be

Anu - Pelican Bay [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Anu

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

You could look for people who do animation (computer or otherwise), or investigate some of the visualizers and stuff that wires up to Max/MSP to video (or similar things). You can also do a lot on your own with a mobile phone camera -- there are some great tutorials for creative shots and edits.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

If you want someone with a camera to shoot people, scenery, action, etc. with lighting, make-up, and the like, you probably need to spend some money. Even if you get lucky and find a person who loves your music enough to collaborate, making videos is often a complex slog.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

When the entire system says "f you, we're with the billionaires and the creeps" what is left? It's like nobody has ever studied any history. For all the dystopian talk of permanent underclass and police states, the downtrodden masses eventually rise up, and at that point, it isn't pretty.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

VLC supports plug-ins -- might be possible.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Whenever we let machines into human forms of communication, those forms of communication quickly become worthless: junk mail, spam, robocalls on landlines and mobile phones, social media...and soon, music: arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/d...

arstechnica.com

Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent

AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

They are the dumbest smart people I have ever met.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Another great shot, Simon. I might need to talk to you about using an image for an album cover!

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

AdP reminds me of the Residents and Primus. They're fun and clearly talented players, but also incredibly gimmicky.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

@marksmotroff.bsky.social what is your preferred way to flatten warped records?

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

To be fair, he's also a really good player who clearly put in hours/years of practice. One feeds the other.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

One can only imagine what they're doing with all that data.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Mr. Jacques is the absolute MASTER of the Zoia -- I use several of his patches. I have been meaning to send you an email about that.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Hardware is always better. It lasts forever. I have never sold a piece of gear that I didn't later regret selling!

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

An album far ahead of its time. Grabbed me the first time I heard it. Songs are catchy, production innovative. People hated it because it wasn't THE CLASH, but that was the point. Unfortunately I also think it was all diminishing returns after this one.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is more or less what Gimme Radio did, @jonee.bsky.social could probably elaborate. @tbquirk.bsky.social is also doing some interesting things in this space.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Edgard Varèse was an incredibly inventive composer. Key works include "Hyperprism", "Déserts", and most importantly, "Ionisation." He looks like a mad professor and sort of was -- his father wanted him to be an engineer. He defined music as "organized sound", a description I use in my classes.

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Simon, I love your photographs. Thank you for sharing them!

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

It is not just about the facts of the news, it is the presentation of the news. CNN is about 2 steps above a chumbox now, and the NYTimes has debased itself in both attitude (normalizing) and content (10 kicky shoes to help you survive global warming!)

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Anu Kirk @anukirk.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The only people "invading" Los Angeles are Trump's goons. The Trump regime's actions are illegitimate and an abuse of presidential power. It is un-American. This is a "crisis" manufactured by the Trump administration, and their response to the crisis they manufactured is absurdly disproportionate.

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