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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I only know how to use the tweet apps to talk about what I've been listening to - all my takes on current events are not tweet-worthy and my personal dramas are too slow and dull for anything but the therapist's office.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Coming on here to say that these Moth Eggs demos are simply divine. I don't think Francis is on here but I'm about to text him and tell him as much. motheggs.bandcamp.com/album/demos-...

motheggs.bandcamp.com

demos for 4/6/26, by Moth Eggs

14 track album

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Deli sandwich while walking: Wretched, humiliating? Or sublime, freeing?

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Spent 7 hours reading and drilling charts today. RIP Sonny Rollins.

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o. @orchiddbb.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

skinny apartment is the pinnacle of the peak

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Dreamed I was in a building that was flooding from ceiling down to floor.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I am not totally sure what first steps look like in terms of forming these standards, but I wanted to at least jot down this thought to come back to. (7/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Without standardized metadata, people are left to "organize their collection" by themselves, which most people don't like to spend a ton of time on. (6/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Music on the other hand, the APIs are not quite there yet. MusicBrainz, Discogs, LastFM - these have a ton of data and that's great, but there's a lot missing. Even something as common as a "feature" field is mostly missing - from APIs, from ID3 tags, from jukebox software in general. (5/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For movies we have several comprehensive APIs and more-or-less standardized sets of metadata. TMDB, OMDB, Trakt, et. al. These are where Letterboxd et. al. get their data from, and they have a pretty decent & standardized set of data. An impressive feat for such a complex and involved medium! (4/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

As someone who's spent an embarrassing number of hours over the years on maintaining my library, it seems to me this is the most fundamental missing piece that ought to be in place before we can really have nice music libraries without spending innumerable hours on data entry. (3/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Each jukebox software has its own metadata implementation, prioritizing certain frames and missing others, handling metadata in its own unique way, none of which are complete, or interoperable. (2/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Been thinking a lot recently about first steps toward good jukebox software (like Plex or Swinsian - software that uses files you own), and one of the very first steps to me seems to be standardization of music metadata. Basically, ID3 tag frames, and keeping those in sync with a database. (1/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

When the music is quiet, it is not possible for it to be quiet enough. When the music is loud, it is not possible for it to be loud enough.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Writing over on substack about practice, prog, dream writing, drumming: receiveband.substack.com/p/four-thoug...

receiveband.substack.com

Four Thoughts

On returning to practice and a practice.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

You can't post little sound clips on bsky, bummer :(

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Finally getting my hands dirty with Renoise after a couple years of hearing it call to me. Many internal voices running self-doubt bangers e.g. "yr too old to learn new things" (I learn new things all the time??) or "this is gonna sound bad" (yes?? so??). Doin it anyway, feelin the burn as they say!

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Got a little sidebar going on the Writing page of my personal site. Safe to say I have a real blog again! brendanlandis.com/writing

brendanlandis.com

brendan landis :: writing

personal blog plus band stuff

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I've just discovered the Aadam Jacobs Collection (@ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy), holy shit: archive.org/details/aada... Grabbed some old shows from Fugazi, Boredoms, Slint, Flipper, Need New Body, Cinematic Orchestra, a few others. Lot of surprises in this archive, what a rad project!

ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Recos from streaming apps or social media should always be regarded as sponcon.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I wrote a bit about joyfully maintaining a 1.5TB mp3 library in 2026: brendanlandis.com/writing/on-l... (My personal web site is still under construction and some parts look weird, sorry! Embarrassing as a frontend guy but whatever.)

brendanlandis.com

brendan landis :: On Listening 01: How I Keep a Music Library (It Shouldn’t Be This Hard)

my personal blog, photos, and music

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This. I think of "content" as one of those terms made up by the ad industry to do two things: - sneak slop and ads onto the shelf next to works of genuine cultural value - blur the lines between themselves ("creatives"!) and people who make works of genuine cultural value

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Echoing others' replies here that it's giving Teisco. I love Teiscos because they're beautiful & old, but you don't have to feel bad about tricking them out.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Spending a minute hanging out in Processing

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Been going out every night for the past week or so and I feel w i p e d !

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I am def partially to blame in that case lmao

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

hart bar house kit tallest hihat stand in america. @dollartree.bsky.social you know i'm right. it's time to face facts

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Oh ALSO Receive is playing a couple shows this week. We're at Sleepwalk on Thursday with our buds Gilah plus Ded En. Then Friday we're in Long Island at Lithology Brewing, with There Are No Tigers / Screaming from the Gallery / Anna Altman / Book Spirit. Come hang out!

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I feel ya, ya gotta push through

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Saw Stereolab for the first time and they were SO good

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

An old fav new age album that came up on random just now. Not a style that I write in or that usually resonates with me, but sometimes you get a reco from a friend and it sticks. williamackerman.bandcamp.com/album/sound-...

williamackerman.bandcamp.com

Sound of Wind Driven Rain, by William Ackerman

11 track album

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

first hoodie day of the season 👍

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Walking home from tracking vocals, saw a plane flying under a half moon and it made me wanna go write some more

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Hello! My birthday's coming up, and Receive will be playing a show in celebration, at Gold Sounds, on 9/11. (Real bday is on the 12th.) Also on the bill are the homies Bad Trips, Death Drive, and Dirtbag Ivy. It's going to be a real fun night, even moreso with your company. Ok sick!

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liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

i recommend a cassette player in every room

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Ampwall @ampwall.com · 11/04/2025

Check out the original New Abrasions, available digital and on cassette tape! #OnAmpwall ampwall.com/a/receive/me...

ampwall.com

New Abrasions cassette from Receive

c90 cassette (program repeats on side B)

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Ampwall @ampwall.com · 11/04/2025

New on @ampwall.com New Abrasions (Dust Version) by Receive, art rock from Queens, NYC A fascinating alternate rendition of 2024's New Abrasions. "The result is like a book left out in the weather, rained on and sunbleached a hundred times over." #OnAmpwall receive.ampwall.com/album/new-ab...

receive.ampwall.com

New Abrasions (Dust Version) · Receive

New Abrasions (Dust Version) - Receive, a 8 track ep

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Maybe if I get the SeatGeek I'll have a web site or a plastic box with a bunch of controls on it, and like e.g. if I turn one of the knobs up all the way then it'll buy 127 XBoxes or jars of pickles or packages of adult diapers from amazon?

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

But then the first made-up-word-plus-either-plural-noun-or-verb throws the whole thing into fucking chaos. What the fuck is going on. Is there a thing called SeatGeek that has some knobs and dials, which buy a bunch of shit for you or something? Or does SeatGeek exert control over... what? Man...

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