Writer, musician, wizardly guide to platform independence
From Dan Wentzel, a quote from Gareth Klieber:
My hot take on “15 minute cities” is if you can get to the coffee shop within fifteen minutes, but the barrista who makes your drink can’t afford to live closer than a half-hour away, then you live in a theme park.
Ain’t that the truth?
Laura Kidd recently released an album called ‘One In A Thousand’ with a new project called Obey Robots, with Rat from Neds Atomic Dustbin.
That album was the #1 Independent Album when it came out, and you’ll hear a bit about how she did it in this video, along with some other nerdy observations from me along the way.
This is long, but wow, ‘Vigilantes for views: The YouTube pranksters harassing suspected scam callers in India,’ is quite a read.
Kulik and Bingham, together known as Trilogy Media, are part of the online “scambaiting” community — an increasingly popular internet subculture that involves hacking, pranking, and generally taking revenge on people they believe are conducting scam phone calls.
Absolutely not my cup of tea at all. Haven’t watched a single second of their videos. But the hustle and determination behind it? Fanscinationg.
“For Trilogy, the IRS scam video was a launching pad. “Over the course of the next year, it catapulted us into that space of like, oh shit, we can monetize this,” said Bingham. By 2017, after posting several more scammer call-out videos, they’d pivoted the entire Trilogy Media operation to scambaiting.”
Read more on Rest Of World.
I took this photo from a bus down south, in Texas I think, during my Bike Nerd adventures in 2011 / 2012.
Marlee Grace really sums it up here:
I noticed in my month off social media the ideation phase of my practice felt so serene, I had less money then and yet I still found myself with so much more trust. Left without the reminders that everyone else is always launching, always sharing, always has something to sell. I found myself peaceful with my pace.
YES, this is so great: “I found myself peaceful with my pace.”
I’ve stopped promoting Goodnight, Metal Friend on social media. Each new mix just goes out to newsletter subscribers first. A day later they go up on YouTube and Mixcloud.
Less promoting, and I still got a HUNTERTHEN track featured in this ‘Spectra-Sonic Sound’ mix.
Less promoting my HEAVY METAL EMAIL newsletter on social media, and I’m still welcoming new subscribers, and some of them support my work financially.
Trust that your work doesn’t need to be plastered on billboards, you don’t need to stand outside a venue handing out flyers. Let the magic go where it’s going to go.
I’ve seen lots of discourse recently over the struggle for the press outlets to keep up with the unending wave of music releases each week.
For me I think it’s so many sites trying to cover so many genres.
And also trying to do interviews, reviews, and live gig coverage.
There is just too much, everyday, every week.
I’d love to see a site that just covers the metal shows happening in PA every month.
A newsletter that rounds up 10 great beat-maker videos.
A YouTube show like the old MTV Top 10 Video Countdown.
Be editors. Be tastemakers.
The internet is wide open again. Let’s fuck it up.
It’s all about the mini versions of the big thing you wanna do.
I can’t always drive to the closest mountain here and go for a run, but there’s a park nearby that gets about 200′ of elevation. Run it a few times, I can get close to 1000′ of climbing in one run.
Can’t play MSG quite yet? Well, book a show a little closer to home. Play a 25 minute set. Write better songs. Over and over again.
Yeah, quitting work and ditching every responsibility sounds nice, but we’ve got rent to pay.
Do small versions of the big things you wanna do, then when the big thing arrives, you’re ready.
Camille Herron (41) ran 270.5 miles in 48 hours.
“Herron, 41 of Oklahoma City, ran for 148 miles the first day and 122.5 miles in the second day, averaging a pace of 10 minutes, 39 seconds per mile, according to her Instagram account.”
The Oklahoman
The most I ever ran in one day was 18 miles, while I was training for the Queens Marathon. That was about a week or two before COVID shut everything down, just three years ago.
I’ll say this – running 18 miles was magical.
It doesn’t hurt less, you just enjoy it more.
Sort of this theme of “seek discomfort.”
I’m not saying starve yourself and run for 48 hours.
For me, it’s running in the rain. Or running hills. Running in the cold and the dark.
That’s the discomfort that I love. And damn, running for 48 hours? That’s amazing. Not sure I’m ready for that, but I know I can run for two hours.
My Sunday morning was going to include catching up on some work.
Then I read this:
“If you must work hard and be efficient, consciously pick that work. Constantly ask yourself why are you working so hard on this damn thing. If the answer is: “so I can get ahead“, remind yourself that it’s a treadmill and you’ll always stay at the same place, no matter how fast you run.”
The Anti-Productivity Manifesto
There’s no getting ahead, because there’s always more. (via Hacker News)
Found this clip awhile on Instagram (of course), but finally dug it up and found it on the real internet, for everyone with a web browser to see!
Yeah, I know it’s just shilling for Nike running shoes (which I own two pairs of these days), but I think it’s fun, and lively, and adventerous, which is why I love running so much in the first place.
Fuck the big corporate races, or the booze drenched events that seem to be all my region cares about (please, do we need more brewery runs??!) – give me running adventures down alleys and around cities.
