Splurging on quality is nice every now and then, too. Homemade pie crust is sublime, and using really good butter is next level shit. I'm trying to cut as much animal products from my life as possible and wanna look into vegan baking butters.
Really enjoying the new Magdalena Bay tracks, Second Sleep especially. Spent some time learning the chords by ear and was really pleased with what I found in the B section and the outro. Feels like the song is in the key of B major overall. Those sections are are underpinned by a C#-B vamp, and if we're in B major that's a II-I vamp. That gives a very Lydian feeling thanks to the presence of the F natural from the C# triad. Lydian scales are the same as the major scale but with a raised 4th degree, and for B Lydian you'd raise the E to E sharp which is enharmonic with F.
In fact a good way to provoke a Lydian feeling in music is to start with a song in a major key, make sure you clearly define your I chord as your tonal center, but instead of using a minor ii chord like you're supposed to, turn that into a major II by sharping the 4th degree of your key's major scale. This kind of modal mixture is what's going on in Second Sleep and I love it. Lydian modes are great at conveying a dreamlike atmosphere and this hits at the point of the song where the lyrics shift focus from reality to something else, and the outro leaves us feeling strange and unsettled. Another great example of storytelling through composition from this group, great shit
Hell yeah, glad you liked her stuff. I just got turned on to her thanks to local college radio putting Act Natural and My Eyes in rotation. Like, just days ago. I only knew those two songs before today but I felt her vibe was exactly what you meant
I put on her latest album Echo the Diamond this morning while doing housework and I fuckin loved it. Her voice is amazing and she's a great songwriter. The harmonies in My Eyes make me wanna float away... genuinely liked every song on the album but Female Brain, Irish Goodbye, and Hammer and the Nail were standouts imo besides the other two I already liked
Good job being that person for your friend group... I can relate. It helps having the power of the immortal science on our side to explain current political events, that's won me a lot of credibility
Agreed, I love tinkering with stuff like this. When I discovered containers it really opened up a lot of shit for me, but I'm at a stage where something has to provide more time/effort savings than I'd put into setting it up. And I need it to be robust, I spend plenty of time fixing broken software at my day job, I have zero interest in babysitting shit at home.
Deluge, Navidrome, Tandoor, and paperless-ngx have been good to me so far. Wanna try Home Assistant and Jellyfin next but can't make the time.
We just started the whiteboard and I've found I enjoy transcribing the list to paper so I can organize it according to the store's layout. One Pass Per Aisle is the goal
Self hosting services like this is a hobby for technical people, I can see the appeal of something like this to help coordinate shopping and meal planning for a large family. Nothing wrong with either approach imo
Got complimented by a coworker in the team chat for my jokes being hella crisp, this was after hitting a few good ones in a row playing off other peoples jokes. Felt good to take the W, esp since she's pretty funny herself. Best part I was only using a fraction of my power, I had several more chambered up but didn't wanna flood the chat.
good thing doing improv is bourgeois or I'd have a new thing to get into maybe
Sorry if I'm not reading this the way you intended, but was "rent-seeking" ever not meant as derogatory?