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a young person takes a photo of the red-and-gold-painted console of a pipe organ in the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ
"The massive red‑and‑gold console of the Chicago Stadium pipe organ now sits in MIM’s United States / Canada Gallery with six manuals and 800 stop tabs. ... Installed at Chicago Stadium in 1929, the organ was the first of its kind in a sports venue."
I absolutely heard this thing in action at the Barnum & Bailey Circus at Chicago Stadium when I was a kid.
"The instrument, which provided the soundtrack for many opening faceoffs and tips, was the largest built by the Maxcy‑Barton Organ Co. The behemoth cost $250,000 in 1929 dollars, nearly $5 million today."
The Musical Instrument Museum is fully worth the visit if you're ever in Phoenix.
source: https://azbigmedia.com/lifestyl...
I absolutely heard this thing in action at the Barnum & Bailey Circus at Chicago Stadium when I was a kid.
"The instrument, which provided the soundtrack for many opening faceoffs and tips, was the largest built by the Maxcy‑Barton Organ Co. The behemoth cost $250,000 in 1929 dollars, nearly $5 million today."
The Musical Instrument Museum is fully worth the visit if you're ever in Phoenix.
source: https://azbigmedia.com/lifestyl...
dphiffer
Also visit: https://organstoppizza.com/
[Phantom of the Opera theme intensifies]
This is worth seeing if you’re ever in San Diego https://balboapark.org/arts-cul...
"Why do you think I'm conning you? I tell you I really do have this big organ!"
-- Sylvester Stallone as Nick Martinelli in 'Rhinestone'
-- Sylvester Stallone as Nick Martinelli in 'Rhinestone'
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jayne mansfield in an evening gown in front of grocery store pineapple display holding pineapples
Is that Jayne Mansfield?
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"A man spent decades converting money into power and power into impunity, and the collateral under both is repricing at once."
Great piece at the source- https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p...
Great piece at the source- https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p...
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Aerial art installation in Beijing, China, inspired by an ancient Chinese painting; A Thousand Li Of Rivers And Mountains. Soft waves of pastel colors float over a pedestrian walkway.
Beijing, China
An art installation inspired by the ancient painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains hangs over a pedestrian street
Photography #YangYi Getty Images
An art installation inspired by the ancient painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains hangs over a pedestrian street
Photography #YangYi Getty Images
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A friend called me a Morton Salt girl recently because I was wearing bright and shiny yellow rain boots. Being from Europe I had never heard of her and was disappointed to find out she wasn’t even wearing boots. But apparently the association between rain and yellow made the boots appear in my friend’s mind.
I, too, had imagined her wearing wellies.
@mare don't think I ever clocked what type of shoes she was wearing and have been seeing this since I was a kid
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interior of a british train, looking out the window at a stop. in the foreground is a table with four red seats, a marks & spencer bag on the table, and someone's hands are visible holding a phone. Out the window is a hedge, blue sky, and the signage for the train station that reads "Overton"
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
I sent this to a colleague yesterday. He was irritated.
Well, all this cleverness on the web, and none nearby
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A cute, futuristic looking car.
https://www.tumblr.com/scavenge...
1960 Zar Car — the only one known to exist. Built in Windsor, Ontario by a tiny startup called Zar Auto of Canada
1960 Zar Car — the only one known to exist. Built in Windsor, Ontario by a tiny startup called Zar Auto of Canada
...Windsor is literally across the river from Detroit and might be the center of Canadian auto manufacture (it was at one time, dunno if it still is), so the location for the startup isn't that weird.
That design tho... It's like a 3D rendering of one of those gestural, cartoonish googie-style magazine illustrations from the period, rather than something designed and built by people with experience making cars.
That design tho... It's like a 3D rendering of one of those gestural, cartoonish googie-style magazine illustrations from the period, rather than something designed and built by people with experience making cars.
It looks like a car that cows would drive in a Gary Larson cartoon.
@ardgedee yup, we made a lot of engines and transmissions in Windsor (aka South Detroit). Not sure how it's doing under fuckhead's trade war, but there are a lot of US-made cars that won't be built if Windsor shuts down
@m3moellering absolutely!
@m3moellering ++
@m3moellering 🌟
I mean I can hear the car from the Jetsons when I see this.
@m3moellering Perfection!
@scruss So THAT'S where the city boy from "Don't Stop Believin'" came from.
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@MackReed Rip (them tires) In Peace.
Miss him too, my favorite video is him teaching his teenage daughter how to do donuts:
https://m.youtube.com/watch...
Miss him too, my favorite video is him teaching his teenage daughter how to do donuts:
https://m.youtube.com/watch...
@lamnatos dawwwww.
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A street sign: "This dimension protected by houses who walk like men; For more information call: 1-844-517-4445 Ext: 781". The sign hass ome stickers and graffiti. There are three stylized logos of red houses with little feet and an eyeball.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
More surreal Toronto street art signs at the link. "Warning! Frog", etc. The phone number apparently works but I haven't called it yet!
More surreal Toronto street art signs at the link. "Warning! Frog", etc. The phone number apparently works but I haven't called it yet!
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A yellow crane against a grey sky is framed by: trees, a beige concrete block wall and uncertainty.
A large crane lurks over my peaceful corner of downtown Athens, GA. What news does it bring? Good or ill? Hard to say, but the annual return of the students brings only one infallible prediction: Traffic.
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A good friend of mine dropped by and wanted to take my picture.
Cannot <3 this enough!
@jasperzelf dank jeeee😘
♥️❗❗❗
Shoes 👠👀
@poorusher 💗💗💗
How nice it is to see you in frame with your work!
@m3moellering and wearing the same palette... perfect 😊 @waa
@waa Kathryn (Katyusha) wanted me to let you know that you look great and that she says “Hey!”
:)
I also agree that you look great. ❤️
:)
I also agree that you look great. ❤️
Amazing! Every part of this!
This is just all kinds of lovely
@m3moellering @kokogiak @waldopepper Thanks!!!!
@robotmachine Please do say HEY back :-) And thanks for the compliment!
It's so good and your outfit is cute.
(applause)
@waa Message relayed!
excellent.
@robotmachine Please tell @Katyusha that I said hi!
And @waa you and you work look incredible.
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
And @waa you and you work look incredible.
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
@LocalStain Message relayed!
Art personified!
gahhh all of this is gorgeoussss
@drurystephanie thank youuu 😘
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Can confirm: It is delightful.
One of those moments where you realize you need outsiders explaining you to yourself.
A mltshp post of a Reddit post of a series of Twitter screenshots, marveling over neighborliness.
@bezt MOAR!!!!
damn it, I never would've guessed I would liked a post 2 layers deep into terrible companies content, but there are still beautiful things in this world
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A cyclist on a gravel road at dawn with a misty river in the distance
I am visiting Minnesota for a week. Yesterday was the culmination of my year-long bicycle training and my brother and I rode The DAMn - the day across Minnesota gravel bike race. Starting on the South Dakota border at midnight, Aug 1st we had 24 hours to get across the Wisconsin border on a set course consisting of 80% gravel roads through river bottoms and expansive ag fields.
You got to Wowsville! At least in my estimation!
DAMn that's some serious riding, hope it all went smoothly and you're getting some good rest today. I've done many gravel rides, but the longest was just over half of the DAMn, and nothing at all recently. I'm out for a much shorter and easier ride around Mpls today.
It was awesome getting to explore a part of MN that I've not really spent much time in, @wjcstp. The Minnesota River valley is gorgeous and I had the pleasure of being down in there at misty sunrise. And your bicycling community eats sleeps and breathes "Minnesota Nice" really well. Didn't hurt they offer up a cold pint of Spotted Cow at the finish line too.
I had to look it up... the 2024 event was 240 miles long. So, an average of 10 mph for 24 hours.
That's a beast. Congratulations!
That's a beast. Congratulations!
This is absolutely amazing!
We managed around 11.4 mph average with three planned stops and a few other random stops, @ardgedee. Our finishing time was 21 hrs 7 min.
Between 100 miles on the MTB a few weeks ago and these 240 on the gravel steed I'm ready for some shorter rides for awhile, @cwhartman!
Between 100 miles on the MTB a few weeks ago and these 240 on the gravel steed I'm ready for some shorter rides for awhile, @cwhartman!
DAMn! Nicely done!
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Bowl of ramen
Niban broth with fresh noodles, tare of mixed fats, tamari, fish sauce and mirin, topped with eel jerky, jalapeno brined egg, and rib meat leftover from last night's grillin', toaster-roasted nori, and nori furikake
DAMNIT
Good golly!
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Supe has a really bad knee.
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Nightside view of Earth and Milky Way
Astronaut Don Pettit took this photo from the ISS using a modified tracking camera. See linked comments for more info. Not AI
https://www.threads.com/share...
https://www.threads.com/share...
This is what I’ve always imagined the view to be from Straylight in “Neuromancer.”
@MackReed I can smell the inside of the tug from memory
@MackReed YES! So clear.
And @idogcow, 'Mute be playin' a righteous dub.
And @idogcow, 'Mute be playin' a righteous dub.
Real "opening credits to The Expanse" feel here. Amazing.
These keep getting better
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https://www.kexp.org/media/filer_public/6a/6a/6a6ac083-7fe4-434e-8d54-9006d860c030/michael-stipe-scrummy.gif
per my "adventures of pete & pete" rewatching over the weekend (see: https://mltshp.com/p/1RTSB)
of all the wondrous cameos dotting the series (iggy pop! juliana hatfield! marshall crenshaw! kate pierson!) i had completely blanked on the fact that michael stipe himself popped up in one of the (pre-series) specials - "what we did on our summer vacation", which aired in 1991
also, important addendum, i need that "captain scrummy" cap ASAP
of all the wondrous cameos dotting the series (iggy pop! juliana hatfield! marshall crenshaw! kate pierson!) i had completely blanked on the fact that michael stipe himself popped up in one of the (pre-series) specials - "what we did on our summer vacation", which aired in 1991
also, important addendum, i need that "captain scrummy" cap ASAP
"sludgesicle" is a subgenre of metal that deserves to be invented.
IIRC the band at the school dance is Luscious Jackson.
@ardgedee LOL, would 100% be at the forefront of this very gooey movement
Michael Stipe is lookin' a bit seedy...
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airbrushed illustration of a drink on the rocks with a cherry hovering over it
ARE YOU BEING SEXUALLY AROUSED BY THIS PICTURE?
Because using exacto blades to physically mask an image is hot!
@heyitsal Ha!
my band Subliminal Skull play at the Monkeybox on Friday at 7
no I can't add anyone to the guestlist
no I can't add anyone to the guestlist
Am I the only one who sees a mudskipper on the bottom of the glass?
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A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow
*sob*
also: FCKING VOTE!!!
also: FCKING VOTE!!!
The RFK quote text looooooooooool
How long before Rump poops out yet another cabinet member, explosively?
Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
fucking hell. too true to be amusing.
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Portrait of a hill's reflection, water, trees, summer dry grass.
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Dude in the Jurassic Park office with about 4 computers on his desk
"For a film shot in 1993 — when a lot of households still didn’t have computers — Jurassic Park contained a ton of them. The offices in the movie have everything from Mac powerbooks to high-end graphics-workstations and even supercomputers. Silicon Graphics donated $875,000 worth of computer equipment, Apple donated $350,000, and the filmmakers got another $500,000 of “additional hardware and software”.
Over at his blog, Fabian Sanglard has written a byzantine exegesis of every computer that appears onscreen; he’s got over three dozen screenshots, and he outlines every machine in each."
Source: https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic...
Over at his blog, Fabian Sanglard has written a byzantine exegesis of every computer that appears onscreen; he’s got over three dozen screenshots, and he outlines every machine in each."
Source: https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic...
It's a Unix system. I know this!
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square instagram photo, somewhat low res: OP (left) sitting on a couch, hunched over a nylon string guitar, with one side of a stereo pair of mics in front of him. to his right, a second person fallen asleep on a pile of mic cases on the other side of the couch. behind them is a studio sound diffuser on the wall
something coming down the pipeline, thought i’d let MLTSHP know about it first.
a few months ago, when i moved to a new laptop, i found an intriguing session bounce, labeled only “windmills - nick - acoustic”.
it turned out to be a long, uncut stereo recording of me in 2015, noodling through some song ideas for the windmills drummer while we took a break from recording a full band track. (photographic evidence above; i lulled him to sleep)
in between the noodling, the rambling, and the joking, there were a few songs i played all the way through in somewhat-coherent form. they were rough, but at least somewhat complete, so i thought “why not release ‘em?"
god bless my friend dereck, who engineered the original sessions. (https://www.quiethouserecording.com/) he not only found the original session files in his archives, but he was able to extract them, do some basic mixing/mastering, and turn them into usable tracks in less than an hour. bless him, he’s too good.
so! next week, probably on the next bandcamp friday, i’ll release a few scruffy tracks. listen for free, pay a few bucks for a download if you like ‘em. i’ll consider it motivation to work on new music, which i’ve been kind of missing (and lightly dabbling with again) lately.
will post when they’re out in the wild, but you can keep an eye on my page if you like:
https://nmgarcia.bandcamp.com
a few months ago, when i moved to a new laptop, i found an intriguing session bounce, labeled only “windmills - nick - acoustic”.
it turned out to be a long, uncut stereo recording of me in 2015, noodling through some song ideas for the windmills drummer while we took a break from recording a full band track. (photographic evidence above; i lulled him to sleep)
in between the noodling, the rambling, and the joking, there were a few songs i played all the way through in somewhat-coherent form. they were rough, but at least somewhat complete, so i thought “why not release ‘em?"
god bless my friend dereck, who engineered the original sessions. (https://www.quiethouserecording.com/) he not only found the original session files in his archives, but he was able to extract them, do some basic mixing/mastering, and turn them into usable tracks in less than an hour. bless him, he’s too good.
so! next week, probably on the next bandcamp friday, i’ll release a few scruffy tracks. listen for free, pay a few bucks for a download if you like ‘em. i’ll consider it motivation to work on new music, which i’ve been kind of missing (and lightly dabbling with again) lately.
will post when they’re out in the wild, but you can keep an eye on my page if you like:
https://nmgarcia.bandcamp.com
😻
That's great! Can't wait!
Follllllllllllllowed
❤️🩷💚🩵💙💜🤎🧡
Wonderful!
Go go goooo
This is kind of random, but what is a session bounce?
There is a line in one of Tierra Whack’s new songs where she says “Heard your check bounced like this session file” which seems related. I tried to look it up, but am not sure what I’m looking for.
There is a line in one of Tierra Whack’s new songs where she says “Heard your check bounced like this session file” which seems related. I tried to look it up, but am not sure what I’m looking for.
hmm, actually, let me rewrite that explanation a little more clearly now that i'm in front of a keyboard.
@robotmachine in modern recording, either analog or digital, you are usually recording multiple components in a session, each one as its own distinct “track” on the tape or session file. (i.e. you have a track for the guitar mic, a track for the vocal mic, a track for a bass, etc, etc)
you can play the entirety of the tracks within your recording setup, but when you want to play them elsewhere, you need to reduce or "bounce" all of those tracks down into a single stereo track. usually a bounce is done when all the recording and mixing is finished so the track can be handed off for final mastering and release, but it can sometimes be made just to listen to what you've recorded so far on an ipod or home stereo.
you can play the entirety of the tracks within your recording setup, but when you want to play them elsewhere, you need to reduce or "bounce" all of those tracks down into a single stereo track. usually a bounce is done when all the recording and mixing is finished so the track can be handed off for final mastering and release, but it can sometimes be made just to listen to what you've recorded so far on an ipod or home stereo.
@nikkuneko thank you! I was really curious and it was strange that I couldn’t find a straight forward explanation. This is perfect.
Looking forward to hearing this, btw. :)
Looking forward to hearing this, btw. :)
💨₥s4Ever!
@robotmachine sure thing, i'm glad it was a semi-cogent explanation on the second try :D
and thanks everyone else in the thread for the kind comments! prepare to be very underwhelmed on friday!
and thanks everyone else in the thread for the kind comments! prepare to be very underwhelmed on friday!
@nikkuneko
It made perfect sense.
I adapted it a bit to annotate the line in question on Genius!
> https://genius.com/40912227
May it help some other poor rap fan find some light. :)
It made perfect sense.
I adapted it a bit to annotate the line in question on Genius!
> https://genius.com/40912227
May it help some other poor rap fan find some light. :)
@robotmachine nice! i'm glad it came to use in the real world!
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A Lagotto Romagnolo pup, white-brown (roan) curly with a brown head and a white streak on his forehead
Our newest member of the household. He’s 8 weeks old and the cutest.
So cute!!!
Very wiggly I bet!