Living in Wellington, there is a ‘game’ residents play… And by ‘play’ I really mean grimace.. & ask: Quake? or Wind? Got to love living in the roaring 40s      

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    ▶ Little Dragon – Drifting Out     ▶ KAYTRANADA – Intimidated ft. H.E.R.     ▶ Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Monomom     ▶ Loopster – Sep        

    #sounddesign PSA: Last night I recorded the HISSandaROAR 2021 Xmas Present! Some interesting new sounds will be delivered to the mail list next week… join here: http://eepurl.com/j5ZL        

      My Mum always grew Xmas Lillies so their beautiful scent is a part of my childhood memories of Xmas… I was going to buy some cut flowers, but went for the sustainable option…      

        ▶ how-an-impossible-steel-drum-gets-built ref “metal nibbler”     ▶ let’s not assume that technical limits equate to creative limits     ▶ Some of the 25 Best Documentaries of 2021     ▶ 10 Tedious meeting subtext…

      Derek Sivers – How To Live      

            ▶ interesting read Christopher DeLaurenti: My essay, “Imperfect Sound Forever,” was published in the recent issue of Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture. No paywall here, read the pdf.     ▶ Hackers…

    I have a Fennel plant that I left to go to seed last year… And it’s now taller than I am! But I only recently discovered the wispy branches taste like aniseed… Cue a flashback to being a…

      Emmersons Pilsner   interestingly, it seems most (?) of the NZ craft beer breweries have in the last year switched to cans as their main delivery medium…. or kegs > ‘riggers’:   Heart of Darkness – Futile…

    “Jeff Bezos’ 9-minute joyride to the edge of space created more carbon emissions than 1 of a billion people produce in an entire lifetime….”     And this? A warning to future survivors        

    My first time growing fractals (Romanesco broccoli) – how freaky is it going to get before I eat it?     No idea WTF this alien-looking wild flower is… From a distance I thought it might be lupins,…

          Back in the 80s when I was playing bass in a crappy rock band, at every gig we played our excellent live engineer Bryce would first sound check our band, and then would always crank…

    Huzzah – I was right! It works like a charm… And the module ‘toppers’ from Thonk fit the knobs! Took a bit of rummaging to find the right power adaptor (9V AC!?) and I’ve only tested it with…

    ▶ Tipper – Diapaused     ▶ Tarwater – Miracle Electric     Insolito by Tipper ▶ Tipper – SinBanshee     ▶ Babe Roots & Another Channel – Gunman        

    Saw this for sale on Japanese auction site and at first glance thought it was wrecked… Why would anyone pull all the knobs off a guitar pedal? Not worth the trouble… But it intrigued me. I was completely…

    ▶ https://haveibeenpwned.com     ▶ Rest In Peace Alvin Lucier Obituary in the Washington Post     ▶ re this old chestnut again: Film DX intelligibility? me: It’s a certain kind of film that really has these issues……

      mmmmm hops