[–] 2 points 1 week ago

Huge fan of Finamp here too! I’ve been using the beta for over a year now and it’s just kept getting better and better. Really great to see this out of beta and thanks to everyone who has made this app as good as it is.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 week ago

    Very sorry for your loss. Being able to share time, however briefly, with one or more of these wonderful creatures seems to me to be one of the greatest privileges of our lives.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    For me, one advantage of Mastodon is the ability to follow particular hashtags and for them to show up in my feed, even when I don’t follow the person who posted something using that hashtag. I follow a lot of creative types on there - music folk, writers, artists.

    As a corollary, being able to mute particular hashtags is also very welcome!

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    In case people here haven’t come across it before, the brilliant and prolific scatterArchive label run by Liam Stefani puts out a large number of fantastic contemporary and archival improvised music releases online (via Bandcamp). I don’t run the label - I just think what they do is amazing.

    This is their roster for August 2026, and everything is pay what you can afford:

    >Monday 03 August
    Matt Nelson
    'At Home and Not'

    solo prepared double bass improv from Knoxville, TN

    >Friday 07 August [#bandcampfriday]
    MADLI’S MUMS [Susanna Ferrar, Sylvia Hallett, Maggie Nicols, Julie Tippetts]
    'MADLI'S MUMS 30-03-87'

    archival studio recordings rescued from oblivion by this incredible improvising quartet - voices and violins

    >Monday 10 August
    Sylvia Hallett & Hello Spiral
    'Slow Spinning'

    recent live duo improv from Joe Baldwin and Sylvia Hallett

    > Friday 14 August
    Adam Bohman, Danny Kamins, Adrian Northover
    'Magenta Manifesto'

    London session of visiting US saxophonist Danny in trio with Adrian and Adam

    >Monday 17 August
    Mario Gabola & Marco Pezzenati
    'Alto Fragile'

    excellent extended technique improv by this Italian sax/vibraphone duo

    >Monday 24 August
    Bernhard Hadriga & Aurel Violas
    'what happened in the hayloft'

    residency recorded guitar/drums duo from these French/Austrian improvisers

    >Monday 31 August Manja Ristić
    'paper cuts'

    great eight track compilation sourced from over the last decade - instruments and field recordings

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    [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Your kindness and your care for this little one are so powerful. I’ll keep everything crossed that she recovers for both of your sakes.

    This is a beautiful example of why I still have hope for the human race: that we can give a love like this in the face of, and maybe even because of, adversity. Thank you for doing what you’re doing.

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  • [–] 46 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    What a lovely thing you did. I know that stressful feeling of looking for a lost cat, too.

    You’ve made their lives, particularly the son’s, infinitely better.

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