#lps 1812

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lps ocs 4/5!

[cringefen]

art collab with @twoheadedwren \( ˙▿˙ )/\( ˙▿˙ )/

these are our lps sonas/mascots! :D mine is the fox on the left (#1812), her name is Foxy, and theirs is the fox on the right (#673), their name is Nutmeg! ⊂⁠(⁠・⁠﹏⁠・⁠⊂⁠)

[monsterintheballroom]

It´s more of a questionnaire than interview and it´s under the cut :-)

Penelope Wilton: ‘I was dyslexic. People thought I was stupid’

The actress on flower power, the Beatles and her star turn in Downton Abbey

First film I saw at the cinema

My mother used the cinema as her nanny. She had an arrangement with the usherette where she would go shopping and leave my sister and me at the cinema. When she had finished shopping she would come down the aisle and wave a white hanky — that was our sign to leave. Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot was the first film I remember seeing. Jacques Tati was such a great clown.

First time I cried at the cinema

I don’t tend to cry over films. Usually I cry in front of paintings or at concerts. I did, however, sob through the film Brief Encounter. It’s so terribly touching. I still get a lump in my throat every time I watch it.

First time I performed on a stage

My first job was at 20, as Tammy the tightrope walker in a Christmas show at the Nottingham Playhouse. Theatre is always anxious-making and it gets worse when you’re older. There have been some funny things happening while I’ve been on stage, though. One audience member heckled Ralph Richardson and me over bad language during the play West of Suez when we performed in Brighton. Another acclaimed actor, who will remain nameless, was embarrassingly drunk on the stage once, forcing me to say his lines and mine. It was madness.

First TV show I watched

We didn’t have a television for a long time while I was a child. I think we had one for the coronation but then it seemed to go. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I became aware of television, and even now I don’t seem to have much time to watch things, mainly because I’m busy acting in plays and TV shows like Downton Abbey, which was a wonderful experience. It was a surprise to us all, including the writer Julian Fellowes, that it was so successful here and everywhere. It was particularly lovely to work with Maggie Smith because she was one of the actors I had always admired. I would be very keen to come back to the show if it were to return. I can hardly leave it now.

First book I loved

I was dyslexic as a child, at a time when dyslexia wasn’t diagnosed. You didn’t get much help — people just thought you were stupid. My dyslexia seems to have got better with age, but when I was younger I was read to by my mother and my older sister rather than reading myself. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame was a favourite.

First album I bought

Please Please Me by the Beatles. Growing up I listened to romantic music like Dionne Warwick on the radiogram in our sitting room. Nowadays I listen to more classical music, but I still have a soft spot for the Beatles. Sadly I lost that LP when we moved houses.

First concert I attended

The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky at the Royal Albert Hall when I was about ten. They had real cannons that went off. I only started going to concerts when I was older. My late husband, the [Roads to Freedom] actor Daniel Massey, was a great classical music fan. He taught me a lot about music, in particular jazz and Erroll Garner.

First pop-inspired fashion trends I adopted

Hotpants and thigh-length boots in bright pink suede. Once you went to drama school, you didn’t have any money and could do what you wanted looks-wise. It was all flower power then, so we would walk around with no shoes on, throwing flowers at each other. It was alternative but lovely.

First actor I admired

Michael Redgrave. I saw him give the most tremendous performance in Uncle Vanya at Chichester in 1963 when I was 17. Laurence Olivier was the Doctor. Together they were funny and heartbreaking. Redgrave was a wonderful actor and, more importantly, a wonderful man.

First moment I realised I wanted to be an actress

I went to a pantomime once and there was a whoosh and the curtain went up. There was this bright light and warm air came out. I thought, “I don’t know why I’m sitting in the dark here. I’d like to be up there.”

First famous person I met

Jonathan Miller when he came to Nottingham Playhouse to direct King Lear. I was a bit starstruck then, but meeting the royal family is the only time I get truly anxious.

First moment I realised I’d made it

Even at my age I don’t think I have. If you started, you wouldn’t be very good. So I will continue to try.

[faebriel]

what lps do you think c!niki would be

hi anon this is a really good question. there's something wrong with me so i scrolled through gens1-3 on lpsmerch to highlight which one had the most c!niki vibes and narrowed it down to a few finalists from each gen

#64 has a very classic c!niki colour scheme with the cream and pink which gets an automatic inclusion from me. i like #79 but i think i'm just very attached to the spaniel molds and when i was little the spaniel lpses were always the sweet helpful ones also. i like #114 as a l'manberg era c!niki even if the mold is a kitten because those eyes look so hopeful she really doesn't know what's about to hit her

#515 i can't really explain. just has the vibes. and i like that its fuzzy. i know raccoons are tommy's thing but she needs little hands for baking and i liked the colours so i included #953. #521 is niki in her birthday party stream obviously she even has eyeliner

#1304 is another rabbit with a very c!niki colour scheme so points there. #1812 because i also have a soft spot for fox c!niki matching with c!fundy. alternatively #2409 but i think i just like to sneak some dog motif in there ('fox and the hound' yk). especially bc niki refers to herself and fundy as being treated like "little dogs" at peoples' heels before doomsday. very fun. #2141 wolf also very cute for the same reasons but i think this is where people start saying Okay kai you just made this motif up. and they're not wrong but

maybe it's time to. you get it. vote now on your phones

[audio-luddite]

Digital recordings.

Too much discussion of sound today is about bits. I expect almost no one taking a hard stand either side really understands what a bit is. CD "red book" is 16 bits and 44 khz sampling rate. Oh that is so much worse than streaming, blah blah blah.

Those TELARC discs I like are CD red book, but were recorded at 20 and even 24 bits and 50 khz. Every additional bit doubles the dynamic range available. 20 bits is 4 doublings over 16. Telarc knew how to work it.

My TELARC CDs are full on audiophile quality.

See this.

Note they are talking about TELARC LPs. You can buy these new LPs. I am happy with the CDs. There are plenty of TELARC CDs on Discogs. Oh and forgive me if I link TAS as I often slag them for being out of touch with reality. But they carry a lot of weight in the biz.

It is kinda fun that CDs are now the obsolete tech. They may even make a comeback!

It has nothing to do with quality this streaming thing. I know from direct experience that high quality streams I get from Apple lossless with plenty of bits do not sound as good as my LPs of the same music, and CDs when I have them. Streaming is about convenience. It is about big music labels making lots of money with minimal capital investment. LP and CD factories are expensive to run.

High end CD players all use microchips made by people in bunny suits. Those are a commodity. The fancy high end parts (including tubes) are there to voice the sound to some personal preference.

Lots of bits are only really good for the recording and mixing process. 16 bits is plenty for playback if properly mixed and mastered. TELARCs are such.

Oh and after not much thought I ordered another TELARC CD. The 1812 overture. And yup they have real artillery. Yes that is juvenile, but this is supposed to be fun right?

Oh do not take this to mean I think less of vinyl. I still prefer it. I have several albums with both CD and LP copies. In about every case I prefer the LP rendition. Oh and some of those are originally digitally recorded.

IMPEX who make really exotic LPs for eye watering cost (like Getz / Gilberto) also make an "analog" repress of Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue Raincoat for stupid money. That was recorded in the studio digitally. My ordinary copy is a fabulous recording. Digital is only worse when done poorly.

[sonyclasica]

ARTUR RODZIŃSKI & THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION

Tras la reciente publicación por Sony Classical de 16 CD de las grabaciones de Artur Rodziński con la Filarmónica de Nueva York, llega la esperada colección de 13 discos de sus grabaciones completas con la Orquesta de Cleveland, que Rodziński dirigió de 1933 a 1943.

Consíguelo AQUÍ

El apasionado y volátil director polaco (1892-1958) -cuyo estilo ágil y propulsivo emulaba el de su ídolo Toscanini- se ganó la reputación de forjador de grandes orquestas: dirigió y puso a punto la Filarmónica de Los Ángeles antes de ocupar su puesto en Cleveland. En 1935, atrajo la atención de todo el país hacia la orquesta del medio oeste cuando la dirigió en el estreno en EE.UU. de la ópera de Shostakovich Lady Macbeth del distrito de Mtsensk.

Durante su etapa en Cleveland, Rodziński moldeó su orquesta hasta convertirla en un brillante conjunto que su sucesor, George Szell, elevaría después a la preeminencia internacional. Mientras tanto, Rodziński también trabajaba en Europa, convirtiéndose en el primer estadounidense nacionalizado que dirigió la Filarmónica de Viena en el Festival de Salzburgo. Allí Toscanini admiró su trabajo y en 1938 lo eligió para entrenar a su nueva Orquesta Sinfónica de la NBC.

En Cleveland, entre 1939 y 1942, Rodziński dirigió varias grabaciones importantes para Columbia Masterworks, todas ellas contenidas en este nuevo conjunto. Con el dedicatario Louis Krasner como solista, realizó la primera grabación en estudio del Concierto para violín de Berg. Sus otros aclamados 78 sets incluyen la Sinfonía fantástica de Berlioz, Scheherazade de Rimsky-Korsakov ("entre las mejores interpretaciones que se han hecho de esta partitura incorregiblemente popular" - High Fidelity), Ein Heldenleben de Strauss, la Quinta Sinfonía de Tchaikovsky ("Notable aquí es la tensión del segundo movimiento y el heroico cierre del primero" - Gramophone), así como las de Sibelius y Shostakovich, Romeo y Julieta de Chaikovski ("Emoción inmaculada" - Gramophone), La Mer de Debussy y el "escenario" orquestal de Show Boat de Jerome Kern, además de una grabación inédita del Concierto para violín de Mendelssohn con Nathan Milstein.

Hasta ahora, la mayoría de estos álbumes solo se habían editado en 78 y reeditado en LP. Así, la colección de 13 discos de las grabaciones de Rodziński en Cleveland, meticulosamente editada y masterizada por Sony Classical, llena un gran vacío en la discografía en CD de este director de orquesta, que sigue siendo muy admirado.

CONTENIDO DEL SET:

DISCO 1:

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54

Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43: No. 4, Alborada del gracioso (Version for Orchestra)

DISCO 2:

Debussy: La mer, L. 109

Kern: Show Boat (Scenario for Orchestra)

DISCO 3:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

DISCO 4:

Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28

Strauss, R.: Salome, Op. 54 - Salomes Tanz (Dance of the seven veils)

Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act II: Waltz Suite

DISCO 5:

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, TH 42 (1880 Version)

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave, Op. 31, TH 45

Mussorgsky: Khovantchina: Dawn Over the Moscow River (Prelude to Act I)

DISCO 6:

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82

Järnefeldt: Præludium

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26

DISCO 7:

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29

DISCO 8:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10

DISCO 9:

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35

Weinberger: Variations and Fugue on "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree"

DISCO 10:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Overture, Op. 21

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Incidental Music, Op. 61

DISCO 11:

Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190

Weber: Der Freischütz: Overture

DISCO 12:

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

DISCO 13:

Schoenberg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 36

Berg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "To the Memory of an Angel"

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

[radiomaxmusic]

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 4pm ET: Feature LP: Rick Springfield - Automatic (2023)

Rick Springfield – AutomaticReleased August 4, 2023 1 Exit Wound 2:412 She Walks With The Angels 3:003 Automatic 3:074 This Town 3:005 Love Ain’t Cool 2:236 Come Said The Girl 3:167 Broke House 2:208 When God Forgets My Name 3:189 Heroes 2:5210 Works For Me 3:0711 Fake It Til You Make It 3:1812 The Cure For Loneliness 3:0913 Invisible World 3:1714 Make Your Move 2:2915 In Case Of Fire Break…

[shintani22]

2022年12月12日

志知孝明選手 アビスパ福岡より完全移籍加入のお知らせ

【本日(12/12)の広島県内の感染状況】（広島県）

新型コロナ 県内で１９８０人感染確認（NHKニュース）

広島県では１２日、新たに１９８０人が新型コロナウイルスに感染していることが確認されたと発表されました。

感染が確認されたのは、▼広島市で７７９人、▼福山市で４４６人、▼東広島市で１１８人、▼呉市で９４人、▼廿日市市で９３人、▼尾道市で８８人、▼三原市で７１人、▼府中市で４９人、▼府中町で４１人、▼庄原市で３３人、▼竹原市で３０人、▼三次市で２６人、▼海田町で２４人、▼熊野町で２１人、▼坂町で１５人、▼大竹市で１１人、▼江田島市と安芸太田町、それに神石高原町でそれぞれ８人、▼安芸高田市と世羅町で６人、▼北広島町で４人、▼大崎上島町で１人のあわせて１９８０人です。

１週間前の月曜日より４７１人多くなっていて、これで県内での感染確認はのべ５７万５０９４人となりました。

新型コロナ　県内の病床使用率　５６．４％（１１日時点）（NHKニュース）

１１日時点で病床の使用率は５６.４％です。（確保病床数７９２床、入院患者４４７人）。

このうち重症患者用の病床使用率は１４％です。（確保重症病床５０床、重症の入院患者７人）。

軽症の人や症状がない人が入る宿泊療養施設は１２４０室を確保し、３４３人が過ごしています。（利用率２７.７％）。

直近１週間の人口１０万人あたりの新規感染者数は８８８.９０人です。

現在、広島県の感染レベルは、１から４の４段階のうち発熱外来を受診する患者が増えるなど、保健医療の体制への負荷が高まり始めていることを示す「レベル２」です。

【新型コロナ 厚労省まとめ】127人死亡 6万2336人感染 (12日)（NHKニュース）

厚生労働省によりますと、12日に発表した国内の新たな感染者は、空港の検疫などを含め6万2336人となっています。また、国内で亡くなった人は127人で、累計5万1829人となっています。

東京都 新型コロナ 18人死亡 7044人感染確認 前週比1656人増（NHKニュース）

大阪府 新型コロナ 11人死亡 新たに3356人感染確認（NHKニュース）大阪府内の感染者の累計は235万9461人となりました。府内で感染して亡くなった人は、合わせて6843人となっています。

なぜ今？サブスク時代にレコードが人気「ジャケット含め１つの作品」アナログ人気の背景とは（日刊スポーツ）

＜ニュースの教科書＞

CDの誕生とともに絶滅危機だったレコードですが、欧米でのアナログ人気もあり、日本でもレコード人気が定着しています。生産額は10年の1・7億円から昨年は39億円とうなぎ上り。今年はさらに更新する勢いです。TikTokやYouTubeなどで音楽が楽しめ、サブスク全盛時代の今、なぜレコードが売れ続けているのでしょうか。大滝詠一さんをはじめとする、アナログ盤が引く手あまたのレコードレーベル「ベルウッド」を立ち上げた三浦光紀氏（78）に、アナログ人気の背景を聞いてみました。

まずはCDの歴史を振り返る。世界で最初に発売されたCDの1枚が大滝詠一さんの名盤「ア・ロング・バケイション」。82年10月だった。ただ、LP盤は81年3月にリリースされている。三浦氏によると、CDのみで発売されたのは、ムーンライダーズ「マニア・マニエラ」が世界初で82年12月。当時はCDプレーヤーがほとんど普及しておらず、プレスは数百枚で幻のCDとなっている。

日本レコード協会の生産額でみると、レコードの最盛期は80年の1812億円。そこからCDが逆転するのは歴史の通りで、レコードは10年の1・7億円にまで落ち込んだ。

その一方、レコード人気の復活は欧米が先行する。米国では20年にレコードの売り上げが34年ぶりにCDを上回り、英国でも21年にレコードが87年以来、CDを初めて上回った。

とはいえ、日本ではCDがまだ売れ続けている。世界を見渡すと特殊なケースだ。21年のCDの生産額は1232億円。レコードの39億円と比べると2桁も違う。ただ、今年のレコードの生産額は10月までで34億円と40億円を超える勢いで、じわじわと人気が再燃しているのも事実。このブームを見越して、ソニーミュージックは18年からレコードの生産を再開した。

　－音楽は技術の進歩とともに楽しみ方が変わりました

三浦氏　エンターテインメント産業そのものが、技術の進歩と表裏一体なんです。SPやLPから、持ち歩きができるカセットになり、カセットよりCDは音出しが便利だとなった。CDはデジタルで音が安定していました。

　－レコードとCDは音がどう違うのですか

三浦氏　まずCDは音を入れる時の周波数の帯域が決まっていて、下は20ヘルツで上は20キロヘルツと、それ以外の音はカットされます。技術的に音が入らないんです。アナログだとそれ以上の帯域の音も入るんですが、人間の耳には聞こえないとされています。

　－一般の人だとそう変わらない？

三浦氏　レコードとCDを聞き比べると、アナログの方が音に奥行きがあるとか、重低音がずしんとくるとか言われています。アナログのオーディオセットが視覚的に重厚な雰囲気を醸し出すこともあって、いい音だと認識させる側面もあると思います。

　－レコードが音がいいわけでもない

三浦氏　私がキングレコードに入社したのは68年。当時の日本のサウンドは遅れていて、欧米が16チャンネルに対して日本は2チャンネルが主流でした。だから、音質を世界レベルに上げたいと、72年に立ち上げたレーベルがベルウッドでした。欧米に追いつけと、高品質サウンドを追い求めてきました。

　－レコードのカッティングは職人の腕によるとか

三浦氏　レコードは塩化ビニール樹脂というプラスチックの樹脂をプレスします。カッティングとはレコーディング（録音）された音からレコードの溝を刻む作業のことです。このカッティングは職人さんの手作業で究極の名人芸です。音質にこだわった大滝詠一さんは最終的にレコードの音質を決めるのはカッティングだと言い、当時は工場にあったカッティングマシンの操作にも立ち会いました。

　－そんなに違いがあるのですか

三浦氏　例えば、ビートルズの赤盤と青盤があるじゃないですか。一般的には青盤の方が音がいいとされていますが、好みの問題だと思います。大滝さんは、塩化ビニール樹脂の配合にまでこだわってました。あと、プレスするレコードの溝が深い方がいいから、キングレコードはスーパーアナログディスクというものも作りました。ソノシートの逆と思ってもらえるとわかりやすいです。

　－サウンドにこだわったレコードが評価されているようです

三浦氏　そうですね。レコード会社はレコードが売れないと生活はできないのですが、ベルウッドは商業的価値よりも文化的価値を目指しました。ヒットはもちろんですが、それよりもロングセラーをと。だから、ジャケットにもお金をかけました。いわゆるアートとして、壁にかけてもいいように作りました。レコードは曲を飛ばすこともできないので、曲順はもちろん、曲と曲の間の時間とか、ジャケットを含めて1つの作品なんです。

　－サブスクの聴き方とは正反対ですね

三浦氏　サブスクは否定しませんし、サブスクで昔の曲が聴かれたからこそ、今のアナログブームだと思ってます。分かりやすく言うと、サブスクはコンビニですかね。コンビニ商品も十分おいしいですが、やはり、プロによって整えられた環境のお店で、シェフが工夫をこらしたおいしい料理も食べたいと思う時もあるのではないでしょうか。若い人にとっては、プレーヤーにレコードを乗せ、レコード針を慎重に落とし、ノイズの後にやっと音が出るという行為も新鮮でおしゃれなんだと思います。

　－とはいえ、レコードの売り上げが伸び、CDの減少を補填するとは思えません

三浦氏　レコード会社もミュージシャンもサブスクだと収入は減ります。だから、私は今、NFT（非代替性トークン）やメタバースなどの最新技術を使って、デジタル作品とフィジカル作品の両方の音楽作品を販売する次世代のコンテンツ販売会社を立ち上げたいと思ってます。グーテンベルクの活版印刷の発明で、知識の民主化が始まりました。Web3・0は誰もがアーティストになれる、アーティストの民主化の時代になると予想しています。

◆ベルウッド・レコード　キングレコードの社員だった三浦氏が「クオリティーが高く時とともに価値が増す作品作り」を目指し、20代の会社の仲間と立ち上げたレーベル。72年、レコード芸術の追求とアーティスト至上主義を基本方針にニューミュージックの宝庫を掲げてスタート。世に出した作品は、日本のフォーク、ロックの黎明（れいめい）期を支え、日本のポップス音楽に多大な影響を与えた。世界的なアナログレコード再燃を受け、海外からも注目され、ポール・マッカートニーやジョン・レノンもレーベルのコレクターとされる。主な所属アーティストは、はっぴいえんど、小室等、高田渡、あがた森魚、はちみつぱい。

＜タワーレコード、アナログ専門店開設＞

アナログ人気に応えるため、タワーレコードは昨年9月、アナログ専門店「タワーヴァイナル」を渋谷店に開設した。19年3月に新宿店をオープンしたのが最初。同店のリニューアルにあわせ渋谷店に移転した。「敷居は低く奥が深い」をコンセプトに在庫は7万枚を誇る。

CDと比べての売り上げが気になるが、同社広報部によると、新品、中古、国内盤、輸入盤などCDとは違うので単純な比較は難しいが、総合的にはそれほどの差はないという。客層については「CDは10～30代の女性と40代以上の男性がメインで二極化傾向にあります。アナログは40代以上の男性がメインですが、男女を問わず若い世代から各年代広くファンの方がいらっしゃいます。インバウンド、外国人のお客様の比率も非常に高いことも特徴です」。

また、ユーザーの傾向として、中古盤などは定期的に入荷する商品をチェックする人が多く、欲しい作品を探したり、ほかにどんな作品があるのかチェックをする人も多く、滞留時間は長くなる傾向にあ��。

アナログは、新譜だけでなく中古も取り扱っており、コロナ禍では海外からの中古盤の買い付けなどが難しかったという。そのため、販売の比率は新品3対中古1ぐらいの割合だったが、インバウンド需要も増えてきたことで、最近は中古盤のシェアが高くなっているという。

◆竹村章（たけむら・あきら）1987年（昭62）入社。販売局、編集局地方部などを経て文化社会部。芸能全般のほか、放送局などメディア関連の担当が長い。テレビ特集ページ「TV LIFE」や「ドラマグランプリ」を立ち上げる。最初に買った洋盤はKISS「デトロイト・ロック・シティ」も、その後は英ロックに目覚め、レッド・ツェッペリンを聴きあさる。

[thenineofus]

i was tagged by @carlpalmer

who was your first favourite artist? Legião Urbana first but my first obsession was 30 Seconds to Mars

who are your current favourite? Pink Floyd, My Chemical Romance, ELP, The Who, The Cure, David Bowie and Nick Drake

are you into musicals? which ones/why not? I love musicals, some of my favorites are The Rocky Horror Show, Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, A Chorus Line, Tanz der Vampire and yes.... Phantom of the Opera

are there songs you consider so special you only listen to them very rarely? No, I love ruining great songs for myself, nothing is sacred

what’s your preferred way of listening to music?  (time of day, medium, situation) I prefer to listen to music in LPs at home or on my ipod when outside, any time I can, really.

what would you say is the most niche music you listen to? Maybe horror movie soundtracks?

what’s your favourite music related movie/tv show that’s not a musical? I have been listening so much to Last Night in Soho's soundtrack, but for original score let's say The Burning by Rick Wakeman.

albums or playlists? Albums

favourite albums? The Wall, Tommy, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, Clockwork Angels, Brain Salad Surgery, Bryter Layter, In the Court of the Crimson King, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, say when

is there an artist you’re trying to get into? Sparks, blame Edgar Wright

whose music do you find overhyped? I'm not gonna say it, because I am 30 years old and my music taste is twice my age, it's inevitable that I'm gonna think everything playing on the radio is garbage

what’s an underrated song? Giulia's answer influenced mine, I'm also gonna put a Camel song, Lady Fantasy

what’s a thing a bunch of songs do that you love every time? Again, Giulia is right, there is never too much synth and organ, but also when there is a very good transition of one song to another, like Brain Damage to Eclipse in Dark Side of the Moon, I get chills every time

what song is better acoustic? None, bring back the synth

what’s the worst song of all time? See my answer to the overhyped music

do you put individual songs on repeat? if so, for how long and how often? Yeah, believe it or not I did put that No Children by The Mountain Goats on repeat for a few weeks in my most desperate time

do you make your own playlists? if so, what’s your most entertaining playlist title? My two best playlists are called: "Apocalyptic Pandemic Dance Party" and "Songs for Pirates and Sailors"

headphones or earbuds? WIRED earbuds

do you always sing the lead vocal or do you harmonize sometimes? if you harmonize, do you ever invent your own harmony? I almost always harmonize, but inventing my own harmonies, which is to say the wrong ones, because I know nothing about music

a musical confession: What can I possibly say that is more damning that I listened to No Children on repeat for weeks?

Tag, but don't feel like you have to: @alicedraws-kostyalevin @alfredsnightmare @enjolris

[dustedmagazine]

Pan-Amerikan Native Front — Little Turtle’s War (Self-released)

Little Turtle's War by Pan-Amerikan Native Front

The names for things matter, and frequently what you call a historical event really matters. The decade-long conflict, from 1784 to -95, between the nascent social formation calling itself the United States and a confederacy of Native American tribal nations (Miami, Council of Three Fires, Shawnee, Lenape, Wyandot and others) has a number of names: the Ohio War and the Northwest Indian War are prominent in traditional histories (all of them authored by white folks). Those phrases take some things for granted: the existence of a place called Ohio, a kind of person labeled “Indian.” Another name for the conflict gives this new LP by Pan-Amerikan Native Front its title: Little Turtle’s War. Using that name foregrounds the role of Little Turtle, a Sagamore (or chief) of the Miami Nation who led the Western Confederacy of Native Americans through a series of battles with US military under the command of General Josiah Harmar in October of 1790. With Little Turtle’s leadership, the Confederacy decisively defeated Harmar’s forces, causing them to retreat to Fort Washington, now known as Cincinnati. Little Turtle’s War narrates those events and intervenes in the way we might understand a seldom-told event in our history. It’s also a terrific black metal record.

Pan-Amerikan Native Front is a one-man black metal project based in Chicago; Kurator of War plays all the instruments and writes all the songs. Names matter, and Kurator of War is the sort of moniker that lots of guys playing black metal gravitate toward, often for goofy shock value or for an ostensibly “ritual” significance. Kurator of War really means it: his records document Native Americans’ armed conflicts with the US. His previous LP Tecumseh’s War (2016) concerns the hostilities between Tecumseh’s Confederacy (including Shawnee, Winnebago, Kickapoo and numerous other Nations) and the US. That conflict is conventionally subsumed into the War of 1812, even though Tecumseh’s War both precedes the War of 1812 and has a trajectory at least somewhat independent of it. Like Tecumseh’s War, this new record narrates history from a Native American perspective, emphasizing Native American peoples, their wartime practices, religious beliefs and longstanding political grievances with the US. 

So why black metal? Especially given the superficially nihilistic nature of the blackened subgenre that calls itself “war metal,” the choice seems fairly loaded. But Kurator of War’s sensibility is nowhere near nihilistic, and his songs are as rigorously shaped as his historical and cultural knowledge is deep. “The Battle of Wabash” begins with a sort of overture, working a crackling guitar through a slightly more melodic version of the song’s signature riff. Ambient tones, with the quality of field recordings, fade into the mix; the sound of marching feet clarifies and displaces the music. There’s a breath’s space of silence. Then a musket shot. The song comes crashing and roaring back, its riffs filled out with rough-hewn drama. When Kurator of War begins growling and howling, jackhammer drums underscore the intensity of his voice. He sings, “Blood of the invaders soak the ground / Soon the night ushers a void in sound / Michikiniqua and Weyahpiersenwah / Mark the greatest victory in history!” 

Indeed, the Battle of Wabash marked Little Turtle’s most significant defeat of Harmar’s forces; and in that way, it was “the greatest victory” of a particular history. The songs communicate the intensity of that fact, the violence and the exhaustion and the wild thrill of seeing an oppressor undone. But there are numerous histories at work in Little Turtle’s War, one of which moves deep into the 19th century and its policies of population control and so-called “Indian Removal,” genocide spoken with a cynical linguistic evasion worthy of Frank Luntz. Pan-Amerikan Native Front wants us see all the violence for what it was, and for what it continues to be. The project’s driving, sometimes explosive, frequently nearly beautiful music is an effective means, an instructive tool and an aesthetically compelling end in itself. 

Jonathan Shaw

[enterinit]

System Center Configuration Manager current branch 1810 KB4486457 available

System Center Configuration Manager current branch 1810 KB4486457 available.

Issues that are fixed

First wave issues Synchronization of Office 365 updates may fail after you update to Configuration Manager current branch, version 1810. Errors messages that resemble one of the following are recorded in the WSyncMgr.log file: ProcessFileManifest() failed to process O365 file manifest. Caught exception: System.Net.WebException: An exception occurred during a WebClient request. ProcessFileManifest() failed to process O365 file manifest. Caught exception: System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The URI scheme is not valid. The distribution point upgrade process may fail. This causes a block of additional content distribution to that server. Errors messages that resemble the following are recorded in the distmgr.log file: Failed to copy D:\SRVAPPS\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\x64\ccmperf.dll to \\{server}\SMS_DP$\sms\bin\ccmperf.dll. GLE = 32 All superseded updates are removed and no are longer applicable on a client, even before expiration. This issue occurs even if the Do not expire a superseded software update until the software update is superseded for 3 months option is enabled. Performance improvements have been made to the Data Replication Service for device discovery data. The second and successive phases of a deployment start automatically after the success of the first phase, regardless of start conditions. Phased deployment deadline behavior settings are inconsistent between the Create Phased Deployment Wizard and the Phase Settings properties. When you run a Servicing Plan after you select a Product Category, the filter is not added correctly. The Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) content service is not created correctly when the CMG role is added after you update to Configuration Manager current branch, version 1810. The No deployment package option is selected after you change the properties of an Automatic Deployment Rule (ADR). After this update rollup is applied, affected ADRs can be re-created and their properties changes without any further issue. The Configuration Manager Message Processing Engine (MPE) may not always process Active Directory discovery data when optional attributes are added. Errors that resemble the following are recorded in the SMS_Message_Processing_Engine.log: ERROR: Got SQL exception when handle discovery message. Exception: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): String or binary data would be truncated.~~ The Service Connection Tool (serviceconnection.exe) fails and you receive the following error message when you use the -connect parameter: ERROR: System.IO.Exception : The directory is not empty. A user without Full Administrator rights may be unable to create or edit Windows Defender ATP Policies, even when you add them to the Endpoint Protection Manager security role. The Prerequisite Installation Checker incorrectly gives the option to retry a site installation again. If a second retry is tried, the administrator must run the Configuration Manager Update Reset Tool (CMUpdateReset.exe) to resolve the issue. Processing of .bld files by the SMS_Notification_Manager component takes longer than expected. This leads to delays in processing data and a backlog of files in the \inboxes\bgb.box folder. After you update to Configuration Manager current branch, version 1810, remote SQL providers who use Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or an earlier version may not always query the database. Errors that resemble the following are recorded in the smsprov.log: *** User $' does not have permission to run DBCC TRACEON. The Software Updates Patch Downloader component retries updates, up to three times. These retries fail and return error code 404. Windows Server 2016 updates are displayed incorrectly as available when you schedule updates to a Windows Server 2019 operating system image. Searching for a user’s first or last name, or full name, returns no results from the Overview section of the Assets and Compliance node of the Configuration Manager console. This issue occurs even when full discovery data is available. Globally available release issues After you enable support for express installation files, content may not always download from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) servers in the following scenarios: Configuration Manager client installation through Software Update Point Installing updates directly from WSUS Windows Feature on Demand (FOD) or Language Pack (LP) acquisition After you update to Configuration Manager current branch, version 1810, device enrollment can overwrite Windows telemetry collection values that were previously set by Group Policy. This issue can cause value toggling between full and basic, for example, when Group Policy is applied. Hardware inventory is updated to include information about add-ins for Office365 and standalone Office products. Desktop Analytics deployment plans show a larger device count in the Configuration Manager console than in the Desktop Analytics Portal. Configuration Manager client setup may fail over a metered (for example, cellular) network connection. This may occur even if client policy settings allow for those connections. An error message that resembles the following is recorded in the Ccmsetup.log file on the client: Client deployment cannot be fulfilled because use of metered network is not allowed. Client setup may fail because of SQL Server CE schema changes. Errors that resemble the following are recorded in the Ccmsetup-client.log on the client: MSI: Setup was unable to compile Sql CE script file %windir%\CCM\DDMCache.sqlce. The error code is 80040E14. If an application is in a partly compliant state, and the client sees that a dependency is installed but the main application is not and requires re-enforcement, available deployment causes the following issues: The application is displayed as required or past due even though the deployment is available and there is no supersedence relation. Clicking Install has no effect. Sign in to Azure services fails when you use the Create Workflow in the Azure Services Wizard, even when correct credentials are used. Configuration Manager setup may fail the prerequisite check during installation or an update of a site server. This issue occurs if the environment uses SQL Always On. The “Firewall exception for SQL Server” rule shows a status of failed, and errors messages that resemble the following are recorded, even if the correct firewall exceptions are configured: ERROR: Failed to access Firewall Policy Profile. ERROR: Failed to connect to WMI namespace on Firewall exception for SQL Server; Error; The Windows Firewall is enabled and does not have exceptions configured for SQL Server or the TCP ports that are required for intersite data replication. The alternative download server that is listed in the "Specify intranet Microsoft update service location" window is not propagated to the Group Policy settings on the client. The download of Office 365 updates, such as “Semi-annual Channel Version 1808 for x86 Build 10730.20264” or “Monthly Channel Version 1812 for x64 Build 11126.20196” may fail. No errors are logged in the Patchdownloader.log file. However, entries that resemble the following are logged in the AdminUI.log log: (SMS_PackageToContent.ContentID={content_ID},PackageID='{package_ID}') does not exist or its IsContentValid returns false. We will (re)download this content. Read the full article

[vagabondretired]

*True fact: New ABBA songs coming in December!* Missed this one yesterday: On August 17, 1982 the first commercially produced compact discs were cranked out at a plant in Hanover, Germany, eventually causing vinyl record sales to plummet. (Bragging rights go to ABBA, whose “The Visitors” was lucky pressing #1.) Today CD sales have plummeted as digital music takes over. But sales of vinyl records are continuing their years-long resurgence because of their richer sound and retro snaps, crackles and pops. I still remember the first LP I owned, at the age of six---a record of classic symphonic works for kids that came sealed with a long red wooden "baton." I spent a lot of hours wildly stabbing at the air while leading my invisible orchestra in the living room---and nearly poking my family's eyes out. Needless to say, my career as a guest conductor has been spotty at best. But if you’re in the area, I’m leading the Squirrel Philharmonic in the 1812 Overture on the porch roof next Saturday. Tickets are just 10 cashews each. For an extra five, we’ll let you take shelter in our basement when the cannons start going off.

[ohhthatssosarella]

June 18

[618] Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty's rule over China.

[741] Byzantine Emperor, Leo III died.

[1332] Byzantine Emperor, John V Palaeologus was born.

[1429] Joan d'Arc led the French army against the English at Patay, France.

[1769] Irish statesman, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh was born.

[1812] The War of 1812 began as the United States declared war against Britain.

[1815] Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo, ending 23 years of recurrent warfare between France and the other powers of Europe.

[1817] Prime Minister of Nepal, Jung Bahadur was born.

[1824] Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand III died.

[1835] British journalist, William Cobbett died.

[1869] American journalist, Henry Jarvis Raymond died.

[1871] Prime Minister of Romania, Nicolae Iorya was born.

[1880] American pioneer, John Sutter died.

[1882] Bulgarian communist leader, Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov was born.

[1886] British explorer and mountaineer, George Mallory was born.

[1901] Grand Duchess of Russia, Anastasiya Nikolayevna was born.

[1916] President of Columbia, Julio César Turbay Ayala was born.

[1940] Broadcasting from London after France fell to the Nazis, French General Charles de Gaulle appealed to his compatriots to continue World War II under his leadership.

[1948] The LP record was introduced.

[1949] Prime Minister of Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński and President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński were born.

[1979] The SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) II treaty was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

[audio-luddite]

Stop thinking and listen.

I spun up several of my new LPs including "Kind of Blue" and "Truly". Really good sound in both. The KoB is a Jazz Wax Records DMM from Europe and has a quiet clean surface. It is a milestone Jazz album due to its art first and foremost. It is admittedly old, I mean 1958 is over 60 years. You cannot call it new anymore, but influential certainly. It is rather like Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, it changed things. New pressings are nice to have.

I have several DMM albums and I think it makes for a generally better pressing, if done with proper care. I have seen wholesale slagging of the method in several places, and just wonder why. If you don't like it don't buy it. You basically skip the step where you have to spray conductive paint over a lacquer to let the plating work. Spray paint!

To damage my Audiophile credibility further I also played several CDs. The sound was fine with many nice details and textures. So many high end CD players stick a tube in the line to "improve" the sound. I have 12 tubes between the CD and the speakers. Personally I think the mix and basic recording has more to do with the ultimate playback quality than if bits are involved or not.

The CDs were a couple of Santana works, "Supernatural, and Shaman". They were good sounding. There is no perfect system. I was just enjoying the tunes. That is as it should be.

I have a lot of CDs from back when it was the future. Several are TELARCs which was a good label. Pure digital of course and now gone like the dinosaurs. One I have is the "Grand Canyon Suite" with digitally recorded thunder on one track. They have warnings on the disk about overloading speakers. More a marketing thing than a threat to equipment. There also is an 1812 Overture with real canons, but I cannot find that one. I am sure I bought it back in the day.

Our Grandkids visited and of course asked for the usual pop tunes off of Apple Music. They got it, though I did try subliminal programming by playing some classical music during meals. Some of those POP tunes have really boosted Bass. No surprise for kids stereos and headphones or ear buds, but in a real system it is kinda heavy.

Hey I will play anything.

[ronoshow]

Soundtrack for December 20, 2019

The Fanfare Sampler - LP Andrew Davis Plays The Organ At Roy Thompson Hall - LP Mozart - Symphony No. 40 / Schubert Symphony No. 8 - LP Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture / Beethoven - Wellington’s Victory - LP Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht / String Trio - LP Frank Zappa - Studio Tan - LP The Electric Prunes - Underground  The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream - LP  Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida  Golden Earring - Wall Of Dolls - LP Golden Earring - Moontan - LP 

[richhybrid]

Various Classical Gold Vol 3. Overtures, Concertos & Symphonies 1976 Track Of Choice: 1812 Overture As Monty Python's Flying Circus use to say "Now for something completely different" Dipping into the records that are archived (because I haven't got space for them in the standard racks) I've picked out this compilation of classical classics. No less than four orchestras play 6 pieces. From the complete 1812 Overture by the London Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony to Bamberg Symphony Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 In B Flat Minor. Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Nord Deutsch Symphony, Brandenburg Concerto No 4 by The South West German Chamber Orchestra and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21 (Excerpt) by London Philharmonic Orchestra. All well known pieces even if you don't know them by name. They have been used from film to tv to advertising. Like I say. Sometimes a little bit of a change does you good. #BathTimeRecord #Vinyl #VinylPorn #VinylJunkie #VinylCollection #VinylRecords #Records #RecordCollection #RecordCollecter #AlbumArt #CoverArt #Analogue #OldSchool #33RPM #LP #LongPlayer #NowSpinning #NowPlaying #12Inch #TwelveInch #Wax #Albums #InstaVinyl #InstaMusic #Classical https://www.instagram.com/p/BzJAgovpR6M/?igshid=sbze4or78t63