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Curious: How do y'all feel about AI stem separation for old songs you no longer have stems for?

Fuck you @musixmatch.bsky.social , you fucking cunts. The fucking thanks I get for having a pro membership previously is that you now threaten the continued distribution of my lyrics? For what purpose? Distribution is available in the free account. You're just making up shit to scare people.

Spotify literally suggests you guys as a fucking option for free lyrics distribution, you stupid pieces of shit. If that's not the case, correct them. If it *is* the case, then stop lying to people in an attempt to extort them.

Been busy, so I haven't even posted any Spain photos. I'll try and correct that this week. This was our first stop, Palau de la Musica Catalana.

This ad for a PlayStation game back in 1996. 😭

"She doesn't cook, but she'll fry, bake or roast anything she see's [sic]" What the fuck does that mean, y'all? 😭

"In the middle of the midterm blitz, with energy and excitement never seen before" literally makes perfect sense. It was read by a fucking moron with the random pauses of an elementary schooler tasked with reading out-loud for the class...but the words themselves make perfect fucking sense.

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It's a defense of an obvious truth, and it's pathetic to argue otherwise just because you think the LIE YOU MADE UP makes the other side look bad. I'm begging y'all to stop getting distracted by the absolute stupidest shit and fucking focus.

Because harping on petty lies makes it look like you have no REAL complaints. And we all know that's not fucking true.

Anyone who tries to point out that it's not true? They fuckin' dogpile them. "Wow! The hoops you guys will jump through to defend these people! 🙄🙄🙄" Look, if she's taken that job for this administration, she's a fucking piece of shit. If that's how badly she reads, she's stupid as fuck.

BUT THE FUCKING TRUTH MATTERS. Pointing out, "Hey, I actually understand English, and these words would have made sense if she wasn't the worst public speaker in the world" IS NOT A DEFENSE OF HER. IT'S NOT A DEFENSE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

"In the middle of the midterm blitz...NEVER SEEN BEFORE!" would honestly make *less* sense. And this is what pisses me off about liberals. They are absolutely in a fuckin' tizzy right now, echo-chambering a literal lie: "She read the stage directions out loud! Hehe! 😊🤣😇"

With all the actual things they should be talking about that the Trump administration is doing, they have instead decided to stay locked into the absolute least important thing they could possibly focus on. AND IT'S NOT EVEN TRUE!

"Haha, did you hear that guard? He told us to get into the 'gassing chamber!' What an idiot. It's called a gas chamber. Man, these republicans are so stupid. Man, I'd love to make a meme about this!" - Liberals

New York vignettes.

@heynothing.bsky.social last night at the Gothic. What a weird and wonderful show. Drummer out of commission, so the show was acoustic. Multiple breaks due to people passing out. The band was sick so one of them spent half the show resting his head on his guitar. And still absolutely killed it.

Reading through Spawn comics from the 90s, and saw this in Blood Feud, issue 4, 1995. In reference to a vampire, who is trying to take over New York City.

Saw someone unironically use the term "S.I." in a comment today, and it's legitimately so funny that the people who ran around calling everyone cucks will literally change their vocabulary to be in line with their daddy.

Saw a TikTok of someone drinking water at a rave (and finding out it had MDMA in it), and someone in the comments said "AI." And just, like...imagine being such a boring fucking person that you can't possibly conceive of someone taking a real video of someone drinking water.

New York shots from the recent quick visit.

A Thanos snap, but specifically for people who treat concerts as if it's a bar where they have to be louder than the background music to enjoy their conversation.

We started in row 64, and thought we were lucky when a worker gave us an upgrade to row 28. But when the cunts behind me still wouldn't shut the fuck up when Beck started we literally went back to to the bad seats because I would rather have a worse view but be able to hear the fucking concert.

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Fuck the entire crowd at this Beck concert. Couldn't even hear the openers because none of these Gen X fucks will shut the fuck up.

Fuck the entire crowd at this Beck concert. Couldn't even hear the openers because none of these Gen X fucks will shut the fuck up.

The worst part about using a public restroom as a man is the sheer amount of old man heavy breathing coming from a stall at any given time. Like they're doing a workout in there or something.

Suspended from commenting on Tiktok due to this, apparently offensive, comment. (Video was an Idaho State Trooper saying it's illegal to run a malfunctioning red light and that a cop won't care that it wouldn't change...but in Colorado, our lawmakers thought about that).

A woman just lectured me about buying some energy drinks at the 7-Eleven. She then proceeded to buy a pack of menthol Pall Malls.

Who the fuck let Smokey Robinson release Gasms? 😭

Saw these together in the trending tab, and one of these is a far better constructed version of the same joke:

Another example of the phone's Basic processing for a JPEG, vs. an edited RAW. Biggest annoyance to me is that Google doesn't make it super easy to reliably download the RAWs in a batch for editing...

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Another example. The phone's JPEG on the left obviously has more detail, but it's almost so sharp it looks fake. Like an oil paint filter was placed on it. Using the RAWs, I'm only able to sharpen so much, and it doesn't fully bring back all the details, but it feels more like a real memory/photo.

I didn't realize how much of the photo gets cropped automatically in the phone's processing, either.

Our newest pickup from the Gem and Mineral show this week.

13 Sept

Flight 2026-31. MAD-DUB. I fucking hate going home through Dublin because being airside and having to go through security again anyway is so fucking stupid.

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Flight 2026-30. LYS-BCN. Been a whirlwind of a few days. So much so that I forgot to even post this one, and am about to step on another plane to head home, lol. I'll get to Spain photos soon.

13 Sept

Flight 2026-30. LYS-BCN. Been a whirlwind of a few days. So much so that I forgot to even post this one, and am about to step on another plane to head home, lol. I'll get to Spain photos soon.

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Flight 2026-29. JFK-CDG. Goodbye again New York. Hello again France.

7 Sept

Flight 2026-29. JFK-CDG. Goodbye again New York. Hello again France.

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Flight 2026-28. DEN-LGA. Back on the road. A couple days in NYC, then back overseas. Let's go.

5 Sept

Flight 2026-28. DEN-LGA. Back on the road. A couple days in NYC, then back overseas. Let's go.

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Flight 2026-26. NAP-ORD. Delays in planes, and tired as shit. Can't wait to be home again. 😭

I remember my mom's main supposed reason for disliking Obama being that he "divided the country." But the insane part to me is that today I saw a graphic on Facebook showing where watershed from Wisconsin's river basins end up, and guess what the comments were full of?

But would she ever consider Trump to be a "divisive leader"? Somehow, no. The motherfucker who runs around calling a third of the country "dumb" with his constant idiotic name-calling is somehow a great uniter to his supporters.

I wouldn't even bother talking to her about how disappointing her cognitive dissonance is, because quite frankly, what would be the purpose? But damn if it wouldn't be nice sometimes to just say, "Hey...you know your beliefs make no fucking sense, right?"

And it's because we have a president who purposely renames random bullshit, with the pretty fuckin' obvious goal being only to sow division and keep people distracted and arguing. You can't even look at a fucking map of Wisconsin's rivers without it devolving to everyone fucking fighting anymore.

Jack Johnson and Lake Street Drive last night at Fiddler's Green. It's a shame this venue doesn't get more artists I want to see, because I've always loved the lawn here.

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Decided to turn RAW/Jpeg on in my phone's camera settings. The RAWs are definitely a bit more blurry because the phone's digital processing isn't compensating for the fact that phone cameras are actually small and shitty, but I like the way it keeps it looking more natural and nostalgic.

I think for normal up-close portraits or landscape shots, the RAWs win, for sure. I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth losing the detail on zoom shots -- like with these concert photos -- in order to keep a more old-school, less processed look.

1 Sept

Having a black lab is great except for the part where they get old and suddenly are afraid of the floor.

31 Aug

I kind of feel bad for people that don't have some weird local pizzeria that comprises a disproportionately large portion of their childhood restaurant memories.

This picture I took back in 2023 would have been so good if this bird wasn't such a fuckin' doofus.

28 Aug

I cannot overstate how disappointing, scary, and enraging it is that every video of a solar eclipse, volcano, or any other natural function of our world that has happened constantly for millions of years, is full of comments claiming it means God is angry. How the fuck did we regress back to that?

27 Aug

When it happens, I just hope we get to see it.

27 Aug

Going to the bathroom at one of our local kava bars is like stepping into the backrooms.