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This is a link post Re: the Portsmouth Sinfonia below
here's a very moving piece made by one of its leaders Gavin Bryars. p.s. Avoid the version with Tom Waits at all costs please.
(I helped save b3ta! fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Thu 28 May 2020, 19:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post wiki link:
" I took the tape loop to Leicester, where I was working in the Fine Art Department, and copied the loop onto a continuous reel of tape, thinking about perhaps adding an orchestrated accompaniment to this. The door of the recording room opened on to one of the large painting studios and I left the tape copying, with the door open, while I went to have a cup of coffee. When I came back I found the normally lively room unnaturally subdued. People were moving about much more slowly than usual and a few were sitting alone, quietly weeping."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus'_Blood_Never_Failed_Me_Yet
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 28 May 2020, 20:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Beautiful.

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 28 May 2020, 20:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post quietly weeping
considering their future career prospects, no doubt... and this is back in the daze of grants before student loans...
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 28 May 2020, 21:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post if by strange you mean awful, then yes

(sticklebricks it's you daddy!, Thu 28 May 2020, 18:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well I like it.

(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Thu 28 May 2020, 18:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post doesn't surprise me
because you're a prick
 (sticklebricks it's you daddy!, Thu 28 May 2020, 20:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post wanker

(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Thu 28 May 2020, 23:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post The bad comedown mix.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Thu 28 May 2020, 18:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post A definite improvement
on one of my least favourite songs. (the best would be all the notes are subsonic)
 (I helped save b3ta! fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Thu 28 May 2020, 18:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post pick a beatles tune and run it thru this:
hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 28 May 2020, 22:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post spooky
like it though......
 (Monkee girl not a monkee, not a girl, Fri 29 May 2020, 0:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post Take on Me by A-ha, But Every Note is C
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKasUTXkXE

Ah these are perfect
 (I helped save b3ta! SpookySpoon www.vivino.com/users/hig.func, Fri 29 May 2020, 13:01, , Reply)
This is a link post Why it is hard to go to space
"The tyranny of the rocket equation" by Don Pettit.

TL;DR: Going fast takes lots of fuel, depending on weight. Going a bit faster requires a lot more fuel... which means more weight.

I know Don can sound dumb at first; please give him five minutes. He's one of the smartest and nicest people I have ever met.

He wrote about it here.

[Related: SpaceX Crew Dragon, scrubbed yesterday, should now launch at exactly 8:22 PM Saturday 30th. Live stream link will be posted here on SpaceX.]
(SockCooker ПТН ПНХ, Thu 28 May 2020, 17:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Needs more wiki links

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Thu 28 May 2020, 17:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post why don't they get one of the people already up on the ISS to lower a rope and winch the stuff up?
Then they wouldn't need all this fuel
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 29 May 2020, 2:48, , Reply)
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Can you make a rope 400km long that doesn't break in the wind?
 (SockCooker ПТН ПНХ, Fri 29 May 2020, 5:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post just wait for a calm day

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 29 May 2020, 7:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wiki it to find out

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 29 May 2020, 16:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is why
they are looking at making fuel in space or low G bodies because once you are in space it takes relatively little fuel to get anywhere.

One interesting plan is to set up a moon base to mine for elements which can be used to make fuel.

Takes a lot less to get stuff into space from the moon.

www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/19/1001857/how-moon-lunar-mining-water-ice-rocket-fuel/
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 29 May 2020, 10:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes

(SockCooker ПТН ПНХ, Fri 29 May 2020, 10:36, , Reply)
This is a link post Idiot scam lols
A device costing more than £300 promises to protect your family from the supposed dangers of 5G
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Thu 28 May 2020, 15:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post normal for glastonbury

(benito vaselini no not that one, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:41, , Reply)
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Someone needs to rebadge these and sell them to gullible morons...
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 28 May 2020, 17:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post WINNA

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Thu 28 May 2020, 17:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was reading the FAQs this morning
They're priceless - it doesn't affect your phone or WiFi performance, because instead of blocking frequencies, it transmitted them into life-affirming frequencies. A small part of me wants to shake their hand just for being able to sell such obvious BS to their target audience.
Also, Glastonbury council 5G advisory committee? People are paying taxes for this!
*edit* If you want a laugh at the FAQs:
5gbioshield.com/frequently-asked-questions/
 (I helped save b3ta! tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 28 May 2020, 18:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post Don't whateveryoudo shake their hand, it's dangerous.

(I helped save b3ta! fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Thu 28 May 2020, 20:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is my fave answer
"There is no measurable effect in terms of protection from the 5GBioShield USB key."
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Thu 28 May 2020, 22:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post I liked
"The ways to measure the efficacy of the key are indirect ways, like for example Heart Rate Variability, Brain frequencies, Blood sampling, molecular water measurement, Voll’s electroacupuncture, and many others, which all are linked to the biological effects of RF, not the physically measurable effects."

But my favourite is
"Does the thickness of the walls effect the function of 5GBioShield USB key?"
"Of course not - material does not matter"
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 28 May 2020, 23:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post *throws away all possessions*

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 29 May 2020, 7:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Does the thickness of the walls effect the function of 5GBioShield USB key?
Of course not - material does not matter
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 29 May 2020, 10:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post It operates through the quantum field . it is not inhabited by matter .
We use USB 2.0 but it will be possible to create a specific USB 3.0. However, the product will be more expensive. As the chip is different between 2.0 and 3.0, it is not possible to have an adaptator.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 29 May 2020, 10:30, , Reply)
This is a link post Slap happy macaque
"Hey squirrel, why do you keep hitting yourself?"
(I helped save b3ta! ProjectWeasel The Bird is the Word, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Evolutionary origin of the Karen.

(I helped save b3ta! BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post MaC

(I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post aque

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 28 May 2020, 17:38, , Reply)
This is a link post Well durrr
But...the picture...
 (barst Rdli Hakkis 4eva in r hartz, Thu 28 May 2020, 12:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Does everyone get the Telegraph for
free when they use Firefox?

I mean, I don't want to read it, but their paywall seems borked.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 28 May 2020, 13:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Just disable javascript and Bob's yer uncle
 (I helped save b3ta! FridgeBadger, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Am I alone in thinking that the eyesight excuse isn’t actually true?
He’s not that stupid. It’s just his way of telling us all that he’s untouchable. That he can do what he likes and say any old shit and he’ll get away with it.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 28 May 2020, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post there isnt a reason that would explain all the facts away and also be legal so he's a bit stuffed

(benito vaselini no not that one, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post That’s my point though. He’s not stuffed.
He can’t be. He’ll get away with it because he’s too useful to the government to be fired. He can say what he likes with zero long term consequences.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yep. He's testing how much horse shit we'll eat before we throw up.

(stubhuman, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post probably took a while looking at list of things that sounded permissible and that might fly when tested with a focus group
unfortunately the focus group was Boris
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:43, , Reply)
This is a link post Man wanted to be tied up and have a broom handle rubbed around his underwear
“He was willing to pay $5,000 if it was ‘really good’,” the judge said.
 (MC Chicken Sandwich Me gusta ver la pornografía de los milfs., Thu 28 May 2020, 12:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Michael Jackson fans give me the fear.

(Sneak7h1ef television is my religion, Thu 28 May 2020, 11:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post I see the problem.
By the time Jackson did thriller, he was well on the way to not being black any more.

If they gave it the face of Diana Ross or Elizabeth Taylor it would have been more accurate.

As it is, it looks like they just stuck on the head of their favourite golliwog.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 28 May 2020, 12:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post From the article,
no-one complained about the gollywog, but the red shellsuit was considered beyond the pale.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Thu 28 May 2020, 12:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post That reminds me...
...I need a plasterer..
 (GeeFunk, Thu 28 May 2020, 12:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post I can just imagine the conversation before they made that.
"Let's do Michael Jackson, but we'll make it look like a golliwog. When people complain, we can get in the paper to add some excitement to our dull little lives."
 (I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 28 May 2020, 14:53, , Reply)
This is a link post my favourite quake commentator analyses classics


(L E T S G O "Stop buying into and spreading this shit", Thu 28 May 2020, 11:30, , Reply)
This is a link post How to Make Homemade Bread I made this!
Baking tutorial
(dogfood, Thu 28 May 2020, 10:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post we tried making sourdough
it was like a goddam rock
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Thu 28 May 2020, 23:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've heard that's tricky

(dogfood, Fri 29 May 2020, 0:41, , Reply)
This is a link post A two-parameter characterization of stretchable words and the dynamics of mistypings and misspellings
A 100-billion-tweet analysis

 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 28 May 2020, 7:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Interesting
never seen Jellyfish Plots before, wonder if they are a 'thing' elsewhere under a different name or if this is a new type of chart
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Thu 28 May 2020, 13:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not familiar with it either but it must be flattened

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 28 May 2020, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Took me a while to grasp
but yes, it was very interesting thanks.
 (I helped save b3ta! fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Thu 28 May 2020, 19:26, , Reply)
This is a link post That last link brought a tear to my eye, figuratively speaking.
So I will answer with a link that brought a tear to my eye literally speaking.
(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Thu 28 May 2020, 3:13, , Reply)
This is a link post Portsmouth Sinfonia "Also sprach Zarathustra"
enough of that jazz cacophony. have some, pure, beautiful classical music. glasscock, but not for a while
(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 28 May 2020, 1:53, , Reply)
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That gave me a good laugh. Thanks.
 (I helped save b3ta! 2kindsofherring, Thu 28 May 2020, 10:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is my favourite "soundtrack to a bad idea" ever.

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 28 May 2020, 10:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was playing this just the other day
A classic. Love that at several points they just about manage to hold it together.
 (I helped save b3ta! spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 28 May 2020, 11:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wonderful, every single time.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Thu 28 May 2020, 18:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^ this

(I helped save b3ta! spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 28 May 2020, 20:37, , Reply)
This is a link post This is a thing ...


(FoxA / DannyWeinkauf, Wed 27 May 2020, 22:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Free Jazz is also a thing. Has been for fucking ages.
There are always going to be cunts who try to look clever by interpreting the uninterpretable. Just look at the art/wine world.
 (Huw Edwards #notalljews, Wed 27 May 2020, 22:45, , Reply)
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www.youtube.com/watch?4=&v=6JEJYPoCEM4
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Wed 27 May 2020, 22:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hey, I've got nothing against Jazz.
Just Free Jazz.
 (Huw Edwards #notalljews, Wed 27 May 2020, 22:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post donate a tenner to your favourite charity and listen to this then:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZJ_LQ4CFg
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Wed 27 May 2020, 22:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Something something chimps something Shakespeare something.
No but seriously. That's a great track. There is also some great art out there, and some great wine.
My problem with Free Jazz is that it's so open to interpretation that it doesn't need to be good. There'll always be some cunt there gatekeeping the fuck out of it, and a murder of undercunts following the gatekeeper around stroking their chins and pretending to see some great masterstroke that just isn't there.
youtu.be/kjS6bQ5OQ-o
 (Huw Edwards #notalljews, Wed 27 May 2020, 23:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcvnt4Rxp_I
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Wed 27 May 2020, 23:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Precisely.

(Huw Edwards #notalljews, Wed 27 May 2020, 23:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ6lB7FKxi8
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Wed 27 May 2020, 23:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post it's ok
no-one's really bothered one way or the other about what you find incomprehensible
 (ozof, Thu 28 May 2020, 13:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post you seem massively upset, online
about a very innocuous topic.
 (beepeedee Inner City Sumo, Thu 28 May 2020, 10:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post 'Massively upset' is a bit of an overstatement.

(Huw Edwards #notalljews, Thu 28 May 2020, 11:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post no it isn't

(beepeedee Inner City Sumo, Thu 28 May 2020, 14:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh yes it is.

(I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post he's behind you

(Mehitabel_Itrang, Thu 28 May 2020, 15:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post It thinks it is a flower to be looked at

(97800, Thu 28 May 2020, 18:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^ wears frilly nylon panties right up tight

(I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 28 May 2020, 21:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post the knob on the moog source is perhaps the ballsiest knob ever made

(L E T S G O "Stop buying into and spreading this shit", Thu 28 May 2020, 0:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Christ

(I helped save b3ta! spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 28 May 2020, 11:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ha ha
I'm not laughing, it me.
And I finally clicked Like at 1.47
 (I helped save b3ta! fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Thu 28 May 2020, 20:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post you love it, we love it
what's not to love?
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 28 May 2020, 21:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post legit amazing

(I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Thu 28 May 2020, 23:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Ray Manzarek started taking acid again?
 (themarginwalker, Fri 29 May 2020, 14:30, , Reply)
This is a link post 80s/90s computer game music inspired tracks. If you like that sort of thing... I made this!
Lockdown boredom 101
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Wed 27 May 2020, 18:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are you a spammer or an alcoholic?

(I helped save b3ta! Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Wed 27 May 2020, 18:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Alcoholics don't drink Brew Dog.
Brew Dog beers are basically alcopops marketed towards men. They're almost entirely consumed by wanky 20 something's that want to appear more sophisticated/left-field than the Stella/Carslberg crowd so instead choose to drink cleverly marketed faux craft ales.

Before minimum pricing, you'd have got *far* better mileage out of a 3 Litre bottle of Frosty Jack's than you would out of a 4 pack of that Brew Dog pish. I got sober before that nonsense kicked in, thank fuck. But I'd assume it's mostly vodka and K Cider these days.
 (Huw Edwards #notalljews, Wed 27 May 2020, 22:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thank you, Mr Penis.

(I helped save b3ta! Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Wed 27 May 2020, 23:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ah, Brewdog
Never one to let a marketing opportunity go begging, are they?

(Why yes, my grumpypants are very comfortable, thank you for asking.)
 (An Inflatable Bearded Whumpus, Wed 27 May 2020, 18:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post "All profits will go to funding our production of free sanitiser for the NHS & Health Care Charities."
And they've been doing the sanitiser thing for a while now. Not starting a fight, just pouring some custard in to your grumpy pants for fun.
 (I helped save b3ta! George Blank my 2nd last sig was funny, Wed 27 May 2020, 19:40, , Reply)
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But that's how marketing works. You now think they're a nice company and are more likely to be a customer of theirs.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 27 May 2020, 21:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know.
I just wanted custard in the grumpy pants. That is a normal sentence, my time in lockdown is being well spent. Time to open myself a refreshing bottle of Perlenbacher Pils, the finest beer in Lidl.
 (I helped save b3ta! George Blank my 2nd last sig was funny, Wed 27 May 2020, 21:31, , Reply)
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"the finest beer in Lidl" feels like an extraordinarily low bar. Like "the best car at the knacker's yard" or "the prettiest girl in the burns ward".
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 27 May 2020, 21:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post You haven't drunk much dodgy homebrew then.
Cheapest in Lidl is luxury.
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 27 May 2020, 22:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post
or, "the least tedious pedant on /links/"
 (I helped save b3ta! pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Wed 27 May 2020, 22:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post No, they're not.
And they're very successful.

I'm not defending/endorsing them here, just saying that they're very good at marketing.

Like Dominic Cummings was, until last week.
 (Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Wed 27 May 2020, 22:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post They moved quickly.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 27 May 2020, 18:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post

(Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Wed 27 May 2020, 23:08, , Reply)

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