December 2024, by Paul Ford (Ftrain)

Dec 31, 2024

My therapist told me the synths and VSTs I've bought represent different aspects of my personality a...

My therapist told me the synths and VSTs I've bought represent different aspects of my personality and family, and that I should learn each one thoroughly and discover what it’s trying to tell me. Which has me thinking I could quit therapy and get a flagship workstation. ➛

Dec 28, 2024

I know we hate AI on here and you're right, Pandora should seal that jar right up, and I'm sure she ...

I know we hate AI on here and you're right, Pandora should seal that jar right up, and I'm sure she will one day. But in the meantime I've been building a little tool to explore how AI workflows could produce tech specs and I realized you can make a workflow for ANYTHING.

A bunch of corporatist bullshit until it gets to “Erotic Squid Poetry Generated workflow system for Erotic Squid Poetry. Includes specialized roles and workflows for Erotic Squid Poetry-specific tasks and processes.”

Alt Text: A bunch of corporatist bullshit until it gets to “Erotic Squid Poetry Generated workflow system for Erotic Squid Poetry. Includes specialized roles and workflows for Erotic Squid Poetry-specific tasks and processes.”

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Dec 28, 2024

This question about NYC synth shops from 2022 sweetly devolves/ascends into an old-timers conversati...

This question about NYC synth shops from 2022 sweetly devolves/ascends into an old-timers conversation about the 90s/2000s club scene and music stores. gearspace.com/board/electr...

Where to check out synths in NYC?

I will be in NYC soon and want to check out HW synths. I know that GC near Washington Square is...

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Dec 27, 2024

My son and I were talking about how each era remakes and remixes the past and produces its own versi...

My son and I were talking about how each era remakes and remixes the past and produces its own version of culture, and that’s a positive thing, and then he said, “A Skibidi Night’s Dream.” ➛

Dec 26, 2024

Getting geared up to come on here and parasocialize.

Getting geared up to come on here and parasocialize. ➛

Dec 25, 2024

In quiet Christmas moments I’ve been enjoying the utterly unusual software instruments I bought from...

In quiet Christmas moments I’ve been enjoying the utterly unusual software instruments I bought from www.giorgiosancristoforo.net, each one of which is a riff on the history of technology, music tech, computing, and instrument design, with an emphasis on generative tape-loop drones. (Link fixed!)

Gleetchlab Substantia Berna3 Ongaku Bento Full Blotter No-Fi

Softwares for experimental music Gleetchlab Substantia Berna3 Ongaku Bento Full Blotter No-Fi Mille Fantastic Voyage Quadrivium

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Dec 22, 2024

Going to bed imagining a Bataille/Dworkin podcast.

Going to bed imagining a Bataille/Dworkin podcast. ➛

Dec 22, 2024

Plus providing attention for good Internet things is very encouraging to people who make them and ma...

Plus providing attention for good Internet things is very encouraging to people who make them and makes them want to make more.

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Dec 20, 2024

If you take it literally, “Last Christmas” by Wham! is a song about organ donation from the POV of a...

If you take it literally, “Last Christmas” by Wham! is a song about organ donation from the POV of a ghost. ➛

Dec 20, 2024

There was a project at the Dia in 1997 to poll 500 people to find out what they liked most and least...

There was a project at the Dia in 1997 to poll 500 people to find out what they liked most and least in music. Then the artists Komar and Melamid, with friendly musical neuroscientist David Sulzer, made the most wanted song and the most unwanted song. Most: archive.org/details/koma... (1/2)

Komar And Melamid's Most Wanted Song : Komar and Melamid with David Soldier : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

his song was recorded in 1997 in response to a survey taken by the Dia Foundation where the 500 respondants listed their favorite and least favorite aspects...

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Dec 18, 2024

Patrick Bateman Genesis monologue but unironically.

Patrick Bateman Genesis monologue but unironically. ➛

Dec 17, 2024

Judging by events, the time police are clearly not sending their best.

Judging by events, the time police are clearly not sending their best. ➛

Dec 16, 2024

A thing I now say to my kids is, “Do a teamwork, not a screamwork.”

A thing I now say to my kids is, “Do a teamwork, not a screamwork.” ➛

Dec 15, 2024

Last night I watched The Witch (2015), a thoughtful film about the challenges parents face raising t...

Last night I watched The Witch (2015), a thoughtful film about the challenges parents face raising teens, with the role of social media played by a goat. ➛

Dec 14, 2024

The NYC high school application process is a bureaucratic disaster but at the same time the unvarnis...

The NYC high school application process is a bureaucratic disaster but at the same time the unvarnished sincerity of many public school teachers is overwhelming. And I’m sitting on my phone in the HS auditorium where Streisand was in the chorus.

Alt Text: A somewhat ornate auditorium. People sitting. On the right a framed photo of Barbra Streisand.

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Dec 9, 2024

Not the most important thing at all but it's “person of strong interest,“ not “strong person of inte...

Not the most important thing at all but it's “person of strong interest,“ not “strong person of interest.” ➛

Dec 1, 2024

The movie “Flow” is nominally about a little black cat surviving and finding friendships with a capy...

The movie “Flow” is nominally about a little black cat surviving and finding friendships with a capybara and lemur, among others, in a flooded, post-apocalyptic world, but it is also about managing anxiety during crisis by focusing on the community you are in. Also it was made in Blender. ➛