@thebandjoseph Not sure if you'll see this or not, but Bandcamp doesn't auto-release albums so people who have bought Closer To Happy can't download it until someone hits a magical "release the album" button somewhere in Bandcamp.
With independent record shops continuing to struggle, @IronMaiden making the 40th anniversary vinyl edition of Live After Death a Walmart exclusive in the US is a cruel decision by two businesses that don't need the money.
Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair in 70mm at @HollywoodTheatr yesterday was superb. Need to see if I can squeeze another showing in.
On one hand, I'm very happy there's a new @emmaspollock album on the way, on the other, I was sort of hoping for a new @delgados_the album at some point. There's clearly no pleasing some people…
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Oof, that @IronMaiden set list. Disappointing how so much of it is the same old, same old stuff we've been hearing for decades. I'd hoped they'd learned from the previous tour that adding great unplayed tracks was a good thing. Apparently not :(
Happy album release day, @portvelvetmusic
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Francis Storr retweeted
Today in The Observer on the storytelling brain
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Over $92, including fees, for a not-great seat to see @gillianwelch at @ArleneSchnitzer? Nope. I've seen her live a bunch of times, and it's a great show, but that is too much money.
@AppleSupport for the love of everything, please can you add an option to completely mute the appalling music in apple fitness+. I've just started a 3-month trial and am very close to ending it immediately because of the crap music that can't be turned off.
Hey, @AppleMusic: this is how you do an end of year listening report. Please take note, especially the part about it being web-based and easily sharable. Like this: last.fm/user/fstorr/listenin…
Annoying. @Cardigan_Band's First Band On The Moon (remastered) isn't available in the US iTunes Store. But, oddly, it is streamable. No doubt it's record label contractual crap.
Aaaaand, that's a wrap for seeing films on the big screen in 2024. I saw a total of 120, with 76 of those at @HollywoodTheatr.
Back at it on 1st January.
Lots of critical love for Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain, but he was also in this year's Sasquatch Sunset, which was wonderfully bizarre. And, apparently, now on @Kanopy for free.
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Francis Storr retweeted
Last month, I fell down an absolutely bizarre rabbit hole trying to figure out who was ripping off articles from Oregon journalists.
What I found was identity theft, plagiarism and an absolutely terrifying future for local journalism led by AI scammers.
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@MultCoLib Hi. Can you tell me why you've blocked access to the Swedish film You The Living on Kanopy? When I try to watch it, I get the message "Access is currently limited per your library's request."
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Thanks :)
boo. @HollywoodTheatr only has one showing of Heavier Trip on a night I can't make it, and no one else seems to be showing it.