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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 1d

Without getting too personal, I will say that this album saved my life during some dark times.

The second of the three closing songs is called “Believe.” It features a perfect, gospel-style vocal from D’Angelo.

I’m always gonna be grateful for you, man. I’m in shock.

youtu.be/sez0vsU3A7U

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Believe

YouTube video by Q-Tip - Topic

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 1d

I have long been obsessed with QTip’s 2008 album “The Renaissance.” I have listened to it a thousand times.

It is masterfully structured. The album ends three times. There are three “closing songs.” Each one is more positive and uplifting and spiritual than the previous one. I love it.

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 1d

D’Angelo news shocking to me.

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Jennifer Griffin Graham @jgriffingraham.bsky.social · 8d

My juicy YA thriller THE FALL OF IRIS HENLEY comes out on February 24, 2026! You can pre-order at your local bookstore, or through the link below!

The Fall of Iris Henley

Check out The Fall of Iris Henley - For fans of Megan Lally and Kara Thomas, a twisty thriller about a Texas teen accused of murder who's desperate to clear her name. All it takes to ...

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 3d

I just learned there are southern megachurches that project an AI-generated avatar/ghost of Charlie Kirk onto a screen. And he's saying basically "I regret nothing. Onward."

It's remarkable how much real life has become on-the-nose dystopian sci-fi.

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 3d

NYC: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

VIJAY IYER QUARTET
w/ ADAM O’FARRILL, YUNIOR TERRY, & TYSHAWN SOREY

THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
NOVEMBER 4 - 9

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SoundsLikeJoe @thewavlab.com · 6d

Recording and live mixing full orchestra this weekend is a highlight reel thing for me. Tune in this Sat to WDAV for the hear the broadcast.

Geffel mains. Schoeps outriggers. Spot mics around as needed. Great sounding hall. Top talent musicianship.

wdav.org/program/char...

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 6d

Clean sheets and “Before The Day Breaks.”

youtu.be/iX-4PTkgETQ

Goodnight.

Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie - Before the Day Breaks (2007) (Full Album) [HQ]

YouTube video by Matias Alejandro Cabrera

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Kallie Marie @doomgolly.bsky.social · 12d

Not sure if we have any #RecordingAcademy members here? I have one entry for this year’s #FYC 2025.
My piece, ‘4:45AM’ is in the category of Production, Engineering, Composition, & Arrangement for Best Instrumental Composition.

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 7d

dice.fm/partner/tick...

Hugh is someone I deeply respect.

I highly recommend attending this.

One thing you will enjoy is that Hugh is a gentle sweetheart, contrasting his music, which is ferocious and howling and deranged and impolite and savage. (I’m a fan!)

Selector Series #26: Hugh McElroy (Album Chosen: Toto Bissainthe, "chante Haiti”) Tickets | $12.46 | 22 Oct @ Idle Hour, Baltimore | DICE

A fully immersive, shared listening experience in a high-fidelity environment. Modeled on the “jazz kissas” founded in Tokyo in the 1950’s in which people ga...

dice.fm

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 8d

Please enjoy this new video of "Torque," my 2018 composition for mallet quartet, performed by Sō Percussion

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uq...

Sō Percusssion performs Vijay Iyer's Torque

YouTube video by Sō Percussion

www.youtube.com

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 8d

Clean sheets and “Jasmine.” Goodnight.

youtu.be/XHoL7R61bZU

One Day I'll Fly Away

YouTube video by Keith Jarrett - Topic

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 8d

Good suggestion!

I just wrote them an email.

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 8d

In my day job, I work in a mastering studio. All the gear is detented. I used to regard detents as "dweeby," but now I'm coming around to it.

I don't like being second-guess-y in the mixing process.

David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 8d

Feel like nearly all knobs on audio gear should have detents.

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 8d

I wonder if there's a way to mod the Dangerous Music Compressor with detents. I'm in love with it, but I would love detents.

I'm generally not a gear-modding dude.

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 9d

I'm curious how this will go. Feels like a cool cultural experiment, in addition to an artistic one.

My take: It's 2025 and if there's one thing MAGA has made clear: a lot of white guys do NOT like to share space with minorities or women.

I commend Rush for making this choice.

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 9d

Frank Stella, Gray Scrambled Double Square, 1964
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135566

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 10d

Flynn now tells me it was three hoodies.

Which, you have to admit, does sound pretty visionary.

I choose not to be embarassed.

Flynn @flynnwaslike.bsky.social · 10d

the "i think it was only two" is the first indicator that he's well aware it wasn't only two

BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 10d

@flynnwaslike.bsky.social once pointed out to me “You are wearing multiple hoodies.”

I think it was only two, but whatever.

She has ruthlessly made fun of me for this now for a long time.

But I maintain that there’s nothing wrong with double hoodies!

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 10d

Someday the world will see my fashion sense as visionary, instead of hapless and random.

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 10d

@flynnwaslike.bsky.social once pointed out to me “You are wearing multiple hoodies.”

I think it was only two, but whatever.

She has ruthlessly made fun of me for this now for a long time.

But I maintain that there’s nothing wrong with double hoodies!

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 11d

Making popcorn and getting ready to watch “The Naked Gun.”

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 11d

I would very much enjoy reading a book about capitulation.

The history of people who decided to acquiesce to an oppressive force.

Where did it lead? What was the journey like?

Surely, history is laden with people who chose this path. It would be interesting to try to conduct a sociological study.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 12d

ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 12d

Hahaha!

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 12d

Everything I want to say here is illegal to say out loud.

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 12d

now they're snatching elected officials

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 12d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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