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Computer musician & keyboardist, powered by extended harmonies and cups of tea. I have disabled Chat/DMs on Bluesky due to the Online Safety Act; contact details are on my website. http://iridescentaudio.co.uk Bandcamp: http://blitzlunar.bandcamp.com

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hi, I'm Dave from rural Gloucestershire, ingurland! Best known for whimsical synthesizer & computer music under the moniker Blitz Lunar. Also known for founding the Sample Pack Contest series & the Discord music community Maj7. Formerly staff @ vgmusic.com for several years - and a few other things~

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 56m

Pred's beginning to make me feel shitty. It took a while but side-effects are intensifying. TMI:

Oily face, soft/smooth skin elsewhere, change in body odour, tired a lot, not sleeping well (moving to GMT didn't help), palpitations, constipation, vision changes. But, it's doing the job...

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 9h

I think so. It isn't about the money, I often can afford things. I could buy my dream PC today if I wanted. It's about value-for-money and about whether simply giving into desires and impulses actually culminates in greater life satisfaction.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 9h

The new Tame Impala has burrowed into my cranium and is on repeat in my head. Love it love it love it. youtu.be/xnP7qKxwzjg?...

Silent Light from Chrono Trigger is still my #1 #spook tune tho, not sure that crown can be taken.

Tame Impala - Dracula (Official Video)

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 21h

I have been told I am not living life - how could I be, without buying more products? Or that I'm dumb because "inflation" so I may as well spend. It's a weird attitude to me. And I mean, I am British: I already won the lottery of life. I just don't have the "keep up with Jones's" gene I guess.

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry not sorry if me being relatively speaking a tightarse yet still managing to be satisfied in life causes you some uncomfortable self-reflection. Literally not my fault if you have to ride the neverending carousel of consumer churn in order to feel safe and valid.

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 21h

Noticed recently how defensive people can become if you say you are saving/don't want to spend money. Some people seem to take it as a slight against them personally that you're being careful, especially if they are aware that you have money you could be spending and are simply choosing not to.

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 1d

whoooo 💫 🌈 I like these

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta be honest this was a serious slog the last few days. I have palpitations. Easier day tomorrow but feeling accomplished at least.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 3d

I actually just ended up replacing Mario Kart 64 with the official OST because the recordings are cleaner/mastered anyway. lole. There are probably other cases like this, to be honest.

I did not realise that the official OST included the B-section of the race results music. Cool and unexpected.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, all of that is important.
Spice only emerged in the marketplace as a formerly legal alternative to prohibited cannabis, despite being orders of magnitude more dangerous. It may never have existed otherwise. Personally I am optimistic that spice use would decline with reformed cannabis laws.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 3d

This is fairly well known at this point.
The trouble is, cannabis is being used by youngsters regardless, and 50+ years of enforcement and prohibition has only proven that it cannot be stopped, so the rational thing to do is regulate the trade to be as safe and health-led as possible.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 3d

We don't allow the odd rampant alcoholic anecdote to criminalise our glass of wine with dinner. I accept every case like this is a tragedy, I don't accept it as a policy argument.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 3d

Love it when the clocks go back, me. I get a whole extra hour in bed, meaning I wake up at 4 o'fuck clock and scroll my phone for three hours instead of two.

I will be finished by about 8 this evening.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 3d

I find Bluesky a bit humourless and sensitive in general. A lot of earnest, wellmeaning and right-on characters, which y'know those are good qualities, but we should still be able to have a laugh.

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Zebulun @zebulun.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful.
Plaid Cymru battered them.

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 4d

Only took the whole of Saturday converting these in the background before being close to done. And I'm not done, some difficult/edge cases left. Grateful as I am that this format was developed, god it's painfully slow and horrible. I'll be glad to see the back of it even if MP3s eat 10GB of storage.

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Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 4d

lucky for us ~~
really love their sound. like getting into a warm bath.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 4d

oh cool I was only listening to them the other day, wondering if they were up to anything new.

Dave @iridescentaudio.bsky.social · 4d

Neato! I read about NAS briefly, maybe something to consider in future. At least my hardware seems resilient to power interruptions so far... I guess harddrives are a lot better about that now in general than they were during the headcrash hell of the 00s and 90s.