bliss - automated music library management
@blisshq.com
bliss makes your music library more browsable, searchable, playable and beautiful, whichever music players you use. https://www.blisshq.com
Props to #Bose for handling EOL properly... arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it.
arstechnica.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Props to #Bose for handling EOL properly... arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
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First Astiga build of 2026 🎉
A bug-fix release covering storage accounts, cover art updates, genre handling, play queue reliability, and some UI cleanup.
Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
A bug-fix release covering storage accounts, cover art updates, genre handling, play queue reliability, and some UI cleanup.
Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
January 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
First Astiga build of 2026 🎉
A bug-fix release covering storage accounts, cover art updates, genre handling, play queue reliability, and some UI cleanup.
Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
A bug-fix release covering storage accounts, cover art updates, genre handling, play queue reliability, and some UI cleanup.
Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
Building my own streaming service - #Hetzner, #Jellyfin, #Wireguard layandreas.github.io/personal-blo...
How Spotify Made Me Self Host
Self hosting my media library with Jellyfin & Wireguard on Hetzner
layandreas.github.io
January 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Building my own streaming service - #Hetzner, #Jellyfin, #Wireguard layandreas.github.io/personal-blo...
A nostalgic look back on the "MP3 Blog" scene of the early 00s cybercultural.com/p/mp3-blogs-...
2003: MP3 Blogs and Pitchfork Shake Up Music Media
Online music and blogging were two key trends in the first decade of digital culture. In 2003, they combine in the form of MP3 blogs. Together with Pitchfork, they revolutionize music journalism.
cybercultural.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A nostalgic look back on the "MP3 Blog" scene of the early 00s cybercultural.com/p/mp3-blogs-...
An example of how the music streamers prefer to lock you into their catalogue rather than your _own_ music davids.town/dear-apple-p... (see www.blisshq.com/music-librar... and www.blisshq.com/music-librar... alternatives)
Dear Apple, Please Fix iOS Music
1 Jan, 2026 • 3 min read
davids.town
January 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
An example of how the music streamers prefer to lock you into their catalogue rather than your _own_ music davids.town/dear-apple-p... (see www.blisshq.com/music-librar... and www.blisshq.com/music-librar... alternatives)
What do listening stats mean if you're consuming music passively? I think they make sense in an intentional listening context. @lizpelly nails it again (ignore the clickbait "AI" in the title, it's really not a lot to do with AI) www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Spotify Wrapped is taking over our feeds, but you don’t have outsource your relationship with music to AI | Liz Pelly
The streamer’s annual charts are just another version of the tech that’s alienating us from our inner lives. Hold on to your musical memories and reclaim ownership of your taste
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
What do listening stats mean if you're consuming music passively? I think they make sense in an intentional listening context. @lizpelly nails it again (ignore the clickbait "AI" in the title, it's really not a lot to do with AI) www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
A tale of two shutdowns! First, Napster finally departs... musically.com/2026/01/05/n...
Napster exits music streaming with shutdown of its service
Digital Music News reported on a splash screen shown to users announcing that “Napster is no longer a music streaming service”.
musically.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
A tale of two shutdowns! First, Napster finally departs... musically.com/2026/01/05/n...
"Our analysis reveals a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity over five decades" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
www.nature.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Our analysis reveals a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity over five decades" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"If you want to actually support your favorite artists, buy their music outright. " birchtree.me/blog/more-on... Thanks @birchtree.me
More on the messy economics of streaming music
Earlier today I wrote about why I think the pay-per-stream metric is a bad singular reference point, and doubly so when it's used as a cudgel in the fanboy wars to show why your brand is better than…
birchtree.me
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"If you want to actually support your favorite artists, buy their music outright. " birchtree.me/blog/more-on... Thanks @birchtree.me
Another #TakeBackControl post - this time from @AppleMusic wonderfulfrog.com/posts/take-t... "A nice side-effect of poring over my music library has been re-discovering music I had long forgotten about. " - I notice this when importing the same library to different players sometimes
Take The Power Back (Over My Music) • wonderfulfrog.com
One guy's struggle to regain ownership of some MP3 files.
wonderfulfrog.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another #TakeBackControl post - this time from @AppleMusic wonderfulfrog.com/posts/take-t... "A nice side-effect of poring over my music library has been re-discovering music I had long forgotten about. " - I notice this when importing the same library to different players sometimes
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New Astiga build 🎄
- Playlist storage account remapping
- Clearer library enhancement details
- Play queue button moved
- Multiple fixes incl. Sonos, genres, playlists & sync reliability
community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
- Playlist storage account remapping
- Clearer library enhancement details
- Play queue button moved
- Multiple fixes incl. Sonos, genres, playlists & sync reliability
community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New Astiga build 🎄
- Playlist storage account remapping
- Clearer library enhancement details
- Play queue button moved
- Multiple fixes incl. Sonos, genres, playlists & sync reliability
community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
- Playlist storage account remapping
- Clearer library enhancement details
- Play queue button moved
- Multiple fixes incl. Sonos, genres, playlists & sync reliability
community.asti.ga/discussion/c...
Record players surged with the return of vinyl, so for cassettes... walkman.land/modern
Modern Walkmans ▶ Walkman.land
List of modern, post-mp3, current Walkmans cassette players
walkman.land
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Record players surged with the return of vinyl, so for cassettes... walkman.land/modern
A quick primer on Indian classical music andrewbatson.com/2025/10/11/f...
First explorations in Indian classical music
Two things happened this year to convince me to do some more intentional listening to Indian classical music, which I had long been aware of but had never really “got.” The first was th…
andrewbatson.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A quick primer on Indian classical music andrewbatson.com/2025/10/11/f...
Don't run your Tailscale exit node on the same computer running #LMS www.reddit.com/r/Tailscale/...
Puzzled-Background-5's comment on "Don't run your Tailscale exit node on the same computer running Logitech Media (or Lyrian Music) Server (aka LMS)"
Explore this conversation and more from the Tailscale community
www.reddit.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Don't run your Tailscale exit node on the same computer running #LMS www.reddit.com/r/Tailscale/...
Fixing up an old PC to use as a #NAS www.howtogeek.com/turned-old-w...
Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy
Doing it yourself is way more cost effective.
www.howtogeek.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fixing up an old PC to use as a #NAS www.howtogeek.com/turned-old-w...
Of general interest... www.ryanliptak.com/blog/windows... (who wants to try mapping their music folder to ♫:\ ?)
Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z - ryanliptak.com
If you want €:\, you can have it, sort of
www.ryanliptak.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Of general interest... www.ryanliptak.com/blog/windows... (who wants to try mapping their music folder to ♫:\ ?)
If you're not paying for the product.... etc etc jayd.ml/2025/11/10/s...
Someone At YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled
In my recent analysis of YouTube’s information density I included the results from an advanced statistical analysis on the number of videos present on the home page, which projected that around May…
jayd.ml
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If you're not paying for the product.... etc etc jayd.ml/2025/11/10/s...
Another excuse... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Indian study finds music helps patients heal under anaesthesia
A new study finds patients who listen to music during surgery wake faster and need fewer painkillers.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Another excuse... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This Month in Digital Music Libraries - November 2025 www.blisshq.com/music-librar... @audiophilestyle.com @dmitri.tymoczko @hicks.design
This month in digital music libraries - November 2025
November sees MTV's closure mark the end of an era, AI-generated music challenges our critical frameworks, and self-hosters face rising storage costs and intrusive OS-level AI agents with write…
www.blisshq.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This Month in Digital Music Libraries - November 2025 www.blisshq.com/music-librar... @audiophilestyle.com @dmitri.tymoczko @hicks.design
How Limewire was the "missing link" between the high seas of Napster and subsequent legitimate streaming services www.theverge.com/podcast/8208...
How LimeWire ended the Napster music revolution
The last big thing in file sharing.
www.theverge.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
How Limewire was the "missing link" between the high seas of Napster and subsequent legitimate streaming services www.theverge.com/podcast/8208...
One for the #MBAs maybe, but this is an interesting, counter-intuitive, example of how a new competitive market entrant can improve revenue for all players www.headphonesty.com/2025/11/spot... (plus a big mis-step with the ICE adverts)
Spotify’s Lossless Launch Ended Up Boosting Qobuz by 500%, According to the Company’s Director
This report lays out what actually drove thousands of new signups in just a few days.
www.headphonesty.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One for the #MBAs maybe, but this is an interesting, counter-intuitive, example of how a new competitive market entrant can improve revenue for all players www.headphonesty.com/2025/11/spot... (plus a big mis-step with the ICE adverts)
If you self host your own music library to avoid algorithmic recommendations, and use #Windows, you may want to disable this... www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/w... - note the agent has write access to your music!
Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk
Microsoft is moving forward with its plans to turn Windows 11 into a full-fledged “AI” operating system amidst Copilot backlash. The first big move in that direction is an experimental feature called…
www.windowslatest.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you self host your own music library to avoid algorithmic recommendations, and use #Windows, you may want to disable this... www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/w... - note the agent has write access to your music!
Fancy liberating your #AirPod s? github.com/kavishdevar/...
GitHub - kavishdevar/librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem.
AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem. Contribute to kavishdevar/librepods development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fancy liberating your #AirPod s? github.com/kavishdevar/...
If you haven't upgraded your music storage recently, you might be too late... (or maybe you can wait for the #AiBubble to pop and pick up second hand storage on the cheap!) www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs
The AI boom might help QLC overtake TLC in the next two years.
www.tomshardware.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you haven't upgraded your music storage recently, you might be too late... (or maybe you can wait for the #AiBubble to pop and pick up second hand storage on the cheap!) www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...