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Dave Falconer

@dmfalconer.bsky.social

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Musician, Philosopher, Geek. Player in the band Riggwelter - new album here: http://riggwelter.bandcamp.com All opinions are my own

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 18d

Hello. I’m delighted to announce that the new Riggwelter album, “Past Imperfect”, is now available on Bandcamp!There’s a CD (with a lyric booklet) and also a 96k/24bit download. We’d really appreciate it if you’d give it a listen and maybe buy a copy? Thanks.
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Past Imperfect, by Riggwelter

11 track album

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 19h

Your Mid-Week Treat
of Stunning Words 🤓

Pick your winner ⭐️

A B
C D

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 17h

You don't need to have read it to get the joke

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Cartoon. Venn diagram of two circles intersecting. The left circle contains the text 'Tristram Beer', the right circle contains the text 'Tristram lemonade'. There is no text in the intersection, leaving the reader to fill in the gap.

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. Especially in conjunction with pepperoni.

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

Releasing a Christmas album…

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

✊

Ian Charles @iancharles007.bsky.social · 1d

😉

a yellow background with pineapples and pizza slices and the words pineapple belongs on pizza

ALT: a yellow background with pineapples and pizza slices and the words pineapple belongs on pizza

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 1d

thinking about how when you add a delay or echo to some sound digitally you have to store all the sound for the length of the delay, and that takes up a lot of memory. and then thinking about a large room as containing more memory-air than a small one

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

I do love this. Makes me laugh.

AaronM @aaronm.bsky.social · 2d

@lisafdavis.bsky.social I assume you've seen this, but I would be remiss in not making sure

A four panel calvin and hobbs cartoon where he's asking his father to read him the Voynich manuscript at bedtime. It ends with Calvin saying "Wow the story was different that time" and Hobbes speaking Voynichese

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

Youch! OK… you “win” 😱

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

My body clock has bust a spring. I’ll be asleep again by 11 though 🤦‍♂️

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

👀

Petridisch / Fish Prints @petridisch.bsky.social · 2d

ok so this is not a drill. there is a brand-new recording of einstein on the beach coming out with Suzanne mfing Vega on all spoken parts. you have been informed. especially you @thebeefant.bsky.social

ictusensemble.bandcamp.com/album/einste...

Einstein on the Beach, by Ictus, Suzanne Vega, Collegium Vocale Gent

12 track album

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 2d

It was very well played 😆👏👏👏

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mar 🛸 @remnantglow.bsky.social · 3d

rearranging my bookshelf so i can put the cosmic microwave background cross-stitch i finished a couple days ago in the perfect spot (right below my copy of the end of everything by katie mack)

A framed cross-stitch of the cosmic microwave background temperature map on a black background, standing on a bookshelf. Right above it is a copy of The End of Everything by Katie Mack.

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 2d

The The

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 2d

a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference

ALT: a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 3d

Those who are gurning on the thumbnail don’t get played at all, even if they’re the biggest expert in their field.

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 3d

That’s a fantastic thought!

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 3d

Me too- its just cos its Sunday morning 😆

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 3d

Yep- was just searching for a GIF. You beat me to it 😃

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

🔗 Read the full piece

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 5d

My most old fashioned belief is that there should be negative consequences when politicians lie to voters.

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 4d

Only 103 episodes to go before I get to this one. 😆

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social · 4d

Today we’re travelling back to the second part of a multi-episode look at the song “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, which explores the links between Charles Manson and the LA music scene.

Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Music and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/song...

Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part Two — “Is it True What They Say About Dixie?”

For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted, songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the second part of a multi-episode look at the song “Neve…

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Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 5d

It really was excellent. Would recommend seeing either of these fine musicians if you get the chance.

Shirley Barr @shirley-sings.bsky.social · 5d

What an excellent night!

Frankie Archer, with support from Ellie Ford.

And some very special cherubs…

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 5d

Actually that should be "Could he BE any more creepy?" shouldn't it??

Dave Falconer @dmfalconer.bsky.social · 5d

Could he BE any creepier?

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