Peter Shaw
@pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social
Just the usual.... A mix of many things. Apologies in advance to everyone whom this account may disappoint. You never have to follow me, even if I wish to follow you. Esp with 30 mill+, it's a bit overwhelmin'.
I suppose I've always been driven by the punk ethic. That it doesn't matter if you can't play your instruments at first, the point is that anyone can do it.
Despite the fact that I was lousy on the 3 instruments I tried to learn, I always felt that I could make music.
Despite the fact that I was lousy on the 3 instruments I tried to learn, I always felt that I could make music.
February 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
@lproulx.bsky.social ....
Of course it will. I'm a broken record on this, but every output from an LLM is effectively a hallucination. The machine has no idea of fact vs fiction, and so occasionally its output coincides with the real world.
I think it really is that simple.
I think it really is that simple.
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
February 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
@lproulx.bsky.social ....
"...
ffor Idillnes
is cheff maſtres
of vi-i-ices all;
then who can ſay
but myrth & play
is beſt of all?
..."
ffor Idillnes
is cheff maſtres
of vi-i-ices all;
then who can ſay
but myrth & play
is beſt of all?
..."
February 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#8: Papirosn (trad)
Lev Liberman as
Nada Lewis tsim
Brian Wishnefsky tp
Rick Elmore tba
John Raskin d
D J Gray clt
Susie Rothfield vln
Girl tries sell ciggies, starves. 1m45> envoi
Ashkenazi/Romani/E-SE Eur
Berkeley 15July 1978
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#8: Papirosn (trad)
Lev Liberman as
Nada Lewis tsim
Brian Wishnefsky tp
Rick Elmore tba
John Raskin d
D J Gray clt
Susie Rothfield vln
Girl tries sell ciggies, starves. 1m45> envoi
Ashkenazi/Romani/E-SE Eur
Berkeley 15July 1978
Papirosn
YouTube video by The Klezmorim - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#8: Papirosn (trad)
Lev Liberman as
Nada Lewis tsim
Brian Wishnefsky tp
Rick Elmore tba
John Raskin d
D J Gray clt
Susie Rothfield vln
Girl tries sell ciggies, starves. 1m45> envoi
Ashkenazi/Romani/E-SE Eur
Berkeley 15July 1978
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#8: Papirosn (trad)
Lev Liberman as
Nada Lewis tsim
Brian Wishnefsky tp
Rick Elmore tba
John Raskin d
D J Gray clt
Susie Rothfield vln
Girl tries sell ciggies, starves. 1m45> envoi
Ashkenazi/Romani/E-SE Eur
Berkeley 15July 1978
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#7: Spagnoletta (Praetorius (Michael Schultz), 1612)
Anabelle Guibeaud: sopr rcrdr
Olivier Gladhofer: treble viol
Yannick Lebossé: g
Maxime Fiorani: perc
"Spanish-style" dance. Ad lib usual in the era: >> ##1 & 6
Blois(F), 2018
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#7: Spagnoletta (Praetorius (Michael Schultz), 1612)
Anabelle Guibeaud: sopr rcrdr
Olivier Gladhofer: treble viol
Yannick Lebossé: g
Maxime Fiorani: perc
"Spanish-style" dance. Ad lib usual in the era: >> ##1 & 6
Blois(F), 2018
Improvisation sur la Spagnoletta (M. Praetorius) - Ens. Le Banquet du Roy
YouTube video by Le Banquet du Roy
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#7: Spagnoletta (Praetorius (Michael Schultz), 1612)
Anabelle Guibeaud: sopr rcrdr
Olivier Gladhofer: treble viol
Yannick Lebossé: g
Maxime Fiorani: perc
"Spanish-style" dance. Ad lib usual in the era: >> ##1 & 6
Blois(F), 2018
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#7: Spagnoletta (Praetorius (Michael Schultz), 1612)
Anabelle Guibeaud: sopr rcrdr
Olivier Gladhofer: treble viol
Yannick Lebossé: g
Maxime Fiorani: perc
"Spanish-style" dance. Ad lib usual in the era: >> ##1 & 6
Blois(F), 2018
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#6: Paſtyme wt good companye (?Henry8 Tudor c.1510)
7m ->7m40s
Phil Dale: sackbut (as 15th-18thc tb called north of Italy)
2020
For all Eu instrument (esp. brass) innovation ~Dale varies the tune. Improvisation normal in 16thc!
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#6: Paſtyme wt good companye (?Henry8 Tudor c.1510)
7m ->7m40s
Phil Dale: sackbut (as 15th-18thc tb called north of Italy)
2020
For all Eu instrument (esp. brass) innovation ~Dale varies the tune. Improvisation normal in 16thc!
Introducing the Sackbut
YouTube video by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#6: Paſtyme wt good companye (?Henry8 Tudor c.1510)
7m ->7m40s
Phil Dale: sackbut (as 15th-18thc tb called north of Italy)
2020
For all Eu instrument (esp. brass) innovation ~Dale varies the tune. Improvisation normal in 16thc!
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C
#6: Paſtyme wt good companye (?Henry8 Tudor c.1510)
7m ->7m40s
Phil Dale: sackbut (as 15th-18thc tb called north of Italy)
2020
For all Eu instrument (esp. brass) innovation ~Dale varies the tune. Improvisation normal in 16thc!
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I iz back. Mawm being on crutches 12 weeks and counting. 🤷♀️Hope u are good!
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I iz back. Mawm being on crutches 12 weeks and counting. 🤷♀️Hope u are good!
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Some upsets today at the skating rink, but I want to send congrats and 💐 to 🇨🇦 men's figure skater Stephen Gogolev! Entering the free skate in the 10th, he performed to his top level finishing 5th overall! Could not be more proud of him! Incredible skate, Stephen! 👏👏👏👏💜🌻🥰🇨🇦🥳
youtu.be/_4q_zGIKFAs?...
youtu.be/_4q_zGIKFAs?...
Stephen Gogolev WOWS judges with a 186-point routine in men's free skate | Milano Cortina 2026
YouTube video by CBC Sports
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Some upsets today at the skating rink, but I want to send congrats and 💐 to 🇨🇦 men's figure skater Stephen Gogolev! Entering the free skate in the 10th, he performed to his top level finishing 5th overall! Could not be more proud of him! Incredible skate, Stephen! 👏👏👏👏💜🌻🥰🇨🇦🥳
youtu.be/_4q_zGIKFAs?...
youtu.be/_4q_zGIKFAs?...
Toronto's finest: say hi to Grier from me if U see,
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@millymia8.bsky.social
@marymarymary.bsky.social
@lproulx.bsky.social
@walks30.bsky.social
@russjazz.bsky.social - 🌌🔭
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@russjazz.bsky.social - 🌌🔭
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#5: Astral Jig (Coppins)
Christian Frappier 6-strg e-bass
Rich Greenspoon d/perc
Pat O'Gorman fl
Grier Coppins whstl
Toronto, June 1991
Jazz here mostly in the bass. But: "jazz" OUTSIDE "jazz". Sure has all the space.
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#5: Astral Jig (Coppins)
Christian Frappier 6-strg e-bass
Rich Greenspoon d/perc
Pat O'Gorman fl
Grier Coppins whstl
Toronto, June 1991
Jazz here mostly in the bass. But: "jazz" OUTSIDE "jazz". Sure has all the space.
Astral Jig
YouTube video by Rare Air - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Toronto's finest: say hi to Grier from me if U see,
@brainchain.ca
@concernedcanadian.bsky.social
@fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social
@bellwhitworth.bsky.social
@juliemoonthego.bsky.social
@millymia8.bsky.social
@marymarymary.bsky.social
@lproulx.bsky.social
@walks30.bsky.social
@russjazz.bsky.social - 🌌🔭
@brainchain.ca
@concernedcanadian.bsky.social
@fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social
@bellwhitworth.bsky.social
@juliemoonthego.bsky.social
@millymia8.bsky.social
@marymarymary.bsky.social
@lproulx.bsky.social
@walks30.bsky.social
@russjazz.bsky.social - 🌌🔭
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#5: Astral Jig (Coppins)
Christian Frappier 6-strg e-bass
Rich Greenspoon d/perc
Pat O'Gorman fl
Grier Coppins whstl
Toronto, June 1991
Jazz here mostly in the bass. But: "jazz" OUTSIDE "jazz". Sure has all the space.
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#5: Astral Jig (Coppins)
Christian Frappier 6-strg e-bass
Rich Greenspoon d/perc
Pat O'Gorman fl
Grier Coppins whstl
Toronto, June 1991
Jazz here mostly in the bass. But: "jazz" OUTSIDE "jazz". Sure has all the space.
Astral Jig
YouTube video by Rare Air - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#5: Astral Jig (Coppins)
Christian Frappier 6-strg e-bass
Rich Greenspoon d/perc
Pat O'Gorman fl
Grier Coppins whstl
Toronto, June 1991
Jazz here mostly in the bass. But: "jazz" OUTSIDE "jazz". Sure has all the space.
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#5: Astral Jig (Coppins)
Christian Frappier 6-strg e-bass
Rich Greenspoon d/perc
Pat O'Gorman fl
Grier Coppins whstl
Toronto, June 1991
Jazz here mostly in the bass. But: "jazz" OUTSIDE "jazz". Sure has all the space.
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#4: Horverak (Solberg)
Egil Kalman b-gtr
Knut Kvifte Nesheim d
Åsmund Løvland Solberg g
Guro Kvifte Nesheim hardingfele
Elvin influence on metal folk? Free improvisation from Hardanger fiddle
Hallingdal (NO) Nov 2017
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#4: Horverak (Solberg)
Egil Kalman b-gtr
Knut Kvifte Nesheim d
Åsmund Løvland Solberg g
Guro Kvifte Nesheim hardingfele
Elvin influence on metal folk? Free improvisation from Hardanger fiddle
Hallingdal (NO) Nov 2017
Horverak
YouTube video by Skrekk & Guro - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#4: Horverak (Solberg)
Egil Kalman b-gtr
Knut Kvifte Nesheim d
Åsmund Løvland Solberg g
Guro Kvifte Nesheim hardingfele
Elvin influence on metal folk? Free improvisation from Hardanger fiddle
Hallingdal (NO) Nov 2017
"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C (Asia, Eu)
#4: Horverak (Solberg)
Egil Kalman b-gtr
Knut Kvifte Nesheim d
Åsmund Løvland Solberg g
Guro Kvifte Nesheim hardingfele
Elvin influence on metal folk? Free improvisation from Hardanger fiddle
Hallingdal (NO) Nov 2017
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#3: Faut-Marits Polska (trad/Tallroth)
Carl Petter Opsahl clt
Ingar Zach d
Tori Snerte fl
Randi Rosendahl p
el-b
3x vln
4x vcl
2x ss
Oslo, 1994
"Turkish-Polish hop dance", complex rhythms & voicings, Scandi "keening"
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#3: Faut-Marits Polska (trad/Tallroth)
Carl Petter Opsahl clt
Ingar Zach d
Tori Snerte fl
Randi Rosendahl p
el-b
3x vln
4x vcl
2x ss
Oslo, 1994
"Turkish-Polish hop dance", complex rhythms & voicings, Scandi "keening"
Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag - Faut-Marits Polska
YouTube video by Guillaume Janssen
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#3: Faut-Marits Polska (trad/Tallroth)
Carl Petter Opsahl clt
Ingar Zach d
Tori Snerte fl
Randi Rosendahl p
el-b
3x vln
4x vcl
2x ss
Oslo, 1994
"Turkish-Polish hop dance", complex rhythms & voicings, Scandi "keening"
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#3: Faut-Marits Polska (trad/Tallroth)
Carl Petter Opsahl clt
Ingar Zach d
Tori Snerte fl
Randi Rosendahl p
el-b
3x vln
4x vcl
2x ss
Oslo, 1994
"Turkish-Polish hop dance", complex rhythms & voicings, Scandi "keening"
This is about as stupid as re-naming Arsenal to "Arsenal FC Islington North London".
velo.outsideonline.com/news/lost-in...
velo.outsideonline.com/news/lost-in...
Paris-Roubaix Officially Changes Name
One of cycling's most revered and popular races is following a new trend in naming.
velo.outsideonline.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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What a stupid timeline where we can be bombed and killed in our own homes for no reason, yet are forbidden from paying public tribute to slain athletes. This is not neutrality, this is silencing the victim.
February 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What a stupid timeline where we can be bombed and killed in our own homes for no reason, yet are forbidden from paying public tribute to slain athletes. This is not neutrality, this is silencing the victim.
Reposted by Peter Shaw
Labour are having a radical week. Not necessarily for what you think.
They’ve introduced measures to stop MPs having Second jobs (or 9).
They’re also introducing a restriction on donations to political parties from foreign donors.
Change is coming.
Expect loud noise.
They’ve introduced measures to stop MPs having Second jobs (or 9).
They’re also introducing a restriction on donations to political parties from foreign donors.
Change is coming.
Expect loud noise.
February 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Labour are having a radical week. Not necessarily for what you think.
They’ve introduced measures to stop MPs having Second jobs (or 9).
They’re also introducing a restriction on donations to political parties from foreign donors.
Change is coming.
Expect loud noise.
They’ve introduced measures to stop MPs having Second jobs (or 9).
They’re also introducing a restriction on donations to political parties from foreign donors.
Change is coming.
Expect loud noise.
Italy showing Eng how it's done. Not in the sock-Ah, but cricket. Marmalising Nepal, who almost scaled Blighty
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February 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Italy showing Eng how it's done. Not in the sock-Ah, but cricket. Marmalising Nepal, who almost scaled Blighty
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"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#2: Taqsim Hijaz
Serkan Hakki: clt
Slow melancholic solo improvisation (taqsim) using a particular type (hijaz) of SW Asian melodic scales (maqam)
Jazz did not invent improvisation, elegy, chalumeaux!
Istanbul, 2015
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#2: Taqsim Hijaz
Serkan Hakki: clt
Slow melancholic solo improvisation (taqsim) using a particular type (hijaz) of SW Asian melodic scales (maqam)
Jazz did not invent improvisation, elegy, chalumeaux!
Istanbul, 2015
تقاسيم كلارينت Klarnet Taksim - Serkan Hakki
YouTube video by Serkan Hakki
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 37)
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#2: Taqsim Hijaz
Serkan Hakki: clt
Slow melancholic solo improvisation (taqsim) using a particular type (hijaz) of SW Asian melodic scales (maqam)
Jazz did not invent improvisation, elegy, chalumeaux!
Istanbul, 2015
"Jazz" outside "Jazz"- C (Asia, Eu)
#2: Taqsim Hijaz
Serkan Hakki: clt
Slow melancholic solo improvisation (taqsim) using a particular type (hijaz) of SW Asian melodic scales (maqam)
Jazz did not invent improvisation, elegy, chalumeaux!
Istanbul, 2015
Reposted by Peter Shaw
Changed the centering statement above my computer at work. Somehow I think the one MAGA coworker will still be angry.
February 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Changed the centering statement above my computer at work. Somehow I think the one MAGA coworker will still be angry.
Reposted by Peter Shaw
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Reposted by Peter Shaw
Thou liest, thou jesting monkey thou!
February 11, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Thou liest, thou jesting monkey thou!
Reposted by Peter Shaw
Reposted by Peter Shaw
Reposted by Peter Shaw
No, I didn't waste time reading it, but... Muslim???
Megyn Kelly Melts Down Over Bad Bunny: The Super Bowl Shouldn’t Be “Spanish” or “Muslim”
Megyn Kelly Melts Down Over Bad Bunny: The Super Bowl Shouldn’t Be “Spanish” or “Muslim”
“That kind of football is ours,” the conservative pundit snarled in conversation with Piers Morgan, adding that the Super Bowl halftime show shouldn’t be “anything other than good old-fashioned Americ...
www.vanityfair.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
No, I didn't waste time reading it, but... Muslim???
Reposted by Peter Shaw
Happy Tuesday everyone. I’m keeping a close eye on Dolly in MY bed 🥺 …it’s still warm and cosy 💕
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Happy Tuesday everyone. I’m keeping a close eye on Dolly in MY bed 🥺 …it’s still warm and cosy 💕
Reposted by Peter Shaw
TO RECAP:
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell
February 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
TO RECAP:
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell