I was listening this afternoon and thought, oh, this is what TSR would sound like if you played it at the wrong speed.

This was the only event this year. I believe they're doing big festivals every other year, with smaller things like this in the off years. So look out for more in 26.

Find me a more exciting bass intro, I dare you. RIP Mani.

And indeed men.

So I'm not entirely opposed to a SongDNA-type thing, is what I think I'm saying. But I wish it were better actors behind it.

Which is part of why we're at a place where automated playlists prioritise vibes over history. When actually (most of) the best music does, or is at least made with an awareness of, the opposite.

But the track he chose had a really prominent sample in it, so I raised my hand to point this out and ask if that sort of connection was something his software could do, or if they were working on. Absolute crickets. Wasn't aware, had no idea that was a thing, no interest in it at all.

He gave an example of something and how the algorithm would link it up to all sorts of other track recommendations...

That said, something like this feels like it's been a long time coming. About 25 years ago I was at a music/tech conference and someone was demonstrating a music recommendation algorithm (the sort of thing that became Pandora) ...

Congrats, Alexandra!

Dog-seagull chimeras, coming here, taking our jobs ...

I have been able to deploy the term 'distracted masticator' for the first time, which is fun.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to tie all that together inside 1,500 words.