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mrcompletely

@mrcompletely@heads.social

He/him. Tyler IRL. If you've seen this handle elsewhere yeah that's probably me. Moderator at https://heads.social Mastodon instance, admin at https://Jerrybase.com

#PDX #oregon #PNW #software #dev #deadhead #gratefuldead #bluegrass #jazz #phish #psychedelic #artist #DigitalArt #painting #mandalas #nba #nature

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bourgwick, to drums
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peace to johnny barbata, for the turtles, CSNY, jefferson airplane ('72 edition), jefferson starship, stray gators, byrds ('73 edition), etc. https://bestclassicbands.com/john-barbata-drummer-dead-obituary-5-11-24/

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@Corry342 @bourgwick Billy def had a very unusually built house out in the deep country for awhile, I know folks who worked out there a bit and took some pics

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@bourgwick @Corry342 yeah I've seen two sets of pics taken there when I think about it. Def looks like a unique spot

BugFajita, to random
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ime 5/11/72 Rotterdam is the most psychedelic of the E72 tour, whoa buddy that Dark Star -> Sugar Magnolia -> Caution goes deep deep deep.

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@BugFajita utterly fried show, love it

mrcompletely, to nba
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The new school has fully arrived with these playoffs, and it's awesome. The LeBron/Curry/Durant era is over, all love and respect to those guys, but the league has moved into the start of a new era. The two western conference series in particular feel super fresh, every team is unique in lineup and style. Love this moment we're in. And the Wemby Spurs aren't even good yet!

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@caravan yeah they needed to snap out of it and get Murray going. The Dallas defense is the biggest surprise of the second half of the season imo and raises their ceiling considerably

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@caravan it seems like the Knicks could well advance but be so banged up they are easy pickings next round. But another fun twist is that the Celtics seem to kinda be born losers. They might have so much talent they win through anyway. But I'm now convinced they're extremely vulnerable to anyone that plays hard and has just enough scoring

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@caravan plus a little less intense without those Garden friendly calls. And their short rotation is getting exhausted. You could see it last game.

I don't think the Celtics can compete with whoever comes out of the west without zinger

mrcompletely, to nba
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Such a pleasure to hear a Hubie Brown game call compared to most of the other options

Alice, to random
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I like when people tell me they unfollowed me as if I’m a subscription service that's somehow losing money as a result.

mrcompletely,
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@Alice but how will you live without the occasional bit of attention from JoeBob7394284?

stevesilberman, to Autism
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If you were waiting to buy my in-depth history of and , NeuroTribes, it's now really cheap at Amazon. The New York Times called it "Beautifully told, humanizing, and important." https://a.co/d/fDNysnr

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@stevesilberman mandatory reading for anyone with an interest or stake in the topic, highly recommended for all readers of historical/scientific nonfiction. I read very widely in that category and consider Neurotribes to be a top shelf example of the form.

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@stevesilberman I think your work genuinely changed the conversation at a macro level on an important topic that directly impacts people's lives. Not many people can say that. It's a pretty profound life accomplishment, and inspiring. I've learned to not leave these things unsaid so there it is.

paninid, to history
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Were Janissaries the equivalent of the Praetorian Guard?

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@paninid there are apt elements to the comparison as I understand it but also very significant differences. Both are def examples of the same general phenomenon, elite troops who become politically powerful & briefly dominant. In a military sense the janissaries were far more significant, being causal in both the rise and fall of the Ottomans.

euronews, to random
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The Hunt for Gollum: Do we need another LOTR film?
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/05/11/the-hunt-for-gollum-do-we-need-another-lotr-film?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe @europe

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@euronews @europe not that one

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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My camera can see the aurora, maybe, but I can’t.

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@hikeofthemenrys I got nothing

paninid, to random
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Apple - a brand aligned with creativity, art, and - promoting the cold, ruthless efficiency of Amazon is the heel turn I did not have on my 2024 bingo card.

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@paninid aligned in a marketing sense, in the same sense that Nike is aligned with Just Doing It. It's always cynical BS

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@paninid now that is interesting, I agree. Jobs famously stopping things he thought inferior from going out the door, etc, a thing of the past...this says to me that they've got a stack of Yes Men (Yes Persons) and no one who throws themselves in front of an obvious disaster that's got momentum

gwenbeads, to random
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Sometimes,I have a hard time walking by myself because it feels like I’m walk-cheating on my dog.

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@gwenbeads OMG yes 💯

exchgr, to random
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the thing about the iPad mini vs an e-ink reader of any kind is it’s just too dang useful

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@exchgr see I like the fact that my little reading only device does nothing else. That's how I read a ton without getting derailed. If I read on a general purpose device it's much too easy for my monkey mind to suggest other things to do "for just a second"

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@exchgr I can see that. I tend to follow bread crumb trails too easily and lose the thread. For me it works better to look stuff up later. I really like the total flow state of sustained, uninterrupted reading and am comfortable with not understanding things for awhile, but clearly that's very subjective

chopaganda, to random
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Server just dropped this off as part of our beverage pairing, and I gave him a lesson on Ween and 12 Golden Greats.

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@chopaganda you now owe them a minimum tip of 80%

maxellxlii90, to random
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Many people are saying the Jerry Garcia Band is better than the Grateful Dead. More and more people are saying this, and JGB has been getting attention and has been doing very well.

My question is: How can the Grateful Dead be the Greatest American Rock band if they aren’t even the best American Rock Band with Jerry Garcia?

Nobody makes a similar argument about TAB v. phish.

Therefore, once again, I am correct: Phish is the Greatest American Rock band.

✌️ ❤️

mrcompletely,
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@maxellxlii90 I just don't agree with that either. I think the transpersonal gestalt nature of the group, the fact that the GD were a family that extended beyond the band members, and one that changed over time but kept the same core, is more interesting and more powerful.

The next actually great rock band will certainly, like GD/Ph, not be thinking of their future or path in terms of any other band but only in their own terms. That's why all jam bands are boring. They'll never be anything.

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@maxellxlii90 to me the fact that they can communicate deeply on an energetic level with the crowd is more impressive. Both deep improv and the crowd connection are examples of elements they built on and extended from the GD example. They made those things more overt, surfaced them. Which is very cool and the heart of why I see the two as a continuity

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@maxellxlii90 also I have to jet but I really appreciate that we can now have this conversation in a cool and smart way but without heat - I respect where you're coming from - things weren't always that way

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@maxellxlii90 I really don't mean it that way. I feel like Garcia and the dead left a lot of unfinished business, a lot of cards left unplayed, a lot of paths started but left incomplete. But Phish didn't try to pick up anyone else's thing. They did their own thing, and it led them to some of the areas where there was unfinished business, and they carried some of those things forward. Then, critically, Trey passed the test Garcia couldn't and got himself clean. So they've had this extra time.

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@maxellxlii90 I don't feel like I'm expressing it very well, but to me this is an important idea. There is an unbroken chain of similarity between them, an underground stream that runs through both: the idea that music can unify and transform in a much more immediate and real way than weak metaphorical platitudes about "the power of music" convey. I thought that died with Garcia and I found that deeply tragic. But it didn't at all. So I could never downplay the band that's made that happen

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