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Cyrus

@Cyrus@zirk.us

Jazz drummer, professional dog trainer (R+, CPDT-KA, FDM), anarchist, enby, old, working against the systems of whiteness and colonialism.
https://justmytoots.com/@cyrus@zirk.us Image alt: both my avi and my header are cute dog pics.

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TexasObserver, to random
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A statement from the Texas Democracy Foundation board regarding staffing changes at the Texas Observer:
https://www.texasobserver.org/statement-texas-democracy-foundation/

Cyrus,
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@TexasObserver Sounds fishy. Thumbs down.

FateMusic, to random
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At the Dead's 3/72 Academy run in NYC: "Dave Mason and Bob Fripp ... both dropped backstage to see the Dead". From Sounds mag 4/15/72 p. 6.

https://jerrybase.com/runs/803

I know the name Dave Mason and know of Fripp and King Crimson and prog and whatever at only the most superficial level. But it case anyone is visualizing social networks of backstage hangs, here are a couple.

Cyrus,
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@mrcompletely @PaulInRainCity @deadheadned @FateMusic In my head I always thought of Fripp as “takes himself too seriously” and Belew as “the silly one”.

Cassandra, to random
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Lifehack: clip your toenails with your foot directly on the dustpan.

Cyrus,
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@Cassandra Or toilet seat

purplepadma, to random
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Oh, we were just walking back from the restaurant through the resort grounds, which are pretty dimly lit, when I saw a huge dark SHAPE galloping across our path and disappear into the shrubbery. Was it a very large black dog? Was it… a deer, or something? Tom didn’t see it and it was so weird and sudden that I feel like I might have hallucinated it

Cyrus,
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@purplepadma Oh that was me, sorry, I was in a hurry

PaulInRainCity, to random
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International Times (London, UK) 2 December 1971.

Cyrus,
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@mrcompletely @PaulInRainCity Yehhh it pains me but it’s true. I literally grew up on comix instead of regular batman or whatever, and I always loved the Freak Bros, but they were misogynistic and their only “good” message was anti authoritarianism.
o7 clanghonktweet

futurebird, to random
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What is Tucker talking about? No one in NYC is "scared to ride the subway"

The worst thing about the subway is the ADA wasn't funded so there aren't elevators at every station.

Do people not in NYC really think it's still the early 80s in NYC? WTF.

Cyrus,
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@futurebird Oh it’s the old “liberal degenerates cause criminal hellholes, only a strong white man’s hand can put them in their place and make society Clean again” story. He believes that fervently, regardless of the specific anecdotes he tells to get there.

senanthic, to random

why can you not recover from an autogyro stall by pushing the nose down?

Cyrus,
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@senanthic Me personally? I have many reasons.

Cyrus, to random
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This one’s for @futurebird

Ants are famously able to lift 5000 times their own body weight. Research has shown that this ability decreases in inverse proportion to any genetic increase in the length of their legs. This is known as the Paradox of Taller Ants.

iraantlers, to random
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obscure reference dyads: music edition —

perez prado is to james brown
as tommy duncan is to flava flav

the quiz question, mastodon music nerds,
is “why”?

@danmelnick
@BlackenedGreen
@microtones
i’m looking at you ;)

Cyrus,
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@iraantlers @danmelnick @BlackenedGreen @microtones My best guess, not a very good one, is that Prado and Brown were the named headliners of their bands, while Duncan and Flav were not.

Cyrus, to random
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Two very different moss monsters I made friends with today:

A decaying stump, just a hand length wide and a meter high, with a big bulbous head of moss on top, giving it the appearance of a muppet or creature. Various types of moss and lichen spring off it, and the woods all around are similarly enrobed.

davemark, to music
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I've been learning drumming. Keys so far:

  • Drum rolls with alternating 1, 2, and buzz rolls
  • Practice with a metronome is huge help
  • Paradiddles, also with metronome
  • Build a drumming playlist of songs I feel comfortable with
  • Play EVERY day

3 weeks in, I've made a TON of progress.

Any other tips from you drummers out there?

Cyrus,
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@davemark Clave. Familiarize yourself with the basic most common clave, a two measure phrase where one measure is in 3 and the other in 4. Practice maintaining a rock steady clave with one limb while the others are doing any other sort of play or exercise.

luckytran, to random
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The bare minimum we should have learned from a devastating pandemic that has killed and disabled millions is that we should stay home when we are sick. Yet, governments beholden to corporate interests are determined to make sure we don't even do that.

Cyrus,
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@Lazarou @luckytran The Centers for Defending Capital

ElleGray, to random
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    Cyrus,
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    @ElleGray And the twister in the picture should have been 2 shaped

    Cyrus, to jazz
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    Ooh! New tribute to Sun Ra by Meshell Ndegeocello:

    https://youtu.be/dXYd-7UbX_g

    seachanger, to random
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    Cyrus,
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    @seachanger Good for driving at night with the headlights off

    snarfed.org, to random

    Fediverse! I’ve been building a bridge to Bluesky, and they’re turning on federation soon, which means my bridge will be available soon too. You’ll be able to follow people on Bluesky from here in the fediverse, and vice versa.

    Bluesky is a broad network with lots of worthwhile people and conversations! I hope you’ll give it a chance. Only fully public content is bridged, not followers-only or otherwise private posts or profiles. Still, if you want to opt out, I understand. Feel free to DM me at @snarfed (different account than this one), email me, file a GitHub issue, or put #nobridge in your profile bio.

    A number of us have thought about this for a while now, we’re committed to making it work well for everyone, and we’re very open to feedback. Thanks for listening. Feel free to share broadly.

    Cyrus,
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    @snarfed.org@snarfed.org @gogobonobo You need to make this opt IN not opt OUT. It absolutely fucking sucks that you want to force the majority of decentralized posts here into content for Jack fucking Dorsey.

    BlackenedGreen, to random
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    Have I ever told you how much I hate television?

    Cyrus,
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    @iraantlers @BlackenedGreen And regrettably corporate control of the board of directors of National Public Media, dragging even the still-airing PBS shows down in their quality and humanity.

    18+ RomanticIsa, to random
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    I bought a really cute earring for my tragus piercing and now I’m tempted to get more piercings 🙈. I’m still salty that my eyebrow piercing got infected in Japan so I had to take it out and let it close up.

    Cyrus,
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    @RomanticIsa Ugh yeah I could never get any of my eyebrow piercings to fully heal.

    seachanger, to random
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    Cyrus,
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    @seachanger The simple solution is to never stop using the grater

    Cyrus,
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    @enobacon @seachanger Ooh! Brb, going to do some modification to the ice maker

    _L1vY_, to random
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    I am old enough that seeing a color episode of Gilligan's Island still looks wrong and tawdry to me. 😂

    Cyrus,
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    @_L1vY_ Gah, remember when Ted Turner was colorizing everything?

    iraantlers, to random
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    It’s the clockless nowever (i.e,, no special date/occasion today), and I don’t have any “followers” here, just friends and fellow pranksters (i.e, no “follower special”). AMA (ask me anything).

    Cyrus,
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    @iraantlers What is best in life?

    Cassandra, to random
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    I am now watching Knives Out (2019), for the first time. Rian Johnson does interesting work, and I love Jamie Lee Curtis, so I’m expecting to enjoy it.

    Cyrus,
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    @Cassandra The exaggerated artifice of the acting put me off at first, but after a while I understood they were doing it with great intention, and I got fully onboard. 🙂

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    Cyrus,
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    @redoak @seachanger Not even an “I’m dad”?

    purplepadma, to food
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    I’m really into sweet and salty popcorn at the moment

    Cyrus,
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    @purplepadma How about that “Chicago style” half cheesy and half caramel popcorn?

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