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cathitza, 9 months ago to random

#IFeelSeen

cathitza, 1 year ago to random

From last night's walk in Slavonski Brod (husband's home town).

#Croatia #StreetArt

cathitza, 9 months ago to Haiku

Not normally a big fan of haiku, tbh (or at least, contemporary English attempts at them), but this one hits home.

#haiku #poetry #MattAbbott #SineadOConnor #TruthTellers #OutspokenWomen

cathitza, 6 months ago to random

'Fever Dream' by Hi-Vis: https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=qajMhhhPycA

Probably my current favourite band - well worth catching live. Their sound reminds me of early #StoneRoses.

#DreamsOrFantasies #JukeboxFridayNight #AlternativeRock #HiVis

cathitza, 6 months ago to random

'Dreambuilding (live)' by Goat: https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=g4DrXpvD2ZI

This is from their legendary gig ten years ago at the Electric Ballroom in Camden. I was there and am smug AF about this, as it was ridiculously good.

#DreamsOrFantasies #JukeboxFridayNight #Goat #AlternativeRock #PsychedelicRock #LiveMusic #gigs

cathitza, 6 months ago to HipHop

'Dreamy days' by Roots Manuva: https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=7Zg3xN4J8Mo

#DreamsOrFantasies #JukeboxFridayNight #RootsManuva #UKHipHop #HipHop

cathitza, 10 months ago to random

And keeping with the theme of mellow efforts from drum 'n' bass producers (although a few years earlier) here's the stunning 'Mind Games' from DJ Crystl. I can never listen to this just once.

And turns out that all these years later, he's offering the wav version on Bandcamp for a limited time:

https://djcrystl.bandcamp.com/track/mindgames

#JukeboxFridayNight #GamesWePlay #DrumNBass #DJCrystl #90sMusic #90s

cathitza, 29 days ago to ai

Looking for some help with the novel. Not sure about these ...

#AmWriting #novel #NovelResearch #WIP #AI #ChatGPT #DiveBar

cathitza, 7 months ago to vinyl

#vinyl

cathitza, 10 months ago to random

Sorry for sharing from F***book, but what a bloody brilliant tribute.

#SineadOconnor #AmandaPalmer

Until the philosophy which hold one race Superior and another Inferior Is finally And permanently Discredited And abandoned Everywhere is war. Twelve days later she took the stage at Madison Square Garden for a Bob Dylan tribute festival and you could barely hear her sing over the boos and jeers from the crowd. She scrapped her planned Dylan song and screamed out “War” again, as the crowd tried to overpower her. That feeling. Many women have been there. I have been there too, shaking, as it feels like the whole world is trying to shout and drown you out, and put you in your place. Wondering if I am the crazy one. Wondering if this many people are right. Or wrong. Or even real. She was right about the church. She was very fucking right. She was right about so many things. Now that she is dead, I know she’ll be lauded and applauded. But back then? That night? How do you imagine she felt that night, crawling into bed, having been abused by a crowd of thousands? How would you feel? What would that do to you? Would you care if the world turned around, forty years later, and said: “Sorry about that, you were actually very brave?” This is a woman who boycotted the Grammys saying she did not want “to be part of a world that measures artistic ability by material success.” This is a woman who refused to play US national anthem before certain concerts. That went down reallll well, too.
She was hated, she was scorned, she was cancelled for being honest over and over again. That SNL move was the beginning of the end of a career in many ways. She never recovered. Too much, they said. Go away. She used her voice. She kept on speaking. She was loud. Being a loud woman is not fucking convenient, for anyone. Ever. Not around here. She was strikingly beautiful. She shaved her head and gave the middle finger to the beauty standard. She wore combat boots and jeans. She opened her mouth to the max, literally. She did not mumble; she roared. She inspired me into taking power; she inspired so many of my friends. She showed us all another way. There’s this way, too. Go this way, she seemed to be screaming, GO. Dismissed as crazy. She struggled, and she struggled, and she struggled. She was punished, she was mocked, she was ridiculed. She retreated and came back time and time again, her roar ragged, her frustration jagged and visible. Painful. You could see it, feel it. We mourned it, me and my friends. Sinéad? Misunderstood? Which chicken, which egg? What the world did to Sinéad was death by a thousand cuts. The world lauded her, worshipped her, bought her, sold her, forgave her, claimed her, disavowed her. Over and over in cycles. How could anyone survive that? Like a piece of metal getting bent over and over and over again. It breaks.
She began as a fragile person. A fragile artist. Which is why her songs were so beautiful and powerful to begin with. A raw heart. A mother. Not an idea, not a theoretical. A person. The world loved the taste of her. The world didn’t know how to digest her. The world spit her out. She never apologized for ripping up that picture of the pope. When asked later, she said “I’m not sorry I did it. It was brilliant”. It was. She was. Never forget this woman. Let her memory guide us. Let them scream at you, but do not stop singing. Never apologize just to make them happy, to make them go away, to “get along”, to make them accept you. No, no, no. Me say War. Sinéad….rest in world-changing ripped paper phoenix-pieces from the stage, rising and burning into the white night stars. Find peace at last. I hope you forgive us what we could not give you.

cathitza, 9 months ago to random

Offerings for today's #TuneTuesday prompt: #BangersAndFiller - your least favourite track on a favourite music album.

'Revolver' is the Beatles best album imo, but 'Yellow Submarine' is bloody awful. Skipped 100% of the time. Here it is for your listening horror: https://youtu.be/m2uTFF_3MaA

And my second nomination is the cringey 'Happy Phantom' from Tori Amos' otherwise awesome 'Little Earthquakes' album: https://youtu.be/4ZUkTtAsv4A Why, Tori? Why?

#TheBeatles #ToriAmos

cathitza, 7 months ago to ai

AI was asked to create images of Black African docs treating white kids. How'd it go?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1201840678/ai-was-asked-to-create-images-of-black-african-docs-treating-white-kids-howd-it-

#AI #AIart #WhiteSaviour #RacialBias

cathitza, 6 months ago to writing

OK, it's happening. I'm attempting #NaNoWriMo. Somehow, in the last week or so, I've managed to come up with an idea and a rough plot.

#PrayForMe #AmWriting #Writing #NationalNovelWritingMonth

mxtthxw, 4 months ago to random

With ‘bro’ being increasingly used in a particular way, I think it’s time to hail the originals.

cathitza, 6 months ago to random

Things I've Googled for my current chapter:

• Prozac
• Videos of people falling down stairs
• Sunrise and sunset times by month in the UK
• When did the National Lottery start?
• Synonyms of 'illegal'

And this is why I'm not managing to catch up on my missed day.

#NaNoWriMo #AmWriting #WritingResearch