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stevenray

@stevenray@sfba.social

Photographer, sound artist, poet. Former sys admin. Political progressive, Left Coaster. Red wine yes, nationalism no. Pro dogs & cats & strange music.

I have never been older than I am right now. That happened yesterday, too

neurodiv, probably

PixelFed:
https://metapixl.com/45rpm (vinyl)
https://pixelfed.social/wine (wine reviews)
https://pixelfed.art/stevenlouisray (b&w fine art photography)

#fedi22 #experimentalMusic #wine #sanFrancisco #cats #dogs #art #poetry #socialism #equality #FreePalestine

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CeeZ, to Iceland
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Icelandic tourism industry in shambles after aurora borealis is released to public for free

stevenray,
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@CeeZ @lisamelton 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

CavedaleRhones, to random
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Break with wildflowers, here are some baby goats for your timeline. These are 1 week old and seen at Redwood Hill Farms in Sebastopol. If you like goats you should take their tour. #farms #Sonoma

stevenray,
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@CavedaleRhones 😍

Nightingalle, to random
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cool as fuck

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stevenray,
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@Nightingalle @doomscroller incredible

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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Wait. What?

The Biden admin has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel’s campaign in Gaza has violated international law. The State Department also told Congress that it has not found specific instances that would justify withholding arms.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah/biden-israel-us-weapons-gaza?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

stevenray,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat smh smh smh smh

stevenray, to random
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A couple of quotes from Arundhati Roy in the book I’m reading today:

‘What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? …Isn’t the greatness of great nations directly proportionate to their ability to be ruthless, genocidal? Doesn’t the height of a country’s “success” usually also mark the depths of it’s moral failure?’

‘Who is a refugee? …As long as their misery is contained within the arbitrarily drawn borders of their “own” country, they are not considered refugees. …Unfortunately in imaginations that are locked down into a grid of countries and borders, in minds that are shrink-wrapped in flags, they don’t make the cut.’

Things to ponder.

ElleGray, to random
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Wow he's going to be tired but good for him

stevenray,
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@ElleGray better take his vitamins.

wesley83, to random
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What's a phrase that shows you were both once cool in the past, and old in the present?

Here's mine: I had a beeper in high school.

stevenray,
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@molly0xfff @wesley83 I’ve still got the Handspring Visor that I used twenty years ago. I found it a few months back, put fresh batteries in it and it actually worked. Took it to a restaurant and calculated the tip with it, just to giggle at my old geeky self.

w7voa, to random
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WSJ - The Biden administration is preparing to raise tariffs on clean-energy goods from China in the coming days, with the levy on Chinese electric vehicles set to roughly quadruple. https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/biden-to-quadruple-tariffs-on-chinese-evs-203127bf?mod=hp_lead_pos1

stevenray,
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@w7voa propping up American business, per usual, at the expense of the environment.

stevenray,
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@mjausson @w7voa yep. It continues to amaze me that they care more about businesses than citizens.

u0421793, to random

There are some amazingly complex and sophisticated synthesisers which allow powerful in-depth synthesis which other synths simply cannot do

But the more the years go on, the more I’m of the opinion that the more complicated synths simply don’t afford the making of better music, and in many cases they fight against good sound and good music because the more complex detailed heroically-synthesised sounds become either the focus, or have too much importance attached, or worse, they have too much importance attached as far as the person making the sound is concerned, but nobody else really gives a crap or even notices that it’s such a complex and deliciously synthesised sound, they just don’t notice, but in the meantime, all the hard work in the composition has gone into these complex wonderfully created sounds that no other synthesiser could do

I know, you’re saying that as I own a Korg Opsix, isn’t that one of the most complex synths out there? Well, yes it is, but for one thing I’m completely at home with FM synthesis (having started on the Yamaha CX5M as my first actual synth that wasn’t a modular that I’d built myself (Digisound 80)) but that’s how I’m spotting this tendency – I’m now starting to not want to spend time on my own patches, which up to now was where most of the fun was, and starting to explore the much less capable and far simpler and more direct synths which are ‘just’ synthesisers, and not be afraid to put forward just basic synth sounds which almost any synth and any synthesist could have done

stevenray,
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@u0421793 I get your perspective, I think, but I always feel that the making of any art is mostly for the benefit of the person making it. In that sense, if someone gets more fulfillment out of noodling around with patches and creates something gnarly, if they like it, it’s a success. Depends whether you’re making music for others, or for yourself. Everyone’s goals are their own.

stevenray,
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@u0421793 ha, that's probably true as well. The art versus design discussion would be endless, but really interesting. 😀

I think you can go through mixing and mastering and keep it as art if you want, if that's your goal. That's always my goal (which is good, cuz no one likes my stuff).

I think if you change your art with the goal of making more people like it, you've taken off your artist's hat and replaced it with your marketing exec hat.

I never had one o' those. 🙂

stevenray, to music
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I had a nice long convo with a neighbor yesterday, and one of the things we talked about was my music. The way I described it reminded him of the first electronic music soundtrack for a feature film, that of Forbidden Planet in 1956.

Here’s a short audio interview about the career of Bebe and Louis Barron.
https://www.npr.org/2005/02/07/4486840/the-barrons-forgotten-pioneers-of-electronic-music

#music #electronicMusic #experimentalMusic #musicForFilm

toddpop, to random
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Getting around to posting some recent sketches I've done while traveling for work.... This is my view at for my trip to Springfield, Ma, Worcester, MA and Albany, NY.

Working hard to simplify and paint more, draw less.

stevenray,
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@toddpop it’s great to see you and your art pop up here more, Todd. I’ve been missing that. 👏🏻

stevenray, to photography
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The guitarist Andy Summers has had a second career as a photographer, and he has exhibits now in both Tokyo and Kyoto.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/05/09/art/andy-summers-photography/

[requires a free account to read most of the article]

carliermusic, to jazz
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I love weird, noisy !

https://signeemmeluth.bandcamp.com/album/banshee

stevenray,
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@carliermusic well this is interesting. I hadn't heard of the record label either, so I'll check out their other releases, too. Thanks!

samerfarha, to random
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For my friends that have e-readers, what size is ideal? Do any of you own a Boox?

Trying to decide between a “phone” form factor (6.3" x 3.1"/6 oz) and a tablet (6.1" x 5.4"/7 oz). The former can fit in a pocket. Any advice?

stevenray,
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@samerfarha I loved my iPad for just about everything; it was good for reading ebooks. I really can’t imagine trying to read a book on this iPhone. After the iPad, everything on this feels tiny. I need to fix the ‘Pad. Laura has a Kindle paper white or some such. Likes it a lot.

stevenray,
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@samerfarha I haven’t heard of the Boox and will take a look. I read a lot but I have a strong pref (almost an addiction) for physical books.

stevenray,
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@samerfarha I get it. Laura mostly does physical cookbooks plus the New York Times cooking section / site. Plus Milk Street & America’s Test Kitchen monthlies.

stevenray,
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@nikkid @samerfarha eatyourbooks looks fabulous.

stevenray,
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@nikkid @samerfarha I've been passing all of this onto the cook in the family and look forward to consuming, I mean observing the results 😀😀😀

stevenray, to random
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I’ve wanted this book for years.

angrylinus, to random
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#caturday dont touch the chicken

video/mp4

stevenray,
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@angrylinus @UnitedSpaceCats LOL what a look

ADailyViolet, to random
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Hey furriends- I'm scheduled for surgery tomorrow so if you can send healing thoughts my way, I would really appreciate it 😊 Maybe send calming thoughts to my human, too, because she's being weird 🙄

stevenray,
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@ADailyViolet @UnitedSpaceCats 🙏🏻

BrianJopek, to random
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This is brilliant.

“She grabbed him by the Eodipus-sy.” - That Liberal Atheist Nurse

stevenray,
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@BrianJopek was that said in the Stormy trial? Really? Hahaha

TribeofMa, to Cats
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anyway... Have a good week, and significant others 🤞 🌄 🤞🍗😽☕🐾 http://tribeofma.carrd.co 🐾 🖖

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stevenray,
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@TribeofMa such bad assery. 🐈‍⬛🐈

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