Steve from Thonk

Show me something more perfect. You can’t x

There must be some strata of rock stars that, on balance, still would have rather been in the Epstein photos than not, even now.

It's tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelson's sleaze - but it's a matter of when, not if Polly Toynbee

When I paid my annual subscription for “Force-feeding the British public Peter Mandelson’s sleaze in ten easy steps,”, I did not expect that the British public would then be force-fed Mandelson’s sleaze. This is an outrage and a tragedy

Is there a simple small device that plugs into a smartphone that offers both an integrated single wireless lav mic AND an analog stereo input... and has some kind of mix capability before it hits the phones video audio input?

All loose parts have reduced prices until the end of January at Thonk.co.uk
Knobs, pots, jacks, switches, chips and more.

What's new in the DIY world of Music Thing's Workshop System - CDM Create Digital Music It's a Very Workshop System Jamuary. Music Thing's patchable music lab-in-a-lunchbox has proved that small-batch personal hardware can attract a select, dedicated community sharing great stuff with on...

Workshop workshops, ensembles, free and open cards doing all kinds of stuff (mungling! granular!), Workshop System in a browser, and a whole lot more.

@tomwhitwell.bsky.social was generous in summing up all the goodness from the world of his creation, and I cribbed his notes:

He's the Prince Andrew we should have had

oof 😆

imagine having to trust him

Everytime I see or hear Wes Streeting I think of this comment from the inimitable Dawn Foster

The man

this headline is horrific, grow a spine @theguardian.com

yeah it's fucking out of order

ah yeah Cex is a good call ta 👍

Robert Smith, flanked by Lee "Scratch" Perry and Tricky, each of whom is holding a water bottle on top of Smith's head, to form "horns". They are all grinning like idiots.

Morrissey could never

enjoying the Stella/water contrast

Reliable UK online store for second hand phones for teenagers anyone? Loads of places seem to have bad reviews of cheap battery replacements that turn bad after 3 months.

Right yeah, so you hear a randomness in the timing of the side chain release relative to the kick start I guess

I really like Mark Fell and so am very excited to hear about the new "National Centre for Mark Fell Studies" :)

my memory from 35 years ago isn't great 😀

Oh I had Gunhed on my PC Engine!

That's really interesting, so I understand the concept of destructive interference etc. but what's the idea specifically about it being in phase at the END of the kick? is it in context of a sidechain compression between kick and sub?

If you see this QRT with a game released the year you were born.

Martha Kelly (@MarthaKelly3) onn twitter: "Under capitalism, it's normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich - not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane."

Yeah that was what I was making a lazy reference to :)

Can't unhear it!

YouTube video by Lost Concert Films Totally Wired | The Fall | New York 1981

Incredible quality 🤯
Apparently a 4k scan of the original film.
youtu.be/trXegBAZ8_g?...

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Camberwick Carrot

Things are looking up at Thonk HQ