The Neontologist

Legendary Pink Dots performing live

Legendary Pink Dots have always been such a great live band in the 30 years I’ve been catching their shows. Tonight was another really powerful set. Orbit Service opened and also did a fantastic set. Such amazing music!

Blood Moon, by Ah Cama-Sotz 6 track album

ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/blood-...

Blood Moon tight - Total Lunar eclipse 👍

Closed out my 55th year with a half-marathon, my second organized one ever. I’m slow as hell, but I finished, despite just not doing a lot of training this year. Pretty happy with that.

Ah Cama-Sotz wallpaper 👍

Saying “That looks AI generated. AI still doesn’t understand what humans are supposed to look like,” is apparently not a cool thing to say when someone shows you photos of their newborn infant.

A sticker on a gas pump reads “Cash Pays Inside”

The Man in Black doesn’t pay at the pump.

I used to road trip across the US for work about that time and did about the same thing, usually at strip malls and hotels and such. There was a pretty good wardriving app for OS X. Occasionally would get run off by a security guy nervous that I was chilling in their parking lot. 🤣

Hmmm, I’m pretty sure that’s a word, though it might be a proper noun…one of those pseudofood things sold by an influencer or something.

A selfie of middle age guy with wild math professor hair holding up a small painted rock with a heart and “You Rock!” written on it in marker.

Between miles 3 and 4 of my run today at the track, a little girl about 6 or 7 ran up to me, said “Here you go!” and handed me this rock. I thanked her and when I read it, I just about burst into tears. It was a super kind thing to do, and I carried it in my hand for the rest of the run. #running

TouchOSC · Script Cracktro TouchOSC: Next generation modular control surface https://hexler.net/touchosc Soundtrack by Virgill https://soundcloud.com/virgill/game-over-man-1

TouchOSC MIDI & OSC control surface update out today!

We've added a new old skool script demo (shouts to Virgill for the soundtrack!) and the usual mix of new features and solved problems. Keeping a steady development pace and already cooking the next update!

Happy Kontrolling!

Got the Drumbrute Impact integrated with the setup. The MX-1 had to get reconfigured and wow is Roland’s documentation on MX-1 both accurate and incredibly obtuse. Threw a short pattern together in Massive X to make sure it all worked together. It’s kind of a hoot to play with.

They’re also change the name to the Department of Portation to just get the prefix “trans” out of it.

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Hm, well, I liked what they did with Fallout, so here’s hoping they can make something cool in the Culture universe!

Wait…is that a hypothetical, or is someone really making a TV series based on the Culture novels. I just reread Look to Windward.

I didn’t run til age 54. Been at it just over a year. I’m slow as hell (11:00/mi avg) and it’s freaking crappy on wet days like today. 60 pounds lost, great BP and VO2 max, and being healthier than I was keeps me going back even when I don’t wanna get soaked like I did today. #running

When Skyrim first came out, my partner and kiddo and I were all taking turns playing it and watching each other. My level 2 character set a village chicken on fire and we all died laughing as the entire village came to murder me. Good times 🤣

I’d completely forgotten about this album. Thanks for reminding me! The title track kinda fits right with, say, Dead Kennedys “California Uber Alles” in terms of being musically prophetic.

It’s a bummer that we can’t look back at songs and bands like that and say, “Well, that amounted to nothing.”

Photo of a desk with some MIDI controllers on it. Next to the desk is a keyboard stand with a MIDI keyboard and mixer on it.

Pulling the Roland MX-1 out of storage cramped my desk space so I’m trying a new layout. Gonna have to get some much longer audio cables, though. This time around, I actually understand the MX-1 and like it. I didn’t click with it when it first came out.

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.

You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.

My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.

www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

I love that one! I’ve introduced a bunch of people to it.

Mimi, a dilute calico cat, sits on the keyboard of an open laptop that’s sitting on a bed.

Mimi would like to use her exceptional computer skills to help. She’s good at pressing keys, though her spelling and grammar are below average, so you’ll want to make an edit pass of anything she writes.

I have a rule for myself that I have to stop making noise by 10:30 at night and go wind down for bed. If I don’t do that, I wind up awake too long and want a nap at work the next day.

I’ve been determined these last few months to actually learn all the random bits of music software I’ve accumulated. I spent a fair amount of time with Massive X and I guess I could pick a couple of nits with it but I kinda dig it. Got a couple of nice drone patches going.

Danger noodle!

Hearing your work got me looking at the Wavestate and the Opsix SE, as well. 😂 I’m easily influenced but I also have enough soft synths I need to spend time with. Gotta keep my GAS in check and craft with what I have already.

Huh. I hadn’t heard of that before. Looks and sounds pretty interesting. I’ve eyeballed a Solar 42F but my eyes started watering at the price….especially given that I’m a pretty casual creator.

Black Farmers Index

Learned about this from the fediverse….if you’re in the US, there’s an index of Black farmers who sell direct to consumers. There are a lot of women-owned and organic farms in the list, and the index is organized by region.

blackfarmersindex.com

I am very weary of grown-ass men in the Industrial scene donning borderline fascist attire, sporting Hitler youth haircuts like they fought in WWII. It's 2025 now. It's not ironic or edgey. It never fucking was. The only message you're sending is that you are a douchebag.