Notices by Randulo.com (Randy) (randulo@mastodon.social)

Unforgettable highlights of my career!

"Birds, booze and blues -- 32 floors high" headline in the Melbourne Truth, October 19, 1974.
Mayall, asked how he enjoyed the party, told Truth, "It was great, man, I can't remember much, but neither can anyone else." NOT TRUE! I remember.

@thomasfuchs Bluesky despite 300 char limit and no edit, does have a few good features such as custom feeds and starter packs.

Mastodon, seen through https://elk.zone/home works well.

I rarely do covers, but suddenly I have a few out, and three coming in the next month.
https://distrolink.lnk.to/InMyLife

Great news here, something we do not get enough of these days.

#BandcampFriday

Check tunes by my longtime friend Billy, an ex-Marine who's disabled by Parkinsons disease. He recently had some financial problems such as someone making $700 fraudulent charges on his card. Every little bit helps, and his rock is original.

https://billyrader.bandcamp.com/album/lookin-for-sugar

Can CD Baby support be any worse? Request to remove release was sent in May. Every few months, I get one of these, followed by a completely useless instructions to click on a button that doesn't exist.

"We know this is less than the service you deserve and expect from us."

Fix it?

@evan Evaluated as in "how I feel about them?" (Not judged, correct?)
I'd say all of the above.
Example: I was dining with a group of friends at a local restaurant. I've known the owner for years and he's a respected Chinese chef. One of the friends made an slightly racist joke about him (he was not with us at the time), no big deal, but I can't forget that, even though I forgot the joke.

@Gina I just wish they'd all stop using Instagram and Facebook for their official presences and events!

Read about/register here:
https://emails.themlc.com/upcoming-webinars-june-2025

#USPolitics

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2025/03/30/france-slams-us-interference-in-firms-diversity-programs-france-and-europe-will-defend-their-values_6739659_19.html

My wife's book and two of our friends have books that were sucked into this database.

Has this made it over here yet?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/?gift=iWa_iB9lkw4UuiWbIbrWGYDRoX8kfg3ZQZL6J-W0kQE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Can AI Replace Live Music?

https://randulo.medium.com/can-ai-replace-live-music-170d1e9df093

@SergeMedoff AI can improvise, and with enough power, it could simulate a group improvising. But I don't think it will ever simulate a live group improvising. Actually, the title shouldn't be replace, but simulate.

#Music I'm 28,341 days old. For 21,347 of these, I have been playing professionally (=paid for it). I have been in the music industry from the late 1960s until today. My first vinyl was on Epic, in 1972, when I joined BMI. Some pocket change still comes from that recording, 53 years later!
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@skinnylatte I prefer savoury, personally. Donuts are poison.

On the way to shop, in had to stop and look at this!

I did it!
Thank you, California, for making it easy.

Our new babies will open up soon, then, the same day wilt. It's a beautiful spectacle I'll share with you. Cerus, once a year.

Lately, people in the public eye, politicians, tech bros, artists, all walks of life, are saying, and sometimes doing absurd things. II have lived on the planet as a working adult over 20,000 days.

Some people get distracted, join cults, drink the koolaid.
Others continue to THINK THING THROUGH