@nyxsael Actually, it was listening to a Les Joyaux de La Princesses CD that got me on this track, and I was planning to listen to it again today, but instead chose Der Blutharsch. So I definitely think he counts.
In a bit of a martial industrial phase, at the moment. I've never delved deeply into the genre, but sometimes it's nice to get into that militaristic atmosphere. Der Blutharsch was definitely one of the best, especially with this album. It's very much on the calm, atmospheric side of things, but with some heavy marching bangers.
Oh, and I didn't know until last year that Albin Julius passed away in 2022. That's too bad.
It's hard to choose what I like the most – Diego Blanco's playing or his fashion style. I think it's a tie, but of course, the music is the most important.
What he's playing: - Manuel Ponce: Theme, 20 Variations Et Fugue Sur "Folia De Espana" Pour Guitare - Vicente Emilio Sojo: Five Pieces From Venezuela - Antonio Lauro: Quatro Valses Venezolanos - Augustin P. Barrios: La Catedral
Masayoshi Urabe is a badass-looking and sounding guy. Not badass sounding in the sense of a full-on saxophone attack. Sure, there are some outbursts during the almost 50-minute main track, but it's often quiet, for example, only the clacking of valves, and a lot of space and silence. Even though the alto sax is the most prominent, he also utilizes metal objects, piano, electric guitar, harmonica etc. A demanding and satisfying listen, for sure.
After trying Loops for a while, I think it could be worthwhile if: People stop appearing in their videos, avoid having anyone in their videos in general, refrain from opening their mouth, stop adding background music, and essentially just upload videos of animals and nature, with maybe a few exceptions.
Hopefully, it will be easier to filter out the stuff you want later.
I guess everybody feels like just staying in jazz bed sometimes...
Well, Jazz Bed was actually a jazz coffee-shop in Tokyo, where Kaoru Abe and Hiroshi Yamazaki did this very powerful saxophone and drum duo for almost exactly 53 years ago (24. Jan. 1971, to be exact). I must say, I'm a big fan of the duo format; it really adds a bit of breathing space to the otherwise intense music.
These days you wonder what would it take for non-nazi people to reject Elon Musk. One would have thought that doing an enthousiastic Nazi salute twice in front of a large audience, on live TV, would be that thing. Apparently not, so what can we do? We can denounce these collaborators when we see them.
Maybe you're not 100% sure that he did it? I found it hard to believe from just the photo. But there is no denying it:
He was filmed doing it, again, very enthusiastically, very clearly, twice. The video is shocking.
He was giving a speech in front of a crowd and the world. You rehearse that kind of speech. The salutes were non-hesitant and clearly rehearsed. Several people must have told him "are you reaaaally sure about these Nazi salutes in your speech? You know it will be on camera" and he decided to go for it. He cannot not be aware that it was a Nazi salute.
experts of fascism say that it was a clear Nazi salute:
"L’historienne Claire Aubin, spécialiste du nazisme aux Etats-Unis, a estimé que le geste d’Elon Musk était bien un « sieg heil », le salut nazi. Autre historienne experte sur le fascisme, Ruth Ben-Ghiat a également affirmé sur X que « c’était bien un salut nazi, et un qui était bien agressif en plus de cela"
If a non-Nazi person had done a gesture which might have been misinterpreted even from far away to be a Nazi salute, they would immediately 1) deny 2) apologize 3) reassure people that they will never, ever do it again. Musk did not do * any * of these corrective actions
Instead, Musk retwitted the video where he did the salute
Musk did not mention the salutes for several hours after making them
Later on, he tweeted "thanks guys 😂" to the ADL which denied he did a Nazi salute. Because the first reaction of people being accused of that is obviously to.. find it funny?
Quoting some other post about it, again he did not deny but deflected:
"Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired."
Typical answer of the bad guy in a crime movie when directly asked "did you kill the victim": "I can't believe you would dare accuse me of that and I am shocked". When it just takes a few words to deny.
Jeg synes det er interessant (og skremmende) hvor rusa Musk ser ut i den "sieg heil"-videoen. Har skjønt at det ikke er noe nytt, men jeg har klart å unngå å se opptak av ham før nå.