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  New article about SuperDuper! 4 available at TidBits: https://tidbits.com/2026/08/03/superduper-4s-radical-new-interface-explains-itself-as-you-use-it/

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  Welcome to the new SuperDuper! 4.0—a ground-up rewrite, new from tip to tail. https://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog/supererduperer

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  Radiohead - Kid A The question was, obviously, what the hell do you do after releasing OK Computer? If you keep going down that path, it's a long slide to irrelevance, and given their restlessness, boredom. So, *hard* pivot, more studios, picking up on the extant electronica trend, but making it theirs. On release I was pretty shocked & disappointed, and it took a while to embrace, but embrace it I have. Mingus-like, indeed. https://youtu.be/uRs2yuQbH1Q #nowplaying #vinyl #R...

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  Kenny Dorham - The Complete 'Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia Recent Tone Poet release of this classic 1956 set, expanded with the tracks added in the 1984 Japan release, plus more. Dorham and the band (J. R. Monterose (tenor), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Bobby Timmons (piano), Sam Jones (bass), andArthur Edghill (drums)) are locked in and playing great. Beautiful mono recording, mastering, pressing. Highly recommended. #nowplaying #vinyl #KennyDorham #TonePoet #jazz

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  @octothorpe@mastodon.online https://cottonbureau.com/p/6BATKA/shirt/the-golden-rule#/35096623/tee-men-premium-heavyweight-mustard-100percent-cotton-s

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  The new Beth Orton album's out by the end of the year, and she's posted a new live video as a preview: https://youtu.be/vDvMExHWwo8 #BethOrton

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  RE: https://mas.to/@dnanian/112152074853908213 Re-re-re-listen?

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  Laura Marling - Manchest Albert Hall 2025 - Patterns in Repeat Laura Marling, in concert. The first half is her, solo, with her guitar doing material from her career. The 2nd half adds a choir and strings, doing Patterns in Repeat in full. She's in great voice, and while the material in this form is a little monochromatic, the songs are great. Video of the same concert: https://youtu.be/nsm1BpQbGFQ #nowplaying #vinyl #folk #LauraMarline #RSD26

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  Mandy, Indiana - Urgh Long awaited follow-on to I've seen a way - along the same industrial/dance/noise lines as before, but MORE, and better. Most lyrics are still in French to challenge your comprehension, but as before, they go with the music...clearly cathartic for them. Not for everyone...but pretty great. First single video released a little while ago: https://youtu.be/iOkHBmcyR8c Sacred Bones Society variant. #nowplaying #vinyl #MandyIndiana #industrial #noiserock #dancerock

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  For the discerning landlord who is trying to economize. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/welcome-to-big-chets-landlord-supply-store-featuring-the-jankiest-appliances-of-all-time

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  Well *that* was an expensive RSD. #vinyl #RSD26

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  @octothorpe@mastodon.online https://www.theingroove.com/products/pre-order-the-time-ice-cream-castle-rhino-reserve-lp

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  Who's got two thumbs and got his car back from its collision repair after three months? >sigh<

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  RE: https://mas.to/@dnanian/112667290035527391 More than two years ago, I tried to work around the serious bug in Shortcuts’ “expand” action, and couldn’t get it to work. Today, using Claude, I was able to fix the problem in about three minutes. The bug in Shortcuts’ “expand” action still exists…I sent in Feedback *and* provided sample code years ago, with no action taken. Thanks, Claude. Wish you had fixed it, Apple. ZIP files aren’t exactly obscure.

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  Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden There's not a lot to say about this masterpiece without sounding like a douche, so instead here's an article about it by the Music Aficionado: https://musicaficionado.blog/2018/09/13/spirit-of-eden-by-talk-talk/ New half-speed master, and good pressing. Given the dynamics involved, the pressing *matters*. One video of an edited track, to give an idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilvJkYY1G7Q #nowplaying #vinyl #artrock #postrock #TalkTalk #MarkHollis #...

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@listeningclub/116286103682945671 LOOK! IT'S THE NEW DISCMAN!

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  Pink Floyd - The Endless River I've avoided late-period Pink Floyd, after The Wall. The Final Cut was execrable, and the post-Waters albums were...well, Gilmour is an amazing guitarist and a terrific singer, but he (and Polly Samson) write bland lyrics. Without the tension between him and Waters, their songs tend to be primarily atmospheric. Which might be what you're in the mood for. And this LP gives you that, with only one track with lyrics. It's...fine. #nowplayin...

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  @octothorpe You-know-who makes an appearance...but she has a lot to say, too. https://youtu.be/QCnSzlmSVz4

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  RE: https://mas.to/@dnanian/109660147551598310 Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain Re-listen. #nowplaying #vinyl #MilesDavis

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  It’s 6 o’clock somewhere. (Here.) Harajuku (Peter Suderman) 1oz Toki Japanese Whisky 1oz Byrrh QuinQuina 1oz Grand Classico 3 dashes Aztec chocolate bitters

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  So, my house was built well before houses were wired for ethernet, and in two parts, one of which doesn't have any good way to pull wires. For years I used various wireless solutions to bridge, moving to MoCA 2.5 later on, but there were aspects of both that caused problems with some applications. I recently replaced that with an Invisilight fiber kit, which worked *great*. Easy, invisible, effective. Good stuff. https://amzn.to/4cMiAYn

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  Here's a little #vinyl trick. If you resleeve your LPs (I use https://vinylstoragesolutions.ca dual-pocket sleeves), and want to remove the shrinkwrap but *preserve* the various hype stickers, UPC codes on stickers, etc, but find they're hard to remove without damaging them, try using some electronic freeze spray on the BACK of the sticker (the shrinkwrap). When you cool the surface, the glue stops working well, and the sticker can be removed. It re-warms quickly and will re-st...

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  Nicholas Payton - Triune Three pretty stellar players -- Payton (keys, flugelhorn), Esperanza Spalding (bass, vocals), and Karriem Riggins (drums) -- get together to make modern, groove-centric jazz. #nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #NicholasPayton #EsperanzaSpalding #KarriemRiggins

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  RE: https://mas.to/@dnanian/110719826078887807 Suzanne Vega - 99.9F Re-listen. Such a good album. Bonus video of the sun, across the room, reflecting off the rotating LP onto the wall... #nowplaying #vinyl #folktronica #SuzanneVega

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  Hear me out: the Puppy Bowl, but for the Olympics - called the Olympets.

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  Julian Lage on Norah Jones is Playing Along this week: https://www.norahjonesisplayingalong.com

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  I'll just leave this here.

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  Nice, informative Q&A about the Impulse Cooktop: https://youtu.be/nS1lyc7okEk (We have this here and it's been great since install, months ago.)

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  In 1995 Catherine Wheel collaborated with Tanya Donelly on “Judy Staring at the Sun”: https://youtu.be/XdWTtbcr_s8 and now, 30 years later, Brian Futter (guitarist with CW) has collaborated with her on an EP, with another to come: https://alternapop.com/2026/01/15/catherine-wheels-brian-futter-teams-with-tanya-donelly-for-good-day-father-project/