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Posts by Mike Daley

Half-timbered wall with an opening designed to show what is behind the stucco: interwoven sticks and twigs.

Half-timbered wall with an opening designed to show what is behind the stucco: interwoven sticks and twigs.

Behind the stucco at Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford.

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Have you mentioned Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer? Total grocerycore.

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Truly my favourite Asha Bhosle (RIP) performance. From a cool album she did a few years back with Kronos Quartet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpXf...

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Toronto too. We could use a good fumigatin'

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Unless you’re in a tundra buggy ten feet off the ground!

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The Beatles and the Toronto Sound | Art Gallery of Ontario Join music historian Mike Daley as he unpacks, through song and archive, the relationship and evolution of the Toronto music scene in the 1960s and The Beatles. The talk will end with a live performan...

Tickets are going fast for this event. I'll do a short talk on how Beatlemania changed the local Toronto music scene. After that I'll perform the Beatles' 1964 set at Maple Leaf Gardens with a four-piece band. $15 and includes admission to the McCartney photo exhibit. ago.ca/events/beatl...

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What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework? The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.

“I think about horses. They used to pull carriages, but when cars came around, I'd argue horses became a lot more free.” Total insanity. I'm so glad I'm not a university sessional anymore. www.404media.co/whats-the-po...

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I may have drooled a bit in my sleep last night but it was just involuntary manslobber.

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What are they going to do with the comically small electronic sign?

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Best songs over 10 minutes (off the top of my head)

Dark Star (live versions)
Murder Most Foul
1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
Sister Ray
Echoes

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FM - Just Like You
FM - Just Like You YouTube video by kurdtss

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The Beatles and the Toronto Sound | Art Gallery of Ontario Join music historian Mike Daley as he unpacks, through song and archive, the relationship and evolution of the Toronto music scene in the 1960s and The Beatles. The talk will end with a live performan...

ago.ca/events/beatl...

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Eyes open for the Lee Minge wardrobe malfunction.

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Hey, the first successful cylinder phonographs were in fact coin-operated machines.

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Air Canada's customer service agents could go on strike. Here's what to know It seems lockouts with airlines are an annual occurrence. Will this one be avoided?

But will anyone notice? www.vancouverisawesome.com/travel/air-c...

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Thanks for this lead. I'm putting together a course on psychedelic rock for the fall and his psych chronology is gold.

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Gas station attendant
Kitchen prep
Pager salesman
Radio producer
Church musician

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Record Labels, Spotify Sue Anna's Archive for $13 Trillion, Alleging Theft │ Exclaim! The lawsuit accuses the online shadow library of "brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world's commercial sound recordings"

This will be interesting to watch. I’m getting Napster wars vibes from this, it’s a nice throwback. And btw there is tons of commercial music missing from the streaming services, locked on vinyl or shellac. exclaim.ca/music/articl...

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There’s no detection tech. They’re relying on reporting, which is guesswork.

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“Suspicion”

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How will they know? It’s not detectable. Honour system?

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Bob Weir’s Cosmic Touch The inimitable Bobby Ace played guitar alongside Jerry Garcia for over three decades. His unique style and merry personality helped shape the sound and spirit of the Grateful Dead, and his lifelong de...

i wrote an afterword about bobby weir for @pitchfork.com, but probably could've kept going for a few more days. pitchfork.com/features/bob...

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The kicking people out role also applies to online communities like private Facebook groups. Zero tolerance.

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I was lucky enough to be there. It was magic.

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This is Spinal Tap. “It really puts perspective on things, though, doesn’t it?” “Yeah, too much. There’s too much fucking perspective now.”

This is Spinal Tap. “It really puts perspective on things, though, doesn’t it?” “Yeah, too much. There’s too much fucking perspective now.”

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We were there tonight too. What a performance, what a script. Loved it.

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I found it in the Fine Arts Building in Chicago.

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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

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All the moneys wasted on extravagant outtoilets, obv.

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Musicology for the people.

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