Our theory is I just got up and left. I may not have been properly signed out. I was really out of it.
When I woke up after having wisdom teeth out, I was very stoned. I got out of bed and was going through drawers, taking out scalpels. They had to restrain me. I remember none of that.
I've yet to speak to anyone who remembers anything from their colonoscopy. You remember the ready room, some vague memories of them saying everything is good, being driven home and then you crash out for a few hours.
The drug they use is actually a derivative of Fentanyl. Very strange sensation if you've never experienced it. Quite different from being under general anesthesia.
They used Propofol, the stuff Michael Jackson was using to sleep daily…. Which is insane.
I remember the nurse saying “we will get you drugs in a minute here” and that’s it. Lights out.
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This really grinds my gears. We want unlimited music but don't want to pay artists to make it. Unless you're a big name you get almost nothing from streaming. You need to rely on merch, sites like Bandcamp, or services like Patreon to make it possible to live off your work.
Don't complain when AI slop music floods all the streaming services. It's what we deserve for acting like this.
I'm ok with the ethics of it. I still buy physical music, concert tickets and merch, and even if every stream is paying $0.0002 I'm still paying for it legally.
I've yet to speak to anyone who remembers anything from their colonoscopy. You remember the ready room, some vague memories of them saying everything is good, being driven home and then you crash out for a few hours.
Very different than general anesthesia.
i remember lots - chatting with the doctors both times (i've had 2... my mom had colon cancer so 'early screening'... lucky me), i was "with it" enough on my second one that i remember seeing the screen as they were "probing" with the camera. once i was awake in recovery i was fine both times - could have driven home if i was allowed. once home i felt fine and worked on a bunch of stuff around the house.
maybe i'm just lucky it didn't hit me too hard??
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This really grinds my gears. We want unlimited music but don't want to pay artists to make it. Unless you're a big name you get almost nothing from streaming. You need to rely on merch, sites like Bandcamp, or services like Patreon to make it possible to live off your work.
Don't complain when AI slop music floods all the streaming services. It's what we deserve for acting like this.
It's true, but the solution to that is built in with workers rights vs digital media distribution. The efficacy of the platform is sort of undeniable both for large artists and indie artists able to distribute their music globally for remarkably cheap, comparitvely. The payment/stream is what's out of whack, but there's not really a mechanism to change that outside of industry-wide protest removal, spearheaded by the biggest artists that can actually crash it out. And we can't pretend record companies have ever been treating artists fairly, even if you're purchasing their stuff individually, they're still only taking a minority slice unless they are a full indie thing. Which is really only made possible, initially, by platforms like Spotify.
Personally, I think the only hope is that artists who have made themselves large enough to change this (Swift, Beyonce, Jay Z, etc..) start making purposeful changes to/for the whole industry. It remains to be seen.
It's true, but the solution to that is built in with workers rights vs digital media distribution. The efficacy of the platform is sort of undeniable both for large artists and indie artists able to distribute their music globally for remarkably cheap, comparitvely. The payment/stream is what's out of whack, but there's not really a mechanism to change that outside of industry-wide protest removal, spearheaded by the biggest artists that can actually crash it out. And we can't pretend record companies have ever been treating artists fairly, even if you're purchasing their stuff individually, they're still only taking a minority slice unless they are a full indie thing. Which is really only made possible, initially, by platforms like Spotify.
Personally, I think the only hope is that artists who have made themselves large enough to change this (Swift, Beyonce, Jay Z, etc..) start making purposeful changes to/for the whole industry. It remains to be seen.
When have the industry heavyweights ever cared about the little guy? Why even would they?
Radon mitigation costs. My place is roughed in. Late in Covid, like 2022, before everyone was getting this done, it was like... under $1000 to get mitigation installed to a roughed-in system. Now? More than double. Just got a quote for 2800. What the hell happened? Do radon mitigation systems require DDR5 ram or something? This is absurd.
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Radon mitigation costs. My place is roughed in. Late in Covid, like 2022, before everyone was getting this done, it was like... under $1000 to get mitigation installed to a roughed-in system. Now? More than double. Just got a quote for 2800. What the hell happened? Do radon mitigation systems require DDR5 ram or something? This is absurd.
If the piping is there, can't you just buy the fan thingy, attached to the existing pipe, plug it in, and that's it?
When have the industry heavyweights ever cared about the little guy? Why even would they?
Yeah, I mean they were once indie artists looking for their breaks too, which is not really the same as other industries. There is more in common with Taylor Swift and a teenage girl with a guitar somewhere putting her music out there, than there is with Sony CEO and any artist music or otherwise. Or with someone making a TV in their factory (although their definitely being paid more per minute of work than someone who puts their music on a streamer).
I'm not saying they will do anything, just that not being that far removed from their own growth has the possibility of them being more pro-artist. And that it's the only thing that would change it. I'm not saying it's happening or will happen.
“*The* Deerfoot Trail”. I kept hearing it said like this in the traffic report this afternoon. It just doesn’t sound right. Does anybody else add “the”?
“*The* Deerfoot Trail”. I kept hearing it said like this in the traffic report this afternoon. It just doesn’t sound right. Does anybody else add “the”?
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Yeah, I mean they were once indie artists looking for their breaks too, which is not really the same as other industries. There is more in common with Taylor Swift and a teenage girl with a guitar somewhere putting her music out there, than there is with Sony CEO and any artist music or otherwise. Or with someone making a TV in their factory (although their definitely being paid more per minute of work than someone who puts their music on a streamer).
I'm not saying they will do anything, just that not being that far removed from their own growth has the possibility of them being more pro-artist. And that it's the only thing that would change it. I'm not saying it's happening or will happen.
Yeah it's pretty fanciful. Kinda ironic that once you get big enough to make some money off streaming, you really don't need the money when you're selling out arenas, or likely even stadiums, and selling a few thousands tees per night.
But I can't see this going anywhere while bands need Spotify to get exposure, so they can make something like a liveable wage through touring and merch. It sucks for the genuinely talented artists who never get their big break but music has always been a competitive game.
For example, The Anthem by Good Charlotte has earned the band around $1.7 million if using $0.03 per stream. Nice chunk of change that would be life changing for an indie band.
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