hairylarry

Musician, musicologist, composer. Chill jazz piano. TTRPGs. Reading and writing especially SFF.

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2026-05-09 02:37:22 UTC

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I get it. But as a parent (of grown kids) I didn't think it was the government's job to tell my kids what they could and couldn't read. I thought that was my job.
And, generally speaking, I pretty much let them read whatever they wanted. We tried to proved bookshelves full of interesting stuff.

2026-05-08 14:56:38 UTC

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I like this tried and true method.
You register. They ask if you're 18 (or 13). You say yes. Everything's good.
I actually think that monitoring internet usage is a parental responsibility, not a governmental responsibility.

2026-02-12 03:16:11 UTC

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Yeah, 2000 is really late for factory cassette. And I really need it. I have thousands of cassettes many recordings of live shows and going down the road can give me an opportunity to listen and make notes.
And I really need the CD player because you only get old music on cassettes and I can burn new music to CDs.
And I can't be dealing with my phone while driving.
#driving #listening #cassettes #CDs

2026-02-12 02:49:30 UTC

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2000 Buick LeSabre with factory cassette. Less than 300,000 miles on it. The best car ever made.

2026-02-11 13:38:08 UTC

Yesterday my friend Stephen helped me with my car radio, a factory cassette, that now has a line in. Thanks Stephen. I can play CDs and cassettes in my car now. This morning Bible Study. This afternoon, practice and rest. This evening, United Gospel Trio, fellowship meal, and contemporary worship. A good day.
Amp'd Audio - Jonesboro, Arkansas
United Gospel Trio - Jazz Hymns
#journal #discord #HairyLarryLand #jazz #church

2026-01-14 17:37:29 UTC

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It is, of course, illegal to reverse engineer avian intelligence.

2026-01-14 00:24:00 UTC

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Use a wood burner. After the stink dissipates you will be able to see the keys with you fingers while you type.
This, of course, is snark.
Larry Donn Gillihan was an extremely fast touch typist and all of his keys were totally blank.

2025-12-17 20:38:51 UTC

Now listening - The Cannonball Adderly Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Live at "The Club"
It's playing great in spite of the heavily worn jacket.
I got a bragain - 10 cents.
#jazz #LP
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2025-11-16 14:45:50 UTC

November 16, 2025
Sunday. Church. Game day. Read and rest. Practice piano. Had a good gig last night at Stage Too. I read Dr. Bill Stroud's poems and played The Arkansawyer songs with his lyrics at Word Play Cafe after the show. Two of the writers know Bill Stroud.
https://archive.org/details/the-arkansawyers
#journal #discord #hairylarryland #jazz #writing #poetry #lyrics

2025-09-27 20:38:56 UTC

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I have been using Reverbnation for my free newsletter but it doesn't fit as well as it used to and it has a limit of 500 addresses without upgrading.
I run my own server with nginx on Ubuntu so it looks like I can install ghost.
Is this difficult or straightforward? Can I install to a subdomain?
Thanks

2025-09-02 18:29:55 UTC

@TheRealKat@mstdn.social
Three more photos of baby armadillos in my front yard.
#photography #armadillos
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2025-09-01 11:58:18 UTC

Here's an exceptionally good jazz search on the Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22NPR%22+marian
Elvis Costello Marian McPartland NPR 2003
Gerry Mulligan Marian McPartland NPR 1987
John Pizzarelli 2001 NPR Piano Jazz M.McPartland
Alicia Keys Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz 2003
And an Easter egg.
Bread & Roses 1978 Joni Mitchell Herbie Hancock
This is why we should fund NPR and libraries.
#radio #jazz #NPR #internetarchive
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2025-08-18 15:12:58 UTC

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More leverage.
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2025-08-18 15:04:39 UTC

The piano in the front yard. The back plate is secured to wood that's glued in. Implements of destruction.
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2025-08-06 23:50:51 UTC

Welcome to the Sacramento Music Archive! Here’s what we are about. Read this beforehand for best experience
We built this website to bring all Sacramento-related music content into one easy to use place.
Sacramento-related means:
– Content from Sacramento artists performing anywhere in the world
– Any content of artists performing in Sacramento (or surrounding area)
...
https://sacramentomusicarchive.com/
#music #punk #metal #jazz #archive

2025-07-23 11:30:31 UTC

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Pretty pictures with a nice lighthouse.

2025-07-22 03:37:28 UTC

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Please welcome @npub1v2f…4632 to Gamer+. He is the author of the RPG, Chronicles Of Ember, a bash programmer, and a philosopher.
#gaming #ttrpg #bash #philosophy

2025-07-03 15:59:52 UTC

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Thanks

2025-06-20 00:33:57 UTC

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The same technology was used in computer punch cards.

2025-06-19 23:15:00 UTC

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An early progenitor of midi.

2025-05-16 03:26:46 UTC

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I love the books.

2025-05-13 13:11:47 UTC

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That's tonight at zero hundred hours (tomorrow UTC). 7:00 pm Central.
I hope I got it right.

2025-05-13 05:35:18 UTC

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Boosted for the art.
Also interested in the the attacks on @Codeberg

2025-05-08 12:17:13 UTC

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Lovely. Even birds with beaks can smile. I think it's the eye.

2025-04-10 15:43:00 UTC

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I love these textures.

2025-02-08 13:43:05 UTC

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I love these and I saved the archway to use at my RPG table.

2025-01-25 13:48:25 UTC

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You are the bomb!

2025-01-13 03:56:21 UTC

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Hairy Larry Playing Noumenology
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-01-12
https://sbblues.com/2025/01/13/dj-hairy-larry-presents-hairy-larry-playing-noumenology/
Thanks Marty, today I'm going to improvise jazz piano on a song inspired by Immanuel Kant.
This podcast is completely over the top.
Please enjoy!
#jazz #philosophy #cosmology #physics #love #inspiration #djhairylarry #somethingblue
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2024-12-20 22:42:32 UTC

Cover for Life Magazine by W. T. Benda (Nov. 1923)
Public domain.
#fantasy #art
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2024-12-02 22:37:51 UTC

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2 kilobytes - which is really confusing because you thing kilo means 1000 except with computers it's 1024 or 2^10.

2024-12-02 20:26:39 UTC

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This happens, on average, once every seven years. Seems like it should be much more frequent than that.

2024-11-01 01:16:49 UTC

Cats in my yard. 2018
#cats
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2024-10-31 20:27:38 UTC

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I turned this into a blog post with an embedded Mastodon thread and several embedded videos.
[@old_hippie](https://veganism.social/@old_hippie )
#jazz #blues #Mastodon #embed

2024-10-31 17:10:41 UTC

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Yeah, pretty sure it's from the Bag's Groove album. I listened to both.
Miles said that Sonny wrote it in the studio. Started with a bunch of phrases. I just ran through it and I remember most of the melody. It was one of my first jazz vibraphone pieces.

2024-10-31 16:01:14 UTC

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According to this
https://www.discogs.com/release/2071207-Sonny-Rollins-The-Complete-Prestige-Recordings
Miles

2024-10-31 15:40:55 UTC

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The session featured Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums.
Of course, also Sonny Rollins on tenor.
The chemistry between Rollins and Silver is strong. The thing about this recording is how much space Rollins leaves in his solo and how Silver manages to play the perfect chops in that space.
And then there is also this delight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06zQFiJbXAQ
Herbie Hancock Michael Brecker Bobby McFerrin Al Foster Buster Williams
#jazz #music

2024-10-31 13:24:15 UTC

I was inspired by a post
Stuck on Rhythm Changes? Here Are 4 Coltrane Concepts That’ll Set You Free
https://www.jazzadvice.com/lessons/how-play-rhythm-changes-like-john-coltrane/
where Eric analysed Coltrane's playing on Oleo with the Miles Davis Quintet.
I started to practice some of the transcibed phrases and I came up with the double bebop scale technique where I use the chromatic runs from both the C and F bebop scales over the rhythm changes A part in Bb.
Thanks Eric.
#jazz #improvisation #coltrane

2024-10-26 01:40:10 UTC

So here's my idea.
I want to use mastodon toots as a comment thread for my blog posts.
At the bottom of the blog post I want to embed the toot and the replies.
I can pull the toot id from the embed code.
Then I want to make a database query to get all the replies to that toot.
Then I can generate the embed codes needed to show the toot and all the replies.
I'm a mysql guy, not postgres. Also a mastodon newb.
I want to know how to get the reply ids for a toot.
Any help, links, etc?
#dev

2024-10-23 11:48:19 UTC

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Virtual tickets are sold out. I'm glad the Internet Archive is popular.

2024-10-23 11:45:28 UTC

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An interesting read. I have been steeped in Ramanujan lore but this article helped me understand the math behind the lore.

2024-10-22 23:42:36 UTC

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Ok, I love this and I'm thinking about how to use it at my DnD table.

2024-09-29 03:00:07 UTC

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I'm entirely a fan who reads for entertainment and I love me some Clifford D. Simak.
Checking your article now.

2024-09-29 02:56:28 UTC

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I used to read predominantly sf and now I'm reading mostly fantasy.
Right now I'm reading sf. Under The Eye Of The Big bird by Hiromi Kawakami.
Coincidentally, Hiromi (not the author) is one of my favorite jazz pianists.

2024-09-29 02:35:11 UTC

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I'm fixin to buy The King of Ys: Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson.
I think it's pre Arthurian fantasy.

2024-09-15 03:45:33 UTC

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Ok, I dig what you're doing. I wrote my first podcast, Plain Text Programs and I plan on recording it tomorrow.
Thanks for the sweet inspiration.
#code #programs #podcast #hacker

2024-09-03 17:13:16 UTC

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Are you in Reykjavík?

2024-09-03 16:39:52 UTC

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It's unsettling for me and I live in Arkansas.

2024-09-03 13:53:25 UTC

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I started following jazz in Iceland and now I have friends there. Got to be worried about volcanoes.

2024-09-01 02:43:03 UTC

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It doesn't hurt that it has the magic words, Robert Heinlein.

2024-08-20 12:14:58 UTC

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So because of her work with variable stars not only did she discover what the universe is made of she laid the groundwork for finding the size of the universe.