I am using whipper: GitHub - whipper-team/whipper: Python CD-DA ripper preferring accuracy over speed
Total nerd stuff
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Do you know of a decent replacement for Audacity? I used this for digitizing LPs directly to FLACâyears ago! Apparently Audacity has turned to shite, so Iâm looking for something at least as easy to use.
Tenacity is a fork with the crap stuff removed. The Tenacity Manual â Tenacity 1.3e1 documentation
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Going over the top 100 ambient music albums from /r/ambientmusic and this one nails the spot. Really good
Way back when was heavily into Jean-Michel Jarre when the cool kids were having fun with Joy Division, New Order, Stone Roses etc. Jarre was the gateway drug to Vangelis, Mike Oldfield, Kraftwerk, Neu! (over 10mins on drums with a 4/4 beatâŚ)
Didnât take long to redeem myself with The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Talking Heads, The ClashâŚ
The most entertaining thing Iâve found on the tubes is The Steve nâ Seagulls cover of Thunderstruck (what an entrance) closely followed by The Dead South
And Lisa OâNeills voice is a complete ear worm.
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I used to love Foobar 2000. Not sure why I donât have it anymore, but I seem to have something called MusicBee on my PC.
When I was ripping all my old CDs to FLAC, I was using CueTools, but that was a long time ago and I donât know if itâs still any good.
Iâve watched this Amoeba Records interview of Matt Berry quite a few times. Really enjoy it for some reason with his eclectic vinyl choices and amiable chatter.
And this much older one is also quite fun, particularly the album at this point in the video:
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I see Frank Zappa mentioned - thumbs up!
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Yep. I really want to play that on vinyl now, even though playing vinyl is a massive pain in the arse in my place. And just realised that the cover of the Zappa album mustâve been shot on aerochrome.
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The Timelords - Doctorin The Tardis!
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I have been exploring some ambient stuff, including solfeggio tones, binaural beats, and the like. I have been trying to get into the peer-reviewed literature on this stuff and its various (purported) psychological and physiological effects.
Anyway, earlier this week in my office at work, I was not feeling great due to insomnia, so I put on this 432 Hz thing on Qobuz, dimmed the lights and settled in for a little nap in my chair. I did not fall asleep, but this stuff really chilled me the fook outâfelt both very relaxed and mentally alert after about 30 minutes.
Placebo effect maybe, but if it feels good, do it! 
https://youtu.be/cmC1dTjPSt4?si=F-MAObtcqmd6meM7
Sorry, could not find any info on how to embed a videoâŚ
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We went to hear the Ukrainian National Orchestra in Perth last night, an all Beethoven concert.
Coriolan overture, Hammer clavier concerto and 7th symphony.
A superb night, and the hall was packed. Lots of people there who had probably never been to a classical concert before.
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Sounds like a great concert! Hammerklavier Sonataâone of the most profound pieces of music ever written! I have many recordings, but the one by the English pianist Solomon (recorded in the 50s) remains my favorite.
These days, I am content to listen to nothing at all and just take in the peace of the moment, except for perhaps the songbirds that are returning to my area as spring takes over.
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Aussie genius
I think Matt Berry of Toast of London and What We Do in the Shadows based his entire career on this speech.
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I love this clip 
A staple of the internet
And now in the national archive
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I never thought of this before, but I can definitely see a lot of Jack Karlson in Laszlo.
I remember the first time I encountered Matt Berry. It was in The IT Crowd, and I was very sad when they killed off my favourite character - Chris Morris. But he was replaced with Matt Berry, which was an inspired choice as it happens.
Chris Morris is a genius. I just donât know what heâs done lately.