Just learned about an unusual music collaboration between James Woods (the actor) and Shooter Jennings (sysop of Bitrise BBS, now Wizard's Rainbow BBS).

Album: Hear the Thunder Crack

My initial standout picks are:
Whispers From The Heart, and
Hello Friend
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On 21 Oct 2024, August Abolins said the following...

Just learned about an unusual music collaboration between James Woods
(the actor) and Shooter Jennings (sysop of Bitrise BBS, now Wizard's Rainbow BBS).

Album: Hear the Thunder Crack

My initial standout picks are:
Whispers From The Heart, and
Hello Friend

Looks like you can listen to it on YouTube:

https://tinyurl.com/3htf88bf

Or

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJ0oXrx-DuuCDk6Oyt_WWZL4ai0atgBuk&si= HDvB5w2cUql8wRGw

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Hello Jay Harris!

** On Tuesday 22.10.24 - 04:16, Jay Harris wrote to All:

Looks like you can listen to it on YouTube:

...indeed! Handy, I guess. It never occurred to me to try YT
for album tracks. But I discovered a couple of interesting
vids interviewing Jennings and Woods about the project.

YT seems to want to aspire to be the single media server for
practically everything. But, $15/mo for "no ads"? ..no thanks!

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On Tuesday October 22 2024, August Abolins said the following...

...indeed! Handy, I guess. It never occurred to me to try YT
for album tracks. But I discovered a couple of interesting
vids interviewing Jennings and Woods about the project.

YT seems to want to aspire to be the single media server for
practically everything. But, $15/mo for "no ads"? ..no thanks!

You can try some alternative front ends for youtube.

I'm using this one currently:

https://cal1.iv.ggtyler.dev/

(His nyc1 server is currently being blocked by YouTube)

It's an "Invidious" frontend for YouTube. It works well from both mobile & desktop browsers.

There's also:

Piped: https://cal1.pi.ggtyler.dev/
Poke: https://cal1.poke.ggtyler.dev/

But I haven't really played around with those two.


This Tyler dude hosts a bunch of frontends for various services like Reddit & Twitch:
https://www.ggtyler.dev/other/frontends


You can also download and run Freetube from your PC:

https://freetubeapp.io/#download


Jay

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Hi August,

On 2024-10-22 20:30:00, you wrote to Jay Harris:

YT seems to want to aspire to be the single media server for
practically everything. But, $15/mo for "no ads"? ..no thanks!

On a desktop with Firefox and the uBlock Origin plugin, you don't see any ads on YT. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

On a desktop with Firefox and the uBlock Origin plugin,
you don't see any ads on YT. ;-)

I had uBlock installed with FF on my DT at the shop. I forgot
to add it to FF on my laptop at home - I was totally annoyed
and wondered why I was getting those annoying commercial breaks
while listening to a 11 minute interview on Democracy Now.

Thanks for the headsup.

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Hello Jay!

You can try some alternative front ends for youtube.

[...]

Thanks for all those suggestions. Your message is a keeper for
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Re: you can listen to it on YouTube
By: August Abolins to Jay Harris on Tue Oct 22 2024 20:30:00

It never occurred to me to try YT for album tracks.

I've found you can find almost any tune/albume on YT. It's my go-to when I'm looking for music. Like right now, I'm listing to a live stream of bosa nova music.

YT seems to want to aspire to be the single media server for
practically everything.

Nothing wrong with that, as long as they do a good job at it.

$15/mo for "no ads"? ..no thanks!

Ads? I don't see no stinkin' ads. Use the uBlock Origin extension and kiss those puppies bye-bye.
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Re: Re: you can listen to it on YouTube
By: Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins on Wed Oct 23 2024 09:44:20

On a desktop with Firefox and the uBlock Origin plugin, you don't see any ads on YT. ;-)

Works with Chrome, Edge and probably others, too. It seems to be the last ad-blocker that still works with YT.
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Hello Mortar M.!

** On Wednesday 20.11.24 - 00:08, Mortar M. wrote to August Abolins:

I've found you can find almost any tune/albume on YT.
It's my go-to when I'm looking for music. Like right now,
I'm listing to a live stream of bosa nova music.

[...]

Ads? I don't see no stinkin' ads. Use the uBlock Origin
extension and kiss those puppies bye-bye. -+- SBBSecho
3.23-Linux

For me, YT is pretty good for a quick lookup and sample. But I
have to re-explore its performance with MyPal or Palemoon. As
far as I can tell, MyPal doesn't have a supported adblocker but
PaleMoon does.

My goto for uninterrupted music and control is Spotify. It was
10.99CDN for many years. The monthly rate is going up to
12.99CDN for Premium on Dec 1.

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Hi August,

On 2024-10-22 20:30:00, you wrote to Jay Harris:

On a desktop with Firefox and the uBlock Origin plugin, you don't see any ads on YT. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

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Wilfred, I have NoScript on this phone.

I will look to see if uBlock Origin is offered as an app for Android phone I have.
Thank you.
Ed
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Re: you can listen to it on YouTube
By: August Abolins to Mortar M. on Wed Nov 20 2024 20:18:00

My goto for uninterrupted music and control is Spotify. It was
10.99CDN for many years. The monthly rate is going up to
12.99CDN for Premium on Dec 1.

I listen for FREE! :D
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Aug, I see You mentioned Canadian Dollars.
I was thinking that You're in Texas.
But there I go trying to think again.
Ed

Hello Mortar M.!

** On Wednesday 20.11.24 - 00:08, Mortar M. wrote to August Abolins:

[...]

For me, YT is pretty good for a quick lookup and sample. But I
have to re-explore its performance with MyPal or Palemoon. As
far as I can tell, MyPal doesn't have a supported adblocker but
PaleMoon does.

My goto for uninterrupted music and control is Spotify. It was
10.99CDN for many years. The monthly rate is going up to
12.99CDN for Premium on Dec 1.

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Hello Mortar M.!

My goto for uninterrupted music and control is Spotify. It was
10.99CDN for many years. The monthly rate is going up to
12.99CDN for Premium on Dec 1.

I listen for FREE! :D

YT does not present itself as an equivalent to something like
Spotify. Sorry.

YT does allow saving vids in play lists, but if I am interested
in music, the video content (often static or poster-preference
images) is overkill and irrelevent to me as a "listener".

Even the YT vids of 45's being played seems silly. I know what
a spinning record looks like. I don't need 3-4 minutes of that!

Besides, vid content is a bigger data hog than simply the
audio. I wouldn't want to waste data/bandwidth for video that
I don't need.

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Hello Ed!

Aug, I see You mentioned Canadian Dollars.
I was thinking that You're in Texas.
But there I go trying to think again.

Do I seem taller than anyone else here? :D


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Hello Ed!

Do I seem taller than anyone else here? :D

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August, In MY head I thought one of the posts You wrote said something about Texas.
Me confused because this here phone doesn't store old messages as I done on my computer hence I have VERY MUCH difficulty searching thru old messages to refresh my memory about something I thought I remembered reading .

Not all Texans are tall.
I have a In-law who was born and raised in Texas who ain't TALL.
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Re: you can listen to it on YouTube
By: August Abolins to Mortar M. on Thu Nov 21 2024 19:56:00

YT does not present itself as an equivalent to something like
Spotify. Sorry.

I prefer function over form. And YT doesn't decide what music it thinks I want to hear.

...if I am interested in music, the video content...is overkill and irrelevent to me as a "listener".

Agreed, unless I'm wanting to watch music videos.

Even the YT vids of 45's being played seems silly. I know what a spinning record looks like. I don't need 3-4 minutes of that!

Um...don't look.

Besides, vid content is a bigger data hog than simply the
audio. I wouldn't want to waste data/bandwidth for video that
I don't need.

If you're on a phone, that could be a problem, besides the YT app SUUUUCKS!
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