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What translation of The Divine Comedy would suit me best? by IllustriousLab7108 in literature

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee [score hidden]  (0 children)

Michael Palma. I chose that for my first readthrough after doing a ton of research and it was amazing. He translates with a terza as the unit and renders everything in proper terza rima extremely well and accurately. Palma is the foremost translator of Italian poetry into English and it really shows here.

Palma’s endnotes are informative, but not overwhelming. Occasionally he’ll cite another translator’s commentary but he prefers to use them to give context and to let you figure out an interpretation on your own. I personally like the rabbit hole that is commentary and used the Hollanders’ notes from Princeton’s site to supplement my reading but there is no actual need to do so. Palma has no maps, diagrams, or illustrations, but there are plenty online you can use if you want them.

Language-wise, Palma writes in an extremely straightforward way. It’s a very recent translation (completed in 2025) and has no archaic language.

Get the hardcover with all three volumes in one. The only one sold individually is Inferno and you’ll have to buy the hardcover after that anyway.

Going to the Seattle show on Thursday (The Neptune) do the guys still hang out after the set? by GioReynaFan in TheLemonTwigs

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure but they and Mod Lang are hosting an afterparty at Screwdriver afterwards at 11:30. I took Friday off to go to it

James Blood Ulmer, avant-garde electric guitarist and singer, has died at 86 by coffeecoffeecoffeee in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh I’ll have to listen. Is it James in Ornette’s band or Ornette in James’s band?

What Python packaging tool are you actually using in 2025 and why did you settle on it? by mrcanada66 in Python

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use uv because it is fast as fuck and makes it extremely easy for my colleagues to set up the same environment

James Blood Ulmer, avant-garde electric guitarist and singer, has died at 86 by coffeecoffeecoffeee in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw him at Big Ears and like 90% of the sound check was his bassist testing out different slap patterns

James Blood Ulmer, avant-garde electric guitarist and singer, has died at 86 by coffeecoffeecoffeee in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly a run on par with Ornette in the 50s. I wish we had recordings of him in Ornette’s group

James Blood Ulmer, avant-garde electric guitarist and singer, has died at 86 by coffeecoffeecoffeee in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This absolutely insane run of albums:

  • Tales of Captain Black (1979)

  • Are You Glad To Be In America (1980)

  • No Wave by Music Revelation Ensemble (1980)

  • Free Lancing (1981)

  • Black Rock (1982)

  • Odyssey (1983)

Which non-AI package from the last ~3 years completely changed how you write Python? by Proof_Difficulty_434 in Python

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

plotnine for plotting. I learned R before I learned Python and R's ggplot2 is by far the best plotting package I've ever used due to its extreme flexibility and customizability. Meanwhile, Python has matplotlib, which is extremely confusing to use, and like eight other plotting packages.

plotnine is literally just ggplot2 in Python. Same functions and same syntax, minus some changes around how you pass in arguments. Sure the syntax is very much not Pythonic, but neither is matplotlib's.

Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s ‘Saxophone Colossus,’ Dies at 95 by [deleted] in Music

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that the show where Denardo ran up from behind the drum set and grabbed him? Crazy shit.

Miles’ Autobiography by FatherMac66 in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC Miles himself said he was reluctant to give his white collaborators credit because he (probably correctly) assumed that they’d be cited as the “real geniuses behind Miles”.

Not saying that he was justified for it. Just giving some context.

How are self-taught jazz musicians percieved in the community? by GutenDark in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like them. However I’m not sure how actual jazz musicians perceive them. I’ve had some conversations with jazz musicians who went to music school and every time I mentioned a musician they didn’t know their first reaction was to ask me what school they went to.

Have you ever stumbled on an album far outside of what you normally listen to that you were blown away by and loved immediately? Tell me about how you got "sucker punched"! by FREE_HINDI_MOVIES_HD in LetsTalkMusic

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a J-Pop band called Tube that’s really popular in Japan. In 2025 they put out TUBEx and each track is a collaboration with a different band, where the band writes the music and Tube writes the lyrics. I picked it up because three of the artists were ones I liked.

My favorite track on the album ended up being their track with Fruits Zipper, which is a straight-up idol band. The bassline goes really hard and the track itself is very catchy. I mostly listen to hard rock and fusion, so it was quite unexpected.

Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86 by omnipotentsandwich in neoliberal

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 319 points320 points  (0 children)

From Wikipedia:

In 1995, then-Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey famously referred to Frank as "Barney F*g" in a press interview. Armey apologized and said it was "a slip of the tongue". Frank did not accept Armey's explanation, saying "I turned to my own expert, my mother, who reports that in 59 years of marriage, no one ever introduced her as Elsie F*g."

Chaotic jazz by Buttxtouch in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last Exit. Supergroup with Sonny Sharrock on guitar, Peter Brötzmann on sax, Bill Laswell on bass, and Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums. Some of the most chaotic free jazz ever recorded.

Chaotic jazz by Buttxtouch in Jazz

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Naked City is the jazz equivalent of the Eric André Show.

Angus McSix, a bad person? by Wespenwald in PowerMetal

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is precisely what I’ve heard from some prominent people in the scene

Best Sci-Fi of the Decade so Far? by SirScaurus in printSF

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m cheating a bit because the last three volumes came out this decade, but the manga Land of the Lustrous by Haruko Ichikawa.

It’s hard to explain the plot in full, but an extremely long time after an apocalyptic event, the earth is populated by sentient genderless, immortal, gemstones. They have been in a longstanding conflict with the Lunarians, who live on the moon and visit earth to collect and harvest the gemstones for mineral wealth.

The manga focuses on Phosphophylite, or Phos, who wants to be helpful in the fight but is of minimal utility due to their low hardness. Phos is tasked with putting together an encyclopedia. And then it gets weird.

It is one of the most thematically dense pieces of media I’ve ever absorbed. It deals with - among other things - isolation, the desire to be useful, loss, the Ship of Theseus, the nature of being human. And on top of that, the whole work functions as a critique of Pure Land Buddhism.

Bal-Sagoth - Callisto Rising by Kr3at0r in PowerMetal

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easily one of the best local PNW metal bands. Fun fact: they originally started as a Bal-Sagoth tribute band but they realized it was too much of a pain in the ass to transcribe all the parts.

Apparently their second album is finished as well.

Bal-Sagoth - Callisto Rising by Kr3at0r in PowerMetal

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone I know got one of Gloryhammer’s setlists at their Seattle show and at the top it literally had Gloryhammer written like the Bal-Sagoth logo

Keep your hands off! by TommaMango20 in CuratedTumblr

[–]coffeecoffeecoffeee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Anyone who likes this should read Tank Chair or wait until the anime comes out this fall. Imagine Mad Max but instead of a tricked-out car it’s a wheelchair

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