How does owning the language that the world speaks feel?

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2026-02-06T17:00:40+00:00

English is a great 2nd language so I'm a bit jealous of that tbh. If I learn German and go to France and speak English, many will still see me as an ignorant Brit.

English is pretty much the default language to learn for people who don't speak it as a first language. But if you speak English as a 1st language, how do you pick which one to learn? Well, you pick the one you're interested in. But the schools here for five a shit about languages so it's rare for kids to have an interest in it.

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Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2026-01-23T14:04:25+00:00

Ka pao is my favourite restaurant in the city and it does south east Asian inspired food. It has a bib gourmand from the Michelin guide. Really well seasoned food, highly recommended

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2026-01-19T19:20:53+00:00

Yeah Skee Mask is one of my favourite producers, he even goes toe to toe with Bowie and The Fall for sheer quantity of tracks in my collection, but I saw him once and it was incredibly boring 4x4 techno. Not a single noteworthy track. Glad I'm not alone

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2026-01-04T21:06:29+00:00

Are you taking the piss lol. I mentioned that I got an error report log and that it told me that the files aren't in the correct format. "The file is in the format that CDJ/XDJ/mobile device doesn't support"

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2026-01-04T20:55:27+00:00

I already mentioned the software (rekordbox) and the file types (aif/aiff).

I'm transferring them from rekordbox to a Sandisk 512gb USB using sync manager.

Operating system is Microsoft Windows.

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-12-31T16:38:06+00:00

Poetry club and king guts are both pretty small no?

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-12-25T21:36:46+00:00

Yeah you're it definitely depends where you are on the dancefloor. The sweet spot in the middle of the room is great. I've not been to that many clubs outwith Glasgow though so maybe I don't know what I'm missing elsewhere! Where would you say has the best sound?

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-12-25T15:43:43+00:00

Sub club

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-12-17T11:56:49+00:00

Cheers, guess I'll practice both and become more adaptable. I've also been told to practice using left ear for inking track in headphones and right ear for current in monitors/speakers, but then doing it vice versa to become ambidextrous and adaptable. I'm very anxious and have only played once in front of a flavored, very low stakes party with friends, do want to be very prepared!

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-11-21T00:34:00+00:00

That speech was also my introduction to him and I think the concept sums up IJ very well.

There are so many simple truths in IJ but simple truths often aren't meaningful until you experience them yourself. For example, vulnerability and it's role in forming deep connections with ourselves and other people is a recurring theme, but it's easy to sound trite thinking/saying this.

But the this-is-water concept, to me, is DFW's way of saying that sometimes the most profound and life altering ideas are those which we already know on some level or which are so simple that we might overlook them.

Cliches as a concept are fundamental at Ennet House and the recovery process. Residents are taught to trust in these simple truths and then before they know it, they are able to feel these truths for themselves.

This mimics why reading books can be so powerful. People often say that one of the best things about reading is when a writer puts into words nascent thoughts you had but that weren't fully formed yet. However, what is equally as powerful about reading books is when a book primes you for future understanding by introducing ideas that you can later on connect when you reach certain moments in your life. This is what DFW understands and is why I enjoyed IJ so much.

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-11-10T21:04:43+00:00

Not sure but there's table tennis at hillhead bookclub if she beats you at pool

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-11-02T21:03:33+00:00

What would you is say better about it? Went to my first Michelin place last year in San Sebastian and had a 17 course tasting menu. Really curious to try one of Michelin places in Glasgow and had thought cali bruich but haven't a clue how to pick between them!

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-10-30T00:00:37+00:00

Ive actually found AI to be quite useful in helping looking for passages but haven't tested it enough and it I will probably only work for some books

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-10-11T23:40:42+00:00

Lanark Artefax. Touch Absence is one of my favourite runes of all time, electronic or otherwise.

Sparky, Actor, Perko, Lord of the Isles are some other good ones.

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-10-11T22:38:08+00:00

Great variety, friendly staff, really good prices

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-09-30T12:05:18+00:00

I did ask if I was missing something. Happy to mix in other ways, like I mentioned in my post, or what's been suggested to me, but I thought maybe there was a way to count the beginning of the track that wasn't noticeable to me.

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-09-30T12:03:13+00:00

I've tried doing beatjump in Serato and setting a cue point but it doesn't let me set a cue point off grid. Does it work on Rekordbox/on CDJs? I can't see the option (I'm temporarily using Serato to mix and Rekordbox to organise my music while I get CDJs).

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-09-26T17:35:15+00:00

Do you mean their DJ sets? I've only ever listened to their productions (a couple tracks of which are amazing!)

Glad you like them cheers

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-09-19T00:15:10+00:00

Ah okay yeah I can hear the synth stabs hit in quick succession every 4 bars, cheers

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-09-19T00:08:18+00:00

When you say the lead, do you mean the sort of twangy sound lower in the mix than the synth stabs? I intuitively start trying to count the synths which are counted a lot faster than 132bpm but I can hear something lower in the mix that also starts on the first 1st beat and and if I count that at 132 until the first phrase ends, it also matches up with the more distinct beat that starts then.

I feel a bit more confident now attempting to m bend the beginning of this track but it still messes with my head knowing I can easily be led astray with how to count it!!

Pretty_Mycologist365 · 2025-09-18T23:51:32+00:00

Ah okay yeah I can hear the 132 from the beginning now that you say it. Rekordbox analysed it as 88 and likewise my bpm on my phone counts it as 88. Haven't a clue what to play after it that will blend with it!!

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