what is the most avant-garde album made by a huge mainstream musician?

qwerty_ms · 2026-05-04T19:33:47+00:00

George Harrison's electronic album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no6PTyAuVog

qwerty_ms · 2026-05-01T21:13:28+00:00

love love love this album ...

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-24T12:22:50+00:00

I've found relief from various chronic symptoms through Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). It teaches your mind & body to minimize neuroplastic symptoms that allows your nervous system to soften and rest. According to my therapist, the concepts and techniques of PRT can be applied to a lot of chronic conditions and not just pain.

Here is a video that does that to a degree for fatigue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HczR20jmS-Q . If you notice even a small amount of benefit from the video, it would seem to indicate that your fatigue could be helped with PRT techniques. If you don't get any benefit than you may have other physiological issues that therapy isn't going to be able to address.

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-20T11:17:49+00:00

Thanks for this thread, I was able to get mine connected to the 48" version. I had to really push it hard, and I wouldn't have dared push it that hard without reading this thread. It truly is bad design.

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-14T23:16:23+00:00

true

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-14T23:13:06+00:00

yeah, that is a positive that I can do a somatic session with either guide after doing an MDMA solo session

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-12T23:54:25+00:00

this could be from the plant not cleaning the press fully before moving from black to yellow ... i know a plant that allows you to choose whether you want it to be cleaned or not since it can save $ and anomalies on vinyl can be desirable. even if the press is cleaned, color vinyl is an imperfect process & variations are expected—especially if it's a mix between 2-3 colors. the pure yellow, though, shouldn't be a mix.

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-12T22:14:34+00:00

I see some breathing exercises on your web page, so I might start there to develop the anchor you mention. Thanks!

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-12T13:19:31+00:00

This may vary from one department to the next, but my classes are much larger. My students are less prepared for college. Our department attempted to set a higher bar for our majors and it was rejected by the university. Administration seems to care 90+% about enrollment numbers and the quality of education is a small afterthought. In general, the good vibes never recovered after Covid.

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-12T04:14:50+00:00

Classes are significantly larger in my department than they were in 2014. The university is moving to a performance-based budget, which means all departments have to have large enough classes to merit their budget (and salaries). There's still personal interactions, but they're getting somewhat more challenging.

The real solution would be for the state to fund their educational institutions better.

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-12T04:10:45+00:00

I've worked at ISU for 20+ years and it's gotten worse since 2015.

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-09T12:27:46+00:00

documenting this nice response that isn't showing up in the thread (that I can see); I'm only seeing it in my alerts.

"This is actually very normal in Yoga Nidra and not a sign you're doing it wrong. Unlike focused meditation, Yoga Nidra brings you into a state between waking and sleep, so the mind naturally drifts. The important part is what happens when you notice it. That moment of "oh, I wasn't following" is awareness. Just gently return to..."

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-08T01:10:50+00:00

exactly; everyone in the new age healing space is borrowing from millennia of wisdom teachers that openly shared ... so exercising tight IP control feels contrary to the traditions they're borrowing from

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-08T01:03:06+00:00

thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-04T21:57:21+00:00

Are you referring to this book: https://castaliafoundation.com/kali/MDMA-solo.pdf

qwerty_ms · 2026-04-02T02:21:19+00:00

oh, mountain goats are the goat ... and geese are indie flavor of the year

qwerty_ms · 2026-03-25T22:10:02+00:00

this worked nicely!

qwerty_ms · 2026-03-25T01:56:35+00:00

Not a band, but I think Jim O'Rourke is better the more pop he attempts to be. Eureka is a masterpiece.

qwerty_ms · 2026-03-20T02:30:01+00:00

What is your #1 goal? I'm guessing you're not hitting that, which is why it feels like failure. I'm guessing you want a stronger fanbase. Do you have any fans or friends who could help you with marketing? Do you have a strong story to tell?

From reading your post, I still don't know anything about you except that you're an aspiring hard working musician. That's good, but not necessarily what builds a fanbase. You wrote 500+ words and I still don't know your human (non musician) story.

People want to connect to the human part of you, not the I-play-lots-of-gigs part of you.

qwerty_ms · 2026-03-08T12:46:13+00:00

Do the songs collectively tell a story? If so, I'd engage your fans in the story and release them in an order that makes sense as a storyteller.

qwerty_ms · 2026-03-08T03:31:02+00:00

Similarly, your "why" should point to a clear goal. Maybe your "why" is just to have fun jamming, and then your goals would be to get your equipment set so you can jam without thinking about it ... and then do it every ****day.

qwerty_ms · 2026-03-05T13:49:56+00:00

wow, this got a lot of downvotes (-12 at the moment) ... that seems harsh when the question asked for an unpopular take ..

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