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sunday for the lord, yes

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subbing at a church service is much fun gig for me. as i no longer have a regular church job, it's been great going around town and fill-in for different congregation and denominations over the years. the funny thing is that playing the music is the easiest part, HAHA. every service is slightly different, and every church/choir/peeps do something bit different. yet because it's a sunday service, often, they all know WHAT TO DO, except me, the fill-in.  so sometimes things get exponentially silly, and today was one of those! 1. st. clair-lawrence bus: i got up early enough to do 5k run before the service. totes forgot to check it was the subway-bus day. check google, should make it just on the nose. system dawdles. and i make it with 1 min to spare. post-work out dash. 2. choir warm-up/review for service: goes smashing well. get into a discussion with a member about rando thing while making notes on bulletin for the day *ex. what to sing, where i play, what's spoken,

ANIMA: concert going and anger

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thom yorke, cred: MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock so this thom yorke anima tour was amazing. https://youtu.be/YNYJ_BJJbzI the visuals are stunning. even from scotia arena non-premium seat, the video was amazing.  this is the first time ive been convinced that video can be art- like, not just a medium carrying messages, but could be an abstract artistic discipline of its own. supposedly inspired by flying lotus (whos also doing a 3D show this year), i think anima's done what flying lotus wanted to do- a magic mashup of audio/video. (yes, i did go to the flying lotus show...) with these amazing videos (content-wise and technically)- if kandinsky, miro and klee had seen shows like this, and had options to do similar thing, would theyve stuck to the flat, still 2D world? a virtual palette where you can have any shades at any gradation available? true white light and true black? only thing that is missing is texture... honestly the most beautiful videos ive seen in a LONG