it might sound silly or obvious but there are a lot of images even a little bit of content-aware fill won't make work (and often from newer artists who've not considered use, as opposed to older artists just being obstinate 🥲)

when sorting/choosing press images, think of how they're used: most websites will crop to 3:2 or 16:9, and often squares, and some will do so automatically without human input / override: please ensure there are options which don't result in members being removed / faces being cut in half!

*see also the intro only to many usual suspects like smoke on the water, ziggy stardust, etc)

i mean my only other thoughts this morning have been 'i wish lidl had a stock checker for the middle of lidl stuff so i don't go to a shop without the rechargeable strimmer', 'shit, my air fryer was recalled for fire risk and i've just used it for ages' and 'fuck, i need to get a new tent' so

basically her deadpan delivery and sharp wit vs hapless petty criminals for the most part with the well-worn tropes of the 'actual' boss in thrillers being the matriarch (i have never worked in tv or thought about it btw, so not at all a fully thought out thing haha)

I say this as someone who once had a horrible time making a festival's website a long time ago because the festival boss dictated what everything should be and it was completely pointless with too many pages btw, but my browser shouldn't panic when looking at a lineup (that i should be able to find)

people go on to see the when, where, and who's playing (then potentially, if these please, how to get tickets and all that other useful FAQ stuff). simple, as free of moving scripts as possible...

even if i had to log in to one per major group then aim / impala / etc, knowing the info was there - and crucially, could see updated release dates / embargos (you know the former loves to change on a whim) and contact info for the right region

i didn't want to repeat myself haha, but context! if we all connect to music and artists' work in different ways, what one listener overlaps with is going to completely differ from another, and even within audiences these clusters can be so numerous

i personally think this is the contemporary role of music writing: spotify's algorithm is based only on what's already been linked in listeners' minds, then at the other extreme is pandora, entirely musical, where humans offer 'vibe' matching (for want of a much better word i'm sure)

i know it's the most frequent 'who tf uses...' response 🙃

the legacy of having 'made do' with a slow computer for a while means yes, i do use camera raw in bridge on a regular basis.

incidentally I found some notes from that record release period last year and tbf it did match what I was then writing about for my marketing module for my MA 😇