Mark JK Lawrence
@mjkl.bsky.social
Guitarist & composer. Trying hard to keep my Ears and eyes wide open. Rock, Jazz, Funk & Blues. Computer musician. Green fingered. Cornish 〓〓
http://mjkl.bandcamp.com
http://mjkl.bandcamp.com
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We've just updated Valhalla Supermassive to 5.0.0. New reverb/echo mode: Sirius!
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Valhalla Supermassive 5.0.0 Update: Sirius! - Valhalla DSP
We have just released the 5.0.0 update of Valhalla Supermassive. The big changes: Previous/next arrows to quickly scroll through the different Modes. This
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November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We've just updated Valhalla Supermassive to 5.0.0. New reverb/echo mode: Sirius!
valhalladsp.com/2025/11/25/v...
valhalladsp.com/2025/11/25/v...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re: Mystery Hour, two of the greatest guitarists ever to have lived (and I really do mean that) are John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth, and both were born in Yorkshire :) 🎸
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re: Mystery Hour, two of the greatest guitarists ever to have lived (and I really do mean that) are John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth, and both were born in Yorkshire :) 🎸
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Bristol jazz calendar updated for November
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Bristol Jazz Live
Bristol Jazz Live:
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October 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Bristol jazz calendar updated for November
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RIP Jack DeJohnette, here playing at the Isle of Wight festival with Miles Davis' incredible electric band in 1970.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJo...
Miles Davis - Call It Anything - Isle of Wight Festival - August 29, 1970
YouTube video by 999dsfa
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October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
RIP Jack DeJohnette, here playing at the Isle of Wight festival with Miles Davis' incredible electric band in 1970.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJo...
I've been using Huxe AI for a while, and it's quite interesting. I believe it's being developed by some of the same team who came up with NotebookLM and it's good at creating podcast format discussions about pretty much any topic. Here's one, I call it "Musk's Nuts".
www.huxe.com/livecast/d40...
www.huxe.com/livecast/d40...
Musk's Nuts
Listen to "Musk's Nuts" on Huxe - your personal audio intellig...
www.huxe.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I've been using Huxe AI for a while, and it's quite interesting. I believe it's being developed by some of the same team who came up with NotebookLM and it's good at creating podcast format discussions about pretty much any topic. Here's one, I call it "Musk's Nuts".
www.huxe.com/livecast/d40...
www.huxe.com/livecast/d40...
What to make of this? AI music from Brazil, a soul cover of Metallica.
Impressed on first listen, more critical on second. Sound quality is weird, musically it kind of hangs together quite well.
At least it's not trying to pretend it's something it's not. #ai #aimusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX8...
Impressed on first listen, more critical on second. Sound quality is weird, musically it kind of hangs together quite well.
At least it's not trying to pretend it's something it's not. #ai #aimusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX8...
One ( soul ) Metallica
YouTube video by Fake music
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September 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What to make of this? AI music from Brazil, a soul cover of Metallica.
Impressed on first listen, more critical on second. Sound quality is weird, musically it kind of hangs together quite well.
At least it's not trying to pretend it's something it's not. #ai #aimusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX8...
Impressed on first listen, more critical on second. Sound quality is weird, musically it kind of hangs together quite well.
At least it's not trying to pretend it's something it's not. #ai #aimusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX8...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social maybe it's just me, but I've been quite wary of calling someone out as a racist online (particularly a higher profile personality of some kind) for fear of defamation law. This is, perhaps, exacerbated by my desire to post online as myself & not using an anonymous avatar.
September 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social maybe it's just me, but I've been quite wary of calling someone out as a racist online (particularly a higher profile personality of some kind) for fear of defamation law. This is, perhaps, exacerbated by my desire to post online as myself & not using an anonymous avatar.
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Yesterday's full conversation between @barackobama.bsky.social and the excellent
@stevescully.bsky.social is worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOv3...
@stevescully.bsky.social is worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOv3...
President Barack Obama in Conversation with Steve Scully | Jefferson Educational Society
YouTube video by Barack Obama
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September 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Yesterday's full conversation between @barackobama.bsky.social and the excellent
@stevescully.bsky.social is worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOv3...
@stevescully.bsky.social is worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOv3...
Michael Pipoquinha is an amazing musician, check this band out! #bass #bassguitar #jazz #jazzfusion
youtu.be/_T07stdw4Lw?...
youtu.be/_T07stdw4Lw?...
Michael Pipoquinha - "Tipo Dani" @ musig im pflegidach, Muri
YouTube video by Stephan Diethelm
youtu.be
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Michael Pipoquinha is an amazing musician, check this band out! #bass #bassguitar #jazz #jazzfusion
youtu.be/_T07stdw4Lw?...
youtu.be/_T07stdw4Lw?...
September 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@lewisgoodall.com you might already know his work, but Ted Gioia writes a lot on Substack about tech, the future, society, culture, etc and imho he has particularly interesting views on the future of AI. Check it out.
open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...
open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...
Our Shared Reality Will Self-Destruct in the Next 12 Months
What happens when you can't trust photos, videos, text, or the entire web?
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August 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@lewisgoodall.com you might already know his work, but Ted Gioia writes a lot on Substack about tech, the future, society, culture, etc and imho he has particularly interesting views on the future of AI. Check it out.
open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...
open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...
Fascinating discussion about AI if you have a couple of hours to spare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hzg...
Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games | Lex Fridman Podcast #475
YouTube video by Lex Fridman
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July 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fascinating discussion about AI if you have a couple of hours to spare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hzg...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is talking about climate change today, and one of his callers talked about how the super rich are buying up property in New Zealand in preparation for climate catastrophe. This is not something I'd heard of before, one prominent name is Peter Thiel
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chatgpt.com/share/688756...
ChatGPT - Super rich climate prepping
Shared via ChatGPT
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July 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is talking about climate change today, and one of his callers talked about how the super rich are buying up property in New Zealand in preparation for climate catastrophe. This is not something I'd heard of before, one prominent name is Peter Thiel
chatgpt.com/share/688756...
chatgpt.com/share/688756...
Some intensely crazy heavy funky improvised music right here! Wayne Krantz, Tim Lefebvre and Keith Carlock in magnificent form. youtu.be/ajgb8tQx128?...
104 Whipper Snapper - KCL 1997-04-08 at 55 Bar NYC
YouTube video by katszogt
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Some intensely crazy heavy funky improvised music right here! Wayne Krantz, Tim Lefebvre and Keith Carlock in magnificent form. youtu.be/ajgb8tQx128?...
"The diagnosis of just about everything is on the rise. Asthma, ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, multiple cancers, multiple genetic diseases, dementia, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes, osteoporosis... and a compulsion to vote for Reform…"
June 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"The diagnosis of just about everything is on the rise. Asthma, ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, multiple cancers, multiple genetic diseases, dementia, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes, osteoporosis... and a compulsion to vote for Reform…"
WTF are parents doing to their kids? Drugging them left, right and centre it would seem. It's fucking crazy.
I can't help but think that diet and environment are the culprits. Stop feeding them sugar in everything for a start! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I can't help but think that diet and environment are the culprits. Stop feeding them sugar in everything for a start! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I feel like a drug dealer’: the parents using black-market melatonin to help their children sleep
Desperate dads meet in car parks to exchange packets; exhausted parents slip it into their kids’ drinks; families waiting months for prescriptions buy it ‘off label’. But is it worth the risk?
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
WTF are parents doing to their kids? Drugging them left, right and centre it would seem. It's fucking crazy.
I can't help but think that diet and environment are the culprits. Stop feeding them sugar in everything for a start! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I can't help but think that diet and environment are the culprits. Stop feeding them sugar in everything for a start! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I'm sorry to hear that Alan Yentob has died. He seemed to be a very nice man and a positive force for the BBC.
May 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm sorry to hear that Alan Yentob has died. He seemed to be a very nice man and a positive force for the BBC.
Brilliant speech about copyright theft and AI. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
House of Lords
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May 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Brilliant speech about copyright theft and AI. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
It's International Jazz Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQK2...
2025 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert - Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, UAE / #JazzDay
YouTube video by International Jazz Day
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April 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's International Jazz Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQK2...
Timely reminder of why those pricks Arron Banks and Farage should be nowhere near the seat of power.
April 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Timely reminder of why those pricks Arron Banks and Farage should be nowhere near the seat of power.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social if you haven't tried it, can I recommend you try Google's NotebookLM (an AI research tool). For example, you can upload the Project 2025 pdf and other associated publications and ask whatever questions you like, receiving detailed and nuanced answers.
notebooklm.google.com
notebooklm.google.com
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April 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social if you haven't tried it, can I recommend you try Google's NotebookLM (an AI research tool). For example, you can upload the Project 2025 pdf and other associated publications and ask whatever questions you like, receiving detailed and nuanced answers.
notebooklm.google.com
notebooklm.google.com
Hi @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Here in the Bristol area we have mayoral elections coming up, and Banks is running for Reform. A local news site says it's going to be very tight, with possibly Green winning. My concern is more about banks tho. Any idea if there's good, pithy anti-banks campaign?
April 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Hi @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Here in the Bristol area we have mayoral elections coming up, and Banks is running for Reform. A local news site says it's going to be very tight, with possibly Green winning. My concern is more about banks tho. Any idea if there's good, pithy anti-banks campaign?