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remembertheplunge · 2 years
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My name is Lew Wentz.
I am a 69 year old gay criminal defense lawyer. I have been keeping journals for 47 years as of September 14, 2024.. I am writing a book based on the journals.
I came out as a gay man in 1984. I was married to a woman then. I left the marriage after telling her I was gay.
My younger sister, Zoe, who I was very close to, died rather suddenly of pancreatic cancer in May of 2023. She gave me permission to blog the last two weeks of her life. Those blogs run from May 1 to May 14, 2023.
I journaled my journey through the turbulent 1980's and 1990's. During that time, I was pretty vocal about being gay. I volunteered to help people with aids through their illness and death. And, I believe because of this, I was fired from my job as a deputy Public Defender in Modesto California. I also documented the 12 year relationship I had with my partner, Jim, who died in 2009.
I wrote pretty much daily about these events and many others. I never intended for the entries to be made public. But, I now think they should be, as they weave what I believe to be our common story of what it's been like to be out, human and gay in the past four decades.
And, as I journaled, I developed ideas and ways to journal and wrote about them in the journals. I discuss the impact journaling has had on me. And, the amazing revelation reviewing journal entries for the blog and book of just how incredible our lives have been. Memory fades. The journal details do not.
My hope is that , after reading the blogs, and maybe some day the book, you too will become addicted to journaling. Your life on paper will amaze you down the line.
My blog became one and one half years old on August 5, 2024.
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eightyuh · 9 months
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carcarrot · 7 days
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OLD MEN WERE TEMPTING ME...........
#the concert has ended. christ alive#full review and thoughts incoming whenever i get around to it. nevermind ill do it now#OLD MEN WERE TEMPTING ME!!!!!!!!!!!#going into this i thought id be fine. normal even. WRONG AGAIN!#oh adrian. how could i have forgotten the immense fondness i had for you#i didn't forget but all the Adrian Feelings came back like thats really him 🫵#hes so charmingggggggg. jesus#and i thought it was bad with spars/russell doing cocomelon shit to me last year. and that may still take the cake but#tony levin playing that funky music god you love to see it in person. which i never have!#adriannnnnnn. his smile is so infectious he radiates joy like no one else its incredible. and so so endearing#steve vai............ it seems ive grown quite fond of you. actually it was more like i was suddenly like 👁️#hes uh. well hes sure something#OH i should also discuss the meet n greet well it was very short just kinda shaking hands and saying hi (awkwardly on my part)#nice hands steve vai. moving on#ADRIAN NOTICED MY SHIRT (it was a pic of him from one of his solo albums) and he was like 'i recognize that guy!' like dhfkgkfkg#i was also lovingly squished next to ade for the photo. hes sooooooo <3 sorry im sounding like gushy 2019 me but come on its adrian#tony levin is so sweet hes like the best uncle ever. i love himmmmmmmm#his funky fingers were funking!!!!!#oh oh have to say adrian sounds INSANELY good vocally holy shit it sounds the same as the 80s. hes such an underrated singer#im soooooo wowie wow. what a show guys. if i remember more ill elaborate later but thats all for now (waitin around by the stage door)
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hoyotunes · 3 months
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Honkai World Diva (Movie Ver.) from Review Mika Kobayashi, Sya, Zoe, Gon, HOYO-MiX
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annoyingdogsong · 4 months
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are any of you able to see this on my ask page title or does it just say "ask"? i'm curious. i've had it set as this for as long as i can remember and i'm not gonna change it but it would kinda suck if nobody could even see it to begin with...
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fakeoutbf · 4 months
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it’s room under the stairs time babyyyy
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ellraiser · 1 year
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Another sale, another wave of negative reviews because the NPCs in the game have pronouns visible!
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At this point I don’t care about these sorts of reviews, I’ve read plenty of them now
What I do care about is that nearly the largest % of common negative reviews is this sort of review, rather than like, actually useful feedback or actual gameplay mechanic feedback
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For me, negative reviews are a good chance to see if there’s been any glaring issues with the core game
Sure some boil down to “wasn’t for me” (and that’s okay ofc!!), but it’s usually the only place you get people telling you how X Y or Z is shit (in very blunt honest words), and can lead to improvements all round.
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So when I do dredge up the courage and trawl through the reviews, it’s always a shame to see that there’s still a large amount of people complaining over a couple words 
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i am officially, FINALLY all caught up again in both the manga and the anime for bsd and OH BOY there are thoughts and opinions but also WHO CARES because my tags are finally FREE to be unfiltered
#hnnnnnn#i am SO happy#i am BEYOND happy#i love the arc even if i complain about it a lot#but i am also hnnnnnn…….displeased……..with a few things#the anime fr about to catch these hands#i already KNEW they were rushing it from the few episodes i had watched#but the anime is usually SO good at pacing#that i fully trusted that certain things would be slowed down for significance/impact/etc#but instead the pacing just stayed WAY too fast for me#and they ended up cutting SO many small moments that had SO much importance like im going crazy about some of them#some of the lines they cut…….#or even adjusted slightly that it drew away the impact#ugh i KNOW there was a LOT to balance and a LOT of content to get through#but i am a little disappointed that so many emotional scenes were what ended up suffering for it#this is why i don’t usually like reading the manga for animes i watch#i always end up getting disappointed by the limitations of adaptations#that being said though regardless of general limitations i don’t think some of the rushing is above criticism#and i am going to go and eat glass while seething over the particularly offensive rushing/cuts😤#OKAY DONE that’s the last i’ll say about it i would just go crazy if i didn’t vocalize it somewhere#in general i was VERY happy with the arc in both the manga and the anime i have SO much love for it#definitely a favorite for me#and THAT concludes my very vague no spoiler review#i swear one of these days my self control is going to snap#and im just going to start posting my full essays and content analysis shit about everything i watch here#but for now we’re safe and all my rants will stay spoiler free tag paragraphs instead godbless🙏
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thelastharbinger · 1 year
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*growling, groveling, head banging, pumping raw, bloodied fists into tile floor, thrashing, foaming at the mouth*
DREAMERRRR, GROWING PAINNNN, SKIPPINGG STONNESSS, DEEEP DOWWNNN, BLUE SPRRRIIINGGG, HAPPILY EVER AFTER TO MEEEE BITCH!
TXT FVCK ME UPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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bmpmp3 · 2 months
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holy FUCK IA's voisona 2.0 is OUT
#sorry this is just a 3 second made solfege with all auto tuning i just got the update downloaded LOL#am i insane. was i just not paying enough attention to their twitters or was this like shadow dropped#i mean we knew it would come someday but i think i forgot that like#voisona seems to do this with their 2.0s. they barely build any hype they just give em to you LOL#girl so much is happening rn. ia and one 2.0..... takuto's voicevox bank was finally announced.......#i have so many things i want to draw celebration doodles of. so many.#also this is unrelated but downloaded ia's 2.0 made me realize i was like three or so versions behind in voisona#because i like never update things in general and also i didnt realize they had updated so much#BUT holy shit. they added so much stuff so many presets and fun little bits BUT SPECIFICALLY#the tune parameter... that changes how much autopitch it has.... holy shit#now you can make a full pitchsnapping thing.... or you can have a blank slate when doing ur own tuning.... awesome#the husky parametre is still a little strange tho. its uh. so in cevio its basically just breathiness#but in voisona is like. tense and kinda. wet? you can get a but of subtle breathiness but mostly it just sounds like theyre hissing#like a cat. which can be good. but i abuse breathiness and tension in other software so i would love some parametres akin to that#although you can get some of that through the presets in the properties at least#so i would love some easier ways to play around with softness and breathiness. you can kind of fudge it with volume but its tough#but impromptu voisona editor 1.11 first impressions review aside im so excited#i neeeeeed to plug in as many covers as i can right NOW just to hear her voice AUUUUUUUHHHHHHH#unfollow me now this will be the only thing i talk about for the next week etc etc#edit: like immediately after I posted this i went back on twitter to double check something and then saw the new#cfm news. jesus christ today has been crazy for vocal synths truly
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reckonslepoisson · 2 months
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April Mixtape (2022), The Snow Strippers (2022), April Mixtape 2 (2022), April Mixtape 3 (2023), Night Killaz Vol. 1 (2023), Night Killaz Vol. 2 (2024), Snow Strippers
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Snow Strippers have never tried to innovate past their influences, beyond ‘90s trance, ‘00s witch house (very specifically Crystal Castles), ‘10s cloud rap; they’ve supplemented a revival rather than led one. But a leading role isn’t always necessary, all this stuff is gratifying in its polish and conciseness, in its faff-free display of hooks and highs. 
Pick(s): ‘Only Way Out’, ‘Know My Name’, ‘My Own Mistakes’, ‘Aching Like It’s’, ‘So What If I’m a Freak’
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daisyachain · 2 months
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I do not consider myself to be in a ‘bandom’ and I have hitherto looked down upon some people who treat an oeuvre of not-particularly-narrative music as some kind of world that professional musicians inhabit as characters or gods or what have you. That said all of that goes out the window when it comes to my fav band. If I’d lived in the MySpace era I’d be a different person
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northern-passage · 2 years
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this video is wild. even if you don’t want to watch the entire thing, the conclusion is really good and really highlights some of the issues faced in game preservation and the failure to recognize contributions and properly credit artists that work on these games.
#this video is fun he really spirals after the first section#but im certain there are plenty of people like tommy tallarico out there that just arent as stupidly vocal as him#and the way tiktok uses sound effects or uncredited clips as well as games like fortnite stealing dances#so it's not just singular people but also entire companies and corporations that do this kind of shit#idk this is kind of gaming related so. here you go#i know it's like 2hrs but it is really interesting and again even if u just skip to the conclusion he makes some interesting points#basically this guy tommy tallarico is trying to claim he created the roblox oof sound#but he didnt. lol. and then he finds out that this guy has lied about a whole bunch of other gaming shit#and steals credit from a lot of artists along the way#and is just. A Liar and a weirdo#but again i think there are definitely far more tommy tallaricos out there particularly in the gaming industry#where crediting has always been..... questionable at best#and especially lately i feel. there has been a huge uptick in plagiarism in indie games and even IF games#and in book publishing. watched a video the other day that was a review of a book that was literally just#fanfic. and was NOT edited enough to remove the blatant plagiarism that comes with trying to publish literal fanfic lol#i mean publishing fanfic has always been a Thing but it definitely feels like it's gotten far more blatant recently#and it feels that people just. don't care? especially again in indie spaces whether gaming or publishing#i mean there's a whole genre of indie horror games that are just 'asset flips'#that are usually made in a rush to profit off another game's success#and there's nothing wrong with using premade assets if you.... Credit them. but these games dont do that lol#and again are usually stealing the storyline of another more popular game#and again. publishing fanfic... liike...... it's questionable and can easily just become plagiarism#anyways. just something to think about i guess ! if nothing else the video is funney#video#personal
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marketingprofitmedia · 3 months
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Vocal Clone AI Review: What Is Vocal Clone AI?
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You can also choose from a library of pre-built AI voices with different accents and genders. Once you have your voice, you simply type in the script you want it to say, adjust things like speed and pitch, and hit generate. Vocal Clone AI then transforms your text into speech using the chosen voice. This can be a game-changer for content creators, marketers, and anyone who wants to add a professional voiceover to their projects without the hassle and expense of hiring a voice actor. However, it’s important to remember that AI voices, while impressive, might not always sound perfectly human.
Vocal Clone AI Review: Overview
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Vocal Clone AI Review: Pros and Cons
Pros:
Cost-effective: Saves money compared to hiring voice actors.
Time-saving: Creates voiceovers quickly without studio recordings.
Scalable: Generates a high volume of voiceovers in different styles.
Customization: Control voice characteristics for a personalized touch.
Variety: Access to a library of pre-built AI voices beyond cloning.
Cons:
You need to be connected to the internet to use this tool.
In fact, I haven’t found any additional Vocal Clone AI issues.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)
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Q. What happens after the launch period?
The price will turn into a MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION and the low one-time price will never be available again! We encourage you to take action before the launch period ends.
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We guarantee that you will get more value from your purchase of VocalClone AI than what you pay us. However, if for some reason the product is not living up to your expectations at any time within 30 days of buying it, we will give you a full refund, no questions asked.
Q. I have ZERO recording, editing or tech skills. Can I still use it?
Yes, of course! VocalClone AI has been created to be used by anyone, regardless of their experience or technical skills. With this powerful AI technology, you can easily create stunning voiceovers just by typing simple texts.
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You won’t pay a penny extra for future updates. And, you’ll get free lifetime updates to keep your product up-to-date.
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Yes, we will keep adding more high-quality resources to keep it updated for you. And it won’t cost you a penny extra.
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Vocal Clone AI Review: My Recommendation
Vocal Clone AI is a user-friendly and affordable AI voice cloning software that offers a convenient way to create human-sounding voiceovers for various content creation needs. While the generated voices might not always achieve perfect human quality, the software provides a cost-effective and scalable solution for content creators, marketers, and educators. However, it’s important to consider the limitations of the technology, such as potential artificiality in the voice and limited emotional range in the free and basic plans. For those requiring the highest degree of realism and emotional expression, exploring alternatives like Resemble AI might be worthwhile. Ultimately, the choice depends on your specific needs, budget, and desired level of voice customization.
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1001albumsrated · 3 months
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#18 Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio - At Mr. Kelly's (1958)
Genre(s): Jazz Vocals
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Finally, a vocal jazz album with no fucking string section. As I've mentioned before, I've been a big jazz vocals guy, and the bigger the band the less I usually like it. But if I'm going to listen to vocals, this is my favorite kind of vocals album to spin: a small ensemble, live in a small club. Of all the live albums we've heard so far in this project, At Mr. Kelly's may be the live-est (if there is such a thing). Everything feels organic. You can hear the room. The band is great, playing loose and comfortably, but not sloppily. Sarah forgets the words to a tune and makes them up. There's some witty banter and laughter. It's one of those live albums that really gives you the live experience; you can imagine yourself sitting at a table at the show, sipping a drink (I'll take a neat scotch; a good one, but not too nice).
I don't know that Sarah Vaughan needs much of an introduction, but if you live under a rock: she's indisputably one of the greatest jazz vocalists out there. I don't know that much else needs to be said. Her band on this one is great too. The rhythm section of Roy Haynes and Richard Davis have each been on albums with almost all of the greats of the time, across a multitude of styles and genres. Jimmy Jones is no slacker either, and has been on a number of great "meat and potatoes" jazz albums over the years.
The tracklist fits the job at hand well, stacked with nothing but classic standards. That's the reality of playing bar and club gigs, a situation that, as any working musician can tell you, hasn't changed much in the intervening 66 years.
I don't think there's a question that Sarah Vaughan should have a spot on the 1001 Albums list. But is At Mr. Kelly's the one you MUST hear? I think so. Regrettably, despite being a world-class vocalist, a lot of Sarah's albums were cheesy, overproduced string section affairs, so it's a joy to hear her live with a "real" band. This is a very fun listen, and is well worth your time.
For the nerds, I listened to this in hi-res on Qobuz. I guess I should probably own a copy, but it's rare I find myself wanting to listen to jazz vocal albums. Maybe one day.
Next up, another jazz great, in a very different context: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (incidentally this has got to be in the running for longest album titles on the list).
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miashyperfixations · 4 months
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FOUND HEAVEN - CONAN GRAY ALBUM REVIEW
05.04.2024 • Pop • 13 Songs • 36 Minutes • 2024 Republic Records
★★★★☆
FAV SINGLE: Alley Rose
TOP 3: Fainted Love, Alley Rose, Winner
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Synth pop is back. Following his sophomore album ‘Superache’, Conan Gray released his highly anticipated 3rd album this April. The Japanese-American singer has shifted from his previous singer/songwriter aesthetic to that of a glam pop icon, although his exceptional songwriting and storytelling abilities still shine through, most notably on tracks like ‘Alley Rose’ and ‘Winner’.
Overall, this project is very reminiscent of Queen and ABBA, with clear Bowie & Elton John influence, especially on tracks like ‘Forever with Me’ and ‘Lonely Dancers’. It’s an album of love and heartbreak, taking the listener on a rollercoaster of emotions over half an hour. Unlike his previous two, this record was not produced by Dan Nigro (Olivia Rodrigo, Chappel Roan, Caroline Polachek), but instead primarily by Max Martin, who worked on, Taylor Swift’s original ‘1989’ album in 2014, The Weeknd’s ‘The Highlights’, and more recently, Ariana Grande’s new album ‘Eternal Sunshine’ - the man is a pop legend. He knows what he’s doing.
The first and lead single, Never Ending Song, set the tone for this album back in May. It’s a vibrant synthy sound, aided by energetic drums to fully showcase Conan’s lower register vocals. The record overall gives off an 80s new wave synth vibe but also sounds like it should be in a 2000s movie soundtrack. Especially with well-received tracks like ‘Bourgeoisieses’, a fun rage song with rhythmic drive, and a synth bassline underneath seamless chorus vocald for added effect. Multiple layers reflect the multiple layers of society the song acknowledges, with Conan sings about the different classes of people and how he wanted to belong in a higher class when he was younger.
The piano ballad ‘Winner’ acts as a beautiful album closer, with even more stunning stacked vocals to really get the message across. Tissues are definitely needed for this one. He’s really started to return to his singer-songwriter roots whilst still managing to keep elements of this new sound such as electric guitar chords in time with the piano and dramatic drums to keep a rhythm and dramatise the song further on top of his hard-hitting, gut-wrenching lyrics.
I think overall I still prefer Superache, but this is an exceptionally well written & produced record. The experimentation has paid off greatly, and Conan suits this style very well. Many male artists these days stray towards performing with a band and stick to standing with a guitar so it’s refreshing to see a gen Z male artist that isn’t afraid to dance around a big stage and have fun with their fans. Conan also has plans to go on tour across Australia, Asia, North America & Europe later this year with support from British popstar, Maisie Peters & American alt pop duo, Between Friends. Having peaked at No. 4 on the UK album charts and No. 2 on the US Top Album sales chart, it’s obvious he’s going to be one of the next big names in pop.
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