Notices by DaveTLV (surasanji@qoto.org)

I have posted this many times. I will post it many more.

Fun facts about cats:

* Cats are very cute and nice.

* Cats are Satan tested and approved.

* Cats used to have 18 lives but donated them to various species of bee to ensure they would exist.

* Fluffy Tummy.

* Powerful Witchy Energy.

* Toe Beans.

* Needle Fingers

* Fantastic singing voices

* Can see invisible entities.

* Very cute and nice (needed to be stated twice because of how cute and nice cats are.)

@freemo
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.

Bean posting hours are now illegal.

@moonshine please give to Sherlock.

Nooooo. Ohno

My cat has figured out that the zipper of my backpack hides the cat treats.

She just hasn't puzzled out how to use it.

#ShareTheMusic

So, The Mountain Goats.

Where to start with this amazing band. I feel like I can find a Mountain Goats song for almost anything. Any thought or feeling, almost any situation past or present in my life.

John Darnielle is the primary member of The Mountain Goats. He is, for all intents and purposes, the band on his own.

He's an amazing song writer who somehow translates a lot of human emotion into music.

His personal experiences are poured out in the many albums he's released. His relationship with his family (in particular his Step Father), his relationship with living a hard life, his relationship with religion, and i particular his interest in the human condition where loss and loneliness is concerned are particularly obvious.

Depression, anxiety, happiness, and stark beauty are hallmarks, in my opinion, of his style. He seems to sing about the human condition, and even now I'm finding new meaning to songs I've listen to based on what I'm learning about or what I've been connecting to in the recent days.

But now, the music. Offered

Isaiah 45:23 from The Life of the World to Come.

A song written from the standpoint of someone who is dying, perhaps in hospice care:

https://open.spotify.com/track/79zBChZdeaf1tAPQe9BHzp

(For those curious, here is the text of Isaiah 45:23 KJV- I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.)

This Year from The Sunset Tree

This album is primarily about John's complicated relationship with his stepfather. This song is specifically about a 17 year old John trying to make it to 18 years old so he can finally GTFO.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2M1Qc1mGSI1IYtmJzQtfPq

Harlem Roulette from Transcendental Youth

A song about people left behind and forgotten.

https://open.spotify.com/track/16wYqLfL0B9fuo8ejg7LCf

Lovecraft in Brooklyn from Heretic Pride.

This isn't a song about Lovecraft, but rather about a guy who's experiencing extreme some super serious social anxiety and xenophobia. This is a recurring theme in John's music- outcasts, hermits, people who live apart from the regular.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3fSrbVvu3nCxMcHqfomhqt

The Mess Inside from All Hail West Texas

Sometimes love doesn't last and it's lost despite one's best intentions and efforts. It leaves you longing for brighter days, but in the end running away from your problems will never fix them.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3B7a3OW9h51WJKYQXD5IAo

Now, for one last song.

No Children from Tallahassee

This one was featured in the Adult Swim show Moral Oral.

It's another song of loss and hopelessness featuring a divorce and the comfort of the pain you're used to.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4XpQ2F8NtzWMZ3g5t8qv2Y

The Mountain Goats have an impressive catalog of songs and I fully recommend checking them out. I love them.

That is today's #ShareTheMusic ! Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

@freemo I will do my best to make time for anyone suffering from mental health issues. I will gladly take a DM and give you an ear. It means so much to me, personally, when people make themselves available and I'll be damned if I won't do the same for anyone else who suffers.

Hey #qoto folks, if you are like myself and mighty confused by Transexuality/Transgender things, I would like to recommend @TranimeGirl 's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtVfj-XFNGDB0SLYAS_eFg

I am learning a lot here from her point of view and it's all exceedingly interesting to me. She explains things well from the standpoint of a MtF transexual (Correct me if that is incorrect, Tranime)

She seems to have a very common sense approach to things, and I appreciate deeply her forthright manner and opinions.

Whatever my opinion is worth, I am very much enjoying learning from her regarding her condition and how it affects her life.

This is going to be a long one. Buckle in.

So, today's #ShareTheMusic is in honor of the music my mother introduced me to.

Why?

Because I'm a good Jewish boy who loves his mother. (Also, I think she's got pretty good taste in music.)

So, without further ado, here are bands, songs, and musics that my mother specifically introduced me to while I was growing up!

Let's start with Jethro Tull. My mother loves Jethro Tull, and it certainly gave me a love for 'Progressive Rock'. In that mind, my favorite Prog Rocker, Steven Wilson did some remixes of Jethro Tull- Enjoy one of those tracks: Rover, from the album Heavy Horses: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZpOlBm6Yz8eE8Q6Tpc8PM

Music was often a part of my life growing up. My mother plays guitar, and for a time used to take jobs at bars and taverns as live entertainment. A little something extra for the house. I was too young to join her on these excursions, so I don't know exactly what she played. Knowing my mother, though, she'd probably be playing folk music- old and new. She loves folk music.

Let's start with the fantastic singer songwriters The Indigo Girls. In the early 90s my mother got me one of my first CDs: The Indigo Girls "Rites of Passage". My favorite song from the album is Galileo (It was a toss up between this one and Ghost, both on the same album... I'm going with Galileo because it always makes me want to sing.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1Q0DVZhtZJZs9t45b8zNSD

Now, Debbie Friedman- what young Jewish person in the modern era doesn't know Debbie Friedman? Not By Might, Not By Power: https://open.spotify.com/track/3FQx5p1B4RZrHfSogIrSbQ

Peter, Paul and Mary- What Folk loving person doesn't include them? Here is my favorite song my Mother used to sing to me as a child- Weave Me the Sunshine : https://open.spotify.com/track/2H9eq8hiylt5a1H8flNNKX

Let's roll it back into rock and roll now. As a child of the late 60s, and mostly the 70s my Mom was most certainly into the eclectic mix that happened in the era. Luckily, my mother never really kept herself to a single genre- any music is good music to her. (She does have reservations about modern Rap, but I think we can forgive that.)

As this post has gotten quite long, I'm going to just post a few songs with titles and artists to more or less wrap up this session of #ShareTheMusic

Fleetwood Mac's The Chain: https://open.spotify.com/track/5e9TFTbltYBg2xThimr0rU

Hall and Oates' Sara Smile: https://open.spotify.com/track/1qjrYozGqc7upUgfN776lZ

The Beatles' Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da : https://open.spotify.com/track/02FJNRUlB28e1F0R9uP2s1

Last, but not least- Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel: https://open.spotify.com/track/6QhXQOpyYvbpdbyjgAqKdY

Now, I could put hours and hours and hours of music on this particular #ShareTheMusic as my mother's musical tastes go on and on. But, here we are- a little taste of the music my mother shared with me while I grew up.

Are there any songs one of your parents shared with you growing up that's shaped your musical interests? I'd love to hear it!

There's some serious political shade being thrown around with Israeli elections coming up (Again.).

Religious folk accusing the secular Zionists of being antisemitic, for instance. Totally fucked.

Hello my friendly nerds. I have found a website you might like: https://thetrove.net/ It's got them there role playin' books you nerds love. <3 Dave (Also a nerd.)

So, I forget the tag I used before when it came to sharing music. I think it was #sharethemusic .

The tag is less important than the music, though, isn't it?

So, please, enjoy the following tracks:

Secret of Life by Lord Huron: https://youtu.be/qBmBDdmI4LY

A Trick of the Light by Villagers: https://youtu.be/G7Xqo6dvDmM

Kid Midnight by IRONTOM: https://youtu.be/RkH_CU0PoK4

Hell and You by Amigo the Devil: https://youtu.be/MpP-H0PQWUw

Dear McCracken by Bug Hunter

And finally, something upbeat to welcome the weekend!

I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo by Capital Cities: https://youtu.be/gXqqWbnboJ0

Have a beautiful day, #qoto and the Fediverse beyond!

Enjoy some humor on Friday

@Absinthe @freemo @mngrif The most venomous insect in the world is an Ant. The Maricopa Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex maricopa) in the western US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogonomyrmex_maricopa

So, I've been thinking about getting into ant keeping. Anyone have any idea when Nuptial Flights happen in Israel? I imagine no, but better to ask!

Ants are intensely interesting to me and have only grown more-so as I've studied ant keeping and ants in general. A lot of what I thought I knew has turned out to be exceedingly basic and narrow in focus.

I'll keep you guys up to date once I get things rolling.

#AntKeeping #ants

No One: So, what do you do for fun?

Me: I moderate Qoto.Org, which is on Mastodon. It's like Twitter- they calls it the BirdSite, sorta like what a government would call an alien crash-site to keep it low key. GOOD PEOPLE.

Nobody: .....What?

Petition to change 'Toots' to UpDoots.

I've finished my daily sweep of advertising accounts, I've got a coffee. How are folks in #QOTO today? :D