wordsSHIFTminds
@wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
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wordsSHIFTminds is Auckland, New Zealand-based composer and musician Chris Bell. No guru, no method, no teacher. Music is the best. https://www.instagram.com/wordsshiftminds/ https://soundcloud.com/wordsshiftminds https://wordsshiftminds.bandcamp.com
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"...What really sets it apart, tho, is an almost hyperreal 'in the room with you' production sound..."

Musician and Bluesky regular @etherdiver.bsky.social on the recent wordsSHIFTminds album 'Memento Mori' from 'Other People's Music' (link in image).
"wordsSHIFTminds – Memento Mori

"Intense multigenre mixture of synthwave, DnB, breakbeats and more, delivered with a uniquely present production aesthetic. This is an album that not only refuses to color in the lines, it seems likely it doesn’t see those lines. Rollicking breaks are paired with funky horn lines; synthwave pulse sits alongside fuzzy chillwave instrumentations; sleepy downtempo meets obliquely abstract synth. What really sets it apart, tho, is an almost hyperreal 'in the room with you' production sound.

"Whereas so much electronic music in general, and synthwave in particular, has a pristine, crisp and bloodless sound, this seems to somehow inhabit the real world – the sounds are synthetic, yes, but they feel real in a way that synths often don’t. It’s a cool aesthetic that pairs well with the variety of electronica on offer.

(Listened to the entire album)"
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#nzpol
norightturnnz.bsky.social
Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt
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veronikameduna.bsky.social
Seems like a good time to share this again - given the government's decision to weaken the methane emissions target and not to put a price on agricultural emissions northandsouth.co.nz/2021/10/18/n...
"We Spent 25 Years Doing Virtually Nothing"
Why New Zealand is one of the developed world's worst climate laggards
northandsouth.co.nz
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
WAKE UP LUXON, YOU DEADBEAT TIKTOK INFLUENCER!
davidctomkins.bsky.social
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
www.leeds.ac.uk
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
Well, that's easy for you to say. Maybe.
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larrytenney.bsky.social
THIS!!!

A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
Today, Auckland's weather is trying awfully hard to tell us something.
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
I thought I might win a Nogel once. Turns out I wasn't even noginated!
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
People (politicians in particular)'s increasing unwillingness to read and make determinations based on reading is already coming back to bite us. Imagine what life will be like in years to come when there'll be generations of people who've never read a book.
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In 2019, as Ceo, Luxon sold Air NZ's landing rights at Heathrow for $27m terminating the London route after 40 yrs even tho Heathrow is one of the busiest airports & landing slots are amng the most valuable now selling for up to $73m. So no, Luxon's not capable. The ppl who chose him have ?s to ans.
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
Amending my will so my gravestone is inscribed:

DIED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN HIS MEDICATION.
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
The latest from Distrokid is that someone ostensibly human has asked for the last four digits of my credit card, card type and expiry date to verify I'm the account holder. In case, you know, those antifa terrorists are maliciously removing people's music from Shitify. 🙄
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
It actually had "easy peel" printed on the packaging. Oh, how I laughed.
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
Oh. That's right. I am an old folk.
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
Just spent 10 minutes struggling to open an "easy peel" pack of silken tofu. No wonder old folk struggle with packaging.
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
If you're in the US it may indeed run more smoothly than it has for me. I'm on the other side of the international dateline and have numerous (279) releases on Spotify, so couldn't go through the process with a human agent.
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vealllc.bsky.social
I'm about to start the removal process myself, sounds daunting. BUT if I can change what the Spotify page says to "veal LLC's music is available for free and for sale on Bandcamp", maybe it'll go smoother. Best of luck!
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vealllc.bsky.social
Direct them to where your music actually is now - that might even piss them off enough to take the page down
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vealllc.bsky.social
See if you can use what's left of the page to direct anyone who finds it to go where your music is now
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gaudymouse.bsky.social
If I was working on a novel right now I would work hard to get into this. I've wanted to go to Clarion for years. Here's a chance if you're interested. It's virtual!
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Novel Writing Workshop with @drkarenlord.bsky.social!

Read more & apply before November 13! Link in bio.

#novelwritingworkshop #clarionwest

www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...
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Clarion West logo with "2026 Novel Writing Workshop"

Apply now through November 13, 2025

2026 Instructor Karen Lord with image of the author.

March 9-November 23, 2026 Virtual Workshop
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
Since Spotify for Artists support claims it can't remove profiles, I wonder how it would react if an artist's profile pic read: BOYCOTT SPOTIFY FOR RIPPING OFF INDEPENDENT ARTISTS. 🤔
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
🎯

An excellent idea for any artists abandoning the massive con job that is Shitify:
mtfog.bsky.social
I was thinking of making our profile pictures say “Mt Fog is not on spotify” because I was having trouble figuring out how to delete our artist page even tho we have no music on there anymore
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
I especially like how Tori corrects Joni's "those ones that ain't", which always makes me grimace.
wordsshiftminds.bsky.social
Thanks for that - I hadn't heard it before. I love Joni and Tori. 💚