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Scott Common 𓅃

@nocommonswan.bsky.social

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Media & Coms Tutor, musician, ex-consultant, ex-gardening contractor, player of games, glass painter. Para-Luddite & Professional Amateur.𓅃 https://thek1500project.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@K1500Project https://dolphinnoir.bandcamp.com/

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · Nov 24

Hello new followers (nods at 𓅃). Here's a video to explain me - an 8 minute song of one riff with text to speech vocal arguing poetically the space industry is undercutting discourses of climate action. The video is made from a 1950s Frigidaire commercial and 60s NASA PR footage.

The Moon Is A Device For Giving Up

YouTube video by K1500Project

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 14h

On this day, 25 years ago, I quit my job. I'd saved enough money for rent & food and my plan was to go and record an EP. Which I did.

The output was this EP, 5 tracks, recorded and produced on a Tascam Porta-07 4-Track, and I'm still pretty proud of it.

thek1500project.bandcamp.com/album/ep

EP, by The K1500 Project

5 track album

thek1500project.bandcamp.com

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 9h

I misread that as "anarchist" and I was still nodding along at the end.

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 13h

I know it’s a kiwi made out of hardware but my eye sees a xenomorph tail with a buzzsaw attachment

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 14h

To this day I have no idea how folks in US became aware of the EP - but it blew my mind that I was getting radio play in the US! I am aware that I was probably riding a bit of a wave of fascination about NZ music from the US (the Noisyland tours in 93 had really raised some interest).

Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 14h

The EP itself was very informed by a bundle of influences. The choice of production (DIY) was 90% because of my love of Flying Nun. The tracks reflected some direct influences at the time like Garageland, Folk Implosion, 60s surf-rock, Blur, and The Clean.

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 14h

I worked the recording like a job - 8 hour day with a 1 hour lunch break. Rented a room from my mum to use for the recording during the day. I'd also rented a bundle of gear to support the recording (mixing desk, bass guitar, extra microphones).

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 14h

Some copies did go into local record stores - but getting unknown, unsigned local releases onto shelves was pretty difficult in those days.

I didn't make much on each unit - about $5 I think. In the end the process mostly paid for itself though.

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 14h

It was released through a new digital platform at the time, MP3.com. Around 250 copies (on CD) were sold. To my surprise mostly to people in the US! I had a little radio play on Radio One in Dunedin - but also had some play on the US college radio circuit.

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 14h

EP, by The K1500 Project

5 track album

thek1500project.bandcamp.com

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Milly @millycenti.bsky.social · 1d

This guy just came and hung out with us for a few minutes. Love seeing the Kaka so often on the central city. Just wish they didn’t sound so discordant 🪶

Kaka hanging out on a cable in front of our cottage. Trees and overcast sky in thhe background

Same Kaka hanging out on a cable. Looking back at me over their shoulder. Hints of orange tinged feathers winking from the tips of its legs

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers - it's important stuff to know about and I bust my ass to make it approachable and relevant to the students. Plus these are the people who will have to fix all this shit in the future :-)

Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 1d

MDIA201 - Media in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a course looking at the different media industry sectors in AoNZ (institution focused).

Agree with the huge benefits.

I did a little ongoing thread if you're interested in the topics of the paper.
bsky.app/profile/noco...

Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · Jul 8

Oh yeah time for a 2 hour lecture on the media ecology in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 1d

Laughing because I just finished marking an essay on the UFB rollout and Chorus. Strangely the student very clearly outlines a number of direct benefits to the state, civil and capital sectors (all backed with references). I wonder how Willis managed to miss what a 2nd year student saw.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 1d

www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/575...

"Most New Zealanders were probably not aware the government owns this investment in Chorus, nor feels any particular benefit from it," Willis said.

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 1d

Made it right to the end of the teaching section of the trimester before I got sick with this shitty chest flu that's going around. Now I have 175,000 words worth of marking to do while my head feels like it's stuffed with balloon animals (squeaking included).

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 2d

"The sky was chock-full of carbon-dioxide, but on all the televisions the AIs made the sky look just fine."

*I've been working on that one for a while, but it needs to get a little punchier and more memorable before I ship it to my agent

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 2d

This had always been the cut that I'd seen!

One of my favourite films full stop.

Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 3d

Me using the MBIE policy document on AI to demonstrate to my students why you shouldn't use AI to construct your reports.

"Look, idiots can be highly paid professionals"

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 3d

TIL Londo Mollari was, with Captain Sheridan, also in the original Tron movie

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 4d

Stargate SG-1 S4E02 The team encounter an alien species who seem friendly and need assistance in a world war. Turns out they're a eugenicist & white supremacy culture engaged in a proactive genocide which is why SG-1 mistook them for friendlies. Good ep, little subtext, very blunt. A-

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 3d

I tried to moderate my expression. “I’m not mad.” I was furious.

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 3d

Wise choice (considering DJ culture was on the rise too!)

Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 3d

Yeap everything flipped pretty quick with the rise of the networks. The financialization of the news industry (starting with the US) was really where a lot of this came from too - shifted news from a public good to a discourse lever.

Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah it's still relevant for a fair bit of the broadcast stuff - particularly in areas of the US, but convergence has really fucked up the flows which Chomsky (quite rightly) identified.

And it was an idea really aimed at those networks like CNN/FOX which held different power then.

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Stop Casting Porosity 𓅨 @stopcasting.bsky.social · 3d

Kitty!

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 3d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social · 3d

Chomsky is okay but the work is a little out of date in the modern (online) environment. There has been some updates to the ideas - "Manufacturing Consensus" by Samuel Wooley does a pretty good job of modernizing some of the ideas.

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