I'll follow this question with interest. I've used Spotify since it began. My inertia is the number of playlists I've built over all those years. I've tried exporting them, but haven't yet found a reliable way to do this.

I'm interested to hear from others who've made such changes.

yeah, with billionaire wealth getting to be on par with the GDP of many countries how long will it be before one of them buys a country? Musk's got a $Trillion pay deal, the UK's GDP is about £4Trillion(ish). He could buy the whole UK.

Cheaper for the technofeudalists to buy politicians though.

Dunno if you follow @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social ? He's written a piece which is quite thought provoking. I'd add to his piece that the technofeudalist overlord oligarchs are all are relatively young. They've got a couple of decades of life left....

Go find some pics of Derek Trucks (Tedesci Trucks Band). And pics of Angus Young (AC/DC). And Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath).

I hope to whatever god you choose that you're not being stupidly optimistic. I keep thinking that if the 'mighty' Russian military hasn't been able to defeat Ukraine which has been fighting with one hand tied behind its back, surely, I mean surely, the combined European forces could knock it out.

Yacht Rock is a sort of subdivsion of what used to be called AOR.
Doobie Bros, Steely Dan, Steve Miller Band, Hall & Oates, Eagles, Orleans, Boz Scaggs, etc. Does that help?

Aston Martin? Land Rovers? I can't think of any others which are 'British' cars these days.

I guess I'm a coffee snob. I've got a coffee bean grinder so I buy beans. Most of the ground coffee you can buy is too finely ground for drip coffee machines like the Moccamaster.

I blame James Hoffman :-) :-) You watch him and think "oooh I ought to try that.)

ET has a pretty good scene with bikes :-)

Yeah, they are definitely in the luxury/expensive category aren't they. I bought mine 2nd hand on eBay a few years ago. Still not cheap, but not RRP. If you love coffee there's a great youtube channel run by James Hoffman, I enjoy watching it from time to time.

Not really I'm afraid. When I get migraines I can't lie down, I have to go out and walk rapidly for about an hour. My doc is at a loss to explain why being vertical and walking helps, but it does. Sending you sympathy and hope it goes away quickly.

and those are his good points 😂

Is there coffee going? 😄😄. Seriously though, yes. Happy to come over for a blether and see what's what.