text ↪ un: weaverville

[wittingly]

Hey so

I've been screwing around with the network connecting the communications devices a little. I know there's no Spotify here, no internet, not a lot of music, which sucks. My MP3 player came here with me, so I figured maybe some people might like to have at least a few options. It might not necessarily be to everyone's taste, but it's better than nothing (probably).

I've uploaded the contents to the database, you should be able to access it or send/receive songs at any time.

Turns out they already had some music on there too, so you can poke around theirs and see if you find something you like more. I haven't gotten to go through it all, but at least some of it looks like 21st century Earth stuff.

Sidenote: you're welcome to criticize the contents of my MP3 player, just know that I've never felt shame in my life & I can and will sing all of these karaoke style to your face. IDK if you really want to live through that experience.

( feel free to threadjack as you like )

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[wittingly]

More like tall brick shit-house looking guy with puppy eyes and shoulder holsters.

Guess I'll just have to redeem myself the old fashioned way
hard work and buying off politicians
it's a long road, but I'm willing to walk it

un: bucciarati

[unfastens]

[ this... is surprisingly comforting? a little piece of home. ]

You have good taste. I wouldn't have minded some more jazz, though.

It's strange to listen to music from the future. I truly don't understand this place.

[wittingly]

Thank you. I never could get into jazz. I think I'm either not cultured enough or not musically gifted enough, I don't know.

What year are you from?

[unfastens]

I wouldn't say either of those things is true. In the end, it's just a matter of personal preference.

Anyway, it was April of 2001.

un: Zigazigah

[figlia_morbida]

[Someone's being nosy.

But she never thought about Bruno listening to music...]

Jazz, Bucciarati? I never would have guessed.

un: Zigazigah

[figlia_morbida]

[Trish is from the same time period as Bruno, so this has a similar effect...some of this is oldies her mother listened to, but the rest?

She can dig it. Woeful that not a lot of her favorites made it on there, but this is far more than she ever expected. Don't look a gift Ian in the mouth!!! She'll definitely have to scrounge the civilian's stores later...singing from memory is hard.

Also yeah, that the heck. Music from the future slaps, actually.]

I was not expecting Alanis Morrisette of all things. With that in mind, if anyone criticizes your taste they would be inherently wrong. :/

Thank you for having a genuinely good idea though. I didn't consider we could treat the network like Napster.

You know, I think a karaoke night for the theater would be a fun. But I'm probably biased.

[Very.]

@76

[mylawn]

You're not a little distressed by how many of these songs seem to be a constant across multiple versions of Earth?

@marion.adamopoulos

[cleaningsolutions]

Oh. I hadn't thought about doing this.

I have a lot of music and some of it is the same, but it's not very well organized.

[spalten]

I'm a pilot, and not of a civilian vessel like the Adamant. More like ... fighter planes, I suppose, would be the equivalent for your era. I'm absolutely useless with anything related to engineering.

[wittingly]

That makes it a little harder.

Competitive paper airplane flying maybe?

[wittingly]

Do you want some help uploading it? I'm sure we can figure out a system of organization as we go.

[wittingly]

Not really. I've kind of had the whole 'multiple realities' bubble popped for me for a while now.

Is it freaking you out?

[wittingly]

Alanis is a queen and a treasure, you're right about that.

I think if we could get some abundant moonshine, karaoke night would probably be a hit. Also, WOW I haven't heard the word Napster in a long time.

[wittingly]

You know, that's a way more charitable point of view than a lot of people would have. Thanks for that. It's nice when people don't get all up on a high horse about musical preference.

Jesus, that's a ways back. I was... twelve? I think? In 2001.

[cleaningsolutions]

I'd be interested to see what you'd think. These have century and country of origin but many of them are guesswork. It's just a sampling of the database on the Pufferfish, which was copied from an archive humans made close to the end.

The Krakau are very sound-oriented. They claim our music is the closest thing we had to a universal language. Is this true?

[wittingly]

Maybe we can use the translator, see if we can pick out some lyrics. Make up some names, if we can't figure any out.

I can't say for sure, my exposure to people from other planets or dimensions is limited if you consider the sheer scope of the universe. However, in my experience it seems like there's a little bit of something for everybody. I haven't met anyone who outright disliked all music from Earth.

The Krakau might be thinking about music in the sense that it's less about the lyrics and more about the feelings surrounding music? Some songs you can listen to, have no idea what they're actually saying, but pick up on the theme regardless. Violins can be sad, thumping bass can be exciting, screaming guitar can be angry. None of that is really ever taught to anybody, it's just instinctive understanding. It's automatic. You can tell an entire story without saying a word. I've even heard about people born without the ability to hear that still enjoy some music because they can feel the rhythm of beats.

[cleaningsolutions]

I have the titles, at least. Krakau working with humans take human names from our music - they review the archive and choose the title of the song they find most representative. It's easier for us to remember and say those.

That's very beautifully put.

[and depressing. Most of the humans Mops knows aren't really interested in the surviving, reconstructed scraps of culture they still have. The music they listen to is made by aliens, when Ian's made a picture of music as backing a rich emotional landscape. ...quick mops, think of something more to say!]

What about the ukelele? What's that mean?

[spalten]

That'd be funny, and a hit amongst the kids.

Though if I'm making paper planes well into my late 30s here ... that'd be grim.

Anything else come with you that's fun?

[wittingly]

What were the Krakau like? What did they look like? They sound a hell of a lot different than what showed up on my planet.

( The ones that came to judge earth could not have been less interested in humanity or cultural exchange. He's not even sure anybody left alive knew the race's real name. For a guy who prides himself on his open-mindedness, it's a real struggle overcoming the knee-jerk xenophobia he's got as a result. )

Keep in mind this is all a little subjective, kind of like how "hello" can sound like a very formal greeting to some people and a very casual greeting to others, but

for me, I think ukulele usually means playfulness, lightheartedness, pleasant ease, or whimsy

What does it feel like to you?

[wittingly]

Not really. A couple things I invented, one of which is completely fucking useless now.

[spalten]

What do you mean 'invented'?

[wittingly]

As in like, conceptualized and then built. I've got a pair of retinal tracking hands-free flashlight pods that work still, but the other thing is this whole face mask tech that only works when it's

well, a lot of stupid complicated stuff that only exists where I lived before, so. Kind of lemon juice in the paper cut that it showed up.

[spalten]

No, it's all very interesting. And it's unfortunate that you're not without your equipment.

Are you familiar with robots?

[wittingly]

To give you a very longwinded answer:

I'm familiar with robotic automation like what's used in industrial manufacturing, and I'm familiar with artificial intelligence as a sentient entity in the early 2500s, but as far as I know I haven't actually experienced the two things combined to make what we call robots in the science fiction of my original early 2000s time.

So like, yes and no but maybe mostly yes?

wow ignore my typo in that tag

[spalten]

Really now. What was your job, before you got here? You're not just some hobbyist off the block, it seems.