Scratch Pad: Brumel, Transcription, Nurungji

At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished reading. Knowing I’ll revisit my social media posts, I’ve found, serves as a positive and mellowing influence on my online activity. I mostly hang out on Mastodon (at post.lurk.org/@disquiet), and I’m also trying out a few others. And I generally take weekends off social media. ▰ I remember when there were only two readily available recordings of Brumel’s “Earthquake” Mass (from around the first decade of 1500). I’ve got some catching up to do. ▰ I’m very happy that Beat (Adrian Belew, Danny Carey, Tony Levin, Steve Vai) continue to tour, playing the fantastic 1980s King Crimson repertoire, with Carey filling Bill Bruford’s shoes and Vai filling Robert Fripp’s. What I’m hoping for is that they start writing new music together. ▰ These endless automated spam calls for fake loans and other…