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Listening to Wendy Carlos's "Secrets of Synthesis" while I work, and absolutely everything about it—from her cheerful historical neepery and charming trace of an accent to the music itself and knowing she's "one of ours"—is making me smile and wonder if things might not work out all right for us after all.
Not many videos of her work in her words on YT, but this is representative of her genius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuT6Y53LYH4
Related media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXgNo5Smino Spoiler alert, but I absolutely _love_ the subtle ways this short validates the Wendy Carlos expy's womanhood. Notice what happens during the "augmented 18th" attack...
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@zebratron2084 Oh yes, Wendy Carlos is rad as hell. 💙 She's an avid eclipse hunter, too~
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@Thaminga I'm ashamed to admit she was in that shadow zone of celebrities who I wasn't sure were alive or not. DELIGHTED to hear she's still kicking, though. We owe her so much, and she's been so undervalued.
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@zebratron2084 Same, and same - we haven't heard much from her lately and she's been around for a long-ass time. I just hope she's making the best of her days on her own terms. 💙
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also she likes kitties
never have i envied a cousin so much 😻