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From a recent survey with 363 respondents: • 84.3% of readers see more live music because of the gig guide • 87.6% discover new music thanks to the gig guide Help us with our mission to increase local engagement with grassroots music. Become a supporter today!
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about 2 months ago
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Join our team!
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13 days ago
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SydneyMusic.net
14 days ago
Today is bananas. Jump in!
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Mike Rodrigues is gonna be so sad
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We've formalised our AI policy at
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In short: we are 100% AI-free.
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AI Policy | SydneyMusic.net - Sydney's live music community guide
SydneyMusic is an AI-free organisation
https://sydneymusic.net/about/ai-policy
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We've formalised our AI policy at
@sydneymusic.net
In short: we are 100% AI-free.
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AI Policy | SydneyMusic.net - Sydney's live music community guide
SydneyMusic is an AI-free organisation
https://sydneymusic.net/about/ai-policy
22 days ago
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You can find out about all the other gig guides around Australia at
everycorner.au
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
Good to see community gig and event guides springing up. Kudos to
@joe.hardy.id.au
and team. If you don't know about
sydneymusic.net
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www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
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Think there’s nothing on in Sydney? These Sydneysiders will change your mind
Community-led gig guides are booming in popularity, so the Herald went to three gigs with guide operators to see why they’re a growing new front.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/think-there-s-nothing-on-in-sydney-these-sydneysiders-will-change-your-mind-20260504-p5ztkq.html
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I was interviewed in the SMH today alongside some other legends about gig guides
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Think there’s nothing on in Sydney? These Sydneysiders will change your mind
Community-led gig guides are booming in popularity, so the Herald went to three gigs with guide operators to see why they’re a growing new front.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/think-there-s-nothing-on-in-sydney-these-sydneysiders-will-change-your-mind-20260504-p5ztkq.html
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I was interviewed in the SMH today alongside some other legends about gig guides
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Think there’s nothing on in Sydney? These Sydneysiders will change your mind
Community-led gig guides are booming in popularity, so the Herald went to three gigs with guide operators to see why they’re a growing new front.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/think-there-s-nothing-on-in-sydney-these-sydneysiders-will-change-your-mind-20260504-p5ztkq.html
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This project rules because it's done by humans: manually, with care and attention to detail, accuracy and comprehensiveness. No AI, no engagement baiting, and no hype. It's read by over 35,000 people every month. Help us to keep the lights on!
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28 days ago
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SydneyMusic.net
28 days ago
We critically need to raise funds to cover our costs from July 2026 onwards. We’ve secured 44% of our recurring monthly budget, but we need to get the rest of the way for at least the first 6 months of the next financial year. Can you help? Support SydneyMusic:
sydneymusic.net/support
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Do not understand how you can justify using Anthropic's Claude when this is who they're using for compute expansion
www.wired.com/story/xai-ad...
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xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit
Emails show that Elon Musk's company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
https://www.wired.com/story/xai-adds-19-new-gas-turbines-despite-ongoing-lawsuit/
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We're going to raffle the Ultimate Sydney Music Tote Bag at a fundraiser event in a few weeks. It's going to be an epic, one-of-a-kind collection. Stay tuned!
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Yeah my initial impression from all of this is that the media industry is not covering itself in glory
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about 2 months ago
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A few highlights from a quick
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merch shoot yesterday Merch available from
store.sydneymusic.net
. Support your local gig guide!
about 2 months ago
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A couple of snaps of James Valentine while sitting in on a jam with his son (not pictured) and friends at the Ev in Redfern. An icon. Vale.
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I did regular on-air chats with James a few years back about whatever was in the pop culture discourse that week. The week Will Smith slapped Chris Rock we had a cackling, ranting hour-long call to prep for a 10-minute segment about it. I have never known an ABC without him.
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A prediction that I've been sitting on since the start of 2026 is that I reckon Live Nation will get big into drone shows, with a large amount of the creative (music, visuals, drone choreo) being increasingly AI-generated. Just I wanted to write this somewhere so I can point to it if it happens.
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This speaks so much to the evolving detachment I see in the world around me. Another way to describe it could be these two figures. They illustrate 2023 v 2025 night time economy spend in NSW (in Australian dollars). Source: NSW 24 Hour Economy Commission
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Great story. Shot walking to the "Guitar Gently Weeps" performance at the Hall of Fame!
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about 2 months ago
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BIG HELPS! this is a lot
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From a recent survey with 363 respondents: • 84.3% of readers see more live music because of the gig guide • 87.6% discover new music thanks to the gig guide Help us with our mission to increase local engagement with grassroots music. Become a supporter today!
sydneymusic.net/support
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We have new merch and it’s shipping next week!
@sydneymusic.net
's FY27 Fundraiser is live. We critically need to raise $30,000 to cover our budget for the first half of next financial year. Order a tee or some stickers to help us get more people out to shows! Merch/donate:
store.sydneymusic.net
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Bumping this news about our new tees (and stickers!) SydneyMusic is fundraising for its survival beyond June 30. We need to raise $30,000 in donations in order to secure our future in the new financial year. Hit our store at
store.sydneymusic.net
Thank you!
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We have new merch and it’s shipping next week!
@sydneymusic.net
's FY27 Fundraiser is live. We critically need to raise $30,000 to cover our budget for the first half of next financial year. Order a tee or some stickers to help us get more people out to shows! Merch/donate:
store.sydneymusic.net
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Good local gigs at pocket money prices is where a love for live music starts.
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SydneyMusic.net
2 months ago
We have new merch! Pre-orders for our brand new "Hot Shows In Your Area" drop are open now, with a strictly limited 10% discount ahead of stock arriving. Get yours now from
store.sydneymusic.net
All profits go towards keeping our gig guide running into the next financial year!
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Hot Shows In Your Area t-shirt
Tell the world about your passion for hot shows! Make it all the clearer that they can, in fact, be found in your area. SydneyMusic.net tells you where! Printed on high quality AS Colour Oversized Tee...
https://store.sydneymusic.net/products/hot-shows-in-your-area-t-shirt
2 months ago
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I mean if my CFO's previous IPO (as CEO!) looked like this I'd probably be looking for ways to limit the damage too
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2 months ago
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Lalit Maganti
2 months ago
I just published a deep-dive into the 250-hour build behind syntaqlite, a SQLite formatter and LSP I built using AI agents. AI agents were the only reason built this after 8 years of wanting but there's a psychological toll to AI-assisted engineering. The post-mortem:
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Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI
For eight years, I’ve wanted a high-quality set of devtools for working with SQLite. Given how important SQLite is to the industry1, I’ve long been puzzled that no one has invested in building a reall...
https://lalitm.com/post/building-syntaqlite-ai/
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We're throwing a party on Thursday night at the Gladdy. A lovely arvo: us DJing the courtyard at sunset, followed by four great local bands, then people with great taste playing tunes until sometime in the morn. Don't just sit there, do something. RSVP/info:
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This is pretty interesting. I also think it's fascinating that the presentation singles out and pwns Ghost, given that's the publishing architecture that a lot of independent journalism relies on
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Cameron
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People should watch this. TLDR: we are globally becoming at risk of extremely serious cyberattacks because AI can find vulnerabilities everywhere. Attackers are powerful at a systemic level now.
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Nicholas Carlini - Black-hat LLMs | [un]prompted 2026
Nicholas Carlini, Research Scientist, Anthropic, speaks at [un]prompted 2026 on: Black-hat LLMs.Large language models are now capable of automating attacks t...
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FinTwitter
3 months ago
IRANIANS ON TEMPORARY VISAS WILL BE RESTRICTED FROM RE-ENTERING AUSTRALIA UNDER CONTROVERSIAL NEW POWERS BEING ROLLED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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I mean the less funny thing to consider is that the reason Sora got discontinued so shortly after OpenAI signed a military contract is that those GPUs are gonna be busy
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3 months ago
Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays (Kati Pohjanpalo/Bloomberg)
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my fear from 7 months ago no longer feels like a fear, it’s just increasingly becoming the reality
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Read our submission to the NSW Government's Social Issues Committee on “The State Of Live Music”
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SydneyMusic Turns 4: Read our submission to the NSW Govt Social Issues Committee | SydneyMusic.net - Sydney's live music community guide
We just closed our annual reader survey, which received 363 responses over 9 days. We’ll be taking a deeper look, but here’s what we sent to the NSW Government.
https://sydneymusic.net/reads/sydneymusic-turns-4-nsw-government-social-issues-committee-submission
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Read our submission to the NSW Government's Social Issues Committee on “The State Of Live Music”
sydneymusic.net/reads/sydney...
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SydneyMusic Turns 4: Read our submission to the NSW Govt Social Issues Committee | SydneyMusic.net - Sydney's live music community guide
We just closed our annual reader survey, which received 363 responses over 9 days. We’ll be taking a deeper look, but here’s what we sent to the NSW Government.
https://sydneymusic.net/reads/sydneymusic-turns-4-nsw-government-social-issues-committee-submission
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Todd in the Shadows
4 months ago
Interesting. Is the crowd turning against Harry Styles? That new song definitely isn't doing well
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Love music and in Sydney?
@sydneymusic.net
is doing a survey to collect feedback on our gig guide, and what our city needs. We'd hugely appreciate your input. Takes 5 minutes:
sydneymusic.net/survey
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SydneyMusic Survey 2026
Help us to make Sydney’s most comprehensive gig guide even better by providing your feedback!
https://sydneymusic.net/survey
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4 months ago
Always good when proof of stupid laws rushed through parliament occurs quickly
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Love music and in Sydney?
@sydneymusic.net
is doing a survey to collect feedback on our gig guide, and what our city needs. We'd hugely appreciate your input. Takes 5 minutes:
sydneymusic.net/survey
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SydneyMusic Survey 2026
Help us to make Sydney’s most comprehensive gig guide even better by providing your feedback!
https://sydneymusic.net/survey
4 months ago
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Pretty good, honestly. Thoughtful presentation, and you might as well go all in on slop if you're going to properly examine it.
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4 months ago
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I got Claude Code to write me a GUI “Hello World” app in assembly code and... well, I'll be damned
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Talking about this (and some great gigs) on ABC Radio Sydney at 9:35
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I find this extraordinarily depressing from the NSW government's report on the Night-Time Economy (NTE) Source:
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Here's where live music happened in Sydney in 2025 (source:
SydneyMusic.net
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