Today's task: replacing the belt in a cassette deck. I have the service manual, but it's in German.

Matt Warnes at World of Ukes in the UK is not only an exemplar of musical instrument retail, he's also a very nice and generous chap. Right now he's offering the opportunity to buy a ukulele for £6.50 (the amount it costs him to ship) so you can give it to someone in need. You can also donate […]

#thursdayfivelist #rainydaymusic I usually try to mix up the languages for #ThursdayFiveList, but this week I've gone for five #esperanto choices. 1. Tim - Pluvo kaj Vivo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8suemL6pHPA 2. i.d.c. - Ĝis la Pluv' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH7snbyBhH8 3. DĴ […]

#musicchallenge #xmasmusicwecanstand Ralph Glomp's incredibly cheesy but very fun Esperanto version of "Jingle Bells" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk1bUIV4iEw

#tunetuesday #pedalpowersongs Probably the first and possibly the shortest song ever written in toki pona: sike tu li pona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkNvlqEM8rk #tokipona

If any mutuals would like to exchange Christmas cards, please DM me your address! Se ni sekvas unu la alian kaj vi ŝatus interŝanĝi Kristnaskajn kartojn, bonvolu mesaĝu al mi vian adreson!

#mondayrandom10 1. Glenn Miller and his orchestra - That Old Black Magic / At Last (78) https://www.discogs.com/release/26396504-Glenn-Miller-And-His-Orchestra-That-Old-Black-Magic-At-Last 2. Amplifiki - Esperanto Ne Konas Landlimojn (cassette) […]

My good cassette deck stopped working properly and I don't think I can fix it. This actually is a 2025 problem, because when cassettes were popular the deck wouldn't be suffering from age-related problems.

One of my CD players always starts playing in time-elapsed mode and I have to find the tiny button on the remote to put it into the much more useful time-remaining mode every single time I want to play anything. This toot is surprisingly not brought to you via a DeLorean time machine.

Ne pafu en mi, Ludoviko! #esperanto #laespero #dekbovinoj

🎶 En la mondon venis verda sen... ne, ne tio ne estas la teksto!

Nove ĉe mia blogo Esperanto-Muziko: Historio - Frank Merrick, klasika pianisto kaj komponisto de Esperanto-kantoj - https://eomuziko.com/eo/posts/frank-merrick/ New on my blog Esperanto Music History - Frank Merrick, classical pianist and composer of Esperanto songs - […]

What's a good server for hosting bots these days? I'm running the technical side of @danielpeake's Dealvent game, which has a bot to post daily updates on the game state - typically 2-3 posts a day for most of December only. I'm looking for a fedi server that would be happy to host this. Any […]

One of the songs I mentioned in my talk yesterday on "The 'Firsts' in Esperanto Music" came from the first Esperanto album that was released for download only, without a physical release. It's also very appropriate for #mittwochmetalmix - Bataltemp' by baRok' […]

Yesterday I had an email to say that one of the nearly two dozen wills I ordered before the prices went up was ready to download - but the Probate Search website has been down for maintenance all yesterday and all today. Still waiting to be able to download it! #genealogy

The direction of reading suggests that the home point was originally the centre rather than the north. #page42

How would you describe the genre of this album? Discogs has it as "Folk, World & Country" and "Ballad", which seems about right for most of it... but tracks 8 and 9 are kinda like disco??? https://esperantomusic.bandcamp.com/album/esperanto-kaj-libereco

#mondayrandom10 1. Jesus Christ Superstar (LP) - with the original cover art https://www.discogs.com/release/4098980-Various-Jesus-Christ-Superstar 2. IDC - La Granda Aventuro (LP) https://www.discogs.com/release/9720236-IDC-La-Granda-Aventuro 3. Winifred Atwell and Her Other Piano - Let's […]

pilin nasa: sitelen pona, taso nimi ma li sitelen lili pi len ma #tokipona

Jen nova ebleco por la plej frua originala Esperanto-kanto kun kaj teksto kaj melodio verkitaj samtempe. Ĝi aperis en 1905, kaj la mencio de aĉetebla partituro verŝajne implicas, ke temas pri muziko originala. Pliaj detaloj: https://eomuziko.com/eo/posts/la-unua-kanto/ #esperanto #esperantomuziko

[Fivorto] Mi serĉas la plej fruan uzon de la fivorto "piĉo". Ĝi aperas in PIV 1970. Mi aparte scivolas, ĉu ĝi jam havis tiun signifon en 1944, kiam Montagu Butler kaj Frank Merrick uzis ĝin por signifi tonaltecon (de la angla "pitch"). Ĉu iu scias?

En aŭgusto mia artikolo pri La Unua Kanto en Esperanto diris, ke la plej frua kanto verkita kiel kanto (ne kiel poemo) verŝajne eldoniĝis en la 60-aj jaroj. Mi nun trovis, ke la kanto "Leono Estas Best'" unue aperis en 1933! Pliaj informoj […] [Original post on beige.party]

Mi tre ĝojas vidi novan profesikvalitan muzikvideon en Esperanto! It's great to see a new professional quality music video in Esperanto! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyk1pw-7rOA

Ne maltrafu mian prelegon pri "Esperanto-Muziko: 1887-1987" ĉi vespere! Ĝi komenciĝas je 19:00 (UTC) / 20:00 (CET) - petu la Zoom-ligilon de la organizantoj tie ĉi: https://eventaservo.org/e/a59cd3 #esperanto #esperantomuziko

🧵🎬Fakte, mi volas paroli pri «lost media» dum la Tago de #Esperanto, kaj pro tio ke mi ŝatas kinon kaj dublarton... Ĉu vi sciis, ke en 1934 oni faris la unuan esperantlingvan dublaĵon? Temis pri la germana filmo «Morgen beginnt das Leben», tradukita al nia lingvo kiel «Morgaŭ komenciĝos la vivo».

Laŭ tradicio, la plej frua Esperanto-filmo estas "Angoroj" (1964). Sed tiun ĉi anonceton mi trovis en "The British Esperantist", septembro 1934. (talkie = filmo kun dialogo, kontraste al la ĝistiame kutimaj silentaj filmoj) #esperanto

En novembro mi donos du retajn prelegojn pri Esperanto-muziko. Ĉi-vendredon la 7-a: Esperanto-Muziko 1887-1987 ĉe la londona kaj antverpena kluboj: https://eventaservo.org/e/a59cd3 Mardon la 18-a: La "Unuaj" en Esperanto-Muziko ĉe la kardifa grupo: https://eventaservo.org/e/esperantomuziko […]

I'm looking through some old Esperanto magazines, trying to research old gramophone records. I promise I'm not just laughing at the adverts... Mi trafolimus malnovaj Esperanto-revuojn kaj klopodas serĉi informojn pri malnovaj gramofondiskoj. Mi promesas, ke mi ne nur ridas pro la reklamoj...

Any questions? #happyhalloween

#tunetuesday #steppingstonesongs Al la Barikadoj by JoMo is in three languages (the original Spanish, and translations in Esperanto and French), which makes it a good way to hear what sung Esperanto sounds like compared to other, possibly more familiar, languages […]

[Omiword] A newish daily word game suggested by Tom Scott's newsletter. @jessica you might enjoy this if you don't know of it already - it's a bit trickier than Waffle but not too much. OMIWORD.com ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Puzzle #300 (Easy)

#mondayrandom10 Apparently it's mostly Esperanto today... 1. Persone - 62 Minutoj (cassette) https://www.discogs.com/release/23021183-Persone-62-Minutoj 2. Level 42 - Level 42 (LP) https://www.discogs.com/release/181779-Level-42-Level-42 3. Amplifiki - Esperanto Ne Konas Landlimojn (cassette) […]

Nova ĉe mia blogo Esperanto-Muziko: Historio - Litovaj Popolaj Kantoj kaj Dancoj, la plej frua vinila diskego en Esperanto https://eomuziko.com/eo/posts/litovaj-popolaj-kantoj-kaj-dancoj/ New on my blog Esperanto Music History - Litovaj Popolaj Kantoj kaj Dancoj, the first vinyl LP in Esperanto […]

@guilhernunes_ I've enjoyed seeing your art on other platforms for a while now and am really happy to see you on fedi as well! :)

#tunetuesday #blackmagick That Old Black Magic by Glenn Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFNn5quCh5M This was one of the records I got with my first gramophone - although my copy is a British pressing on the HMV label. Victor and HMV were affiliated companies; they released each other's […]

One of my #mondayrandom10 this week was this record by Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam, recorded in 1927, that must be one of the earliest references to parasocial relationships - although of course the term wouldn't be coined until nearly 30 years later. The song is about a young woman who falls in […]

#mondayrandom10 1. Paul Whiteman and his concert orchestra - Rhapsody in Blue (1927 electric recording with "the composer at the piano") https://www.discogs.com/release/11286374-Paul-Whiteman-And-His-Concert-Orchestra-Rhapsody-In-Blue- 2 . i.d.c. - Fulmerford (LP) […]

#mondayrandom10 1. Humphrey Lyttelton and his band - Fish Seller / Glory of Love (78) https://www.discogs.com/release/7479851-Humphrey-Lyttelton-And-His-Band-Fish-Seller-Glory-Of-Love 2. Litovaj Popolaj Kantoj kaj Dancoj (10" LP) […]

GOOD MORNING! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cGmZ0IyQFU

Today I've been playing my Langley "duet" ocarina. It has two one-handed alto C 4-hole pendant ocarinas built as a single piece - so it has two fipple and a total of 8 finger holes (the other two are thumb holes underneath). It plays two notes at the same time […] [Original post on beige.party]

I'm sure sed is technically the wrong tool for editing GEDCOM files. But if it works...

#mondayrandom10 - as usual I'm doing ten random physical media items, because my digital collection gets very repetitive 1. Artie Shaw and his orchestra - Begin the Beguine / Deep Purple https://www.discogs.com/release/27402891-Artie-Shaw-And-His-Orchestra-Begin-The-Beguine-Deep-Purple 2 […]

Ukulele Magazine: "Listen to 10 Great Ukulele Recordings from the 1920s" https://ukulelemagazine.com/stories/listen-to-10-great-ukulele-recordings-from-the-1920s #music #ukulele #1920s

I'm not sure this is quite what #funkychickenfriday means, but it's what it makes me think of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRx7Ddz2cq4

#thursdayfivelist #beverages Amplifiki - Kafo kaj Te' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH77AeKZaCI Ian Anderson - Calliandra Shade (The Cappuccino Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m00r5rIAp-0 JoMo - Horilko (according to the liner notes, this is about "Ukrainian vodka, but this one isn't […]

#mondayrandom10 As usual I'm posting random items from my physical media collection. 1. Tchaikovsky - 1812 / Capriccio Italien / Cossack Dance (the Telarc recording with its (in)famous Digital Cannons) […]

Here are some excellent musician friends on fedi who you should definitely follow / listen to: @Filomel - singer and guitarist, streams live twice a week on Twitch @dusepo - luthier who builds a wide range of traditional and folk instruments, and mostly plays oud @JonnyMmusic - Esperanto pop […]

#musiciansday I arrange and play classical and folk music for ukuleles and ocarinas. I like to take traditional music and play it in a non-traditional way, as instrumental arrangements on all the "wrong" instruments. Here's one of my favourites - The Sprig of Thyme […]

#thursdayfivelist #sentencing 1. La Perdita Generacio - Ĉiuj Ni Amegas Usonon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ACOZMRiUnE 2. @JonnyMmusic - Verkas Mi Regeon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXpKykZtd9A 3. jan Usawi - mi lon tomo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t71JhELi9eM 4. Asorti - Ja Nur […]

#tunetuesday #brittlecold Persone - Neĝo Dancas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ia0sKz-VY