Jonty Wareing @jonty@chaos.social

DALL·E insists that I am a quaint church

It's not that we were doing a better job of this 12 years ago or anything OH WAIT WE WERE

I went to "just quickly fix this bug" and I regret to inform you that music services still have horrendously bad metadata in 2022

I've updated my @glastonbury@twitter.com performance data for 2022, and generated a 49 hour Spotify playlist of the top track for every artist: https://github.com/Jonty/glastoscrape

Coiners: TO THE MOON

[monkey paw curls]

Spare standing ticket to @nineinchnails@twitter.com at Brixton Academy tonight that I can't use. Face price, or make me an offer.

DM me if you're interested - can transfer it to you via Ticketmaster

I've got two tickets to @BrassAgainst@twitter.com at Electric Ballroom tonight that I can't use - anybody want them?

It's currently just data being committed, but over the next few weeks I'll start transforming this into a proper archive, and into formats usable by humans.

The stretch goal is to build a @datasetteproj@twitter.com archive.

If you're interested in helping, join the @infraclub@twitter.com slack!

I was researching NOTAMs (Notices To Airmen) and couldn't find historical data.

If you want to know about high drone flights, big cranes, lasers, fireworks - NOTAMs are where they're announced.

These are all things I like, so I built a public archive: https://github.com/Jonty/uk-notam-archive

The main problem is how you get earplug dispensers past bag check.

"Yes these are all for personal use, honest"

Please back my kickstarter to covertly install earplug dispensers in gig venues

If you need hearing protection I recommend:

👂🏻 ACS Pacato 16 reusable earplugs (£10) - https://www.acscustom.com/uk/products/hearing-protection/universal-fit/pacato-16

👂🏻 ACS Pro 17 custom moulded earplugs (£149) - https://www.acscustom.com/uk/products/hearing-protection/pro-series/pro-17

The £10 ones are stellar, but if you go to a lot of gigs it's worth getting custom moulds made

I recognise the @emfcamp@twitter.com audience is probably more likely to take precautions, but this indicates that if people are given an easy option for hearing protection they _will_ use it.

I just wish more venues gave them the option.

Please, protect your ears, you only get one pair

Wrong. We ran out of earplugs within 24 hours of opening.

Every DJ and band had people throughout the audience wearing luminous green earplugs.

If we hadn't provided free earplugs none of the people watching music would have been wearing them.

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We installed an earplug dispenser outside each music venue. Each held 1000 earplugs.

I completely expected to finish the event with a lot left over and most people wearing them for sleeping. After all, people wearing earplugs at gigs are generally the minority.

Right?

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Can't stop thinking about the stranger who asked if I was intentionally dressed like Todd from Bojack Horseman