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jackvanzet · 4 months

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Jack Vanzet

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nativeofvenus · 3 months

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#music #how to be invisible #thrupence

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campsis · 1 day

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trevlad-sounds · 11 days

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Invisible Waves, episode 015 14.04.2024

Intro 00:00 Listening Center-Shifts Two 00:21 Chapter 1 6:05 Thrupence, Jack Vanzet-Permission To Love (Original by Hayden James) 12:18 Mario Luciano, Lauren Santi-A Piece for Reflection 17:11 The Child of A Creek/ Fallen-We are Late Falling Stars 19:10 Chapter 2 24:32 lunattic-Inside Field 30:43 Eje Eje-Kacha (End of Summer) 36:56 Lunaria-Bonding Force 38:46 Chapter 3 44:48 concretism-Black Special 47:57 Tobor Experiment-Monsters 53:31 Ópalo-Through the Fog 1:00:59 Chapter 4 1:05:09 Beer of the week 1:05:49 CIALYN-Empty Morning (Lenten Reels) II 1:08:13 Dan Ubick-Painted Skulls 1:12:59 Kösmonaut-Future Horizons 1:14:25 Chapter 5 1:20:54 Time Rival-Fluorescent Worklight 1:24:35 Mark Ellery Griffiths-Aimless/Silent Spring 1:27:30 The NRG-Unconscious Motivation 1:34:57 Chapter 6 1:43:35 André Bratten-A Fog 1:45:35 Henrik Meierkord-Doppelgänger II 1:48:33 Urban Meditation-Ephemeral Being 1:51:05 Chapter 7 2:00:37 Binaural Space-Sanctification 2:03:15 Patrick Sansone-Dream Molecule 2:04:11 Rejoicer, Avishai Cohen-Quiesensce 2:10:41 Track of the week (Outro) 2:13:58 Faust-Psalter 2:16:21

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florjus · 1 year

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A song for chilling/playing/working.

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incrediblemusic2023 · 1 year

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#thrupence #structures #jack vanzet #electronic #chill #experimental #synthwave #indie #dance

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mossymood · 1 year

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#music #thrupence #Spotify

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trenchcrows · 9 months

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https://open.spotify.com/track/6GEX4BBT1EHwIiO6qkYSUR

it's so them

#crimeboys :(#cawcaw motherfucker #wimbilly scooter #tomymninit #music songs #song: how to be invisible by thrupence

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aspiringhorrorauthor · 2 years

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As is tradition with Dracula Daily, let me give you today’s Cultural Lesson Based On Today’s Entry. Let’s talk about money.

See, if you’re thinking Dracula and the characters are handling what we see today as British money, don’t be fooled! Dracula is set in the 1890s, and they use an entirely different money system to what we use now, it just seems on the surface that it’s the same.

For context, if you didn’t know, Britain uses pounds (£) and pence (p) as the currency now, with 100p to £1. This is called decimalisation, and has been in practice since the 1970s. Before then, we were the last country in the world to still use the Roman monetary system.

In the Victorian era, there were 3 used measurements of currency: Pounds (L), Shillings (s) and pence (d), which was written in that order: l.s.d, so a sink in a shop may list the price as 1.7.2, which would be 1 pound, 7 shillings and 2 pence.

Now lets break those down a little more. There are 240 pennies to the pound, and 12 pence to the shilling. That makes 20 shillings to the pound. Most working class laborers would be using shillings as their highest coin in day-to-day living. You could get a pint of beer for a couple of pence. A pound was an incredible amount of money to your average person (maybe less so to the fancy characters of Dracula).

But I want to talk about the coins.

See, a penny was not the lowest coin in circulation. That was a farthing, which was worth ¼ (a quarter) of a penny. Then next was a half penny (or ha’penny if you prefer). Of course there was the penny. Then there was a two pence (tuppence) and a three pence (thrupence) piece. Then you had your half shilling (sixpence, pronounced more like sixpunce, with a ‘u’ rather than an ‘e’), and the shilling itself (twelve pence, remember? Also known colloquially as ‘bob’). Then you had the florin, which was 2 shillings exactly (24 pence). From there you had your half crown, which was worth 2 shillings and six pence, for a total of 30 pence (though you’d never call it that), and then a crown, which was 5 shillings. From there the next step is the half-sovereign, worth half a pound (120 pence, or 10 shillings), and finally the gold sovereign coin, worth £1, or 240 pennys, or 20 shillings.

Yes, that’s genuinely the method of money these characters are using. Some old people insist it was easier than the current system.

Here’s some more fun money facts in case they come up later!

A guinea is a pound and a shilling (1.1.0, or 252 pence), and was used to make things seem a little cheaper to wealthy buyers. It’s used from time to time in Victorian books so it’s worth knowing.

The correct way to read out prices is ‘[x] and [y]’, so say you were selling something and wanted a shilling and fivepence for it, you’d ask for “1 and 5”. This is often used for the stereotypical cost of a half a crown, so when someone in a period drama asks for “2 and 6”, what they’re asking for is 2 shillings and sixpence.

There is a fairly obscure coin that I’m not sure was in circulation at this time which was nicknamed ‘The Barmaid’s grief’, it was only used for a few years. This was worth 4 shillings and was the same shape and (very nearly) size as a crown (5 shillings). So people would buy a pint of beer, the barmaid would pick up the coin in a hurry and not realise that it wasn’t a crown, and give 4 shillings back along with change from a shilling for the beer. So people made money from buying beer. It was not a good time to be a barmaid.

#Dracula daily #money #british money #Yes I also laughed when i found out old british money was written as Lsd #For someone who is not all that interested in coin collecting I love knowing about the old coins!#My dad was a bairn when they changed the coins around. His dad used to keep the old coins for him from the shop and give out the new coinage #Some people of a certain age get the value of shillings mixed up because post decimilsation a shilling could still be used and was worth 5p.#I worked as a social historian for one summer can you tell? I was paid £8.75 an hour to tell people this. So you guys owe me like £3.50 #For my work here.

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subliminalj · 6 months

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Listen/purchase: Structures (LP) by Thrupence, Jack Vanzet

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jackvanzet · 6 months

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Edge of the Mirror

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marta-bee · 8 months

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Pressing on with rereading Good Omens. I'm a little tired so didn't get particularly far, but I'm really enjoying the digs at things Americans supposedly don't know about the British. Take this footnote about firelighters:

Note for Americans and other city-dwelling life-forms: the rural British, having eschewed central heating as being far too complicated and in any case weakening moral fiber, prefer a system of piling small pieces of wood and lumps of coal, topped by large, wet logs, possibly made of asbestos, into small, smoldering heaps, known as "There's nothing like a roaring open fire is there?" Since none of these ingredients are naturally inclined to burn, underneath all this the apply a small, rectangular, waxy white lump, which burns cheerfully until the weight of the fire puts it out. These little white blocks are called firelighters. No one knows why.

As if America wasn't filled to the brim with all sorts of wilderness our fathers and uncles and all sorts insisted on dragging us to on every long weekend so we can alternately shoot, fish, or all but roll about in poison ivy. That was the typical American experience, wasn't it? Or was it just me?

This American at least had no shortage of campfires in her formative years. Though the bit about comfort softening moral fiber does seem particularly British, at least if the British boarding school novels I read a few of in middle school are any indication.

Or take this aside:

NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shelling = Five Pee.

Ah, yes. That's helpful. Pressing on....

It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system. Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thruenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A SixPence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea. The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated.

I do have some sympathy, having spent a lot of time in Germany pre-Euro and travelling semi-regularly to France, Switzerland, and Italy. Good lord, what a difference a common currency made when it came around. I understand nostalgia and all that but how anyone could have had a preference for the old way baffles the mind.

I personally like to imagine this is more PTerry taking the piss out of Neil or quite possibly the other way around, and I quite like not being 100% sure who's making fun of whom. It's a very writerly thing to do, frankly.

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.... And, it looks like we're finally going to get the Agnes Nutter scene which should be a lot of fun in written form. But for some reason I thought it would be a smart idea to start a demanding new job and pull off an inter-state move at the same time. I'm surviving and even coming to like parts of it as I get more and more under my belt, but I'm also exhausted, so the Witchfinder Army's greatest defeat will have to wait. My brain is soup and demands a bit of a rest.

#good omens #book omens #marta rereads good omens

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campsis · 1 year

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trevlad-sounds · 1 month

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Invisible Waves 012

24-03-2024

Intro 00:00

anthéne-Light In The Dark 00:03

Chapter 1 05:15

awakened souls-Aponi (The Green Kingdom Recycle) 07:27

Jogging House-Owl 11:20

Pollypraha-Ensemble for Somnambulists 16:40

Chapter 2 19:25

Rhucle-Morning Moon 21:38

El Michels Affair, Bobby Oroza-Reasons 23:45

Ruth Mascelli-The Gateway 26:56

Chapter 3 30:08

Tomer Baruch-Sleepless on the Internet 34:08

Pink Skull-Strummer Maxxx 37:31

Klaus Schulze-Mindphaser 41:35

Sam Rosenthal-leading to the edge 1:04:32

Chapter 4 1:05:59

Christopher Willits-Tunnels - East Forest Remix 1:07:52

Thrupence, Jack Vanzet-The Difference (Original by Flume & Toro y Moi) 1:11:28

Pruski, Tomasz Mreńca-Last Particle 1:17:49

Chapter 5 1:23:49

Kinbrae, Clare Archibald-Haul Into Being 1:26:55

Dirk Serries-remote delight 1:30:19

Earthroom-Sculpted Breaths 1:45:49

Outro 1:48:53

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olko71 · 7 months

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King Charles III new coins designed to help children to count

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By Kevin Peachey

Cost of living correspondent

Large numbers on an entirely redesigned set of UK coins will help children to identify figures and learn to count, The Royal Mint has said.

The coins will enter circulation by the end of the year, marking the new reign of King Charles III and celebrating his love of the natural world.

The tails side of every coin from the 1p to the £2 will feature the country’s flora and fauna.

Old coins can still be used, with the new set struck in response to demand.

Rebecca Morgan, director at the Mint, told the BBC: “The large numbers will be very appealing to children who are learning to count and about the use of money.

“Also the animals and everything you see on these coins will appeal to children. They are great conversation starters.”

Animals ranging from the red squirrel to the capercaillie grouse are depicted on the new designs. The King’s now-familiar portrait will be on the front of each coin – many for the first time.

Although cash use – and especially the popularity of coins – has been in decline in recent years, the Mint says heritage and need mean this change is still required.

“We know a large proportion of the country are still heavily reliant on cash,” Ms Morgan said.

“It is also tradition to mark the moment of a monarch coming to the throne with a new set of coinage, so it is important that we carry on that tradition.”

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The BBC was given an advance viewing of the new coins, the size and shape of which remain unchanged.

Although there have been commemorative coins circulating featuring King Charles, these new designs – officially known as definitives – mark the final chapter of the King’s transition onto coinage.

Definitive coins feature the standard designs seen on the majority of official currency. These designs stay the same for years or even decades.

The previous set featured a shield formation and was introduced under Queen Elizabeth II in 2008, and will still dominate the 29 billion coins in circulation in the UK for some time yet.

The reverse, or tails side, of the new coins will be the matter of most interest to collectors and for quizmasters. They are designed to show the importance, and precariousness, of the natural world:

1p: A hazel dormouse, which has seen its population halve since 2007

2p: A red squirrel, which is expected to blend into the colour of the copper coin

5p: An oak tree leaf, signifying its role as a rich habitat for biodiversity in woodland areas and an association with monarchy of the past

10p: The capercaillie – the world’s largest grouse – found in a small part of Scotland and threatened with extinction

20p: A puffin

50p: The Atlantic salmon, which is at threat from river pollution and habitat loss

£1: Bees

£2: National flowers – a rose for England, a daffodil for Wales, a thistle for Scotland and a shamrock for Northern Ireland

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Kevin Clancy, director of the Royal Mint Museum, said: “People who remember pre-decimal coins might recall the wren farthing, or the thrift design on the 12-sided thrupence, but it wasn’t lots of natural world.

“What is different about these coins is that they are all about the natural world.”

There are also links to history and the changing of the monarchy.

Cash payments rise for first time in 10 years

Charles joins first Easter coins ceremony as King

Three interlocking Cs feature on the coins, representing the third King Charles, and taking its inspiration from the cypher of Charles II.

The edge inscription of the new £2 coin was chosen by the new King Charles and reads: “In servitio omnium”, which means: “In the service of all”.

It was taken from his inaugural speech in September last year.

The coins follow centuries of tradition with the monarch now facing left – the opposite way to his predecessor. Profiles are alternated between left and right for successive monarchs. As with previous British kings, and unlike the Queen, he wears no crown.

The Royal Mint is based in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales.

New banknotes featuring the image of King Charles are being printed in their millions but will not enter circulation until the middle of next year – some months after the coins.

New notes will replace damaged or worn older ones, but their introduction is slow because machines such as self-service tills need to recognise the new image.