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She always said Autechre were huge influences on her. And yes it's about combining that with bubblegum pop. Which is why I never liked much of her stuff. (The two tracks I posted aren't really pop.)

don't really hear that myself

this is pretty good as well...

This track was just bonkers... (y) (y) (y)

Okay, I've just done a database search: both players rated 2700+ (elite level human play), date 2004-2021: From 21526 games, White scores 54.8%. Alternatively, in the current Top Chess Engine Championship (both computers rated about 3600): From 88 games, White scores 58.5%. That's 15 wins for...

Great LP. And Lora Logic was really young when she made it. This is earlier still... Hugely original rock music for an 17/18-year-old.

Gogol and Bulgakov are more my sort of thing

Yes, it was state sponsored. They took it very seriously.

five paragraphs there and each one of them is utter twaddle

even a centrist melt like John Harris is beginning to realize how useless Keith is... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/24/history-labour-keir-starmer-boris-johnson

Chess often brings out the worst in people ;)

this is the sort of thing we use... https://www.chessdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Boxed-Tournament-Chess-Pieces-PSB6.html https://www.chessdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Vinyl-Chess-Board-Brown-and-Cream-50mm-squares-VB200B.html#SID=2

good question. dunno

Once you've accepted that computers are best at chess, it's actually quite interesting watching them play each other. The main site for that is the continually rolling Top Chess Engine Championship... https://tcec-chess.com/ Stockfish and Leela are currently playing their umpteenth final...

Correspondence chess is about analysis. You can use all sorts of tools to assist you in your analysis... books, databases, engines, your own previous analysis. Most CC organizations allow all of those. So, no, it's not cheating. But engines (chess programs) are why I gave up playing CC...

looking things up is part of the game (y)

Not really, no. I do have a correspondence chess title (Senior International Master) but I've hardly played any serious CC in fifteen years. Just ten games in the Counties & District League (bd.1 for Nottinghamshire).

I was ranked 60th in the country five years ago (y):) but now I'm back down at 289th (n)😐

Yes.

straight in at #2 — fair play to them anyway https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/