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December 6th, 2025

Jason Kratz
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December 6th, 2025

Taking a break from tech news/coverage/punditry for a bit. Don’t know about anyone else but for me the tech world has mostly become boring…repetitive. There is nothing fun about the latest hot takes on AI, latest outrage over whatever company people don’t like, etc. That counts in music tech as well, with the same old arguments with all of the same people, over and over and over again. In business terms it’s completely lost its ROI. So, going to step away from that stuff for a bit and see how normal people live.


I’m a sucker for cool wine bottle labels. Here are two from the “Freakshow” label.


Really glad nitter.net is back. Makes it very easy to grab my Cortes header artwork every day.


Loving the “Holiday Pops” channel on SiriusXM. Exactly the type of Christmas music I prefer to listen to these days!


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