Xennial Warrior Princess

Painter, Decorator, theatre set maker.

[Sean Adams @seaninsound]

In music journalism, people have invented genres and movements for decades

It’s unsurprising to now see the Daily Mail is constructing a group called the “New Elite” to hate

Some analysis…

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[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@umbro 🫴

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@CarolynDeBarra ooh where's this?

[The FSA @WeAreTheFSA]

#QatarWorldCup2022 #OneLove

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

Is this place broken yet?

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@GeoffBuysCars @LEGOLANDWindsor Yes, we went on Tuesday. My son is 4 and absolutely adored Miniland, which saved the day, but the queues were absolutely horrendous. Clearly not enough staff, loads of concessions closed - seemed so far from the experience you'd expect at a theme park.

[Sean Adams @seaninsound]

Touring is broken

It’s even harder for smaller artists

Something needs to change, and fast

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@shoggypops @SpotifyCares I've got no idea how they're selecting songs these days - we used to have a group doing it but we've stopped as so many days all of us were 'I've never heard this before'. Weirdly the 80s/90s/2000s ones are all very playable.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@LeModulicious @Heardle_app @Spotify I have no idea. They seem to have entirely missed the point that it's songs people know and try to guess from snippets of the intro - not trying to introduce us to new stuff from a playlist. So many song selections didn't even chart.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

Setting up on the Friday was a bit of a nightmare - working in a marquee during heavy rain and wind meant we were quite delayed with preparing the venue - I kept on thinking about Fyre Festival and their storm the night before!

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

So we made queer prom happen. Sold out our venue, made sure people had a great time, had a dance, raised some money for charity.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@stevvrat Sadly I stay off twitter for my mental health - all it does it throw inflammatory things my way to try and provoke a reaction!

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

I don't post that much these days but I want to share a minor win - I've been part of a team putting together a 'Second Chance Prom' for queer folk in Nottingham, and today we sold out. I've been so pleased with the response of the community and support we've had.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@ChrisSomeone Aaah thank you! Yeah, it really seems to have caught people's imaginations. I was on BBC Radio Nottingham this morning talking about it, and the presenter seemed to be enthusiastic!

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@BinkTheMagician @Spotify Yes, it's not enjoyable currently. So many tracks that neither of us have ever heard and charted really low - surely things people might remember are the point.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

Aah, I see #Heardle is back on the nonsense today. Genuinely never heard of this song or artist again - this song charted at 31 in the UK (I know the charts aren't the be all and end all but they're a reasonable indication of how well known a song is)

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

There was a group of us who used to play and compare scores, after the switch there was a lot of 'no idea' and 'never heard it'. That interaction has kinda gone, as it seems a bit pointless when you only get one correct song every few days.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

I think today's #Heardle is just the latest drop in a long slide towards the bin, since @Spotify took over it's been less fun. There's been so many very obscure choices - lots of things that never charted or got much radio airplay - niche music doesn't really work.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

The hook of doing #Heardle was the joy of working out the song, especially if you recognised the chords/intro but just needed a vocal.. and had that 'eureka' moment. That doesn't really happen when so many songs used are completely unknown.

[Xennial Warrior Princess @SmallTownBrows]

@c_alcx I would be really put off if one of my customers was filming me whilst I were working.