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Warm Day - Hot Funk.  (50yo) Mothership Connection by Parliament (1975) https://album.link/mvfsbw8h7rrmb Example:   There is only one Example needed. 

So this dropped yesterday, I am not sure there is a new album in the works or just this track. I am not sold on it, not bad, but it also does not do much for me at all. But I thought I would share regardless. 

The place looks strangely familiar. (Leica SL2 + Canon 135/3.5 LTM)   There seem to be quite a bit of hate on this camera, which seems to be the same whenever Leica comes out with Anything - so well done to Sony to go full premium. Some are annoyed that it is still the "same old" lens - that's exactly what makes it appealing in my book, albeit also appalling at manual focus and it might break down one day. New lenses are coming by the bucketloads, but a lot seem to go overboard and look boring, sterile - coincidentally exactly the same phenomenon as some modern headphones. But yeah, paying full MSRP on any high-end compact (or any camera) is the definition of luxury. Apart from Fuji they loose so much value. I've once again bought an RX1RII for 1/3rd of the price (AF not great, otherwise similar rendering), fingers crossed it's a good one. But I still question the legitimacy of these things. Some of the interchangeable lens cameras are getting so good now, is it really worth saving that much with size and weight - if it is a case of whether they let it in to a big concert or other event, it might worth it. Will make photos every bit as good or better as the Pro photographer with his or her pro camera + 24-70/2.8 lens (around 35). But my fav lens system is still the Leica M-mount and I need to mount them on a big. heavy SL2 - I won't even start

RIP to poet (and more) Andrea Gibson.  I hadn't really listened to her, only HEARD OF her.  But with her death, I watched and listened.  And....she was STUNNING!  I watch several of her talks/poems and often times I cry, for her pain & beauty. Examples:  

I'm not in the mass production business, so I'm not going to BUY expensive devices, meters, analyzers, for basic hFE determination. Over the last ten years, I've built many different versions of electrostat amplifiers. Yes, not all of them worked. Yes, I didn't like all of them. For example, the mini T2 really disappointed me. assembled version called carbon, I am happy for two years. But many music lovers always want something better. I hope  that T2 will outplay Carbon.