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Although I never saw Dolly Parton in concert, we were lucky enough to see Emmy Lou Harris earlier this year in Birmingham Symphony Hall (UK). At 79, she'd lost her highest notes, but she was absolutely awesome. After a couple of mumbly numbers she said to the sound mixer at the stage side "Can you please rebalance the sound, and bring my voice up" That did the trick!

Legend. 😔 I think what I loved about her so much is that she had a very self-aware yet positive outlook on life. This is such a lovely window into how she views herself:

Not by vibe-coding, you won't. Also: fuck cancer.

Just finally finished Snowpiercer. Great show. Very engaging.

Need a mortgage for that Mac Studio... on the other hand, you might cure cancer.

The Castro Theater in San Francisco

From my IG feed.

10-12 week lead time. Geez.

13 years ago. I missed it. It's still great. That's the great thing about music?

Ha -- Max out the Mini... or Studio... Bye bye money...

New Mac Mini and Studio announced today - escalating RAM and storage prices make me completely indifferent to the lineup (Apple is also forcing advertising into their Maps app). Mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ Studio: https://www.apple.com/mac-studio/

No masterpiece here, just my first roll of film with the AE1p, some examples testing the camera/Gold 200.

Well that is a shock for sure. RIP the legend Dolly Parton.

Here's my Dolly story. During the first Gulf War the Navy flew me and about 30 others to Bahrain on a 21 hour flight to meet our ships. They evidently only had three movies to play on the plane's big screen for either a calming influence before whatever was next, or a reminder of everything great about America. Thus a The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 9 to 5, and [Lori Anderson as a poor man's Dolly] Stroker Ace marathon loop. Over and over. RIP Dolly.

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A beautiful person inside and out, a talented musician, and an outright ICON. RIP Dolly! The world needs a LOT more people like her! EDIT: my favorite....Whitney was great but has nothing on Dolly for this....

Everyone is going to have their favorites. Here are mine.

This is very sad news. What a wonderful person she was. RIP to the legend too soon. 😢 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Nice ride!

Void cat is checking out appreciating the heat radiating from a vintage Harman Kardon Citation V.

I've never used the F1, but my pal ChatGPT says it's a good price for the condition. This weekend went up to San Francisco or back to San Francisco. Way back. Fun time and with the M Monochrom (M9M) and the LLL 50mm f/1.5 Z21 (focus mid-frame and wider a challenge)

Having a little trashy fun.....one of my favorite bands to see live back in the day, along with a band I WILL see live for the first time in September. The Cramps - Gravest Gravy - bit bootleg sounding, but a compilation of early recordings. And Messer Chups - The Incredible Crocotiger; a fun Russian Surf-Rock-Horror-Exotica band.....they'll open for Reverend Horton Heat, another I haven't seen.

I find the AE1P fun, and so far it seems like something completely different... We'll see when I develop the film. As for the new F1, I'm curious... This guy is selling his new F1 and other stuff because he bought a Pentax 645.

I always dreamed of getting a Canon F1 when I had FD lenses. I found the AE1(p) super frustrating to shoot manually because of their meter displays. No idea if the price is good though.