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We had a holiday a couple of months ago in Japan. Fed up with sticky rice and lotus root in all its forms, we cracked in Tokyo and found a curry restaurant. This is quite a big thing in Japan, with endless options. Base curry. About 20 additional things you can add. Five quantities of rice, and heat level. So I had seafood (tick), no additional options (tick), standard quantity of rice (tick). Which left a choice of heat level. This went from 1 to 20. 1 was base level. I chose 5, reckoning that would be a bit hot. Now I can take heat. But a 5 was right on the hairy border of heat. In the UK, where you are never more than a few miles from an Indian restaurant, anyone having a Vindaloo is worthy of respect. Well a 5 was way, way beyond Vindaloo heat, and at the level where you just shovel, and under no circumstances touch the water or beer until you have finished. Now bear in mind that the heat index went up to 20! We joked that anyone ordering a 20 would be issued with a health warning, and an ambulance ordered to take you to hospital! I have to say that a Japanese lady on an adjacent table ordered a heat level 6, and ate it like it was nothing to write home about. Respect.

Veggie Curry and Fixin's

Veggie Curry

Today rec is from the Texas offspring. Says it is his favorite country band covering his favorite alt-rock song.

if you want a sarcastic passive aggressive summary of the the changes the first 6 minutes of this may fit the bill

Godspeed, Sly.... A true innovator and one that did it with class IMHO. HS

Wait, there was a Devo assisted Disney Devo 2.0 (aka Dev2.0 or DEV2.O)? When Disney Met Devo https://www.runoutnumbers.com/blog/2015/9/13/oh-no-its-devo-20-when-devo-met-disney It's all about devolution after all.

Absolutely the best show I've seen this year.

Pulp you say? And arguably its greatest cover?

The band split up in 2002, got back together 24 years later and made this album. Low expectations on that and pop isn't exactly my favorite genre. I'd say they not only produced a good album but hit it out of the ballpark good. Or at least a triple. ex.

Honestly I would not mind a Malibu love nest.

The black wire on the yellow looks to be the smallest too which is always what one wants for the ground. Using different color crimps makes no sense at all... I don't even have yellow in stock here.

RIP Sly Stone. The word “genius” is often overused, but this guy was a true musical prodigy… at least until he cooked his brain with all the drugs he was taking. His life and the life of his band were lovingly covered in a two-parter from one of my favorite podcasts. Part One: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-rock-music-in-500-songs/id1437402802?i=1000658945434 Part Two: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-rock-music-in-500-songs/id1437402802?i=1000660854985

Martha Argerich plays Beethoven - Conductor Ion Marin - ARTE Concert full of goodness.

iPad stuff seems long overdue. Now we just need to be able to run desktop apps and I can ditch my old MacBook. The rest of it seems mostly like a design and polish year which, honestly after the AI debacle, is fine by me.

These were the big announcements according to Apple. Remember when these were cool?

So a Scottish Turducken? And to think you could have had Bacon and Whisky as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_chicken

Chicken stuffed with haggis

Sometimes things can be two things I mean, who makes a "mono" headphone amp?

I thought so as well! I own two of Doug’s amps and they are so good I’ve never felt the need to shop for anything else. Love the woodwork on these ones.