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https://halou.bandcamp.com/album/wholeness-separation-w-sxx-2026-remastered-edition Halou, Wholeness and Separation (W&SXX 2026 remastered edition) Yes, I'm still smitten by their music, even if it is a remaster.

^ On that note, The Ultimate Bill Evans As Selected By Herbie Hancock, which seems in Japan to be titled To Bill Evans With Love – Selected By Herbie Hancock on SCM-CD.

Logged some hot miles this afternoon riding to York, ME. Feels like temp was 93F and it felt every bit of that. Thank god for a little tail wind.

The New Topographics https://subjectivelyobjective.substack.com/p/the-legacy-of-new-topographics-50

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Ride on Maine man!

I think it must be something with iPadOS or Firefox. I’ll try later on another browser or computer, if it doesn’t work I’ll tell you.

If it annoys you too much, let me know what you want to donate and I'll do it in your name. Thanks for kicking off the party, Mikey and Todd! I'm going to ride up to the Maine coast this afternoon for a friend's 50th and it's a scorcher! It's 9AM and it's already 80 in the shade. Good thing the ride will end at the beach.

Thank you all!

Also a little clarity on my side. I go back longer with Coltrane, but listening to a ton of nearly every period of Evans lately. Most importantly I’m currently reading the below (which so far has been great) so we’ll see where I end up.

That’s so great. Congrats. Must have been wonderful. About five years ago we had a small team reorg and everyone did a small presentation introducing themselves. Skills, likes, hobbies, etc. I mostly just played DakhaBrakha really loud. ;)

You know, it's fun that we live in a world where we can play these mental tiering games without consequences, but at the same time, I'm glad we live in a world where they all exist.

Done! And....

Just to clarify: Re: Davis, Coltrane or Evans, who I'd rather listen to. It has more to do with the fact that I've heard Miles Davis albums so many times over the decade, that I would rather listen to the other two given the choice. As far as impact on jazz? Myles Davis is IMO at the top. Both Evans and Coltrane would not have reached the heights that they did without Davis as a band leader, again IMO. Coltrane is my favorite jazz musician, so he'd be tops for my personal preference. Glad I could clear my conscience. I feel better now. I listened to this yesterday (maybe out of guilt).

Another Mary Fahl show, this time with her and only keyboard accompaniment. I was all of maybe 4-5 feet from the stage. Stunning, such a passionate singer. Got to meet up with a couple folks I met at another Mary Fahl show last Fall, last pic.

Miles Davis - In a Silent Way

RIP Katsushi Murakami who designed a lot of really neat Japanese toys. I am the farthest thing from being a weeb (except for Japanese audio gear, Japanese cars, Studio Ghibli animation, Japanese camera equipment, Kurosawa films, giant Japanese robots ...you know what? Nevermind.) With that said, I always had an appreciation for the Japanese toys from the 70s and 80s.

🚲 🚴‍♂️🚵 Ride on Nate.

My ear is a complete moron about key changes, way far away from absolute pitch (or ear, whatever), which is pretty useful to find similarities between tunes. I also suck at rhythm, just good enough for dancing and getting an awesome wife. Maybe comping if there’s a proficient drummer anywhere near. This happens a lot to me. Cleverer people like Beato showed how an old song is the basis for a few modern (or not so) tunes: All those key changes make not much of a difference for me.

Trying to make a donation, but the damn page stills asks for filling some of the “required” fields. All have been filled.

And my apologies for being a "meat proxy".