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I first saw this video in 1992. I was in WalnutCreek, CA killing a few minutes before going to work. My best friend and roomate, and then boss, Paul came down the stairs, saw tears streaming down my face and thought something terrible had happened. When I explained it was this video, he basically mocked me for being such a sensitive baby. The funniest part of that interaction was that he was a tiny, effeminate, obviously gay man, whom I had physically come to his aide several times when homophobic "tough guys" had threatened him. But that all being true, his 115 lb., nelly frame was absolutely right about my extreme sensitivity. I cry at sad TV commercials. I have no problem jumping into a group of assholes bullying some smaller guy, but show me a puppy getting a vaccination shot and I'm wiping the tears away. Anyway, more than 30 years later and this video still has me attempting to divert rivers of salty tears. There are reasons of course. I've been in that hospital room many times, holding the hand of a friend that wasn't going to make it. And I've also been the Son of a macho, Texan that wanted all of his Sons to be exactly like him. Then later in life he was cheerfully cooking breakfast for boyfriends that had stayed over. Pretty surreal when you grow up thinking that if he ever found out that I was gay, he'd walk away from me without ever looking back. Watching children grow up must be a magical thing. But watching your Father grow up into a caring, accepting human being is also pretty great. Oh yeah, this was about a music video...

It's like seeing a Bentley parked in a trailer's car port.

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.

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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.