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So many reason... Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody for Piano with Orchestra, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works by Michael Tilson Thomas (1985) https://open.qobuz.com/album/alx83fnr8pexa Example: RIP MTT - a big influence on my early classical music exploration. I didn't have any classical listeners in my circle growing up. I found it on my own with the help of Columbia House record deals, and lots of CBS Masterworks recordings. This being one of my early purchases, so much more jazz inspired than I had heard before. I became a fan. Michael was on my short list of recordings to look for. I was lucky enough to move to the bay area for work and was able to see him in action at least a handful of times in the 90's. In the queue for today....

RIP conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. He had the same kind of brain tumor as my brother who was named Thomas. I should listen to one of his Mahler symphonies because he was MTT's favorite composer. Cancer fucking sucks. ☹️😡 https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/ap-michael-tilson-thomas-renowned-conductor-and-composer-dies-at-81/

Speaking of long walks, maybe I should have posted this here: It's worth the payoff, trust me. Okay, maybe not, I am, after all, my own favourite comedian. Inspired by a serious comment to a funny post on LinkedIn.

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April 23, 1976, the Ramones released their debut album. Hey, ho, 50 years ago(!) As I snarked in 2016, "Sheee-it, some tiny insignificant punk rock album by a band you've never heard of dropped 40 years ago today. It sold poorly, probably because it didn't have any good songs on it." I know I don't have to explain the significance of the Ramones to the crowd of codgers that is head case. I will be lecturing some mostly uninterested zoomers on the subject.

thank ang728 for the info, then im ready to order parts 🙂

reserved for the SMD MLCC 47uF Caps I used Thru-hole ones

i habe some current mirror amplifier ss/zf version 1.21 here that i like to use for the amp build. may i ask about two points on the underside of the board (orange marked) look liks place for a jumper on the front siede the are between the two 82ohm resistors. are they for jumper and/or what are they used for. thx

Earth Day Chicken Curry

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Traffic co-founder Dave Mason https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/04/21/dave-mason-dead-traffic-cofounder/89727009007/

This is going to be a long walk for fairly little payoff. Everyone knows the 1994 hit film Pulp Fiction, which made Samuel L Jackson a household name and revitalized the career of John Travolta. There's a scene where Quentin Tarantino has a cameo (as he likes to do) playing Jimmie Dimmick. Jimmy has three noteworthy traits: he's the person who the two main character seek out when they need to hide a corpse, his wife (never seen) is black, and he casually drops the N-word (something else Quentin likes to do.) That scene birth the phrase "Dead N-Word Storage" which has lived on on the internet since 1994. Certainly it's popular with people who were going to find a reason to say the N-word anyway, but even outside such circles, the phrase is a cultural touchstone. With that in mind, this meme came across my radar earlier: Even as far back as 1994, I thought Jimmy's kitchen looked very dated. That rage hood reeks of the 1970s. A few google searches later I learned that "Jimmie Dimmick's house in Pulp Fiction is located at 4145 Kraft Avenue, Studio City, California." The property is listed in Zillow and Redfin. It's far older than I'd have guessed, built in 1936. Also it's $2 million, but that's hardly batting an eye about these days. The place has been completely redone since 1994. Very deceptive photo that makes the kitchen look far larger than it actually is. Significantly more realistic shot. Note in both that the range hood (now an iconic screen-used prop) is there in all its glory. The hallway has a print of the Banksy work of the same name (which is so famous it has its own Wiki page.)

Killer cover IMO.

Just learned that Michael Kohlbecker died. In the 90s he made pounding hard trance on the then-mighty Harthouse label. I especially like the work did under the Eternal Basement name. I had a whole stack of Harthouse compilations in the mid 90s the EB tracks stuck out even amongst his legendary peers. Later, he'd go on to do ambient downtempo weirdness with a rotating crew of compatriots as the Saafi Brothers. While I outgrew the hard trance sound fairly quickly, the better Saafi tracks have stuck with me for decades. My favorite track by them is still this one: In classic SB fashion, it takes forever to get going and goes on far longer than it has any need to. With that said, I used to put it on whole I was cooking dinner in the 00s. I've mixed parts of it in to my radio show many times over the years. It's got the best shuffling bassline.

Boards of Canada Reveal New Album Inferno. First new BoC album in 13(!) years. Hol. Lee. Fuk. 🤯

Ghosts, nudes and lesbian pageant queens: highlights from NYC’s Photography Show – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/22/aipad-photography-show-new-york

I think the song is better than the video

GoGo Penguin "Necessary Fictions" The interplay between the drummers of GoGo Penguin and Mammal Hands is fascinating: Rob Turner, Jesse Barrett and Jon Scott. I consider all three drummers to be great, with fantastic sounds and grooves that give both trios a lot of character. I love the tracks where they play syncopated rhythms... microtextures or simply seem to be off-beat before returning to the correct tempo.

Beck will depress you and make it feel so damn good.

Agreed. This year is such a disaster that they did something they've never done and changed the rules mid season. I'll keep my expectations low but we'll see.