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Smetana: String Quartets No. 1 & No. 2 by Pavel Haas Quartet (2015) https://open.qobuz.com/album/qqnxnrnwvtgqa Example: Recommended by my friend Jerry who just got it on Vinyl. Very nice. Also Qobuz updated the Windows app, and now it shows the Library counts... 843 in the queue?? well minus ^^ this one. I thought I was still in the 600s.

Got up around 6:30 and made a batch of chili. Al's Sister Rini and Neice Dorothy and myself are making chili dogs, smash burgers, corn on the cob, potatoe salad, fruit salad, some type of blueberry angel food cake with mascarpone whipped cream, blueberry custard pie, watermelon and who knows what else? A few of my coworkers are coming by to join in the feast.

Reflectin’ back

PetaPixel re-reviews the first consumer (under $1,000) digital SLR camera, the 6MP Canon EOS 300D from 2003:

Scattershot, but fun doc on street photography.

Indeed

So great -- reminds of my favourite band's alter ego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ8-ZgxB55A

Mmm...beet...hummus?

Nibbles for / with the neighbors

I definitely hear Perfect Kiss -era New Order in their DNA (which is one of the greatest videos of all time). Also Graveyard Club would be a great name for a classic rock covers band. If it even was a cover. Which it isn't.

Lemon shortbread. Joanne on sampling it, said it goes well with Sauvignon Blanc.

25 Photobooks That Define America https://aperture.org/editorial/25-photobooks-that-define-america/

I just like this one. Kids doing good stuff with the old material?

Summer, fun, &c. not proggy, but...tbh, Pink Floyd changed everything for me -- I didn't appreciate funk growing up, so when Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 3 infected my brain, I had to backpedal and catch up.

Casta Diva to folk-rock and back, another mix I never knew I needed

Yes, at least on Hulu/Disney+, though a little warning on the first few slower episodes as they prep for opening. Then the doors open. This season takes place over a single shift. Also keep in mind there is the stand alone flashback Gary episode released before the season. I've yet to see. More than any other show I judge The Bear on its successes, rather than its failures. I really can't think of a show like it. It's like Breaking Bad in reverse.

^have all season 5 episodes dropped?

Thanks Ric. I'm going to watch 4 and 5 then.

With the Big 4th of July approaching these were a fun listen. The New Yorker Radio Hour interviews The Rest Is History hosts Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook on the American Revolution from the British perspective. Apple PodcastsAmerica at 250: A View from Britain, with “The Rest Is Hi...Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · June 26 · 49m or The four part podcast that lead to that interview was also great. It starts with George Washington... And a bonus one on The Star Spangled Banner...

New Gas (the Wolfgang Voigt, not the Mat Jarvis one, but I still dig) compilation album https://kompakt-gas.bandcamp.com/community?from=com-e-nm&sid=2228235&st=sm

Star City next? We lost my response this morning with the site going down. That’s a good thing as I said five is easily the worst season. I was halfway through. Now that I’ve seen the second half, the doors open episodes and wrap up to the whole show, it may be my favorite season. Man, it was a really beautiful show.

Hey! Sorry I didn't mean to go missing for so long, it just kinda happened. I have a little corner of the house with a bunch of fun music things. I recently commissioned a calligrapher to make some artwork to go with the box and can't wait to show you what they look like together.

Just finished up the latest season of For All Mankind. iI's such a damn good show!!