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Made a brisket today and just put it in the cooler. Will be having brisket breakfast tacos tomorrow morning and making brisket tamales with them tomorrow!

Jeff Buckley - Grace on headphones to boot! Bringing back 2010 in style

First Base Burger Pork Belly Benedict (Not shown butterscotch custard donut) @ https://www.hopscotchoakland.com/

Deferring on the first question—I only have access to the regular edition via Tidal, will try to track down the 30th anniversary edition to give it a listen, and compare masterings. Might ask this sort of question on the Steve Hoffman forums. Multiple: Olé ELO, A New World Record, Out of the Blue, Face the Music (in order of hearing them and immediately subsequently purchasing them in my youth. Kuiama, probably, but The Jungle is a close second.

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage

Celtic Woman, Destiny -- really pretty

Nice phono preamp ?

Another nice cover.

Ride On – Celtic Woman – they're like a classy version of the Corrs (j/k) ❤️ Siúil a Rún

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Qobuz 24/192

Lee Morgan - Sidewinder Music Matters SRX reissue 2020 series

Cold and snowy day in Minnesota. A good day to stay home and enjoy some music. The Blue Hawaii with Brimar-branded Mullard XF2 EL34 is sounding mighty good!

i think it's the one thing they don't change out on the menu. pretty fun, the helium only messed up my voice for a few minutes ?

Well as long as you stay out of the way of the speeding Range Rovers and Teslas you are good.

RIP to Christopher Tolkien, the famous son of a more famous father, and Rocky Johnson, the famous father of a more famous son. Each of them brought me a lot of entertainment in my youth. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/books/christopher-tolkien-dead.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/sports/rocky-johnson-dead.amp.html

Some similar ingredients but not Chana Masala. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019772-spiced-chickpea-stew-with-coconut-and-turmeric

RIP Neil Peart. I was never inspired to play the drums by Neil Peart -- I mean, seriously, what's the point? He had already demonstrated that he's on another plane. But I was inspired to pursue things _thoughtfully_ -- he put so much thought into everything he did, that he was zen master/another plane/next level. Meticulous craftsman. I want to be that, I still do, and I am reminded of that by his passing. I will strive to better myself. New not-quite-new-year's resolution, in all pursuits.

No pics, but my first sicilian pizza ..... Sfinciuni Pizze. Not a looker but bursting with flavor. "This traditional pie has a pan style crust, with a sweet and rustic style tomato sauce on top of 2 year aged parmigiano reggiano".

https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-olney-dies-on-stage-nashville-2598524 What a way to go.

This morning there have been quite a few birds in the yard and especially in the bird bath where they have been splashing around in rain water. A few minutes ago I looked up because I heard a thud on the window and saw several birds streaking by. I went to the front door worried that one had hit the window. There was a little house finch laying on its side that was alive but stunned and maybe injured. Just as I put my hand on the doorknob to check it out, a small hawk -- probably of the short-shinned variety -- swooped down and flew off with the finch in its talons. It was very startling, but I'm assuming the finches had been fleeing the hawk in the first place. #WildKingdom