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I miss Gene.

My primary these days are the 3M Peltor Optime 105's.

NME acid house issue cover, July 1988. This is real. The fossil of a Kronosaurus. I feel personally attacked here. In the words of the late, great Bill Hicks, there's no fucking joke here. Schrodinger's Miau. #ScottishPeopleTwitter Me this month.

Wasn't sure where to put this. My son showed i to me and I thought it was funny:

I submit an R10 icon

The Japanese House - Good At Falling I read about her this morning on Pitchfork. I like it! Indie female singer-songwriter with big, lush production? Sign me up!

The Wilson Watt Puppies usually went for around $10-11K so that was a pretty good deal for a $500 pair of speakers.

RIP Trini. I forgot he was in The Dirty Dozen. Great movie, I am going to rewatch it soon.

I love Fang. Did I ever tell you guys about the time he rear-ended me in Tianjin and then had his wife's dad fix my car while I took painting lessons at his expense?

Another blast from past.

Angelique Kidjo, Remain in Light https://tidal.com/album/88680968 Yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like.

I hear that they're tuned specifically for Rammstein

I hear those require serious amplification.

I also still use my K1000s along with my HP-2s. At my PC, I use the Sundaras. And on the go the ER4S, Roxanne and others.

Baker looks like the crazy guy he was. He and Bruce hated each other, to the extent that Baker attacked him with a knife at one point. When, post Cream, Baker went to set up a recording studio and live in Lagos (in Nigeria), Bruce said that the best place for Baker was on another continent to him, but Africa was not far enough. But they were often off their heads on dope. Clapton disappeared for several years into his house and got lost on a cocktail of Class A drugs. Then he got off drugs and turned to alcohol. To the extent he couldn't play and sing, and often just staggered off stage after one mumbled number. It is a wonder he is still alive. Unlike the bass player they brought in for Blind Faith, Ric Grech. After playing bass with a wide selection of bands, he retired at 31 and died at 43 from kidney failure as a result of alcohol abuse. Was lucky enough to see Clapton and Winwood with my son maybe five years ago in Birmingham. They did pretty much everything on Blind Faith's single album, and then some Cream stuff. Factoid - Crosby, Stills and Nash approached Winwood to join the band. But because of other band commitments he turned them down. So instead they approached Neil Young....

Apparently the new neighbor owns revision brewery. If I wasn't on call all the time this would be dangerous. The weekly free delivery.

it rained, and the rest of my parts arrived, so I rebuilt my bike. Ultegra R8000 full group, 52/36 crank, 11/30 cassette, fulcrum 6 wheels (apparently I need a spacer, so my "magical r8000 shifting" isn't quite magical yet), ec70 stem and bars

My parents dropped off fresh peaches, so cobbler it was. Did a horrible job sprinkling cinnamon, didn't matter. It was great.

My HeadAmp GS-X arrived back from a check-up at its fathers shop. All hooked back up for listening with the Mytek as source. The only problem is what new headphones should I buy?

Soon Hifiman HE-R10. 😭

007mkii. Present perfect for me, and are super comfortable.

Good Riddance to (very) Bad Rubbish.

Indeed. https://medium.com/@Xander51/the-fall-of-innerfidelity-com-92b0052699d4

They're purrfect.

Trini Lopez, singer, guitar designer, and star of The Dirty Dozen, dies from Coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/12/trini-lopez-covid-19-frank-sinatra-dirty-dozen?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Helen Jones Woods, member of the multiracial International Sweethearts of Rhythm, dies of the coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/obituaries/Helen-Woods-dead-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/05/899477501/helen-jones-woods-groundbreaking-female-trombonist-has-died-from-covid-19