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Meanwhile ... #Partygate Reporting: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/uk/boris-johnson-parties-scandal-intl-cmd-gbr/index.html ELI5: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10414175/Five-year-old-girl-explains-Partygate-grandparents-hilarious-video.html and in political satire the cast of Line Of Duty investigate where the police won't https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/19/boris-johnson-grilled-by-line-of-duty-team-in-spoof-video-viewed-by-5-million

Finally received the last of the components for the CFA boards today from DigiKey - Mouser who I usually use were out of a couple of items and whilst DigiKey had the values I needed, they didnt have them in RN60 so ended up going for the slightly more expensive CMF series resistors - was only for a few values so was not a big deal and am happy to have everything in now. Some quick soldering and the CFA3 boards are finished (except for the output transistors - they will go in when I have the cases and heat-sinking sorted out) - has been a long time between start and finish but I can feel the end of this build getting near. PS, managed to find a free way to host images - Google Firebase - so can now insert images without having to worry about chewing up quota

Wow! A nice one with the XA777ES. I was so close on getting the Sony HAP-Z1ES modded by Dan but backed out at the end. Now just using the Matrix X-Sabre Pro for digital front end. Less about the gear but more on enjoying the music. I miss my Yggy too.

I've been listening to a lot of great fusion lately. Easily my favourite discovery of the year are Fox Capture Plan. They have 2 2021 releases, and they're both top tier for me. Damn, I wish I could play jazz. This is from NEBULA(ネヴュラ): (Not sure why it's failing to embed -- the live event is long since past, yes, but I'm watching/listening to the YouTube video right now. The event was the video released timed to coincide with a meteor stream.) This is from Xronicle:

Vinyl Qobuz

Rainy day listening

A little misguided use of English by this lotion store in Paris. And a fun translation for a manger scene. And Baby Jesus is in fact chillin in his crib

RIP Steve Schapiro, photographer & photojournalist https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jan/18/ali-to-andy-warhol-steve-schapiros-life-in-photography-in-pictures https://petapixel.com/2022/01/19/iconic-american-photojournalist-steve-schapiro-dies-at-87/

RIP Ronnie Spector. Fuck you cancer, and Phil Spector too. .

R.I.P. Bob Saget... 65...

RIP Sidney Poitier https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/entertainment/sidney-poitier-death/index.html