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George Harrison, unknown, unrecognized, visiting his sister in the USA, Sept., 1963, Empire State Building. His sister, Louise lived at 113 McCann Street, Benton, Ill. Just 4 months later, same guy, same haircut, returning in triumph to New York, mobbed like the second coming.

Started F1: Drive to Survive on Sunday and finished it up last night. Now I know everything about F1 and am an expert on everything. Respect Lewis but hate Mercedes. Dig Red Bull's panache but can't stand Max. Like T$ I like Pierre, but think I like Ricciardo the best. Here's to hoping Daniel beats out Pierre and Max and Lewis take each other out every race.

I've been neck deep in tax hell this week, so I've regressed to the mid 1990s: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000. (1995) Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) I've noticed that it's become very popular among current metalheads to hate on groove metal. For the life of me, I don't understand why. I'm not huge on the genre, but I do love me some vintage WZ and Pantera. Dimebag Darrell was a better guitarist than ...well, nearly anybody but certainly anyone who played in Zombie. His riffs were on another planet in their ferocity. The key difference between the bands is that Rob Zombie is a decent frontman and Phil Anselmo is a cancerous growth. This translates to me listening to a lot more Zombie than Pantera in my senior years.

All types. Cucumber Bok Choi... Baechu, Baek, Chonggak, Oi Sabagi... Yum Yum!

Happy Birthday!

Party on Muad'Dib! Cheers!

Not really, the Soekris does pretty well. I'm guessing that having more HD than other models, but without noticeable inharmonic distortion would help to make its sound more "natural" whatever that means.

Just check the offset and balance, if they are within spec (+/-20VDC) then it should be fine.

I'm going to read that next. Thanks for putting it back on my radar.

I had a mail order gig fix my Samsung plasma power supply recently - looks like they replaced some mosfets here and there. It was Valley TV Service.

Never heard them, but if they even hint at the Clears they may be worth grabbing. Focal Elegia Down to $380. https://www.adorama.com/fofelegia.html?EmailPrice=T

^^ Very cool....but in one ad/article about the reunion/tour, they had a picture with Eno in it. THAT would have been fucking incredible!

Russian warship Moskva has sunk - defence ministry.

Endurance - Alfred Lansing I was inspired to pick this up after they found the Endurance preserved under the ice. What. A. Story. I knew the broad outlines of the Shackleton expedition, but this takes you day by day through the gauntlet. It is an incredible tale of survival that I wouldn't believe if it wasn't true. Chilled me to the bones and I can't get the smell of burning seal flesh out of my nose. Highly recommended.

Roxy Music is touring again, with Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Paul Thompson (with St. Vincent). So excited!

Tried teaching my neighbor's dog not to poop on my lawn. It did not go well. The second one hiding at 9 o'clock was much larger and totally unafraid of me. We parted company acknowledging it would be better not to test each other.

Finished up the fence/gate job at my boss' house. The wall now reaches down to the top of the planter.

Finally went out and saw a concert last Friday -- Zombi -- multi-instrumentalist (synths, bass, and the occasional sax) and drummer -- was a great first concert

RIP Liz Sheridan at 93. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/liz-sheridan-seinfeld-jerrys-mom-dead-obituary-1338410/amp/ The Seinfeld and Costanza parents are now all deceased, including both actors who played Jerry's dad. ☹️

RIP to Mike Bossy, hockey great with the NY Islanders. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33742790/mike-bossy-four-stanley-cup-champion-new-york-islanders-dies-65 As a hockey fan, he was doing some things that Wayne Gretzky did a bit later later, but I think outside hockey he was much less known. A legend, and from all accounts a great person. And...fuck cancer.....!

Dudes? Stop. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/14/un-refugee-agency-raises-alarm-over-uk-homes-for-ukraine-scheme