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What Is Photography? (No Need to Answer That.) Two exhibitions by Japanese artists raise deep questions about the medium, and — refreshingly — leave them hanging. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/arts/design/sugimoto-moriyama-london.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk0.x_6d.KSjSSxKzHl3A&smid=url-share

There's a Richard Misrach/Meghann Riepenhoff show on now at one of the better Atlanta galleries. https://www.jacksonfineart.com/exhibitions/247-meghann-riepenhoff-richard-misrach-duet/ We have a piece by the latter (the big blue one that used to be in the family room in Marin) and she's going to come and see it in the new house at Christmas, when she's visiting her parents in Atlanta. Says she is always interested in how they change over time, given the direct exposure of the medium to the elements.

For those in SF, there’s also a Sugimoto exhibit at the Fraenkel through next month. https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/a-closer-look-hiroshi-sugimoto-brush-impression

My doctor said I was prediabetic too...so I changed doctors.

Thanksgiving Turkey with all the trimmings, main course.

Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine 1992 https://album.link/i/191450810 Example - You have to click to listen. Happy Cyber Monday - Motherfuuuuckersss....

Killing Joke. I just hit play on Spotify, so whatever comes up. Currently: Love Like Blood. Egad, what a huge sound. And he tuned a whole step down! My man!

Aw, man, what a seminal sound. I still want an ES-295. That was always one of the things that turned me off about the common wisdom of hollowbody guitars -- he taught people that it wasn't just for jazz.

Decky Brecky

Marty Krofft was married to a Playboy playmate? RIP to the baller. I watched Pufnstuf, Bugaloos and Sigmund but I was really into Land of the Lost the most. Those slow moving Sleestacks were very scary!

And now the desserts. What would you like? YES PLEASE!

Chicken Taco Soup (🐔 🌮 🍲)

I too am making a pie for Thanksgiving. And by making I mean I bought it at Costco and will drive it to Arizona.

Chocolate Chess Pie - https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024822-chocolate-chess-pie I decided i needed an excuse to test the pie crust recipe that I want to use on Thanksgiving. It was judged to be quite good and that it should be made again.

Jimmy has been in hospice for nine months and Rosalynn for only two days. They both took a lot of shit while in office and then continued to serve others for over forty more years. RIP Rosalynn.

Brownies with the Brits

Veggies. Doctor yelled at me last week, said I was prediabetic, so time to get back on the diet horse.

RIP to Marty and Larry (the latter I knew nothing about, so thanks for posting all the links jpelg). Sad one for me, and many fans of Killing Joke: RIP to Geordie Walker, long-time guitarist for the band, and core member for all their incarnations. https://www.stereogum.com/2243715/killing-joke-guitarist-geordie-walker-dead-at-64/news/ He/they made some awesome and powerful music into their 60's....IMO never lost anything from their early days....

Photographer Larry Fink passes: https://www.larryfinkphotography.com/index.html https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/larry-finks-penetrating-portrait-of-class-in-america/ https://www.blind-magazine.com/news/larry-fink-the-time-it-takes/ https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/photos/2015/04/larry-fink-rarely-seen-party-photos

Marty Krofft, Creator With Brother of Fantastical TV Shows, Dies at 86 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/obituaries/marty-krofft-dead.html

Also, meta post here. Imgur finally made good on their threat to delete old images, and not in the way they said they would. In the spring of this year they said they were deleting all old images not associated with an imgur account. I've had an account since the site launched in 2010. I had uploaded something like 44,000 photos in that time. At least 20K are magically gone. This is what the first post in this thread now looks like: 🪦