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French toast for more syrup tasting. Three batches have some differences but all are delicious.

An interesting take on the fall of Kodak. Not new, but not a perspective I'd seen before. https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-kodaks-moment According to Kamal: “The people taking pictures suddenly changed, from 60% women to 70% men. Kodak didn't know how to market to men. But even if they could get them to buy, they didn't want to, because men don't print. Unlike women, they hadn't been socialised in the role of family archivist."

Love to pull this out every now and then, always a long-term favorite. DSD format is better than regular-rez....

Norwegian twink alert!

I found a 'new to me' woodworking channel on YouTube. It's a Norwegian guy that builds most of his projects out of Pine. Now projects from Pine don't really peak my interest, but it's difficult and very expensive to get other woods in Norway. Even Maple and Walnut are exorbitantly priced there. He doesn't do a lot of voicing in his videos, which also doesn't really appeal to me. Most of his projects are pretty basic, though he does seem to have some skills. Actually I can't seem to pinpoint what it is I like about watching his channel? Meet Are Baloni.

Featherweight by Rosie Frater-Taylor (2024) https://album.link/i/1704196390 Example: Some fresh music from last month from a new Artist for me. I really like the heavily influenced Jazz playing and the overall writing. And I forgive the 'no scrubs' cover.

what i believe to be an authentic paella

Chicken Parm

zoomers are old enough to get married and have kids. The youngest millennials are in their mid 20s also

When I was a young kid I thought that Bobbie Gentry was an exotic, classy woman. She made the rounds on the numerous 70's variety shows. The songs that she wrote were absolutely controversial for that time. "Fancy" was a song about a dying Mother turning her teenage Daughter out to a wealthy man. And she wrote it in the late 60s. And she was a Country music artist! I have no idea how she got away with it, but her beauty probably had something to do with it. I don't think the good ol' boys of Music Row really grasped true nature of her music. This was, and still is a favorite of mine...

I've always loved both versions, but I didn't know that they ever performed it together. Great stuff!

Saw my favorite band (or the lead singer Mark Burgess and other non-original members) The Chameleons last night. Met the guitarist in the Mexican restaurant next door, had a nice chat. Got to meet up with several folks I know from FB-land, one couple came from about 2 hours away! Fun times! After their set, Mark came out and was chatting with a bunch of us at the Merchandise table. I got this idea - having had my son with me to see his two-person live show recently - to ask him to wish my son a happy birthday for next month. Mark was awesome to oblige, and I have a nice video I will send Andrew on his BDay!

Recently got to go see Arturo Sandoval at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle. I posted a pic online and, well, a good bit of the band decided they'd post that picture as well, including the man himself! Then we got to have a performance of Autumn Leaves by Deeds/Deedles/Diane Schuur (if anyone knows/of her). First time at that jazz club, and won't be my last.

The stage is cloaked in mystery, or at least a red fog, before the Stromae concert begins. Here with Claire, Sophie and her gf Ella.

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass was back live for the first time since 2019. It was good to be there and so far I don't think I have covid. Saturday: Ismay (granddaughter of HSB founder Warren Hellman) Meklit (unrelated) Waxahatchee and Jay Som, not pictured Elvis Costello Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew performing Remain In Light (highlight!) Sunday: Alison Brown Quartet (not pictured) Charlie Hunter and DaShawn Hickman (not pictured) Brothers Comatose Lucius, with Marcus Mumford as guest for a song (another highlight!) Bela Fleck (not pictured) The Whitmore Sisters Emmylou Harris, while we made our way out of the festival (not pictured)

RIP Marcello Gandini, who designed some of the most iconic cars ever.

Bob Heil, last week https://www.mixonline.com/blog/mix-live-blog-bob-heil-1940-2024?utm_term=B7285642-D94D-452A-8B7D-D07ECFD94968&lrh=2b9d0cffec4e1149942efd14f5c48fa2aa8209d6c3ea9ebb7121e5f5ba2872b0&utm_campaign=EA6969C3-2D84-4B78-9A81-8EEFA23885EA&utm_medium=email&utm_content=978BC5F8-2448-4C03-92A9-52DBC45FC918&utm_source=SmartBrief I have a Heil microphone mostly because I found out Tori Amos used one.

A little over a month ago, but just found out today. RIP Anthony H Cordesman, Middle East Military Analyst and Audio Writer. I remember him from The Absolute Sound, so only really from that side of his career. Two obits/notes below show each side. Anthony Cordesman: A Remembrance | American Enterprise Institute - AEI High-End Audio Writer Anthony H. Cordesman Passes | Stereophile.com

I just learned today that Hinton Battle passed in January. Among many roles of note, he was the original Scarecrow in The Wiz, and more recently the slick, dancing demon (and choreographer) in the Once More With Feeling episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The marquee lights of Broadway will dim on March 12th in his honor.