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Listen Without Prejudice by George Michael (1990) https://album.link/i/1625866382 Example: Starting with the incredible opening track of - Praying for Time. Which became very poignant, but then drops into the killer Freedom! '90. I can't help but move with this one, with George putting down the bass track for it. The rest of the album is full of great writing and highlights George's voice. But also surprisingly mellow comparatively. I am not sure I listened to the album other than when it dropped. I was over a college buddy of mine's place, and he put it on. While he took like 4 phone calls, I listened away. (and he has the reverse of my first and middle names)

^^ I think I may hate all of that... I wasn't really going to comment on the roster - I am just a baby roaster - until I clicked on the link. You cannot start out with just lying that it is the largest and get away with it. My little machine does 450g per batch. Now I am not too mad at the price point and it does not seem that they are making anything new here. But good luck to them. And the IKAWA looks interesting enough but $1300 for a 100g roaster? dang.. -- One review "I consistently have a quality cup of coffee for less than a Starbucks and very little effort". Ha not hard to do for $1300.. :} Anyway, I have been interested in people's perspective on the whole 'fresh roasted' thing. When I started roasting small batches years ago I would only have enough for a day or so, so it was always 'fresh'. But when I started roasting a full pound at a time and having an extra pound roasted previously. I found that I really prefered the coffee once the roast was about a week old, 5-7 days depending on the roast and bean. Having it 'fresh' I found it a little flat, but nice aromatics. But once it had the time for some off-gassing, I found the flavors on the palate to be much more complex. At least that has been my experience with my coffee and roaster. And these are all via espresso.

Eno by Brian Eno (2024) https://album.link/i/1731220485 Instead of Example - trailer: The album only suffers from being a soundtrack. It is disjointed. And when I want my Eno, I want a cohesive album to get lost in. But with that said there are some cool tacks, and they sound great of course. {maybe I need a pink shirt}

Letters from a Black Widow by Judith Hill (2024) https://album.link/i/1725956934 Example: I have been posting a lot recently. I normally listen to a lot of music that is not worthy of posting, but I have had a string of bangers over the last week. I really liked Judith's voice, and this recent album has some highlights to bring it to life.

This.

Yo dawg...

I have read a good bit about letting the beans "rest" (i.e. release gasses) post roasting and generally the roasters I buy from recommend 7-14 days depending on the bean/roast. Since I have not experimented other than drinking coffee, I can only offer that I used to buy my beans from Memli when they were local (he's since moved to CA). They improved with a bit of time and then tipped over....concept of peak deliciousness for my personal tastes and then oxidation I'm guessing got the better of them. My biggest complaint is most roasters I have tried over roast the heck out of the beans for my palate (reference to my pour over beans). HS

So, I just learned of the Pure Audio Project Heil AMT open baffle speaker. https://pureaudioproject.com/shop/ The Trio 10 with Heil AMT. A true dipole/open baffle design.

I have been following - Fall of Civilizations - YouTube channel for years now. The host Paul Cooper writes, narriates, and produces these epic documentaries about lost civilizations. Calls it a Podcast. He releases a audio version, and then some months later releases the fully produced video. Not an easy task at 4 hours running time. As he states in the intro of each episode: "I look at a civilization of the past that rose to glory and then collapsed into the ashes of history. I want to ask, what did they have in common? What led to their fall, and what did it feel like to be a person alive at the time who witnessed the end of their world?" These rank up there with almost anything I have listened to or seen. Including - Homemade Documentaries - by Jackson Tyler. Another YouYube documentarian, which I think I have posted here before - here is his latest work on Gemini, Crazy good at just under 3 hours. Mikey likes long format learnings...

But would you approach them on a big wheel?

^That guy really likes Mike's Hard Lemonade

Taking a photo of new boards before blowing them up later tonight they are: top - 2x 5V linear supplies 300B/20B cathode/plate cathode servo +/-12, +12 linear supply 2x GRHV

Don't mistake me though. I personally have no issue with machine cut dovetails. I have made them, I like them, I don't think of them as a cheap shortcut. I have a lot of respect for the guys that are proficient with hand tools. Sometimes I find hand tools to be the quicker method, and that's when I generally use them. But I embrace power tools. I do want to be involved in the actual creation process, so I'd be more likely to use a CNC to cut templates, that I would then use to make forming the actual piece easier.

I want my MTV

that’s better than anything i could do

I think my art is getting better. At least more consistent, if still bad. I waggle the pitcher too much at the beginning. This shot was too coarse and spat a lot, as you can see the from the rim, but it was a tasty cup. Califia oat barista milk.

The fanciest roaster near me, guys that are getting Pink Bourbon and Gesha beans, still have a check box on every single bag asking if you want them to grind cardamom in with your beans. Different strokes.

Oof. RIP MC Conrad who was the longtime musical partner with drum n bass DJ LTJ Bukem. There was a time in the mid 1990s where they were the best thing going on when things were going on everywhere.