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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Sr. Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (1969) https://album.link/i/1440760209 Example: Classic version of a classic. I tend to forget Vivaldi lived during the baroque period with Bach. I think mainly that I hear too many modern recordings that change it too much. But getting back to this 1969 Sr Neville and the Academy, it sounds right, and sounds baroque. It works well when it looks like this outside.

Dune, by HBO. After the pilot episode I’m not sure I know what to make of this yet. I feel Iike I need to hear what Jeffy thinks!

You know that I have quite a weakness for Bach and his cello suites... Lucia Swartz

Cooking a shrimp pasta dish for tonight. But for now just prepping the shrimp. I like to keep the shrimp shells and legs. I boil them in water and reduce it down to a shrimp stock. So much flavor left in those shells. It's great for making a sauce, but if using a bottled sauce, it's great to add to the pasta cooking water.

Bose buys McIntosh, storied maker of high-end luxury audio equipment.

Wow. I learned that J. Saul Kane died. He was only 55. JSK was a fascinating character. In the early 90s, he played a huge role helping produce legendary rave tracks like EON's "Spice" JSK was best know for his solo work undfer the name Depth Charge where he combined elements of rave, breakbeat and house with kung fu samples. He was also a serious photographer, working mostly in his native London. JSK's other notable characteristic was his pure "no BS" policy. He neither gave nor took it. This made him an odd fit for the music industry, but he had so much raw talent he got ahead anyway. I was Facebook friends with him (ya rly) for like 15 years. He was one of the people whose activity where never not interesting, whether he was him excoriating some fevered ego like David Guetta, showing off his street photography, or some new piece of musical kit he had acquired. This only begins to cover how cool his studio was. Also JSK wasn't just a gear hoarder. He did amazing things with it. John understood sequencing, synthesis, mixing and mastering. John had the distinct aura of brilliance about him, which came through in everything her pursued. He's a man gone far too young, and completely irreplaceable. He will be missed. Rest in peace.

A guy on reddit got this stack for $1500. Not a bad price per pound.