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Wasn't sure the best place to post, but this is pretty cool. Chris is my nephew, he is brilliant (as is my niece, they met at MIT). https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-chris-williams-assigned-to-first-space-station-mission

Lucy Dacus' Forever Is A Feeling Ex.

Today is the day that we bury my brother Tom, which is a hard sentence to type. In keeping with my family's tradition of over-long obituaries, and given the scope of his impressive career, we have created a website to post a memorial to Tom, along with some photos. You even get to see a sullen 12 or 13 year old Voltron on the steps of Congress with Tom and then congressman Leon Panetta whom Tom was interning for. Penetta later was director of OMB, White House chief of staff, CIA director and Secretary of Defense. Obituaries have appeared in AdWeek and other publications, as well as his former agency, but I am not sure which newspapers will run one or even already have run one. For anyone interested here are a few links: https://bedecarre.family/ https://www.adweek.com/agencies/akqa-co-founder-tom-bedecarre-has-died/ https://www.akqa.com/news/a-lasting-legacy/

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So sorry you had to do go through that Todd. It's very hard. RIP good kitty Sam.

As an enormous fan of Danny Elfman, I had to watch this through to the end: https://www.facebook.com/reel/483250727742271 I can hear it! The 60's / 70's retro stylings, especially in the orchestral version in the reel, it really brings it out.

both of those shows (and most of the others) are here: https://archive.org/details/@db_archive

While I suspect that their methodology may be a bit suspect, I like the fact that they recommend specific pressings. Just don't know (personally) where to find a list of albums with measured DR rankings, although it seems to me that I've seen that before. If anyone has a good source, please share it. https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/04/audiophile-albums-show-off-systems/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJbiBxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdIaG5CVJ_7HV1XInkWg-Wcl3bi5eLqEwY5TvbZI40UW4lJ_Eqj6sLgZDg_aem_6BZ_zHeMd1xzv_520xfiqQ

The DR database can be found here https://dr.loudness-war.info As described in their FAQ. https://dr.loudness-war.info/faq The links is item in the menu points to some tools if you want to make your own readings. You can use Audacity to look at the waveforms of the track to see if they have been "brickwalled" or still retain a semblance of dynamic range. https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/audacity_waveform.html

RIP, to an actor who deserved an Oscar for his one. Total snub, didn't even get a nomination. By all accounts, a good man as well, and that's more important.

Should have had the bumper sticker .

yup and Tombstone... RIP doc.

Time to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again.

I was fortunate to finally see Gary Clark Jr on his own vs a multi-band format (jam off type things). So impressive and the venue was intimate enough to really see him do his stuff. He had Grace Bowers & Hodge Podge open. Hard to believe the lady is now only 18...just wow. Best show I've seen in a good while. HS

https://archive.org/details/whb-20250207 192/24 recording

Warren Haynes band

Sad: https://www.thestreet.com/retail/popular-whiskey-brand-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy I found this particularly enraging: Scammers need to all unalive themselves.

This happened last Friday but I wasn't ready to post about it till now. One of my cat's, Sam was diagnosed with liver disease in September of last year. A cause was never determined and the only realistic course of action was to put him on a regiment of various meds and keep him comfortable. Last week he took a turn for the worse, not moving around as much and no longer able to control his bladder. He was put down on Friday, it's one of the harder things I've had to do but it was time and he's at peace now. Sam was 2 months shy of his 7th birthday and his older brother Jax is 15 and still going strong!