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This guy reel-ly likes analogue.

True story: Kenji Kawai wanted to use Bulgarian folk singers for that, but couldn't find any (in Japan), so he had the Japanese folk singers (that he worked with before) learn how to sing like that. (Paraphrasing the rest from memory, so it may not be accurate.) By the time he was done, he had created a new genre, with Bulgarian harmonies, but distinctly Japanese notes and melodies.

This came up in my IG feed the other day. Thought it was awesome. and reminded me of this.

Lyrics Born At Stern Grove. There is a live stream if you didn't make it. Pointer Sisters Give it up for Ruth Pointer Still going strong at 79!, Performing with her daughter and granddaughter.

As I referenced in the film thread awhile back, I haven’t been reading much the last few years, generally bored in and out of work, and live silly close to Stanford, so Continuing Studies it is. Took classes on (internal v. external) Meaning (Julia Sweeney, on topic, was another student ) and Middle East history. Reading about split between primary and auxiliary texts, but if you’re looking for non-summery end of summer reading... Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling, Nietzsche’s The Gay Science (aka The Joyous Science) & Beyond Good and Evil, Cleveland & Bunton’s History of the Modern Middle East, and Gelvin’s The New Middle East. Yeah, stuff I should have read 30 years ago. Two classes are too much with work, so cutting down to one, but standby for Mesopotamian archaeology recommendations next.

Very Lovely! Triggers me to post this.....

Japanese market Panasonic SA-PM50MD CD/Minidisc system. Serious cassette futurism vibes.

Just so pure and classic. Makes me think of my vocal teacher from back when. That vibrato is so gentle and subtle and perfect.

That was fun. I was belly laughing at one point. HS

Bobby Whitlock, 77. ...and fuck cancer. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/bobby-whitlock-derek-dominos-co-172001576.html

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies aged 97 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/08/jim-lovell-astronaut-dies