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With the Big 4th of July approaching these were a fun listen. The New Yorker Radio Hour interviews The Rest Is History hosts Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook on the American Revolution from the British perspective. Apple PodcastsAmerica at 250: A View from Britain, with “The Rest Is Hi...Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · June 26 · 49m or The four part podcast that lead to that interview was also great. It starts with George Washington... And a bonus one on The Star Spangled Banner...

Star City next? We lost my response this morning with the site going down. That’s a good thing as I said five is easily the worst season. I was halfway through. Now that I’ve seen the second half, the doors open episodes and wrap up to the whole show, it may be my favorite season. Man, it was a really beautiful show.

Even if not the top of its game, still the best thing on television.

Todd, as always thanks for holding this all together for so long. Just one suggestion if it’s even an option - on mobile web the non-existent category forum graphics take up most of space, any way to disable?

Always great in used lens ads when they include a photo of the "flawless optics".

^ Woah. Sounds fun. Hope it at least equals your last Jeff Tweedy concert. ;)

Luaka Bop: Zero Accidents On the Job (10th Anniversary release - now an additional 26 years old... we're getting up there). The CD is labeled "advanced" and "promotional only" so tracks not perfectly aligned to what I'm seeing elsewhere. Anyway, a blast to revisit and hear remixes & inspired by for those who took the journey with David Bryne through South (and eventually Central) America. Ex. Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

Don’t let the title get in the way. At least halfway through its limited run (all watched yesterday) DTF St. Louis (HBO Max) is really rewarding. EDIT: Quality continues through all seven episodes. Kind of wonderful.

Beautiful landscape! Also I'm sure a nice Distagon. I can't choose between, but did you debate about shooting at f/800? So Light Lens Lab is probably most known for recreating old Leica lenses, but they've produced three non-Leicas also - The Cooke Speed-Panchro II (below), the Angenieux S21 (previous page), and the Dallmeyer Super-Six (I should resist, right? Being a completest is expensive.). Sometimes this is in a new mount, occasionally a new focal length. Anyway, they're often compared and I had Monday off, so swung by The Cantor Art and Anderson Collection Standford spaces with a dusted off SPII with the SL (typ 601). Isn't much of a comparison with the Jaq show, as their subjects are so different, but fun to shoot close together. Mostly at f/2.8. You may recognize the Richard Serra sculpture Sequence, shown here many times, along with a Nick Cave Soundsuite and Deborah Oropallo Patrol.

Anika Nilles: Getting To Know Rush's New Drummer

Giving the soundtrack a try. Mother Mary’s “Greatest Hits” Ex.

It being Father's Day a nearby hotel celebrated with $38 burgers, whiskey tastings, and a local Jaquar club showing off a few cars (mostly non-Jaquars). Thus more testing to try to figure out this confusing Light Lens Lab 50mm f/1.5 Z21 (Angenieux S21 clone). Paired with the SL (typ 601). Makes one more appreciative of modern flat field lenses. Still old lenses for old cars.

Another one - pianist Abdullah Ibrahim https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/15/pianist-abdullah-ibrahim-dies

These guys now on vinyl.

Remapping the aspect ratio switch to MATE-like focal lengths is cool.