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Found a way on yours to remove the vocals? 😜

The Instrument Made Famous by Scott LaFaro Has Lived a Long, Storied Life https://stringsmagazine.com/bass-legend-the-instrument-made-famous-by-jazz-musician-scott-lafaro-has-lived-a-long-storied-life/

It's out (a little early). DOMi & JD Beck's Who Asked? Ex.

Xiu Xiu* Plays the Music of Twin Peaks *'... they wrote their first Xiu Xiu song after leaving a San Jose dance club alone on a Christmas night: "Xiu Xiu came from feeling stupid and lonely and then wanting to dance it away, but having the club and its music only magnify that stupid and lonely feeling."' For the more adventurous there is their The Promise release, though I can't say it's more interesting.

Quiet birthday dinner for Melissa before larger plans, including a comedy show, this weekend. Speaking of comedy we strangely found birthday Covid cards in 2026.

Positive trigger, so…

Inferno & Paradiso https://petapixel.com/2026/07/30/photographers-reveal-the-most-painful-and-hopeful-images-theyve-ever-taken/

All day Radiohead with OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 and KID A MNESIA releases.

On the bright side they got to the Martin Parr segment faster.

The personal life of Robert Frank

Jimmy Scott - Nothing Compares 2 U

More Bill Evans, Nardis - 1970

OMG. How did I not know about this and him? Thank you. Plowing through the Riz Ortolani YT channel now.

Star City wins for 2026’s Most Ridiculous Season Finale!

Python Script Remix Vol.10 - Sonic Youth “This mix is part of our "Python Script Remix" ongoing series. Process : 1. First we made a parallel mix of the 13 tracks from Sonic Youth's album "Goodbye 20th Century" (released in 1999 on Sonic Youth Records). 2. Then we applied various effects to the mix through a Python script, such as a subtle pitch shift with extended feedback, a slow time-stretch with noise-heavy textures, a slow spectral feedback, a smooth saturation with harmonic enhancement, a natural high-pass filter, a wide low-pass filter, a soft EQ, a slow spatialization with noise-based trajectories, a transparent limiter and a fade out. This remix is conceived as a spectral extension of "Goodbye 20th Century", it is a work of amplification, stretching, densification, and slow spatialization, yet without altering the original aesthetic.”

Thanks for the timing reminder. No biggie if you miss Bust. Fraenkel Gallery isn’t far.

Here’s one of my secrets - I’ll take Coltrane and Bill Evans over Miles Davis any day. That’s probably little to do with the artists, but damn is this album great (the cover art is not)

Can’t wait. Did you also see the Boom and Bust photo exhibit? If so, how was it?

Bill Evans - Suicide is Painless (from You Must Believe in Spring)

^ Agreed and nice fall off. Visiting my dad and hit a nearby car show last weekend. And by car show I mean a car. Rain threatened the event so only a 1974 Challenger 383 Four Barrel was left when I showed hours before the scheduled end. Quick tests of the used Hassy 55v f/2.5 I recently picked up. Much to learn.

Bill Evans, Nardis, and Broken Time https://www.thebeliever.net/broken-time/

Not to keep pushing The Rest Is History, but they have a four-part series on the Ku Klux Klan that is quite informative. https://therestishistory.com/episodes/the-rise-of-evil-part-1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rest-is-history/id1537788786?i=1000755744707