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The Beach Boys - Surfs Up ex. full

Rode a horse for the first time (Tahoe). Esmé’s favorite photo is below.

RIP Amanda Feilding, the Countess of Wemyss and March (aka Lady Mindbender). Now that’s an unusual life. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/science/amanda-feilding-trepanation-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PE8.NOMJ.rmoGe_uOtZri&smid=url-share (gift article)

😄 I'm from that part of Ohio and went to Kent State where the Casale brothers did also and dad taught. Devo was big in my life. I can't explain it, but 2.0 is unbelievably slightly growing on me. Slightly. Just listen to it 20 more times! Uncontrollable Urge switch from sex to junk food is kinda funny.

And I'll add Paul McCartney's favorite. When I found out Melissa was pregnant, the first album I thought of introducing to future Esmé was Pet Sounds.

Wait, there was a Devo assisted Disney Devo 2.0 (aka Dev2.0 or DEV2.O)? When Disney Met Devo https://www.runoutnumbers.com/blog/2015/9/13/oh-no-its-devo-20-when-devo-met-disney It's all about devolution after all.

These were the big announcements according to Apple. Remember when these were cool?

Does the new sculpture look better in person?

Or not. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/science/moon-landing-ispace-japan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M08.WJzn.34xFxtsdzOad&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (gift article)

This should be landing shortly.

Damn, even condoms were cooler in the past. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/press-releases/rijksmuseum-exhibits-200-year-old-condom-featuring-erotic-print

A year later seems just as strange.

As others have reported, a bit of a heat wave here yesterday. What better time to stand in the sun and eat funnel cakes at a county fair (elephant ears were sadly out of stock - damn you West Coast)? In a sign of the times, about half the animals on display as normal due to the bird flu. As a stabilizing influence, every band still knowns Tom Petty. if you’re curious about the disadvantages of using an old lens without modern coatings…

I'm not sure this was ever mentioned (search comes up empty) and it kind of came and went without substantial buzz outside the LGBTQ+ community, but Gentleman Jack (Max),from way back in Covid Daze, is worth a watch. Props for not always going the pleasing route. Criticism for occasionally going the ridiculous direction.

Good to see audio gear still outranks practical realities like space.

Hope it's a great one.

Not many weeks I feel we're further away from WWIII, but that great North Korean destroyer launch (aka "the beached whale") last week did it. Ouch. korea.mp4

Reliving 90s warnings about reliving the 70s from Mike Watt’s Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?

RIP Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering Filmmaker https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/movies/marcel-ophuls-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.i6wo.kaPz3fKqzuJW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gift article) https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250526-oscar-winning-french-documentary-filmmaker-marcel-ophuls

Relived first meal outside the house after the lockdown. Also annual heart stress test.

Had the day off yesterday (company has "wellbeing days" the last couple of years - thanks Covid!), so went to Stanford's Cantor and Anderson museums. Chuckled at this Tony Oursler animated sculpture-projection which seemingly judged you as you judged other works.

RIP Sebastião Salgado https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/brazil-sebastiao-salgado-death

Hope it’s a great day. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuQ88gXvzKs/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==