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Jumpstarted the holiday cheer (winterless necessity) with a trip to lights.

Thurston Moore's (and Neneh Cherry, Joe McPhee, Bryan Coley, and Mats Gustafsson) new book on free jazz. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/28/free-jazz-history-most-maligned-music

Most of our guests switched to other pies, but I was determined. That said when juggling pie parts the fallen crust had a closer parameter than the apple slices and juices which took flight. Saved mess ratio was a little off.

Thanks. Losing the pie sucked, but the burns were fire.

Fortunately, important index finger was in the glove.

I, unfortunately, don’t have a photo of the apple pie I baked yesterday, but I do have proof it briefly existed as I tried to catch with a non-glove hand during a removing from oven mishap. Also as I’m missing fingerprints currently, now would be the time for crime suggestions.

Hope you feel better soon.

Arrived

Congrats to Chris! Perfect launch.* *to time with my middle of the night switch from legs to breasts in the sous vide.

But hopefully not too far in the evening. https://theonion.com/astronaut-hates-long-nightly-spacewalk-to-iss-outhouse/

Big Special - Trees

I somehow missed this post, but just came across on Target. Dumb, but a little cool to pick up one or two? https://www.target.com/c/tiny-vinyl/-/N-7f0kq

Sooo great. Congrats Steve.

Great shots. Back from another PhotoFair, just throw shit on the table edition. Also their 50th anniversary. I was good and only bought two $5 “tabletop” old tripods (the only type I seem to use anymore). That justifies buying the ridiculous new lens I really want, right?

Learning about the Melungeons.

I can't play the embedded version, nor know what this is, but in case others can play on YT... youtu.be/9gJq_BMVY7I?si=her4S2d9uLJj9v2e youtube.com/watch?v=ABZT8IoL2dg

That's great. Thanks. Not surprisingly there's also a Retrospective I set also, but that came and went before I knew and seems difficult to find. I only have Apple Music and Spotify services at the moment, but someone on Spotify created a playlist with tracks from both sets - Johann Johannsson Retrospective... There's also the Last and First Men film (2 LP set)

Digesting the Johann Johannsson Retrospective II set... ... so tonight...

Happy birthday. Until today, I believe Andre the Giant holds several records on drinking, but I know you two can do it!

Two episodes are out for Vince Gilligan‘s Pluribus (Apple TV) and they set up a likely very fun season.

Nolan Streitberger's Oregon’s Trail of Tears wet-plate photographs https://petapixel.com/2025/11/05/photographer-retraces-oregons-brutal-trail-of-tears-with-wet-plate-camera/ https://www.nolanstreitberger.com/trail-of-tears-1

Flytrap Central https://gardenandgun.com/feature/venus-flytrap/?src=longreads