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Hope it's a fun day.

So the TouchBar is dead? That makes me sad. That was a joke.

How many times its own weight can an ant lift again?

Beethoven's Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beethovens-unfinished-10th-symphony-brought-to-life-by-artificial-intelligence/

What are the guesses for next collaboration?

Just a reminder... https://www.theonion.com/interim-apple-chief-under-fire-after-unveiling-grotesqu-1819572211

Looking slick Al

A True Story About Bogus Photos of People Making Fake News https://www.wired.com/story/true-story-bogus-photos-people-fake-news/

Reindeer

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Jazz is Dead 9 (Instrumentals)

This

Esperanza Spalding’s Songwriters Apothecary Lab

Dr. Lonnie Smith Breathe

Some Dicks

Damn, Dr. Lonnie Smith just died https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1041372956/dr-lonnie-smith-master-of-the-hammond-organ-dies-at-79

I think Rob's dick's place in history is secure. Guys just remember everyone doubted Google and their modular phones.

Happy Birthday Steve. We haven't heard from you in a while. As Al said hope you're feeling well and check in soon.

Getting a little glimpse at an alternative world - Match Game 2008 pilot with Norm MacDonald, Sarah Silverman, Rashida Jones, etc.

Just started season two of The Morning Show (AppleTV+). First episode takes place almost entirely on New Year's Eve, 12/31/2019. Everyone is, of course, looking forward to straightening out their lives the following year. Call me sappy, but it choked me up a little when Auld Lang Syne came on. The next episode is titled, of course, "It's Like the Flu". Check it out.

It felt like it, probably because I wanted to stop watching by the second episode, but it has strangely compelling pacing and a handful of small story arcs always happening in at least three, shifting, locations simultaneously. It’s hard to find a point to stop. For example anyone made a widow/widower (and there’s a lot of that) usually has a new lover/spouse in the same episode, sometimes the next scene. Keep on movin’ don’t stop.

Finished all 29 seasons of Vikings (Amazon Prime/Hulu/maybe still History). Not sure why I stuck with it, it’s not great, but it did a few things kind of interesting, first hitting historical—ish major events (though time-compressed and linked to a single family) and second around religion comparisons and interwinding ideas (though by they got to Buddhism it felt tacked on). For what it’s worth it landed much better than GoT, though I’m not sure how they’re going to handle the upcoming Netflix sequel, Vikings: Valhalla, as it’s set 100 years after the original series, and some events have historically already happened in the original (damn, time-compression). If you’re feeling sick or lethargic this may be for you.

Ada Lea's One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden Sample:

There have been a few over the years I’ve enjoyed. The last was Come on Up to the House: Women Sing Waits. Swapping genders (and vocal skills) certainly adds a new spin. I know I mentioned it many month ago. And for single artists releasing a covers album, there’s a ton. I think the most recently discussed one was k.d.lang’s Hymns of the 49th Parallel.

Anyone else give this a listen? Is it just me or is this a pretty uninspiring cover collection? I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico Ex. On to much better... Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine's A Beginner's Mind "The theme is philosophical musings on movies, ranging from Old Hollywood (All About Eve) to monster flicks (The Thing), horror (Hellraiser III, Night of the Living Dead), modern classics (She's Gotta Have It, Silence of the Lambs; the album is dedicated to director Jonathan Demme who died in 2017), even action (Point Break). Opener "Reach Out"—based on director Wim Wenders' fantasy Wings of Desire—is a mindbender: Is this sublime harmony and gentle guitar Simon & Garfunkel circa 1965? Then there’s the twee and wistful, almost medieval folk of “Olympus” whose chanted “There’s no place like home” chorus might make you think The Wizard of Oz but is, in fact, based on Clash of the Titans and focuses on the love story of Perseus and Andromeda..."

I’m too focused on my seemingly inability to mentally adapt to the new mobile Safari URL bar position.