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Maybe it’s time for an additional party, but how often has any party ran an incredible candidate? It’s always a comparative decision. I’d love another FDR or Lincoln. Others Eisenhower or Reagan. They’re all far from perfection. While there would likely be other improvements with a contending third or fourth party, that unlikely would be one of them. And false equalizations are the worse, juvenile lie. Hell, parties count on the masses spreading the blame around, instead of targeting the cause. I’m all for finding humor everywhere, but false equalizations and generic generalizations, coupled with distant, indifferent mocking, leads exactly where? I mean what a ridiculous, cowardly choice Binden is? Christ, I want to stop calling myself a Democratic over it. I don’t think he’s a disaster, but even if he was, all disasters aren’t remotely equal. Do we really have the luxury of pretending so?

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Lee Konitz, Jazz Saxophonist Who Blazed His Own Trail, Dies at 92 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/arts/music/lee-konitz-dead-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/15/835634362/lee-konitz-prolific-and-influential-jazz-saxophonist-has-died-at-92

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Yea! An old co-worker finally solved the dreaded (at least for anyone with long fingers) Touch Bar. https://shauninman.com/archive/2020/04/12/bar_none

The New York Times just created a Those We’ve Lost to the Coronavirus obit section.

Short answer: Found out how weak I am. Long answer: Carried the MA770 concrete chassis speaker into a FedEx office two towns over because parking was better. Still I don’t believe I’ve ever hated handicap parking before. Yesterday drove around an empty Great America parking lot with Esmé as we talked about riding the still roller coasters in the future.

On the theme, this is a nice little listen. John Prine & Bill Murray Discuss Their Early Days Of Music, Comedy & More Bonus

Prine and company - In Spite of Ourselves

John Prine’s 15 Essential Songs https://www.nytimes.com/article/john-prine-songs.html?referringSource=articleShare

I’ve had Tidal and Qobuz jointly running for a few months now. I prefer Qobuz Mac interface quite a bit, but Tidal’s iOS interface for significant speed loading difference. Tidal has a larger artist catalog, but Qobuz goes deeper with the artists it has (EPs, etc.).Like Americana and Bluegrass? Go Tidal. Listen mostly to Classical and need detailed metadata? Go Qobuz. Listen mostly to albums? Qobuz is organized for you. Want generated playlists based on recent listens? Tidal has them. Want auxiliary information on releases? It’s Qobuz. Want upfront presentation of new releases? Tidal. Then there’s everyone favorite MQA (Tidal) v. 24/192 (Qobuz) debate. Keep in mind this is all in comparison only. Either service is pretty wonderful and are amazing options we have. Because of personal artists preferences, I end up on Tidal more often (and sometimes struggling to get around their suggested new young artists), but the Qobuz missing artists is still an issue, though that list is clearly shrinking.

Should anyone be interested Magnums revolving Square Print sale is back up for a few days. 50% of their proceeds go to Médecins Sans Frontières’s COVID-19 emergency response.

Which leads to the biggie - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

I hadn't heard of this phenomenon, until this article last week. Sounds like a good plan in this climate to me.

You just triggered me into listening to their album that's been getting the most listens here over the last year. Will the minor Little Creatures eventually become my favorite? I never really liked it on release (or the couple decades after).

Qobuz is $15 and Amazon His Res $14 of that matters. It’s a price/convenience/music discovery question I suppose. Qobuz and Tidal have a free month trial if you want to give them a spin.

I know it’s not what your looking for and you’d still have to solve the DAC question, but why not take thIs opportunity to liberate the local storage need and go full Tidal/Qobuz?

Damn. Just came across his first review... by Roger Ebert.

Most definitely and the women this season were amazing.

Ozark season 3. Moved out of Breaking Bad's shadow this season.

Why are we allowed only one ❤️? Beautiful guys.

Was big fan of 2001s The Ghost of Fashion. Then kinda forgot about him/them. Then Tidal reminded me. Great review of the new album here - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/clem-snide-forever-just-beyond/

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