Knuckledragger

It's like seeing a Bentley parked in a trailer's car port.

RIP Katsushi Murakami who designed a lot of really neat Japanese toys. I am the farthest thing from being a weeb (except for Japanese audio gear, Japanese cars, Studio Ghibli animation, Japanese camera equipment, Kurosawa films, giant Japanese robots ...you know what? Nevermind.) With that said, I always had an appreciation for the Japanese toys from the 70s and 80s.

Oof. RIP William Orbit. He had a long and colorful career, including producing and remixing a bunch of pop music. I'm quite partial to his early 90s work.

TL;DW: $2000 flagrant Chinesium clone is significantly inferior to the real deal $7500 Mac. Amusingly, the Chinese amp is 20 lbs heavier.

The good news: Today was the The Vineyard Series. The bad news: Just about everything else. I got there late. Many of the Land Rovers had already departed. The lighting conditions were absolutely abysmal. The medication I am currently on mandates that I stay "out of the sun" so I have to wear long pants and a button down shirt in the summer head. It was an unpleasant experience to put it mildly. I did get a few photos, and they will show up eventually.

The new alien invaders Wilson flagships have landed:

In the parlance of our times, this guy tho:

This is the best worst thing you'll see today. In 1989, the Stone Roses blew the fuck up and became a household name in their native England overnight. They appeared on national television: "Made of Stone" is one of their most emotional tracks. I've been a fan of it since I got their debut album in the very early 90s. Seeing them perform it live in their prime would be amazing. They're not lip syncing. Score! Oh wow, they're doing a rendition much slower than the album version. This is going to be great ....oh shit. (There's a reason the video is only 2 1/2 minutes long.) Also the 1080p upscaling is ass, but that's a small matter.

RIP Jennifer Finch, L7 Bassist and Los Angeles Punk Figure. She was also a notable photographer. I want to make a "Pretend We're Dead" joke, but I can't make it funny.

OC shitpost:

How about speaker model porn? A famous 1970s live rig from some jam band or other.

RIP actor Hal Williams, who passed at the tender age of 91.

You can't fool me, that isn't a woofer.

It just occurred to me. I uploaded my current avatar in 2008. I don't have a local copy.