Dusty Chalk

So Ignorance² is bliss²?

I made a fusion Pad Thai / Mapo Tofu thing yesterday with Tofu, ground turkey, and noodles. I need to work up to the recipe I recently acquired (didn't have any Doubanjiang -- Chili Bean Sauce) and maybe make it more heart healthy, but I'm getting there. It was delicious.

Unholy carp!

You know, I normally hate harsh vocals. But every once in a while, it brings me joy. Like this. (And Nemophila.)

Oliver Lieb's latest release -- nice background music, pretty much designed for coding/researching/reading/&c. Just energetic enough to energize me; just diverse enough to keep my interest without demanding to be engaged with my frontal lobe. https://oliverlieb.bandcamp.com/album/recovered-frequencies-vol-1

So...almost famous Amish? That sounded more alliterative in my head. Me: still working my way through UFO on Tubi

Matt Elliott, Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart https://mattelliott.bandcamp.com/album/only-myocardial-infarction-can-break-your-heart LOL that title. But the music is typically beautiful, very much in line with most everything he's done since Drinking Songs -- fundamentally rooted on acoustic guitar and his voice.

I really liked this. I don't even know how to describe it -- it's like somewhere between the jazz of Mammal Hands and GoGo Penguin, and ... post-rock? IDK...

Buckethead, Electric Tears example:

Unrelated: Rivers Cuomo, Randum Cuverz

As a diehard KJ fan, I have my "more favourite" and "less favourite" solo piano concert albums of his. I will have to revisit some of them now, thanks for the unintended rec!

By all means, share away. If this isn't the place for it, I don't know what is. Those of us who have them all love our floofy children. ❤️ to Cora.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

Robert Fripp @ 80, the series (not just the intro, there's already a couple episodes out) I won't say one of my biggest influences, but I am deeply fascinated with everything he thinks, says, and does -- I want to be influenced by him, but that's a rather high bar -- so will definitely be watching this series with interest.

Ooooh, that was Elvis Costello, not Randy Newman. 🙃

Split Enz, True Colours (everything except "I Got You")

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

We don't really have a Detroit Techno thread, so I'm putting this here: Mayor Mary Sheffield declares this week as Detroit Techno Week https://6amgroup.com/articles/events-all/detroit-declares-techno-week-as-movement-festival-marks-20-years

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

Had a MRI. I passed. (Apparently, I'm very good at laying very still.) They want me back to repeat the procedure on different equipment, so they can calibrate the equipment. 🙃 Kinda reminded me of a concert I saw where Pan Sonic played one long drone and manipulated the timbre so that different parts of audience members' bodies resonated. (The concert was a very visceral experience.)

LOL, most studios have since implemented non-smoking policies in the control room.

Could be worse, IG...