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Unholy carp, she (Saoirse Ronan) is so good in this!

A friend of mine:

Those are always uplifting, and I could use that today. Thanks for that.

A day late, but I moved. No longer in MAGA Warren county. Much relief, shoulder and neck tension down, anxiety down, blood pressure down, much relief...

Supertramp, Live in Paris '79 -- great gig, all their top songs, zero filler, very great. I was reminded how the second half of "Child of Vision" is just one long -- stonkin' -- piano solo, very much like The The's "Uncertain Smile". Compare:

LOL, was that Jack White at 2:22? Weird cut-away...

So intense...yet so cathartic...

A very belated condolences, Steve. I'm glad you got to talk to her, but wow, what timing. You've been really put through the ringer, lately. 😔

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/八十八ヶ所巡礼/八＋九/ New (?) 88kasyo junrei double album -- I recognize several of the tracks, probably because they were released as singles and I ate them up, but I'm still not sure (because language barrier, and they're weird anyway) if this is a compilation or entirely new music, but whatever, I'm loving it.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

New Shriekback

Mmm...that Prelude in C-sharp Minor is a personal favourite. I hope it was good.

Sunday sauce style ghoul ash -- ground turkey and pork loin cubes for meat; mushrooms, beans, okra, carrots, onions for veggies, pizza sauce and rocoto pepper paste and spices to bring it all together. Meat, spices, oil, and eventually onions were seared in the bottom of a pot, then all of it was transferred to the slow cooker while I day drank. and...ah, shit, I forgot the celery...dagnabit...

Goddamn, this is still heartbreaking.

Congrats to your nephew -- that is, indeed, very cool.

As an enormous fan of Danny Elfman, I had to watch this through to the end: https://www.facebook.com/reel/483250727742271 I can hear it! The 60's / 70's retro stylings, especially in the orchestral version in the reel, it really brings it out.

Sad: https://www.thestreet.com/retail/popular-whiskey-brand-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy I found this particularly enraging: Scammers need to all unalive themselves.

One of my favourite experimental electro-ambient albums, Quique got the Redux treatment, so I've managed to listen to that once all the way through already, about to start round 2. https://seefeel.bandcamp.com/album/quique-redux-2025-remaster Tagging @Knuckledragger since I couldn't be arsed to double-post this in the ambient/IDM thread.

Condolences, Todd. My heart sincerely goes out to you.

So...you pretend to solve murders.

You solve murders?