Hopstretch

Happy Birthday!

Tough for me to choose between No More Shall We Part and The Boatman's Call. "Love Letter", "God Is in The House" and "Gates To The Garden" versus "Into My Arms", "People Ain't No Good" and "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?". NMSWP is stronger overall but there's no bad answer.

Yo dawg, we heard you like charging your watch so we sent you a charger you can watch while you're watching out for a watch to charge with the charger.

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/23/chinese-government-says-please-stop-hiring-funeral-strippers/

Stretch the above!

All covers should come off this well.

Pappy thieves! Hanging's too good for them, amirite? https://www.yahoo.com/food/workers-busted-for-allegedly-stealing-barrels-of-117006802221.html : Mikey's ears prick up :

Yes. Just back up to iTunes, switch SIMs, connect new phone to iTunes and restore from the backup. Pretty painless.

Yeah I also liked the blue leather loop a lot, which was out of left field for me.

Duly noted.

I tried on the blue, two-register titanium Speedy Coaxial in the mall today. It's a winner and in your size sweet spot at 44 mm, Jeff.

PS: The engineering on the link bracelet makes everyone else from Patek on down look like a bunch of fucking mugs.

Went for my Apple Watch "appointment." Left sold on the stainless 42mm w/ a link bracelet and a black sport band. Also left with an iPhone 6 Plus that I had absolutely no intention of buying on the way in. See, that's how they get you!

Getting back to watches, I just watched the Hodinkee Lange video and now need to change my pants. http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/Inside-a-lange-and-sohne

Quality! Do you have a picture of the headphones with the new pads installed, please?

Blur were brilliant on Later last night.

Brian Wilson -- No Pier Pressure Proper sign-off.

Hot Chip -- Made In The Dark

Happy Birthday!

Sufjan Stevens -- Carrie & Lowell Sad and beautiful.

Torche -- Restarter

Fish motherfucker! Do you eat it?

Dew eet.

That story really pegged the whiney-ometer! How dare people spend their money on things I find frivolous (or can't afford)? Don't they know there are children starving in (insert suitably benighted region)?