Hopstretch

Loved their first album, which was very 80s/90s pop. This one seems to have jumped forward 20 years or so. Pastiche? They do it well and I enjoy it so who cares ...

Happy Birthday Steve!

Indie folk about a rough breakup in the middle of a pandemic. If you're in that kind of mood.

Belated best wishes!

I thought this coda was quite interesting on how the musical income model is changing.

No idea if this is of interest here but I support Lloyd Cole on Patreon because he's one of my favorite artists and he recently posted this about his home setup. (Think we used to have a Home Studio Porn thread but not sure if it survived the great Reks nuking?)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, as usual!

One of my favorite songs and I really like the cover.

Franklin BBQ method. Two hours rubbed and naked at 275 then about the same spritzed, sauced and wrapped. Turned out well -- the family killed two racks and asked if there was any more.

No arguments from me!

Happy Birthday Ric!

Have had a 10 lb rib roast in the smoker at 150 for 5-1/2 hours so far. Will pull at 125-ish, rest a 1/2 hour then nuke in the big gas grill for a few minutes at 750+ to get a nice crust.

Happy Birthday sirrah!

It's now objectively the better user of the name, too.

Ordered some too. Decent performance, no hassles is about where I am in life right now.

Just some nice soaking rain. Very welcome. Sunny and in the 60s through the weekend. Jolly good.

It's hard to imagine who went: "What this extended edition really needs is a bunch of solo clarinet!" But God bless him (would definitely have been a him in the '80s).

Lighten up Francis Callum.

Lightning connector.

Guessing this is not going to run great on my 2014 iMac?

Happy belated West Coast birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Sorry we missed it but it would have been a lot more COVID-style if we'd been there!