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Everyone is going to have their favorites. Here are mine.

I've never used the F1, but my pal ChatGPT says it's a good price for the condition. This weekend went up to San Francisco or back to San Francisco. Way back. Fun time and with the M Monochrom (M9M) and the LLL 50mm f/1.5 Z21 (focus mid-frame and wider a challenge)

Miles Davis, The Complete Birth of the Cool Music on TIDALMiles Davis - The Complete Birth Of The CoolListen to The Complete Birth Of The Cool on TIDAL

The Queen...

A beautiful person inside and out, a talented musician, and an outright ICON. RIP Dolly! The world needs a LOT more people like her! EDIT: my favorite....Whitney was great but has nothing on Dolly for this....

Likely the last long training ride was accomplished today. I didn't start out intending to ride this far, but it happened and felt good.

In the cat's defense, there was no more practical way to get on top of the speaker.

Hey we are back!!! Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson by Ben Webster (1959) https://open.qobuz.com/album/0060253773074 Example: Friday coolness.

The Castro Theater in San Francisco

No masterpiece here, just my first roll of film with the AE1p, some examples testing the camera/Gold 200.

Promotional stress reliever from a company that makes ear plugs.

"I'm gonna scratch the shit out of those speaker grills."

Saw Kaki King last night, small venue in Southern Maine about 1.5 miles from my condo. She is so good! I described it on FB as feeling like being by a lake with gentle waves lapping onto the shore - at least her mellower songs. Then she would break out into her frenetic playing with body hits for rhythm, and fast finger moving and fret-playing. She even got pretty talkative with the audience. I guess it was her 3rd time playing the place; maybe 50 people there, but they were true fans.

A guy on reddit rehoused Alec 604e in new enclosures:

Wuhoo! We're 75% of the way there on fundraising with a little over two weeks to go.

From my IG feed.

Void cat is checking out appreciating the heat radiating from a vintage Harman Kardon Citation V.

Having a little trashy fun.....one of my favorite bands to see live back in the day, along with a band I WILL see live for the first time in September. The Cramps - Gravest Gravy - bit bootleg sounding, but a compilation of early recordings. And Messer Chups - The Incredible Crocotiger; a fun Russian Surf-Rock-Horror-Exotica band.....they'll open for Reverend Horton Heat, another I haven't seen.

So returning to physical media I've bought a few used box sets. My favorite silly purchase is The Complete Bill Evans on Verve, which I'm now starting the first of the 18 CDs. Note future box set designers: if you're tempted to create an untreated metal box that "naturally rusts" don't. "The design of the box is reminiscent of that of a block of apartment houses I saw in Bratislava shortly after the Communist regime collapsed in Eastern Europe." Ex.

Legend. 😔 I think what I loved about her so much is that she had a very self-aware yet positive outlook on life. This is such a lovely window into how she views herself:

13 years ago. I missed it. It's still great. That's the great thing about music?

Here's my Dolly story. During the first Gulf War the Navy flew me and about 30 others to Bahrain on a 21 hour flight to meet our ships. They evidently only had three movies to play on the plane's big screen for either a calming influence before whatever was next, or a reminder of everything great about America. Thus a The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 9 to 5, and [Lori Anderson as a poor man's Dolly] Stroker Ace marathon loop. Over and over. RIP Dolly.

Not serious, but true. 1954: Capitol issued Classics in Jazz: Miles Davis (T-762), compiling the 12 recordings from the famous Birth of the Cool sessions. Later in 1957: Capitol retitled/reissued the LP as Birth of the Cool. Cool is so much cooler.

Ha -- Max out the Mini... or Studio... Bye bye money...

Needs Banana for scale.

I love seeing Kaki King play. I've seen her in smallish places but not in front of only 50 people! In SF she draws much bigger. She's most often been quite chatty at shows I've seen.

Jazz Standards to Kill Yourself To (Full Album) “Free Black Metal is a subgenre of metal that uses entirely improvised songwriting, akin to Free Jazz.” 00:00 Autumn Leaves 4:54 All The Things You Are 10:49 Giant Steps 14:01 So What 22:50 Blue In Green

This. and just to show the contrast of the passage of 16 years ...

I'm not saying, I'm just totally saying.

My favorite Jamiroquai album... over time it's also become my son's favorite too

working through glitches and continuing to make good progress, I’ve now passed the 50% line on my fundraising goal and certainly appreciate all the support received so far!

I'm enjoying this channel -- lots of cool unique versions. https://youtube.com/@caffinated80s-tt2oc That version of Moving in Stereo at the top is (fire)

I just found this funny...

RIP Tim Curry

Tip Toe Very good. Clever script, good storytelling, awesome acting.

Nice ride!

Little bit out of my normal wheelhouse. Drove Alec back to Dallas today and he made me listen to country all the way.

Thank god they renamed it from Classics in Jazz: Miles Davis

who doesn't want to be faster?

Thanks Renato, really appreciate the support.

Pet Shop Boys’ All The Young Dudes / West End Girls (with the Manchester Camerata)

Sorry insta does not embed. Captcha photographer... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbtCDaJxQCr/?igsh=MXJvNXJvbDg0Ynoyaw==

Ojas and Klipsch colab - kO-R2

... and when the satellite company doesn't want their dish back, you can make a bird bath.