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I hope so. It's better than shifting the Catholic power base to countries less progressive, which some fear. First step south of the Equator has shown signs of hope... even today. I'm not an optimistic guy, especially around religion/theology, but I do think we should celebrate the sometimes hidden moves forward in the tornadoes of ridiculousness. Apologies if I used this example before (it hits home as I still remember my mother trying unsuccessfully to explain the difference between dinosaurs and dragons), but Young Earth Creationists may think dinosaurs and humans played hopscotch together, but some mainstream Protestant Christian denominations*, even into the '70s, doubted dinosaurs existed (or thought they existed solely as a test). Dinosaurs are now REAL, even to the lunies! Progress. Of course no one had to be really against gay marriage until it had a possibility of existing, but the three steps ahead tactics of those fighting against, by some even in public statements since the Supreme Court decision, sure feels like an acknowledgment of gays/lesbians as people and a larger society acceptance, no longer possible to ignore. That some have pivoted from spokespersons of the American public to a "protect our religious views" minority position, seems huge no? Even the lunies realize. * BTW, we may want to be careful interchangibly using "Catholics", "Catholic Church" and "Christians."

So many great roles. Now here's a tribute - the women of Omar Sharif's life.

Possible future coach airline seats...

PS Audio is having a trade-in for the NuWave DSD DAC. Know we have a few members with Digital Link IIIs (along with previous NuWave model is eligible). $400 off with trade in, so $899. Assume no one here has yet heard? Wonder how it compares to the Gungnir? http://www.psaudio.com/products/nuwave-dsd/

Nice going Steve. Had a conversation with a group yesterday and the consensus was two presidential elections out this will be mostly a mute point. Of course extremists will be left (a sign of a general fading), but even those currently angling for political advantages won't have that option reasonably quickly. On the other side of history, I miss Plymouths. Stumbled on a car show tonight.

F'ed up The Runaways story - http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/

For those interested in... the genre naming gets tricky... "contemporary music", "A/avant G/garde", whatever, Other Minds Records has a 40% off $40+ sale going on for CDs, films, etc. Use promo sOMmer http://webstore.otherminds.org

Posting as they were discussed in the mattress thread - save $50 off a Casper with code MISFIT. http://Casper.com

Jon Ronson's great Them: Adventure with Extremists Kindle version is on sale for $1.99 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00570B692/ref=nosim/themill0b2-20

Sherlie/Shirley, Sherry/Sheri, etc. could be fun Sherlock variations.

Haven't had time to upgrade laptop, but thankfully on mobile (which I use 90%+ anyway) "For You" keeps most of advantages of Beats UI. Certainly has a kitchen sink feel at this point. Seems to be adjusting quickly to previous plays. Catalog appears deeper than Tidal (though that's likely the case for all other services). Bitrate is supposedly 256 AAC on wifi streaming/download and some unknown output on streaming "cellular." Haven't done any dedicated listening on quality front yet.

Nicholas Winton who rescued 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia dies at 106

Anyone considering the third party bands on Amazon? Some are getting decent reviews.

Have a great one Greg/g.

Some Mingus while experimenting with Apple Music

Oops... http://www.core77.com/posts/38467/%5B-BREAKING-NEWS-%5D-Uh-Oh-Beats-Teardown-Apparently-Used-Beats-Knockoffs

Patrick Macnee RIP

Mmmm

On Beats... https://medium.com/bolt-blog/how-it-s-made-series-beats-by-dre-154aae384b36 "In these headphones, 30% of the weight comes from four tiny metal parts that are there for the sole purpose of adding weight."

Another opportunity to post a Damnation Alley clip!

Well, same here. Just canceled my subscription before another month of charges. Man, in theory artist focused, CD-quality music sounds great, but I just couldn't deal with the interface. Discoverability dropped near zero for me - it's just using search for everything. Stuff I already knew. If any algorithm was learning my tastes I didn't see any evidence of it. Scrolling through videos and playlists I didn't care about every time to get to albums got old quickly, etc. Funny, the new Tidal (which admittedly hasn't existed long enough to reform experience) was about taking back control from the 'tech companies', but the tech failures are the problems at least for me. Admittedly for someone with different aims, including singles and newer artists-focus or simply finding already known music, it may work much better. Beats was about perfect for me on mobile - one-click access to a multitude of relevant albums (nice mix of known and unknown), though I'm sure Apple Music will unfortunately shift in days away off this. Lost MOG. Losing Beats. Time to review the options again. Will give Apple Music trial a try, but eyeing Rdio once more. One thing I have to give props to Tidal is their triple streaming quality settings. Great to separate Wifi streaming, cellular streaming and download quality. Wish more services did this.

Always enjoy the use possibilities of 'essential.'

Wait, you have vampire cockroaches?