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But I thought Andy Sidaris movie buffering were compassionate cosmic mini-pauses to reaccess one's direction in life?

If anyone wants a little more info (NYT gift article)

Early Valentine's evening out at the theater. Local production of Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning. I had low expectations and was very wrong. "On the edge of the Wyoming wilderness, the last guests linger late into the night at a celebration for the new President of their conservative Catholic college. Reunited after seven years, the friends toss back whiskey and name-check Thomas Aquinas, Hannah Arendt, Steve Bannon, even Bojack Horseman, tracking their distance from each other and the people they thought they’d be by now. Will Arbery’s portrait of white conservatives trying to make sense of where they, and their country, stand is an incisive yet personal look at the intelligence and despair of the Catholic right."

More Laufey / More Tiny Desk

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Laufey | Bewitched ex.

Why Is Music Journalism Collapsing? This is a bigger problem that you can fix with a Pitchfork https://www.honest-broker.com/p/why-is-music-journalism-collapsing

Came across this over the weekend. Sumo wrestlers in 1885. Slight dietary change.

In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/rebecca-solnit/in-the-shadow-of-silicon-valley

There’s zero chance we’re going to collectively stop AI before it gets dangerous, right?

Hold my beer… https://www.threads.net/@shorty_ocelot/post/C259_RkNj7k/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Best review I’ve seen…

How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict. (NYT gift article)

^ Thanks for posting. I don't want to mention names to spoil, but we all got a kick out of seeing the two get to the finale. Gave it a try over dinner, then watched and watched.

I used a Seitz above.

The now poor man’s 50MP version still looks cool, right?

Anyone have $10K for a good cause? Bueller?

Kim Gordon - Bye Bye

Hi. I'm Ric Blessing, from the edge of civilization, still fighting every other human on the planet that season two was better than season one. 🫣

Still whipping it good, Devo looks back on 50 years via a new Sundance documentary https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/still-whipping-it-good-devo-looks-back-on-50-years-via-a-new-sundance-documentary/ar-BB1h1mTM

Max has a new Jason Momoa limited series, On The Roam, which is pretty eye-rolly, but drop into the second episode to wonder with photographer Todd Hido to have a great time.

Was invited by Christian to the California Historical Radio Society open house yesterday. Related: discovered there was a California Historical Radio Society yesterday. It’s housed in a hidden old non-Bell/independent telephone and telegraph wireless exchange building in Alameda. All volunteers and donations at this point, but will be fun to watch this grow into a museum.

Happy birthday!

Hope it’s a great birthday