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Yutaka Katayama, Father of the Datsun/Nissan ‘Z,’ Dies at 105 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/business/yutaka-katayama-father-of-the-datsun-z-dies-at-105.html?mwrsm=Email "Perhaps the greatest boost Mr. Katayama gave the 240Z was its very name, which Nissan had intended only as a working model number. In the late 1960s, when the car was first introduced in Japan, a Nissan executive, enamored of a certain Lerner and Loewe musical, named it the Fairlady Z. When the first shipment of Fairlady Zs arrived in the United States, Mr. Katayama, judging the sobriquet horrifyingly effete for the American market, stripped the nameplate off each car with his own hands."

Modern Family's Connection Lost episode. Pretty fun.

Speaking of... https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-private-photo-shoot-that-sparked-a-war-inside-van-halen-ac6fa2cda7b

Checking out Wussy. "In which the best band in America remains the best song band in America while passing the Sonic Youth consortium on the outside to become the best distorto-guitar band in America, and although the competition in both categories has thinned out, how many ever dared combine it? Television? Nirvana? The Thompson Couple? That is the territory here. What once seemed the overkill of replacing minimalist Dawn Burman with muscleman Joe Klug opened a thruway to the big beat. What once seemed the neighborly gesture of taking in Ass Ponys steel hand John Erhardt powered sonic dimensions arena-rock dumbos risk tinnitus to achieve with Marshall stacks. The lyrics mix heroic feats of individual transcendence with a romantic striving vexed equally by economics and psychology as the melodies flow on unabated. Gender parity also guaranteed. A PLUS" - R. Christgau

Happy Prostate Exam.

"... Reed's anger only proved that Christgau's grades did matter: He's not a part of the industry, he's not currying anybody's favor, and he's disdainful of hype. When it comes down to it, who do you trust to tell you the truth about a new album? The label? The artist? Or the cranky dude who has made it his mission to be purely, aggressively honest about everything he's ever listened to for almost half a century?" http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/almost-famous-the-b-adventures-of-robert-christgau-1687452336

I dug its look, until I saw a closeup.

Are they annoying 'cause they're so selfish or other? If selfishness, not sure that changes much across the season, but your sympathies towards that selfishness may. Certainly the writers working with it gets more interesting. Brain probably led the heart on this one, but the heart gets there.

Song of the Sea OST http://youtu.be/WU2e0W40U0U

OH, YEAAHH! http://youtu.be/v6pdXlob8Jw

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/16593082482/

Sorry. Yeah, probably fake, but...

​Universal Togetherness Band

An expressive, customizable, hands-free beverage insulator... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1295271146/the-cool-baby

So far have decided to irritate my neighbors with HD580s, RS1s & K701s.

The James Franco roast http://youtu.be/e66Vsg81yfQ

From Todd's recent email "Tidal is scheduled to start streaming MQA files sometime in the next 30 days!"

Trade your simple paper money for Alejandro Jodorowsky's Poetry Money https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/276667448/jodorowskys-new-film-endless-poetrypoesia-sin-fin

Continuing Healthy Monday at Fenton's/Nut Tree.

Here: celebrating lieless George and honest Abe with hot tubing, Fleetwood Mac and a traditional breakfast.