Dusty Chalk

Thank you, agree on all counts. No, I did not seriously even think about calling him an anti-Semite. But I have to argue with either side's use of the word, "genocide". The populations of both sides are in the millions, the death toll on both sides are in the thousands. Neither come close to genocide. Now, THAT I wish I had thought quickly enough to say. But yeah, there's no (easy?) way out of this mess.

...and Vol. 2 -- pretty great background music.

Aaaahhhh! Archer is back on Netflix! Aaaaahhhhhhh When did that happen? Oh, who cares, I found out today, now to figure out where I left off...a decade ago.

Not today, but yesterday...got into an argument with the bassist of one of my favourite bands about who the bad guy is in the Israel / Hamas war in Gaza. I made my usual statement of, "I stand with Israel", and he got all ham-fisted and said he wouldn't want to know someone who supports genocide. I told him I remained a fan of his music, but to block me. I should have called him an anti-Semite, but that's what everyone else does, so I didn't.

...because someone on Discord was ragging on the repetitiveness, and I remember scrypt telling us it was worse than that, that it didn't quite repeat, but it was the same enough that you still had to remember your place... Goddamn, but this is beautiful. This and Glassworks were perfection.

That's really heavy for such a wee thing...at least, I assume it's wee, since there's no banana...have you no bananas?

I mourn. Dude brought out the best in hard rock performers.

Happy Birthday, Shelly! (party favour noise of Eratosthenes)

Awesome that he was accepted! So if you fence with him and lose, he won't let you bleed out?!?

Pet Shop Boys Because mood mood moody mood

Duane Eddy https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/may/03/duane-eddy-obituary I mourn. One of my inspirations as a baritone guitar player. I have his Gretsch Bass6, which I am keeping.

Ohmigosh, the lyrics sound like they were voted on by a coagulation of 13 year olds on 4chan.

Happy belated! (party favour noise)

Someone needs to share that with Linus' Tech Tips.

e.g. https://pinkmountaintops.bandcamp.com/album/pink-mountaintops

That jacket is pretty fly.

This is 30 years old, WHY AM I ONLY NOW FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS?!?!?

Was he 64...no, 80, never mind. RIP Anonymous NASCAR Legend and anonymous 6-story-faller

I hope so... ...er...

I have no idea who this is, but I ain't clickin' the link to find out. I'm sure they will be mentioned in Beato's channel in an upcoming lament. RIP some random pioneering rock icon. I'm being morbidly sardonic -- watch it be someone I admire or care about.

Or as a friend of mine put it, many decades ago, after telling me a story about a fellow retailer who said he hated the business, but a decade later, he looked like he really loved it. After being asked, he replied sincerely that he did. "Temporary becomes permanent." Then he told me another story about another retailer who always brought his "cousin" to the shows, that was really his mistress.

Happy birthday, my Apple-y fren! (party favour noise)