🔗🎵💿 Cambridge St/ation - Pink Floyd
The List of Posts that start on AlbumWhale
I’ve started a new AlbumWhale list (and I haven’t even finished the others! Still.) The new list is called ‘Formative Years’ …
I’m an ‘artist’ guy, then an ‘album’ guy and then a singles/track guy. I like my music ‘in context’ The lists in here are way behind what I see in my mind’s eye - BUT the topics provide a clue to how I relate them all.
This new list is all about albums that ‘formed me’ and contributed to the music world I am today. At the time I might not have recognised it - but in the rear view mirror - absolutely.
First Up: Odessey and Oracle By The Zombies
Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
The Zombies were unto themselves. Colin Blunstone went on to great things - as did Rod Argent. This appeared at the end the Zombies run - but under THEIR creative control. Back in the mid to late 60s there was a sound that began to emerge combining Psychedelia, English Folk and Rock which in turn morphed into something I call ‘English Progressive’. This is not obviously a Prog record - but it has most of the characteristics of that genre. (I hate genres.)
Joined the waitlist.
We are told that AI will assist us, that platforms will adapt to us, and that services will respect what we want. But we are not being asked what we want. We are being modeled, approximated, and acted upon. Once that system achieves high enough fidelity and the simulation of our intent is “good enough,” our actual presence becomes redundant.
This is not empowerment. It is erosion.
🔗 The whole piece is on LinkedIN - via Doc Searls.
Joined the waitlist.
US Stock Markets generally pummeled today.
On top of that;
a massive TSLA sell off
related activism
crashing sales
missing their numbers so badly that they came in lower than the most pessimistic analysts outlooks
And yet the company is still up â100â compared to where it was just a year ago.
US Stock Markets generally pummeled today.
On top of that;
- a massive TSLA sell off
- related activism
- crashing sales
- missing their numbers so badly that they came in lower than the most pessimistic analysts outlooks
And yet the company is still up ‘100’ compared to where it was just a year ago.
No idea if ‘68’ is the temperature since I have no intention of going out to find out. On a related note, we might need a new garden umbrella. (Happy to make the final call tomorrow - the forecast says 🌞🕶️)
Updated my 🔗🎬 Mythic Quest review to include the 4th series .. watched the final episode last night.
🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Author
🔍 All The Posts can be found here, or scroll through the quotes below.
But the reward on the other side is second to none; the 100 or so first employees at LinkedIn don’t need to work anymore, he added. Microsoft purchased the professional networking platform for $26.2 billion in 2016.
.. so why is he still working?
🔗 If you are happy and need something to take you off your high … - don’t worry - its not that you don’t know l this - it’s just when you see it summarised and ending with …
But the public is too dumb and too uninformed to wake up and smell the coffee.
It ain’t morning in America, it’s closing in on midnight.
If you speak up, no one will rally to your defense, like the law firms sitting on the sidelines and refusing to defend 🔗 Perkins Coie
But you’ll compete with other influencers for the last buck, listening to mindless drivel .. happy that you’re still alive.
Goodness Cafe 📍
Back when we first arrived in New Zealand The Goodness was called The Governor and became our go to place for coffee and breakfast. I think it’s now onto something like the 4th or 5th owner since then (that’s what COVID has done), but it still remains our ‘go to’. BUT .. our hearts remain with ‘The Governor’ and Steve and Bernie who owned it remain great friends of ours.
The Future Of Work
Interesting quote from Ollie Henderson’s book popped up this morning - which reminded me of a Jason Fried quote and they both tie to some fascinating work I am doing right now. Bob said it 61 years ago - not prescient - simply a fact The Times They Are (ALWAYS) A-Changin' …
🔗 ‘A Complete Disaster,’ Says Daniel Ives About Tesla Stock
The EV giant delivered 336,681 vehicles in Q1 – falling far short of Wall Street’s expectation of around 378,000. Even the more cautious analyst forecasts, hovering near 360,000, were missed by a wide margin. In all, Tesla missed consensus by more than 10% and underperformed even the lowest projections by about 20,000 vehicles. Deliveries also tumbled 13% year-over-year, the sharpest quarterly drop in the company’s history.
.. and then …
And yet, in a twist straight out of the Musk playbook, Tesla stock staged a comeback. After plunging as much as 6%, shares flipped positive – up 5% – on a Politico report suggesting Musk might step away from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Really? If he stops DOGE it’s all going to be ok? Where do these people live?
🔗 Daring Fireball: ‘What Makes an App Feel “Right” on the Mac?'
Martin has a good list here of fundamentals, but ultimately, you know it when you see it.
💬 JohnGruber
.. like ‘pornography’ and ‘art’ then?