February 6th.
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“Read more than you write, live more than you read.”
💬 Junot Diaz
🔗 Canada is coming undone - a report from Al Jazeera. I think this change is happening in a few other countries - but it might not be as obvious. Yet. We need to be vigilant. We need to act.
I always had 🎵 BrandX as ‘Jazz/Fusion’ - but they are sometimes classified as ‘Progressive’. That’s why 🔗 ’genres’ are so hard - if not to say meaningless. Whichever they are - a great listen - delivered courtesy of The Old Grey Whistle Test.
🎵 Willy and Bonnie still got it apparently.
…anyone using it?
📽️ Cunk was so good, that I had to go remind myself of this short piece from Charlie Brooker. It was done years ago, was my first exposure to him and has to be a timeless classic.
📺 Cunk On Earth
Just so very, very good. I still have one reservation that I referenced after the first two episodes .. (read the thread) but that shouldn’t stop you watching it.
🔗 Just to say thank you to some of the unseen heroes of the MicroBlog community … more will be added - but it is a start.
February 5th.
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🎵 Over on Scripting.com @dave mentioned that back in the day he was a fan of The Monkees. Unashamedly - so was I. He linked to this show. It’s long. The narrator (that’s what he sounds like) - has a boring voice - but still an interesting listen.
Never heard of the 🎙️podcast - so had a look at other episodes. Just as long - and I suspect that the voice will be just as boring - BUT - some really interesting deep dives into some good songs and bands. I will be listening to this one - the band ‘Love’.
🎵 Third of three … in the bucket of ‘well I never’ …
‘The Dukes of September’ .. who? Skaggs, McDonald. Fagen and needless to say, quite a few other great musicians around them.
🎵Running through some YouTube music last night - and well - seriously - what is not to love? Stunning. Two very different songs from the same album.
Steven Wilson - Luminol (Mexico City)
🎵 Jon Lord plays Dave Brubeck
As a kid, shall we say my musical taste did not jibe with my dad’s. Nor with my mum’s for that matter - although she did understand what I was listening to - and why. Probably because of that there are artists that she introduced me to that are still part of my listening cycle - like Dave Brubeck.
She passed a while ago, but would have loved Deep Purple’s Jon Lord covering ‘UnSquare Dance’.
February 4th.
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🔗 Management Positions Could Be Next on Chopping Block as Businesses Course Correct
It’s telling that the ‘permafrost layer’ is ‘next’ not ‘first’.
A ‘glowing’ Palm Springs.
The Salton Sea in the distance. Easy to forget just how big it is.
