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Sunset Over Sunset Explore the histories of Los Angeles's iconic Sunset Boulevard through the photographs of artist Ed Ruscha.

LA palette cleanse: really great graphic design deep dive into the Ruscha Sunset archive by @goodspeed.bsky.social focusing on the evolution of the signage

www.sunsetoversunset.org/stories/signs

peak NY media: woman picks ...Malibu to hide out from scandal; thinks the drones and paparazzi are there for her

re: sycophantic, so creepy how both google and open AI have almost indistinguishable sycophantic personalities, as if they are both designing the same trap

the nihilist advantage!

street view from 42nd street north showing a distant city hall

seems like you can still see city hall from that spot! (on certain days)

Dede Wilsey Is Co-Hosting a Trump Fundraiser In San Francisco July 17 Rich Republicans who call the Bay Area home will have a chance to attend a local fundraiser for Donald Trump's reelection this month — though the location, for obvious reasons, isn't being publicized.

"the location, for obvious reasons, isn't being publicized."

the awful Dede's playhouse mural felt like he was pandering to the SF tech crowd, which prefers renderings over art

while "leave them wanting more" is a thing, seems like your critique is accurate: they didn't go deep enough in the script, Teyana Taylor delivered an incredible performance and it was too late to add more?

nostalgia for one night in 1995 with friends on shrooms and walking through the plaza we discovered the fountain was still on. you could go out that walkway and feel like you were inside the thing: the roar of the water, the lights in the green murk and the texture of the concrete!

“Cheney Piñata” The Bad Plus, 2004, composed by @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social

youtu.be/gNeefGl5azw?...

Carrie Mae Weems, From the 'Roaming' series, 2006
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just saw Herbie Hancock at the Strathmore. played almost exclusively progressive jazz, went ~1 hour over time, much of the overage stemming from a nearly 40m lecture on evolution, compassion, & futurism done entirely via vocoder, and saved almost all the accessible fusion for post-lecture. the GOAT!

a neighbor is building a patio and every time I get ready to call there’s a nail gun

have thought of this book many times during this era, and it was a best seller, but rarely see references to it

this blender, a can of whole tomatoes, garlic or shallots, red chili, salt. olive oil. and you never buy Rao’s again.

before I clicked the audio was expecting “Ride of the Valkyries” but it’s a Chipmunks remix of Coldplay?

“white enough to satisfy the aesthetic the design team desired”

favorite SNL skit of all time: “Whee (Genuine)”

rare “huh, wow” in a mid “wow, huh” collection of obvious hits a rich guy would scoop up

also perplexity released a browser, are these companies getting close to AGI while also engaging in 1995 era browser wars 🤔

Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83 Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.

Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.

A shirtless DeJohnette holds his daughter; she has a flower in her hand & a serious expression on her face.

I love this K. Abe photo of Jack DeJohnette with his daughter Farah, taken at the Hollywood Bowl on July 30, 1972

#RIP

cremaster blanket

read this a few weeks ago and after this week feel like I should read it one more time

this guy is from santa monica, and perhaps didn’t realize the simulacrum of spanish colonial and disney castle aren’t actually from the 1500s

🥦

Harry Bertoia’s Untitled (Broccoli) (c. 1965), patinated bronze

YouTube video by Art Blakey - Topic The Chess Players (Remastered 2005)

You know what rules? Wayne Shorter’s solo on “The Chess Players” youtu.be/fI0S6ioserI?...

YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic Straight, No Chaser (Live at the Plaza Hotel, New York, NY - Sept. 1958)

In September 1958, Columbia threw a jazz party at the Plaza Hotel. Ralph Ellison wrote afterward to Albert Murray about "poor, evil, lost little Miles Davis" and his band. "These cats have gotten lost, man. They're trying to get hold of something by fucking up the blues." 🤨 youtu.be/_PrJhAERZlQ?...

Grateful to have my essay linking Confederate monuments to Nazi rhetoric of "degenerate art" included in the exhibition's catalogue—and can't wait to see the show when out in LA next month
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