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Sharknado was a hit!

And I have shared that gift with a few more people here in Wisconsin!

@legendarypinkdots.bsky.social played a stellar show at Beat Kitchen in Chicago, supporting their latest album "So Lonely in Heaven." (My favorite track is Blood Money.) Met @qaspel.bsky.social after the show, and he was a sweetheart.

I learned of the b3ta site & newsletter in 2004 when I was just starting college, and it has been a highlight of my week ever since. Thank you, Rob. Woo and yay!

Spotted in Puerto Rico. Hell yeah.

The visuals are just stunning. I don't usually feel *better* after watching a horror film, but this one recharged my imagination. I do have a House shirt (with different artwork), and it's so fun when a stranger understands the reference! I hope you enjoy the film as much as I have.

House (1977) doesn't quite fit that criteria, but it is a fantastic piece of cinema. I'm not into gore either. Please don't read about it before watching it, and if you do see it, please tell me what you thought of it. When it debuted in Japan, both kids and older adults found it magical.

Last year, I broke my leg in 3 places. 8 weeks ago, I started a run training program for the first time. Today, I ran my first ever 5K!

I interned at JJO Band Camp in 2004 and restocked beverages for the bands. I was taking a case of bottled water to Damageplan backstage, and DD thanked me and gave me a side hug. Didn't listen to his music or know anything about him at the time, but he was the only one to acknowledge me all day.

"Dreamer" was our class prom song. Not my favorite track he did, but it still brings a smile to my face that my entire high school class elected to walk out to Ozzy. 🥀🦇🤘🏻

A lesson I learned, unfortunately. But it was about children and cancer, so it was hard not to get invested.

There is a tiny bunny dwelling in my friend's garden. We named him Hans Gruber. He's quite tame and likes to come right up to our feet when we're in the garden, but we don't touch him. I'm rooting for Hans, hoping he survives in this urban environment.

When it comes to Annual Meeting, logic and skill matter not. I am still devastated that they made me cut 2 minutes from a finished edit of one of the best videos I ever made because some bigwig wanted to talk longer. I pushed back hard on that one.

Any examples out there of oboe used in punk/post-punk music? Peter Murphy's "A Strange Kind of Love" has some sort of synth oboe/English horn. I don't know of others, unless I loosen the genre parameters and include Roxy Music, Genesis, and R.E.M.

You can also visit www.oblique-strategies.com and see a card's message at random.

I said the same thing to my boss! 🤣

Gang of Four was SO GOOD. Energy was 10000%. My legs still hurt four days later from all the jumping and dancing. Ted Leo and Gail Greenwood had big shoes to fill, and they were marvelous. I felt they honored Andy and Dave, and complemented Jon and Hugo well. Bucket list show for me.

Farewell, Mike Peters. I so deeply enjoyed the Alarm show at Turner Hall in 2019. He fought one hell of a battle.

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I think you look great now, sir.

Would have loved to be at that show, but I was traveling for work. Glad you got to go, and that it was enjoyable!

I was there for Johnny Marr's live album, and I got that plus the Thievery Corporation reissue!

Eh, it still takes away jobs from people like me.

Happy to support @irvingplacerecords.bsky.social any day, not just on RSD. Also, cheers to the folks I chatted up in line. Glad we all found what we were hoping to get!

Next album cover

So disappointed with bands releasing entirely AI-generated music videos (Looking at you, Pulp and Stereolab.) They feel stripped of humanity & connection, especially for someone like me who found community through music/visual arts collaborations. We don't want this! I'll pay my attention elsewhere.

The amount of talking at shows is just astonishing.

Was in a MKE record store yesterday. Found a few in the pre-owned bins. As I was rifling through a stack, a man came up and actually tried to take my records out of my hand. When I said, "What are you doing?!" he claimed he didn't know I'd already selected these records that were IN MY HAND.