OK gonna do a thread! OTOH, the idea of the "pirate" was used as the photo negative to define the idea of a legitimate sovereign in a developing international order, and express ambivalence. One of the most popular piracy memes from ~1550-1700 is an apocryphal tale from Cicero by way of Augustine.
an empty stage viewed from the front of the balcony
Dave Rawlings, Gillian Welch, and Paul Kowert playing
Grahame Lesh, Dave Rawlings, Gillian Welch, and Paul Kowert playing
marquee of the Fox
Spent the last two magical evenings with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (with Paul Kowert on bass, and Grahame Lesh joining for the encore on Friday) at the Fox as they channeled the Dead. Still levitating.
Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891
What a game!
I used it this year after 20 years of TurboTax. $100 cheaper. Worked fine as far as I can tell, and the interface is better as a bonus.
my dentist now offers out his dog Molly as an emotional support animal during visits. she only left when he started up the noisy polisher
If you have Hungarian friends, please check in on them. Netflix has nothing on this election campaign: a twisting spy scandal, Russian meddling, Orbán off the rails. And we still have four days left.
I wrote a (still slightly incredulous) rundown 👇
brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/inside-hun...
a five-man band onstage with colored lights
Go Kurosawa tonight at Neumos: space rock, reggae, bossa nova and much more. Great show!
Thanks to your evangelism I'll be catching 'em on Saturday in Seattle. Not plugged into Cass McCombs but love me some Weak Signal!
book on shelf, Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America
holy wow, just realized my book "heads: a biography of psychedelic america" came out 10 years ago this week. available from da capo press through fine independent purveyors of paper, electronic, & audio books! what a baffling time-dilated trip it's been? www.dacapopress.com/titles/jesse...
Gotta say it's amusing that this stop isn't just called "Microsoft"
Ha, will wave on my way back. Finishing up a delicious lunch at the British Pantry in downtown Redmond.
Are you commuting from Hood Canal?Did you buy a seaplane??
view of a bridge, lake, and bright blue sky out the window of a light rail car
in honor of my dad's birthday (he would have been 84) and his enthusiasm for public transit, taking my inaugural journey on the 2 line all the way out to Redmond
Warren Ellis, Jim White, and Mick Turner in blue light
Caught Dirty Three last night at Neumos on Capitol Hill! Nearly three hours of swells, rhythms, and yelling (occasionally joined by the crowd). Warren Ellis spoke at length between songs, and dedicated the evening to Mark Lanegan, which garnered appreciative and bittersweet applause from the crowd
Highly recommend the "family bedroom" when they're old enough to have fun on a train. There's only one per car and because it's at the end of the hall you get windows out both sides! I traveled that way with my folks several times under the age of 10.
For the purposes of computing, we always need to approximate π. In JavaScript, `Math.PI` is the nearest 64-bit floating point number to the true value of π. My proposal is that for consistency and symmetry we should introduce `BigInt.PI`
just booked the Empire Builder from Seattle to Wisconsin in July. I'm doing my part!
so charmed they played my request for Powderfinger within the first hour that I filed a second request, for some Eno! keeping my fingers crossed for extra charms
and now transiting home via SMART train and Golden Gate Ferry after being dropped off north of Santa Rosa. love that public transit reaches that far now!
a lighthouse on a cliff overlooking the ocean with a walkway leading to it
offshore rock formations with vegetation growing on top
me standing under a drive thru redwood tree
very tall trees
Spent the last couple days touring the North Coast & Humboldt Redwoods with friends from out of town. Great to get out of the city for a few days, breathe some ocean air, and stare at big trees
beautiful!
Excellent inspiration for what to do if I'm in Seattle more this winter. I too have the pirate ship counterpart, iirc!
illustration of a tree and the Eiffel Tower with text reading: COMES TO FRAGILE POINT LIKE EIFFEL TOWER
Subalpine Fir
"Subalpine is the only one of the true firs having tiny pockets of clear resin well within the thick bark."
no, not a video-taking guy, sorry
Lovely Built To Spill show at the Neptune tonight. Jim Roth joined to add an extra guitar for the 40-minute encore. The trio is great, but I miss those extra guitars, so it was awesome to have Jim back for a whole set
diagram of a fusion machine
photo of a fusion machine
another photo of a differently-designed fusion machine thing
dont sleep on fusion. fusion has the juice. look at this shit. impeccable sci fi vibe. alien curvature for reasons u wouldnt understand bc u dont know what poincare sections of the plasma beam are. it's even greebled with ports and domes and shit. u can tell the physics nerds are really cooking here
Bay Area! Please join me tomorrow evening (11/14) at my favorite place in Oakland to hang out (Cone Shape Top) where I'll be guest DJing for the Global Weirding show on Sutro FM. I'm on at 6pm. It's a potluck! Bring bevs and a friend.
a Miles LP on a bar, with an iced coffee in the foreground
stumbled upon a jazz listening bar/coffee lab (JAB) whilst idly wandering the streets of Fukuoka. delightful!
pretty interesting ballgame they've got going on tonight