New Leica Boxed & Unboxed (100 Anniversary Limited Edition) Early Xmas present to myself arrived this afternoon. 📷 [ Leica D-Lux 8, 100 Years of Leica Limited Edition (see also here) ]

I recently bought a Leica D-Lux 8 (100 anniversary edition) which is even smaller, lighter, and much easier to travel with (fixed 11mm-34mm lens). Love it! (it's also m4/3)
(just fyi: flic.kr/p/2rMymVo )

Agreed whole heartedly. I've had mine for a bit over 9.5 years but still love it. I have all those prime lenses except 75mm and primarily shoot with the 12mm, 17mm, and 25mm. I also have a Rokinon 7.5mm fish eye, the kit lens, and an old 40-150mm zoom but haven't used them recently. 📷 That said...

Screen shot of Boston Celtics v. Philly 76ers showing Boston with a 35 point lead with 2:22 left in game 1, round 1 of the NBA eastern Division playoffs.

Screen shot of Boston Celtics v. Philly 76ers showing Boston win, 123 : 91, in game 1, round 1 of the NBA eastern Division playoffs.

… Good night Nurse

Boston #Celtics ☘️🏀 big win over Philly #76ers I game 1. #NBAplayoffs

. . . and a 30 point #Celtics lead over the #76ers w/ a bit over 9 mins left in the 4th. #GoCeltics ☘️🏀☘️ #NBAPlayoffs

Black and white photo taken outside in winter, looking down from the top edge of a steep, snow-covered, curving set of stairs with ridge-like patterns in the snow (from drifting and prior footprints quickly covered with fresh snow). Looking down at the Grotto in Elmwood Park, Omaha, with a creek and lit lamppost.

Ok, just one more, (related) #photo for this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme: #edge

"Ruffled Ridge Snow Steps"

flic.kr/p/BPYLpa

#blackandwhitephotography #photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #ElmwoodPark #Omaha #snow #ECK

Black and white photo taken outside in winter, looking down from the top edge of a steep, snow-covered set of stairs leading to a landing and another set of snow-covered stairs and a footbridge below. Elmwood Park, Omaha.

So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is : #edge

"Watch that First Step..." (it's a doozy)

flic.kr/p/21uyHXB

#blackandwhitephotography #photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #ElmwoodPark #Omaha #snow #ECK

😄

Color photo showing TastyKake Butterscotch Krimpets on sale in a Star Market grocery store in Boston (Prudential / Back Bay).

Color photo showing several different types of TastyKake snack products on sale in a Star Market grocery store in Boston (Prudential / Back Bay).

So, ALL #TastyKake products are on sale at my local (Pru) Star Market. Perhaps to clear out any iconically Philadelphia-related products in advance of the #Celtics 🏀☘️ v. Philly #76ers #NBAPlayoffs Round 1 games?
(didn't check candy aisle to see if Goldenberg's Peanut Chews were also on sale😆)

😆 indeed 😄

😆 (hearing Jim Backus Mr. Magoo voice in my head)

Ha! Thx, and agreed. I don't have time to do as many Bluesky music challenges as I might enjoy, but have learned of new music and connected w/ disparate folks about old and new music and artist faves--from jazz, hip hop, and & other genres.

So, #jazzsky informed me that it's #BusterWilliams birthday. 🎂

After seeing a couple other #happybirthdayBusterWilliams posts, I was going to share this, from possibly my fave #HerbieHancock Lp, with its exquisite Buster bass solo. . .but ludditerobot.bsky.social‬ beat me to it. 😄 So, reposting:

Massive Attack: Boots on the Ground (ft Tom Waits) review – first single in a decade is a dark hymn for our times Unsettling breathing, arrhythmic clatter, gloomy piano and military snares underpin a Beefheartian portrayal of a boorish warmonger on the band’s ominous return

...Guardian on Boots on the Ground:

"first #MassiveAttack single in a decade (automatically a sense of event) is a dark hymn for our times. Unsettling breathing, arrhythmic clatter, gloomy piano & military snares underpin a Beefheartian portrayal of a boorish warmonger on the band’s ominous return.

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

New #TomWaits & #MassiveAttack collab. Visually striking vid by Massive Attack (& documentary photos by #thefinaleye) w/ blunt lyrics, it links the cruel, authoritarian impulses of Trump 1.0 and responses to Black Lives Matter protests to the full out, brutal authoritarian Tump 2.0 ICE raids & more:

ICE And The Absence Of Accountability Earlier this month, at the notorious state-run immigration detention facility in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by state officials, there was another incident.

In Maine, ICE brazenly called their operation “catch of the day.” The banal inhumanity of it all is overwhelming. The deaths, the injuries, the conditions in detention, the brazen disregard for people’s rights, including American citizens. And it’s still happening.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

"Who the hell wrote that?"
Trump's never heard the term corner store?!

Jonathan Richman would like a word:

"I don't expect you to feel my way
But you don't know the trees that were there before
And now I want them to put back that old corner store"

youtu.be/q5lq_FIjbOo?...

😄it was the crowd’s loss!😆

björk - i miss you YouTube video by björk

#IsMuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
17. Bouncy Song / Song with a Bounce

Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce" too obvious, so:

Bjork: "I Miss You" (Post, 1996)

youtu.be/ybDX_5hQ6So?...

The Bluesky Merry-Go-Round broke down? There's only one person who can get it working again:

(inspired by the old "the last engineer left at twitter" meme of Joe Rinaudo)
youtu.be/mzO5MbCJZZ4?...

Boots On The Ground Tom Waits x Massive Attack

well this is pretty massive, pun intended

tomwaits.ffm.to/bootsonthegr...

How Black Music Took Over the World One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora...

TODAY IS THE DAY!
My Book…….. Is Out

www.basicbooks.com/titles/melvi...

😆 (or the classic marimba ringtone)

Among the best vibes of any #Stereolab piece.
(Uh, vibes as in vibraphone. But great vibe vibes as well😄)

I’m much more familiar with Mary Halvorson (loved her recent About Ghosts LP and saw her last Fall) but want to check out more Akinsumire. So thx! 😃

One down. Three to go.

I literally just ran "Jesus AI Image" through Google and guess what motif is consistant with Doctor Trump?

Trump: "It wasn't a depiction. I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support and only the fake news could come up with that one."

🤨

. . . also: bsky.app/profile/deck...

… #VijayIyer and #MarcCary performing at the #RandyWeston Centennial celebration, performance, and discussion at Harvard.

Vijay Iyer, Marc Cary and Rodney Kendrick take a bow after performing at the Randy Weston Centennial celebration, concert, and discussion.

…
1. #VijayIyer and #MarcCary performing at the #RandyWeston Centennial celebration, performance, and discussion at Harvard.

2. Vijay Iyer and Marc Cary and #RodneyKendrick take a bow.

#jazzsky #jazz

Rodney Kendrick and Rhonda Ross Kendrick performing at the Randy Weston Centennial performance and discussion at Harvard. Rhonda here delivered moving and poetic reflections on Randy Weston centered around “Prayer. Protest (and mass protest). And Peace. ☮️

… #RodneyKendrick 🎹 and #RhondaRossKendrick performing at the #RandyWeston Centennial celebration, performance, and discussion at Harvard. Rhonda Kendrick here delivered moving and poetic reflections on Randy Weston centered around “Prayer. Protest (including mass protest). And Peace. ☮️ #jazzsky