I have no business being pedantic about this, but that weird notation you saw someone call music theory on the internet? It’s not music theory. It’s just weird notation.

Dr. Abbott for president.

Nike is just trolling all of us. Doesn’t make it right, just makes it even more lame.

This painting, titled "L'escalier" (The Staircase), was created by French painter Marc Chalmé, known for his mastery of shadow and light, often compared to Vermeer. His work captures "still light" in landscapes, still lifes, and scenes like this.

This painting, titled "L'escalier" (The Staircase), was created by French painter Marc Chalmé, known for his mastery of shadow and light, often compared to Vermeer. His work captures "still light" in landscapes, still lifes, and scenes like this.

Totally.

The way some folks are grossed out by the 1906 earthquake commemorations and stuff in San Francisco is kind of the most San Francisco in 2026 thing ever.

Joe Henderson album cover, RSD 2026 release.

Joe Henderson album cover (back), RSD 2026 release.

rsd2026 was fun this year. Thanks Streetlight Records! Joe Henderson from 1978. Stretchy.

Tesla widens regional footprint with deals in San Jose, Fremont Tesla has struck deals to lease two big industrial buildings, one in Fremont and the other in San Jose.

This week in "California Sucks For Business, Everybody's Leaving, But Not Really": www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/17/t...

Saturday is Record Store Day. I find that very exciting. So fuck you.

Looking for that one here too. 👍

There's only one person who can get Bluesky working again:

One of the ways I know I'm out of touch with my instrumental music past is how I'll never understand why Yamaha Silent Brass practice mutes don't have bluetooth. In 2026. It's weird.

Now I'm going to find out they do, but last time I looked they didn't.

Came here to say the same. Thank you.

Or demand for a service is outpacing supply. Same as it ever is, sometimes. “AI” is just a service being sold by companies. Kind of like how the cloud is just someone else’s computer.

But hey. Disruption! Paradigms shifting!

Orthogonal to the article. Sorry. Just saying though.

Agree. Made me think of a JATP CD box set I have. It’s interesting history, but the crowds and the cavernous venues make it kind of rough. The average Village Vanguard recording isn’t “live” in the same way at all, as something to listen to decades later.

Not parody.

The Real Charlie Parker - Sonny Rollins YouTube video by Jazz Video Guy

Sonny Rollins is awesome: youtu.be/QeTgXnD7bGc?...

All those engines on Starship give Cybertruck/designed-by-a-fourth-grader vibes.

It seems like ever since microcomputers/personal computers allowed us to have them in our homes, there have been people who have been trying to centralize that capability away from us again.

Especially since the internet. AI is the latest “pay us instead” move.

Lies authors tell themselves:

❌ Rejection means my story/my writing sucks.
❌ I'm not successful unless my book is a bestseller.
❌ I haven't been published by 30, so now it's too late.
❌ I don't have tons of social media followers, so I'll never get published.

This will always be known as the penalty-kill Congress. By me, anyway.

The first-person plural is the problem.

So, paperwork? Withdraw the AG subpoena and issue a personal one? Probably can't, because reasons, but still.

Barnes & Noble plans store in Cupertino - San José Spotlight In tech driven Silicon Valley, Barnes & Noble is bringing back its brick-and-mortar brand to Cupertino. The store is part of a nationwide expansion aimed at launching 60 locations in 2026.

Haven't they heard everyone just buys books online?

Just that I think someday we'll be saying something similar about the "AI is going to take all the jobs!" stuff. It's all totally oversold, I think. sanjosespotlight.com/barnes-noble...

Finally we can say what we REALLY think about the Artemis astronauts.

Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country

Here come the sternly worded letters.

Today in "How They're Leaving Us Behind"...

LOL "orgainically"

Milllions of people voted for this administration. Millions of people voted for this.