That’s a good way to say it, Ian. Succint review

and this…what?!?

Rebuilding After Fires, L.A. Neighbors Join Forces and Innovate

Rebuilding After Fires, LA Neighbors Join Forces and Innovate

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/a...

what a great class of inductees

The description def did mention it. I went over to ‘the other place’ to search there, and this was what someone (I think at an NC Alamo) got - it’s a decent set!

I’m curious to see what special items the audience gets; missed out on a seat myself

yes, that’s a heart that works

An Underwater Phantom Is Killing Fish and Breaking Hearts

An Underwater Phantom Is Killing Fish and Breaking Hearts

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

letter board for My Undesirable Friends in Theater 2 at Austin Film Society this afternoon

One of the very best things I’ve watched recently. I was lucky to catch it at AFS but it is also streaming. My Undesirable Friends, Last Air in Moscow

The Nine Inch Noize set at Coachella is a creative leap in set production, with dancers (his ghosts? cornstarch days?) cleverly layered on a tilted stage. I didn’t love all the song remixes, but admire the effort put in. Year Zero musical? LA Olympics opening ceremony?!? EGOT in the future?

I’ve lost track how many countries this scene has played out the same way

send one of the farmers over to the RTE studio for Tiernan to interview, I’d watch that

ahhh The XX set at Coachella was so good!

Another year grateful for this livestream

Can a Renovation Breathe New Life Into Paris’s Home for the Dead?

Can a Renovation Breathe New Life Into Paris’s Home For the Dead?

Catacombs!

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/w...

photo of two women with their small dogs; one of the dogs is a Maltese. Caption “Iranians with their dogs at a park in Tehran on Sunday” Atta Kenare/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images, from an article on dog walking being a crime, June 2025 NYT

I had saved this photo from a June 2025 NYT article

Yeah. One of his recentish lyrics is ‘always been 10 years ahead of you, over and over again’

I always wished he’d keep Hyperpower into Beginning on the setlists, but he does seem to give a different YZ track a big hug and updated rework each new tour. Vessel got it this past tour, even heavier than the first version. He keeps reminding us how relevant the album still is

That’s such a great song, one of my favorites. A fine day to play the whole album.

Hi there Ian

Agree, all, next-level. I’m even grading on a curve, dude’s been provocative longer than we’ve been alive. Out of nostalgia I sometimes go and listen to the epic Sean O’Rourke interview, sigh

I’m glad you noted this. Watched him say it, and shook my head as I recognized the especially provocative stuff he says (that slips out so easily nowadays).

‘Hacks’ Has the Last Laugh

’Hacks’ Has the Last Laugh

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/a...

Hockey Rinks Turn to Plastic Ice as Planet Warms

Hockey Rinks Turn to Plastic Ice as Planet Warms

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/b...

Emo’s Austin entrance with Sunn O

lights above the wall of speakers and two band members seen through the stage smoke/fog

hands up at the end of the show

First Sunn O))) show, first real contact with their music too. Loops with 32 db foam over those and topped with headphones helped me protect my ears. Satisfied with the whole thing.

Designs for New York’s A.D.U.s Are Here. These Are Our Favorites.

Designs for New York’s ADU’s Are Here. These Are Our Favorites

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/r...

anyone headed to the Chicago event, have a great time, and my experience: the WBEZ promotional lists are not straightforward to unsubscribe from, like sludge, heads up if they get your email

Biruté Galdikas, 79, Who Worked to Save Wild Orangutans in Borneo, Dies

Birute Galdikas, 79, Who Worked to Save Wild Orangutans in Borneo, Dies

NYT gift article link

Would appreciate if someone knows how to add the correct accent mark to her name, please repost with that

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/s...

How ‘American Psycho’ and Marina Abramovic Fed the Met Opera’s ‘Tristan’

How ‘American Psycho’ and Marina Abramovic Fed the Met Opera’s ‘Tristan’

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/a...

thank you for posting this

Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC, as Told by Current and Former Employees (Gift Article) Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

Inside the Turmoil at Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s CDC

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Criticism

In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Criticism

NYT gift article link

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...