Writing, sequenced.
Posts appear here in the order they were published. Use the tags at the end of each entry to follow specific topics. A separate public Map of Content lives in Notion. There, ideas connect across time. Context compounds.
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Charles Dickens opens his historical novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859) with: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of...
We back up.
Stopping by woods
photo by Pierre Jarry I posted here a bit more than usual this week, and, while I am liking WordPress just fine, I keep pondering Notion as a distinct and complementary parallel engine and repository. March 24th March 20th March 18th These might make a nice time-lapse...
+2 Simple Steps
photo by Andraz Lazic I have added two elements since last month's list: added the means for y'all to include media in Comments to posts, and received two images from Ricardo started a public Notion instance alongside this blog confirmed the site is automatically...
A helping Hand
Ricardo's extolling Thank You A Lot spurred my investigating both movie and musician. On the film, you can see: its Kickstarter project, IMDB entry, and Wikipedia page; Slackerwood's set visit, interview, and review; even the film itself, streaming on Amazon Prime...
Back deck: March 22, 2024
This week's conversations nicely kept remixing as folks streamed in and out and moved around. Early chats explored the career arcs of Willie and Waylon, Ben and Matt, Dan and Bill, as we also discussed the different ethoi of Austin, LA, Nashville, and NYC, including...
Rocco’s electric avenue
Hopefully you've met Rocco around Mozart's some Friday morning, and maybe you caught his Show And Tell last summer: Rocco's truck Gator yields vivid Show And Tell. Rocco's company, Current EV Motors, converted his 1978 Ford F150 into a fully electric truck. Pretty...
A melodic visitor March 29
Regulars, I recommend you make March 29's edition so you can meet Aaron Tanner, hang out, and hear his story. Visiting Austin from Indiana, he will join us. Click the images to see more at Melodic Virtue. Aaron founded Melodic Virtue, a small, artist-friendly...
Stop and look around May 17.
An annual tradition will soon return, and I must telegraph the date because unlike Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron, we adults have responsibilities and logistics to arrange to make this possible. This year's Regulars Day Off will happen on Friday, May 17. Find us at...
Doom Wop, added
A few friends have recently recommended Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, so I started poking around. "It's like Andrew W.K., but less party.""It's metal you can dance to," explains Lydon. "It's pop metal. Doom-wop." The Austin Chronicle, June 24, 2022: "Rickshaw...