My son just said “It feels like the end of Footloose. The town can dance again!”.

Hangin’ on my stoop, jammin’ to the new Ron Miles CD. #mbnov

My daughter was sitting near someone who tested positive for COVID-19, so now has to quarantine for 2 weeks. #mbnov

Astonish us, Detroit!! #mbnov

Saw this inflatable Trump with thumbs up while driving in rural Tennessee this afternoon. The sign leaning against it said “Say No To Creepy Joe”. O-kaaaaaay.

Whenever skies look gray to me And trouble begins to brew, Whenever the Winter winds become too strong, I concentrate on you. #mbnov

Microblogvember day 1 (better late than never). I had to move most of our plants into the garage overnight to keep them from freezing. Some may find this weather dreary, but to me it’s invigorating! #mbnov

Get the hell out of my hometown, you licentious cur.

Miles Davis - Double Image. I’ve been excited about this one for a while. Even though I’ve had the 1998 Complete Bitches Brew CD box set since it was released, it’s interesting to hear these sides as a stand alone record. Plus red vinyl!!

Apple’s Music app on macOS Big Sur is an absolute shit show. It keeps wanting to sync and turn on iCloud Music Library, which I tried long ago and hated. You can’t quit the app. You try to force quit, but it still keeps syncing in the background. THERE IS NOTHING TO SYNC.

This new release of a 1968 concert at Palo Alto High School is a delight. The vinyl release includes reproductions of the concert flyer and poster. Well done.

Material - The Western Lands feat. William S. Burroughs. Seven Souls (1989)

This fantastic 3-CD set could really use a limited edition 5-LP 50th anniversary Record Store Day release produced by Joe Harley and mastered by Kevin Gray.

I snagged a couple of nice records on Record Store Day #1 (8/29/20). But I am really looking forward to this in October…

I’ve been posting my favorite ‘Perfect’ albums on Instagram as part of Mike Montiero’s August challenge. Here is what I posted today.

perfect31 Day 24 of the @mikemonteiro perfect record challenge. Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars. This is a winter record. This is a curl up with a blanket and don’t leave the house for weeks record. It seems strange listening to this in August. This was recorded in New Brunswick in late December early January 1998-1999, deep in the middle of a grey, cold Canadian winter, with many more months of cold and snow to come. Doiron’s beautiful voice and Michael Feuerstack’s guitar lines just melt together in a melancholic, melodic and warm way. Perfect.

I got a 2017 Subaru Outback a couple of weeks back. It’s really great. I haven’t had a car with current technology maybe ever, so I get giddy whenever it beeps at me for drifting in my lane, or neglecting to pull away at a light in a timely manner. No car play, but the Bluetooth integration is solid.

I bought this beat-up, but playable copy on Saturday for 8 bucks. RIP, Jimmy Cobb.

New Vinyl Friday

Not something you get to see from your backyard every day!

Now playing with the new Plexamp app. I went for a walk and it looks like it was downsampling while on cellular. I didn’t notice, but I didn’t have noise canceling enabled on my AirPods Pro.

A new version of Plexamp is out for MacOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Linux! Shown here running on my new Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu. Also, RIP Lee Konitz.

Installing Focal Fossa daily build.

New Vinyl Friday 2020.03.13

King Curtis & The Kingpins - King Size Soul - Atco 1967

Gato Barbieri - Fenix - Flying Dutchman 1971

Erroll Garner - The Elf: The Savoy Sessions - Savoy Records Compilation 1976

Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up - Royal Roost 1960

Photo challenge Day 1.

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Opening my new Art Blakey record!

I just picked up this BN80 reissue of Lonnie Smith - Live At Club Mozambique pictured here along with my original 1995 Rare Groove CD. Wow does this new all-analog version mastered by Kevin Gray sound great.