Another Halloween tradition I had was listing to a lot of Goth music. One of my favorite albums was This Is The Way by A Scanner Darkly, and I think that album is somewhere in my dad’s basement. Fortunately, someone uploaded the album to YouTube. I hope Sub Rosa will release the LP digitally some day. 🎵
When I was younger, my Halloween tradition was to read one story from H.P. Lovecraft a day. I ended that tradition because I don’t have that kind of time anymore and because I’ve re-read his stories many times.“The Rats in the Walls” remains my favorite story by Lovecraft.
Currently reading: The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley 📚
Want to read: Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century by Philip Freeman 📚
Currently reading: The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri 📚
Now that I’m back in the office I’m finding the oddest things at my desk, like a bowl and a spoon that haven’t been washed in over a year and a half. Gross.
Just worked w/ Phil Freeman (https://burningambulance.com/) on recording his introduction to his mix for Genius & Soul. We talked about why he loves jazz, music journalism, & his forthcoming book, Ugly Beauty.
I never use Facebook, Gmail, Apple, Amazon, etc., to log in to the services I use. I don’t want to rely on the Stacks, so I’ll use my email address and generate a password.
Except for that one time I used Facebook to create an account with Spotify, and now that decision is biting me in the ass.
I made the exception with Spotify because I wanted to use the music service’s social media features. There didn’t seem any harm in it, but Facebook locked me out of my account for no apparent reason a year or so ago. Maybe my cat photos were too controversial?
I admit to trying a few times without successfully reactivating my account, but I didn’t care enough to resolve the issue. It was a minor inconvenience, but I didn’t miss Facebook as long as I still had access to Instagram and Facebook Messenger. And as we’ve learned what a terrible, awful, horrible company Facebook is, I was grateful that I couldn’t access my Facebook account.
Until this morning, when I found, I could no longer use Spotify.
So now I’m jumping through various hoops to reactivate my Facebook account. And once I do, I’m going to jump through whatever hoops are necessary to decouple my Spotify account from Facebook.
Lesson learned.
The other day by boy & I went grocery shopping & picked up a season box of Frankenberry cereal. I admit, I was excited. When we got home I poured myself a bowl I recalled that Monster cereals were more fun to eat than yummy. My first spoonful proved me right.
Hey, @bbohling, this is my knife I mentioned.
Published my first Now page. Keep tabs on this jetsetter.
I can hear the thunder rolling and I see lighting arcing through black storm clouds. Serendipity: I just came across on my walk with my dog.
Test pattern.
Finally seeing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in the theater. I have a couple of spiked podcasts I want to catch up on.
2021 photoblogging challenge 📷 day 1 — touch
Ripped.
Good morning, everyone!
I have 3 invitations to Literal.Club if you want one.
Tonight I get to see one of my favorite human beings on the planet: my grandkid.
DJ Shadow and Mark Mothersbaugh, if you should read this post, may I suggest you two gentlemen collaborate on an album? You can thank me later for the inspiration.
