I went to Amoeba Music today to celebrate our boy’s birthday. He’s into vinyl and picked up an album from Tomahawk’s Tonic Immobility and Crazy Horse and Neil Young’s Zuma. I had a list of five CDs I was hoping to find but turned up nothing. When I got home, I found them all on eBay and Amazon. On the other hand, I did discover Killing Joke’s Malicious Damage live album that looks pretty dope, and Solti’s Wagner’s Götterdämmerung boxed set.
We made the pilgrimage to Amoeba Music.
Chasing bubbles.
I’m not a fan of Star Trek: Discovery’s Black Alert SFX.
For your aural enjoyment for you to you a playlist lovingly crafted by musicians, deejays, music journalists, podcasters, etc. Listen https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zVh0MbpA5QUnPuM2v9N9X?si=gyXAJ7WmS7iO-hMzHSKXyQ
My son is into vinyl, so for his birthday, we’re taking him to the now re-opened Amoeba Music in Los Angeles this weekend. Aside from a Ween LP, I know he’s after. I have no idea what he’ll pick. And I’ll be on the lookout for a SWANS cd.
The last few days, I’ve been doing a deep dive listening to the Cerebro and Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men podcasts. It’s been a blast because I devoured X-Men from the 80s-00s. I had so few opportunities to talk X-lore, and those shows fill that need I didn’t know I had.
You know me too well, SoundCloud.
Duke’s La Jolla.
Strike a pose.
Boing Boing turned me onto an episode of Cerebro that did a deep dive on Magneto. Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nation security reporter argues Magneto’s sociopolitical implications in the Marvel Universe. https://anchor.fm/cerebrocast/episodes/Episode-016-Erik-Magnus-Lehnsherr-feat–Spencer-Ackerman-enoh95
I tried a bunch of themes for Drafts this weekend and Night Owl is my favorite. Dark mode doesn’t always work for me but there are some apps that… ah… shine in dark mode. I’d love a dark mode option for the Micro.blog app on iOS, aside form selecting dark mode globally.
Tonight’s goal: inbox zero.
My dog, Blossom, does not play well with other dogs. She’s too excitable, and I can’t rust that she’ll fly off the handle around another dog. But there is a husky on our daily walk, which she is pretty friendly with. Tonight was the longest they’ve spent in each other’s presence: three minutes. There was lots of nuzzling and licking of fur. The fence helps keep Blossom calm.
🎧 Winding down your Sunday evening? May I suggest today’s SOUNDWAVE mix by Michał Milczarek? It’s a blend of ambient, trip hop, chillout and downtempo with music from Envee, IDRA, KMRU, meeting by chance, Julianna Barwick, Palette, and Thom Yorke.
Listen http://josephaleo.com/blog/soundwave-54-michal-milczarek/
Watching baby shark videos with the grandkid.
Peter van Cooten, founder of Ambientblog, is this week’s guest deejay on Soundwave. It’s more of a collage of sounds than a mix. Music by Biosphere, Lustmord, William Basinski and more. Enjoy! http://josephaleo.com/blog/soundwave-53-ambientblog/
I went to an on-site meeting today and it was the first time I’ve seen some of my teammates in over a year.
Last weekend I received my first vaccination shot.
I hadn’t had much luck getting an appointment. I seemed to miss every window. Not that I was anxious about it because I knew I’d get vaccinated eventually. Still, sooner would be better than later.
Saturday, I was out shopping for groceries. It was a little alarming because a guy was constantly coughing who always ended up in the same aisle as me. In the last, I don’t think it would have pinged my radar, but in a pandemic, it was a bit concerning.
While I was in line at the deli, my phone rang. It was a call from a pharmacy I had signed up for to be on their vaccination waitlist a few weeks earlier. They had some extra doses, and if I could make it to their pharmacy before closing, I could get my first shot. Could I make it? Most definitely.
I rushed to the register to be rung up. The woman at the register stopped and held up my cilantro and asked if it was regular cilantro or organic. I told her I had a vaccination appointment to get to and to charge whatever she wanted.
I got the hell out of the supermarket and made it to the Mercy Plaza Pharmacy. After filling out some paperwork, I got my shot. Didn’t feel a thing.
While I was waiting out my mandatory 15 minutes to see if there were any ill effects, the owner came by to check up on me. Hell of a nice guy. Turns out his pharmacy is independent and family-owned. He was proud of his teenage son for volunteering at the pharmacy during the pandemic. I was proud, too.
I had such a great time talking to the guy that weird as it may sound; I can’t wait for my next shot.
While I’m sad that Twitter shuttered Periscope, I have to admit I rarely watched it myself. It seemed like most people were posting videos of themselves smoking joints. I never understood the appeal of those videos. It’s like watching paint dry. Anyway, I guess I’ll be using Instagram Live until a decent replacement comes around.
