I hope you’re having a good day. I wish you the best of luck in keeping the signal to noise ratio trending in a good direction.

No advice. No sales. Just a person here wanting to be a part of building something better for everyone.

"Wax and Wane" by Deftones

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We never wax steady we wax and wane.

This one hits a little harder. Very faithful cover but with Deftone’s drummer handling the rhythm where I’m certain the ‘Twins used a machine.

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My kid’s listening to Laurie Anderson. Excellent!

Looking West on Margaret Street, enjoying the sunset earlier this evening

Sometimes it rains on the island. Even in July.

"Movement II" by Echodrone

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Echodrone is definitely one of my favorite bands. I have been listening to them since I rediscovered bands were still making Shoegaze in the 2000s. They just released Music for 6 Musicians I think on the 27th, and today I noticed Apple Music recommended the new album to me. I bought it 4 tracks in, and basically listened to it twice straight through. The version of the album I bought has a 40+ minute Director's Cut at the end which is effectively the full album as a single track. Loved it both times. Movement II, which I have linked to for the purposes of this post, is exemplary.

I’m at the point in my Animal Crossing New Horizon’s play where I take everything to Cyrus to see what’s possible. I haven’t thought of everything, yet.

"Sleeper In Metropolis" by Anne Clark

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I found out about this song reading a Wikipedia entry about another possibly infamous performance art track that stole or borrowed heavily from it. I wish I had known about Sleeper in Metropolis sooner. This is very much a product of its era, released in 1983, and now I have another artist's entire career to explore.

TIL that Apple Wallet/Apple Pay can inject information into your order that you did not expect. I created a problem and it has consequences. SO just be certain that your billing and shipping address in the Apple Wallet app are what you expect with respect to the order you are placing and for whom.

That moment you decide to bookmark a page after searching for the chat for the link. Then you realize there is already a shortcut clearly visible at the top of the browser window.