Tonight’s listening included In Through The Out Door and Meddle.

With some thoughtful setup, two speakers playing a record sounds every bit as good as surround sound programs played through 5.

Interesting. Updating a Windows 11 laptop at work. 24H2 update is available. After it downloaded and began the install process, I walked away from it to do some other work. When I came back to check its status, it’s back to downloading. Concerning, but interesting. Watching.

Waiting for the machine to make my morning cuppa at work, I had two completely different conversations. One where the individual was completely vulnerable about a tic. And a second revealed a mind-blowing but simple, tiny little thing a parent can do for their kid.

Miffed. One of my email providers does not mention in their mobile device set-up instructions that you must log into your account on the web and check a box to allow email retrieval on other devices and apps. My internet search revealed a forum where Apple support helped them do this.

I am a sucker for sequencers. In high school in the mornings I turned this up really loud. Had the house to myself for a half hour or so before catching the bus: The Fixx, Deeper and Deeper

Brief but spectacular Northern Lights visible overhead in my back yard in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I had the wrong device with me and could not capture good images.

Today I listened to side one of Peter Gabriel’s So album, and side 1 of Led Zeppelin’s In Through the Out Door. I had been gifted an inexpensive turntable and it was the first time I have played vinyl in at least two decades.

On the same token, if I meet people with more musical overlap on the Venn diagram, I’m never fan enough or weird enough or my collection is too shallow. I like what I like, and deeply so. But on that front I don’t feel like I’m part of a community.

If there was a Venn diagram of the music I listen to relative to almost anyone I know, the overlap is low. I’m not proud of this, but it’s a real thing. I’m super interested in learning more about new (to me) music and artists from others, but I don’t know many people who feel the same way.