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Our 96-year-old neighbor was admitted to the hospital last night and early (early!) this morning my wife headed down to sit with him until his family can arrive. Never know what the day will bring. Except coffee. Lots of coffee.
2025 Reads: Brighton Rock by Graham Greene 📚
I’m enjoying this 1001 Albums Generator. Each day it randomly selects one album from the classic book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die for you to listen to, provides links to it on streaming services, and the next day gives you a chance to rate/review it.
I was today years old when I realized the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was only in 1975, a mere 18 months before I was born. I had for some reason always assumed it was a late 19th century event. No idea why.
My eBayed Shure SM7B showed up today. Looks legit still factory sealed but just has been sitting on a shelf for a while. Did comparative recordings between it and the Shure MV7+ and it wasn’t close. The SM7B sounded SO GOOD. Returning the MV7+ for sure.
It’s been a long time since I was in the market for some IEMs. I have a set of Shure SE215s for 8 years that I use every day at work. Wanted a set for home and tried Moondrop CHU IIs for < $25. Amazing clarity. Not as bass-heavy as the Shures, but impressive at the price.
Spent 10 minutes trying to figure out if a software update had completely hosed up my TCL RokuTV. Turns out the remote control batteries were just dying and causing the remote to malfunction spectacularly.
2025 Reads: The Trees: A Novel by Percival Everett 📚
I’ve spent a lifetime as an evangelical church musician, but this discussion of church music and musicians on the Jesuitical podcast is the most sensitive, nuanced, insightful conversation I’ve run across on the topic.