🧵 I had a revelation about a month ago regarding my workflow for editing my photography. I was happiest when I was using Apple Aperture. When Apple discontinued the app, like many, I had to move to Lightroom. I was never happy with it. And I hated the subscription model.

#NCBD Quick Pick: Missed out on the recent Magik series that our host @jandrewscott.com was collecting like crazy? Here's a second chance to snag the last 5 issues in trade and see for yourself if it was a "trick" or a "treat"!

🧵 The new Apple Music app for macOS Tahoe is so bad. A bad combination of ugly Mac UX crammed into what is quite clearly an iPad app poorly ported to the Mac. It's been getting progressively worse iteration after iteration since Apple ditched iTunes in macOS Catalina and now is completely unusable.

Spinning tonight…. Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville (2018 US reissue) “You are, you are shining some glory on me…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Lonely Boat – Balatguti, Philippines – Fujifilm X-Pro2, XF 23mm f/2 #photography #fujifilm

Camel with sledge, northern China, 1910

The best chicken by far...and I love those mango pies!

Yes

FROM THE ARCHIVES | A turkey gets the VIP treatment on the way to Bear Cat base camp in Vietnam, where hungry 9th Infantry Division soldiers await its arrival, in November 1967.

Anyone gifting a copy of Her Lotus Year (or any of my books) this Christmas? If you want a signed exlibris bookplate let me know and i’ll get one in the post to you….

This has been added my Christmas rotation, joining Die Hard, A Christmas Vacation, Miracle On 34th Street, Homicide: Life on the Street "All Through the House," Seinfeld "The Strike," Mythic Quest "The 12 Hours of Christmas," MST3K "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians," and M*A*S*H "Dear Dad."

Apparently my cultural reference was a bit too obscure... "I had to look up who that was..." "And the song too...It was from a movie from 18 years ago; cut me some slack ;-)" All I can say is that I do like me a Vincent Cassel film...

Marvel Comics that were on sale with cover dates of August 1968.

Spinning tonight…. Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive! (1976 US pressing) “Do you feel like we do?” #VinylSky #RecordSky #Vinyl

Excited for the start of the Ashes on Friday. I don't get to talk about cricket that much on @lastcomicshoppodcast.com but when I do, it's usually because someone like @paulcornell.bsky.social is on and we're talking Bazball while the rest of the hosts listen in utter bafflement!

Spinning tonight…. Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert (2010 EU reissue) #VinylSky #RecordSky #Vinyl

Spinning tonight…. Frank Sinatra: Ultimate Sinatra (2019 US reissue) “Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Oh, it's just @lastcomicshoppodcast.com featuring some of my Solar: Man of the Atom run with a very apt Old Man Atom by the Sons of the Pioneers.

#NCBD Quick Pick: What's better than one Darkchilde cover appearance? How about three of them! Magik's better half comes out to play in the second issue of Amazing X-Men.

Spinning tonight…. Puccini - Tosca: Maria Callas (2023 German mono pressing, 2014 remaster, 1953 recording) “I lived for art, I lived for love…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl #LaDivina

Chinatown Gate – Manila, Philippines – Leica M3, Elmar 5cm f/3.5, Kodak Tri-X 400 #photography #fujifilm #photosky

#NCBD Quick Pick: @jandrewscott.com is sad to see the series conclude as @gregpak.net wraps up his five issue run of the Death of the Silver Surfer this week.

#NCBD Quick Pick: Jeff the Landshark ✓ Magik ✓ Scarlet Witch ✓ @kellythompson.bsky.social writing ✓ @tokitokoro.bsky.social art ✓ BUY THIS TODAY!!!!

Spinning tonight…. Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones (2019 US reissue) “We love to play the blues…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Spinning tonight…. Pieces of Man: Gil Scott-Heron (2014 UK reissue) “The revolution will be live…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Today’s office…

Spent my Sunday catching up on @kellythompson.bsky.social's Birds of Prey series. Sad that the book is being canceled after issue 28, it is some of the best stuff coming out of DC at the moment. I will miss the monthly Barda/Little Bat interactions.

Spinning tonight…. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976 US pressing) “It's alright if you love me It's alright if you don't…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Small Town – Annville, PA, USA – Fujifilm X-Pro2, XF 23mm f/2 #photography #fujifilm #photosky

Post a female character you love 💜

This week we review @teabuoy.bsky.social’s “The Best We Could Do.”

I need help. A friend shared this clip, and now I need to know who is this band?

Dusk – Balatguti, Philippines – Fujifilm X-Pro2, XF 16mm f/2.8 #BlueSkyArtShow #skyline #fujifilm

Spinning tonight…. Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (2021 US reissue) “I'm not a child anymore, I'm tall enough to reach for the stars….” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Chinatown Traffic – Manila, Philippines – Leica M3, Elmar 5cm f/3.5, Kodak Tri-X 400 #photography #film #photosky

Spinning tonight…. Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream (2011 US reissue) “Tell me all of your secrets….’” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Spinning tonight…. Blondie: Parallel Lines (2015 EU reissue) “I had to interrupt and stop this conversation….’” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Spinning tonight…. Linda Ronstadt: Living in the USA (1978 US pressing) “I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful….’” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Before and after… Just got some great replacement ear pads from Wicked Cushions…ready to record the next 250+ episodes of the @lastcomicshoppodcast.com and listen to some vintage vinyl.

Spinning tonight…. Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (2010 US mono reissue) “Remember me to one who lives there….’” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Spinning tonight…. Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976 UK pressing and 2018 US remastered reissue) “It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled….’” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

"We set down on K2-18b on company orders to retrieve that thing"

Spinning tonight…. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982 US pressing) “People always told me, ‘Be carful of what you do….’” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Power chord – Manila, Philippines – Fujifilm X100 #photography #fujifilm #photosky

Jam session – Manila, Philippines – Fujifilm X100 #photography #fujifilm #photosky

Spinning tonight…. Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All the Rest (2020 Deluxe Edition, US pressing) “I’m so tired of being tired” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Spinning tonight…. PJ Harvey: Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea - Demos (2021 Germany pressing) “Everybody’s got something good to say…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

An approaching typhoon has brought moody rain, turning this evening into an extended listening session… Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence (2014 US pressing) “And I can’t do nothing about his strange weather…” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl

Airport expressway – Shanghai, China – Lomo Compact Automat, Kodak ColorPlus 200

Spinning tonight…. Kate Bush: Never for Ever (1980 Japan pressing) “Ooh, he’s a moody Old Man” #VinylSky #RecordSky #vinyl