In 1991, Ronald went through a brief “M.C. Donald” phase - you can’t touch this!

swimming in the deep end of Bass Lake

When I pass this sign outside the local McDonald’s, I always misread it as FRIED PIG IS BACK, which is a frightening thought indeed

an anniversary I know will be dear to @jabartlett.bsky.social (ducks): 50 yrs since the release of Olias of Sunhillow.

there’s a pile of photos in my Flickr account, dated July 2009, from the briefly entertaining but immediately forgotten Yearbook Yourself

Francou potted five, but Kpardeh’s was … nice

just about have the first EP by the pseudonymous musical project ready and am wondering whether to put it on Bandcamp, or someplace else. I'm not gonna promote it, and I don't expect anyone to hear it ... but at the same time I don't feel like putting it on a platform that might be cooked.

huh-huh. huh-huh he said "Red Sox blow" that's awesome

while stuck inside we watch the rain and mark Joe Zawinul's born-day

absolutely dumping rain here in the 508/774. Supposed to be a running night but not sure I want a gold medal quite that badly.

Born this day, 1932: Pianist, keyboardist, composer Joe Zawinul in Vienna, Austria. A participant in Miles' multi-keyboard experiments in 1968-70 he also composed 𝗜𝗻 𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘆, 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗵'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 and, the customary set opener mid 1969-late 1971, 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis

the way autocorrect automatically drops the umlaut onto Motörhead is impressive. The way it immediately follows up by turning “Lemmy“ into “Lenny” is not.

Cleaning off the #Charmera for the #ShittyCameraChallenge. One of these pix predates the formal start of the latest Challenge, but if our weary world stops turning, that will not be the cause.

Abandon hope, all ye who enter dale

Jeff Tackett

from the I Guess Things Today Could Be A Little Worse file: OTD 50 years ago, the Mass. State Police are investigating the 13th bombing in 10 weeks.

as caricatures go, these are pretty good by ‘64 standards; only Wyman is a complete swing-and-a-miss (he looks more like Ron Wood!)

band of the hand

it did wonders for this young man

CPU MELVIN PHARMACY: 1558 COMMONWEALTH AVE, BRIGHTON MA 02135-5033

now that the heat dome is gone I gotta do something with my neglected sourdough. Doubtless I will post pictures. Try to contain your excitement

thought randomly of Country Time lemonade and involuntarily shuddered at the thought of just how much sugary lemonade and iced tea powdered mix I consumed as a child

JNIL that Bobby Vinton served in the US Army as a chaplain’s assistant and I did not know that was a thing you could do. (This has nothing to do with the World Cup, I know)

To inspire and discover, to see what lies beyond. From the Green Mountains to the galaxy. No turning back now. 🪐 The official match poster for Vermont Green FC vs Eagle FC in the USLW Eastern Conference Final. July 5, 6pm at Virtue Field. Designed in Burlington by Tyler Littwin.

Reading a 1971 beginners' guide to photography on @archive.org and imagining the long-ago day when somebody's daughter, niece, or next-door neighbor agreed to go out and sit for a bunch of photos illustrating different camera settings. Wonder who, when, and where?

it's Shohei and Goose's birthdays, but the all-time wins leader for a pitcher born on July 5 is ... from Lynn, Massachusetts, Irving "Bump" Hadley, with 161. Also the 7/5 leader for losses, games started, innings pitched, and walks.

He was coffee before coffee was cool

Berries are icumen in

OK, party’s over. Back to work. Can you give 🩸?

there’s a song about beseeching God for soccer favors …

Overcome by heat, I assume

Weekend dinner prep starts early (spring rolls - all the individual bits need prepping) so we have some appropriate weekend cooking music. Gerry Beckley’s sadboi anthem “I Need You” is my fave, but there’s a bunch of songs here that are hard to stop humming.

my only concession to 250th merch - and I’m not saving/collecting the cans

went out in the heat to do some yard work. as threatened a few days ago, I took out the box of license plates for the first time in quite a while, as I was already in the shed. First, the Bicentennials….

My old employer, the Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pa., proving once again that all news is local. #localangle @chrissteller.bsky.social

the tri-state area’s most iconic jazz venue

Come for pictures taken 50 years ago today, stay for a foray into 20th century American community building. musicofmylife.net/2026/07/04/b...

the stereo’s gonna go one of these years - it’s just not getting used a lot - but the annual Fourth of July Charles Ives orgy is ON.

I feel like putting on “Almost Independence Day” but I haven’t been in the mood for a Van Morrison deep-dive trancefest in quite a while.

1) women in impossibly short skirts threaten the success of men, because of course they do 2) does every film made before 1955 have to have a moment where a man, a woman, and another man walk rhythmically arm in arm?

second repost, same as the first

looks like they … fixed the pictures? 🤞 … so here’s what those gray boxes were that you skipped over seven hours ago ‘cause you couldn’t see ‘em

Hey, now.

A Jim Palmer is pouring pop rocks into Earl Weaver's coffee

thong rind klaxon

going through the camera roll; some snapshots from previous July 3rds

a morning stroll indicates that one neighbor still gets the hard-copy Boston Herald delivered … and a sad, skinny thing it was indeed.

40 years ago today, bob dylan & the grateful dead play together for the 1st time & it’s rather absurd. i wrote about it for for @raypadgett.bsky.social's newsletter (with videos): www.flaggingdown.com/p/bob-dylans... tapes, notes, newspaper clips, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite