the usual suspects from set 1 of Grateful Dead shows I'm always happy to see on the setlist: Bird Song, China Cat, I Know You Rider (especially China > Rider), Sugaree, Peggy-O, Loser, Deal, Bertha, Jack Straw, Cassidy, Mississippi Half-Step, Dire Wolf, Brown Eyed Women, Passenger, Candyman

recorded another house music mix on.soundcloud.com/tAaqAsAty4n2...

tonight the Cure played “Mint Car” for the first time in a decade 🥹

(sports post) the national media discounted the Knicks all playoffs because they hate talking about New York

My contribution to the Platner discourse is that at the beginning and end of nearly every episode of Revolutions podcast, I get an ad that cold opens, “Have you ever thought about living in the great state of Maine after military service?” to which the answer is I have not but I guess someone has

Anyway here’s Junie

As I hit “unsubscribe” from the Marathon subreddit, I found myself thinking “I wish there was a way to stay updated on Marathon without seeing the discourse,” which of course is not limited to Marathon. Someone should make normal websites again. Non-social media.

One of the early 007 First Light missions is set at a black market bazar in the desert in Mauritania (north Africa), and walking around you can hear music by the Tuareg band Tinariwen, who hail from neighboring Algeria. Pretty good pull.

Haven’t been following 2026 releases closely, but I have been really enjoying Jump Source’s new album, Fold. Slots into the “moody, emotional dance music” lane of artists like Real Lies or CFCF (featured on a track here) or james K. Big recommend. jumpsource.bandcamp.com/album/fold

In 2022, I decided to re-dedicate myself to climbing all 58 of Colorado’s 14,000’ peaks by 2030, when I would turn 40, which seemed like a reasonable deadline. Now, 14ers.com, the online bible for these mountains, is on the same timeline: 4 more years for this project.

“James McMurtry plays the Continental Club twice a week every week for a $10/15 cover” increasingly feels like the last stand of old Austin. one of these days one of them will decide they can’t make it here anymore.

recently became enamored with this deep house album by Japanese producer Mr. YT. Just beautiful, rich, layered compositions that still feel appropriately minimal in places; really lovely stuff mryt.bandcamp.com/album/brand-...

rude. in my day we called that Italo-disco.

Shoutout Frankie Knuckles

Canvas is down, ye say? Aye lad hearken to me and I'll tell thee of a time when a man might say canvas was down! When the leviathan booms his bulk upon ye an' thy splintered masts surrender their sails to the foaming, merciless drink!! then, lad, ye say might say with some authority that can (1/135)

Frank Lloyd Wright compared the Sonoran landscape to the sea bed, all flat bottom and rocky relief, the cactus as diverse and monumental as coral... and bro was cooking

hello Junie

played a fun late nite set for a fire circle last weekend. was so excited to bust out Pepe Braddock’s Deep Burnt that I almost forgot to record so it starts a couple minutes in. other than opening w Deep Burnt, the set was unplanned and turned out pretty good on.soundcloud.com/2qfNpRXx7erx...

Donating to the @edsbs.bsky.social Charity Bowl to support refugees. When they play this year, it will have been 5,841 days since A&M last beat Texas in football. Donating $58.41 for each offensive TD A&M has scored against Texas since then (2), for a total of $116.82 (+fees). edsbscharitybowl.com

something tragic about Jokic hitting left handed hook shots in the playoffs at 11:36 CT when so many of the nation’s dads are fast asleep

🎶 sex on the beaches, what else is in the teaches of peaches… 🎶

Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891

The Geese “psyop” story (PR firm used fake accounts to game social algorithms) isn’t about whether ppl know that record labels use PR firms to push records, but that ppl don’t know or think about what modern PR looks like (Playing the Algo Game). The story is “algorithms killed word of mouth.”

Pulling tracks for a radio show and I discovered that 2/26/73 does NOT have a really good Deal. It’s a really good Loser (which of course has the line “last fair deal in the country” in the chorus), I always mix them up. We regret the error. Don’t you let that deal go down, etc

big yawn, little cat

This is a frightening map, especially given the fact that this is normally near the peak in snowpack across the West. There are many far-reaching consequences from this historic snow drought, ranging from increasing risk of summer wildfires to major water concerns. Map by nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov

It's Friday night baby

The sun shines every day in hell.

Oh well. I'm sure I'll find a way to take care of this problem.

I'd be so annoying on artemis 2. I'd demand to listen to pink floyd the entire time

Finished listening to the Grateful Dead’s 36 volume Dick’s Picks series. Took me nearly 3 mo of listening to the Dead (& the 36FTV pod) exclusively, every day, which I didn’t plan to do or force myself to do; I just kept wanting to hear more instead of doing anything else. What a band.

Good trees

this is great because it's like she has her own throne 👑

Junie Update: last week I threw this blanket that’s usually on our bed onto this chair, and since then Junie has spent roughly 16 hours per day on it

HOLY SHIT UCONN

Mueller’s FBI persecuted Muslims nationwide. He was responsible for one of the most egregious, systemic violations of civil rights in the history of the FBI, which is saying a whole lot. This was Mueller’s FBI:

Burrowing Owl on the ground making sure visitors read the sign!!! #birdoftheday birds on the ground photo by David Chernoff

I am now caught up on posting my trip thru the Dick’s Picks series of Grateful Dead releases (25 of 36 down). Will keep updating the thread for the final 11 as I get to them. Very much recommend this project, with caveats (it’s a lot of music and it’s not all good but when it is, it’s transcendent).

OH. MY. GAWD.

speakers cat

Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"

Junie,,, hello

sxsw weekend, big things happening in my world of course, let’s see, the highlight was probably when I set up the PA system in my office and pulled up Sunshine Daydream on Vimeo and blasted the Dark Star sequence while drinking sazeracs

Birdwatching with Junie

Over the past couple weeks, I have been stalked by this ad for a free webinar on how to actively manage semi-arid rangeland. I get it 1-3x per day. Twice in the last 10 minutes. The picture looks nice but active management isn’t my preferred approach to semi-arid rangeland