Check out the podcast at this link from an outfit called ZBS Media

Link to info about ZBS here.

I have done a bunch of work with people who were deep into Psychoacoustics. I worked for a sound company called "Ultra Sound" that provided audio for touring bands. That company had west and east coast offices. The people who owned that company included some band members of the Grateful Dead. They provided sound at the Dead's shows for many years. I never worked a Dead Show for them. I worked out of the east coast office and went out on tour providing audio services for a number of other acts. Little know fact about that company was that there was fire at the warehouse in New Jersey. It destroyed a whole lot of high end audio equipment. The space cadet lady with the purple hair back at the west coast office had failed to pay the insurance premium and it took them several years to recoup losses from that fire. Another little know fact about them is that one of the custom made mixing boards from "Gamble Audio" was damaged when the bomb went off in the entertainment tent at the Olympics in Atlanta.
note: edited to add link about ZBS.

All quiet on the western front. Except for a yellow jacket nest in my front yard. Pre dawn attack with a hose, nozzle on full and hard. We will see soon enough.

Some interesting good news. whadda mess and yet this story is so moving.

Chris Hedges: My Student Comes Home

In 1990, Lawrence Bell was 14, orphaned and living in an abandoned house when three Camden cops pressured him to sign a confession of murder. Sunday, thanks to the dogged work of his laywer, he was freed.

Prisons, along with the police, are the twin pillars of social control. They are used by the ruling elites to keep those discarded by deindustrialization and austerity fearful, intimidated and neutralized. Break the reigns of terror by the police and the bonds of the world’s largest prison system and the ruling elites will stand naked before us. And this is why the reigning oligarchs, despite gaslighting us with promises of reform, have no intention of weakening the two principle institutions that keep those they have betrayed in bondage and themselves in power.

Thanks for the van gok. One of my faves. He ate his paint chems frim time to time. No wonder he was a bit nutty.

Hope you are finding fresh air and open spaces. Take good care and have a very good one, amigo.

Sounds great, the fishing and the getting out. Keep that back healthy and in check. We finished our there-and-back-again road trip dash, and my own back is not pleased with the prolonged sitting in the car. I'm going to initiate a set of back exercises that are rumored to help. I will let you know how my experiment with that goes, perhaps some exercises may work for you as well.

Thanks for the Van Hoch (as they say in the Netherlands), always a favorite. It is interesting how, in the art world, we come to accept different permutations of artist's renditions of music or whatever is their medium. Perhaps the artists lead the way and we come to be able to see and hear what they are trying to show us. Some artists carry the seed of what is to come and what will be accepted only way later, sometimes not until after their death. Here is some Beethoven that I think illustrates this:

our Saturday rituals. It is also "The Fourth" and I am already skipping our major ritual, else I would be in the woods right now. Will definitely skip almost all of society's rituals for "The Fourth" as well. I will take a figurative knee. I favor QMS' alternative holiday and the descriptive detail pertinent thereto.

Haven't read the article yet, but will get there because it is to be a lazy day, at least tentatively, beyond farmers' market and dinner. I'm going to grill a 5# tri-tip on the kettle, nize and slow with a reverse sear at the end and we will eat from it off and on all week and almost certainly freeze up a good chunk for later. (The way we eat and the meals we design, that puppy should be good for over 10 dinners.)

Thanks for the OT. Good to know about the back, so yes, fishing, nature, outdoors.

be well, have a good one and have an exceptional non-dependency day.

For a semester in college, I had joined 3 other students to rent a a giant, really old, home. It had 1 bathroom.
They were art majors. They would pick out something from my wardrobe to wear, tell me how to do my hair, and I would sit for them for the afternoon while they painted and sketched. More often than not, the music playing would be The Moody Blues.
So, I had a plan to move office furniture. One of the crew got sick. The move was cancelled. I had intended to set up a computer system, plug in my phones, but the crew from the phone co. failed to arrive Thursday, and that office was closed yesterday.
I was going to set up my paralegal's office in my home. That changed within minutes. I had my legal software downloaded onto my home computer. Except that user names and passwords were on cards in a box that is either in my home, my hay barn, my barn, or a warehouse. We had to set up new everything.
I am losing weight. I ordered 6 outfits, designer clothes at clearance prices. By the time they arrived, I was down another size. The slacks fell off of me. The tops fit. That will work for Zoom hearings, I suppose...
I planned on shopping at a business furniture store. It was closed for the holiday, now the weekend.
My emergency moving crew said they would be at the office at 10 this morning. They promptly changed it to 9 a.m.
I shared my coffee this morning, didn't leave enough for me, and I am half asleep. My snap decisions this morning should be interesting.
Both my fiance who just moved away from his home state, and I, who just watched my place of business for 22 years burn to the ground, are under the stress of a lifetime. Instead of flying apart, taking out all our troubles on each other, we listen to music, laugh all day, cook like each meal is our last, and hold each other tight.
Normal life should be a blast, once we get there.
I wish for everyone a trip to the Louvre.

Gifted to me on Wednesday by my Sister in an unprecedented act of generosity. I am beyond appreciative but this car is so nice, I feel like an imposter driving it.

My old Toyota was not passing the smog test, didn’t have tags, and I’d already been pulled over by the police and given a warning. Lucinda was her name and her paint was faded, she leaked oil, the seatbelt and door handle on the driver side broke, the fabric on the inside of the roof is coming undone, but she was reliable and got me where I needed to go.

Adjusting from New York City’s public transportation to car crazy California was a difficult one for me and I just did not want to be saddled down with car payments when I moved here for a pretty new car. So I paid cash for a 1998 Toyota Corolla that was a little dented and a little faded when I got her. Didn’t care, wasn’t into that kind of status thing that’s prevalent here in California among car owners, and instead spent my money on making my home and my garden beautiful. Now I’ve got the Prius and it’s like I went from sleeping in a pup tent to a 5-Star luxury resort. It’s weird and wonderful at the same time. Doesn’t quite feel real to me yet...

I meant to comment on the painting you chose to introduce that interesting piece about Pierrot Lunaire. For starters, who painted it, and what made you select it?

This little town is stuffed to the gills with tourists bringing whatever pandemic they carry with them to town. Although there has only been 25 cases in the county thus far, I fully expect a big outbreak in two to three weeks. The city fathers were sane and cancelled all the festivities which include the usual celebrations, a huge antique car show and shutting down of the downtown for out of town vendors and a parade. They also cancelled the fireworks which are set off at the college less than a half mile from our house. This always poses a big problem with three dogs, so I am grateful that the fireworks are cancelled this year.

I hope everyone has a safe and sane 4th of July.

As a stargazer, you should be aware
tonight is the full moon
on the east coast
a lunar eclipse will begin around 11:30 pm
on the west coast
it begins about moonrise or 8:30 pm
those somewhere in-between can gauge it
the penumbra (earth's shadow) lasts around 3 hours
with the total darkness 1/2 way after incidence

may have fog here, but skies are clear
kinda eerie to see the red glow
heads are popping
nature ain't stopping