Simon Bar Sinister

Never heard of this band until about 20 minutes ago. To me, they sound like the early Beatles gone shoegaze, and that's a great thing. On my 4th time through.

for at least an hour now:

...well, it's been winter for about 45 minutes now, so why not?

https://consequence.net/2023/12/2023-k-pop-year-in-review/

a local fave

The crew at Darque Productions have this for us:

Video games of the past disappearing: https://gamehistory.org/87percent/ excerpt: The Video Game History Foundation, in partnership with the Software Preservation Network, has conducted the first ever study on the commercial availability of classic video games, and the results are bleak. 87% of classic video games released in the United States are critically endangered. Imagine if the only way to watch Titanic was to find a used VHS tape, and maintain your own vintage equipment so that you could still watch it. And what if no library, not even the Library of Congress, could do any better — they could keep and digitize that VHS of Titanic, but you’d have to go all the way there to watch it. It sounds crazy, but that’s the reality we live in with video games, a $180 billion industry, while the games and their history disappear.

now that's a sendoff!

TRAIN TO BUSAN

It's happening in Louisville, KY, and they're still looking for artists/bands. If you're interested in performing, you have until this Friday (12/1/23) to get in touch with them. Info at link: https://www.darkcastlefest.com/

Raise a glass for Geordie. 💔🍻

Looks like SpaceX is the sweatshop of the 21st century...excerpt: Current and former employees said such injuries reflect a chaotic workplace where often under-trained and overtired staff routinely skipped basic safety procedures as they raced to meet Musk’s aggressive deadlines for space missions. SpaceX, founded by Musk more than two decades ago, takes the stance that workers are responsible for protecting themselves, according to more than a dozen current and former employees, including a former senior executive. Musk himself at times appeared cavalier about safety on visits to SpaceX sites: Four employees said he sometimes played with a novelty flamethrower and discouraged workers from wearing safety yellow because he dislikes bright colors. The lax safety culture, more than a dozen current and former employees said, stems in part from Musk’s disdain for perceived bureaucracy and a belief inside SpaceX that it’s leading an urgent quest to create a refuge in space from a dying Earth. “Elon’s concept that SpaceX is on this mission to go to Mars as fast as possible and save humanity permeates every part of the company,” said Tom Moline, a former SpaceX senior avionics engineer who was among a group of employees fired after raising workplace complaints. “The company justifies casting aside anything that could stand in the way of accomplishing that goal, including worker safety.” More at link; a long read, but worth it: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/

What a crazy 8 years it's been since then...

If you count the Leap Days she lived through, then she did make it to 100.

Sterling Heights beat them to the punch.

This was taken at The Dovetail cafe 4 or 5 years ago. One of the happiest half hours of my life.

I've been listening to this on loop since 7 PM. Since it's only a minute and a half long, that means I've heard it about 60 times in a row.

weekly show, premiering now:

I do some of my best work there...if I'd known about this, I would've won the gold!

No No-posts November

about to light the charcoal and fire up the grill

Asian street cooking videos are what send me to the center of video earth.