Gerald Seligman (@geraldseligman.photo) and I are were interviewed by Oisin Lunny for the “Audio Talks” podcast from Harman (the audio electronics company), available wherever you get your podcasts. The topic is "The Fragile Future of Audio Archives."

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While sorting a collection today I came across this “while you were out” memo. Probably from the mid 1990s related to the release of Toy Story. That might explain the 415 area code.

Kinora

Cocktail at Patent Pending in the Radio Wave Building NYC.

In William S. Burroughs’s orgone box.

In NYC for the week for work.

Tamales are one food that isn’t better the next day. They need to be fresh out of the steamer

Comment heard leaving “Appropriate” tonight: “I thought the kid coming down the stairs in the Klan hood was a little much.” Ya think?

I’m excited!

I signed up for mail forwarding this week as I’ll be out of town. I also signed up for USPS Informed Delivery which I didn’t know existed. It sends you scans of mail to be delivered which blows my mind. That Hillsdale College sends me their newsletter blows my mind more though.

Doesn’t fit!

Every Tuesday I hit the expiring food section at World Market after the farmers market. I’m especially proud of these 3 500g bags of Italian pasta.

First time!

I saw this ad yesterday. I had to click to figure out why I’d want to take a class with some guy from Skid Row. Turns out it’s Noam Chomsky looking very rough.

One of my students asked if he could shoot a film at my house. I’m flattered except that it’s supposed to be somebody’s parents’ house…

If McCarthy gets ousted will his twink cry?

UCSB in a nutshell with Comet.

UCSB built a new bike shop. That’s great but it looks like the contractor did the stucco and the building wrap but walked off the job without painting it. Strange.