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Joe Fray

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Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1h

Was it Mr. Backs?

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 9h

I'd never really heard much ABBA aside from the major singles, and well, turns out there's a reason for that

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 9h

Today's album of the day is Arrival by ABBA, released on this date in 1976

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 12h

I had it there! I hated it, but I was like 14

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 14h

Same

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 14h

The Postal Service told the City what it was going to take to move the post office, and then there was silence

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 14h

And that one old lady who really wanted to dance with you

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, hey, Becky, where are you?

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, she nailed my two primary interests: Alexandria parks and postal property

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

Still remember where I was sitting when I first heard "Just a Girl" on the radio and thought "oh, yeah, this shit is gonna rule"

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

Today's album of the day is Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt, released on this date in 1995

The album photography and portraits were taken by photographer fine artist Daniel Arsenault. Gwen is featured in the foreground while the rest of the band members are standing in an orange grove in the background. Gwen pushed for Eric to be included on the album cover—a source of tension for the band—reasoning that although he had left the band, he had still contributed substantially to the album. Eric is seen near the back of the picture, looking away from the camera. The pictures on the cover and in the liner notes were taken on city streets in their native Orange County (namely Anaheim and the City of Orange) and in orange groves. The red dress Gwen wears on the cover was loaned to the Hard Rock Cafe and was later displayed at the Fullerton Museum Center in an exhibit titled "The Orange Groove: Orange County's Rock n' Roll History".

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

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Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

The year is 2047. The sky is orange reflecting the flames of burning rivers. The air is barely breathable. The remaining members of DRBC covertly gather in Tim's yard to share bathtub gin. The trim for the upstairs bathroom arrives next week

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

I was trying to find the graphic from the counsel presentation where they show the current and predicted flood frequency (@sarahbagley.bsky.social, do you have it?) and let's just say it's sliiiightly more than that

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

Michael Scott bankruptcy meme except he's declaring "Nobel Peace Prize"

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, good news, we don't need the Waterfront Park pumphouse anymore because of [check notes] data centers?

The City will study the alternative location for the pump station at 1 Prince Street. https://alextimes.com/local-news/local-government/city-council-greenlights-1-prince-st-pump-station-analysis/

City Council greenlights 1 Prince St. pump station analysis
alextimes.com
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Birty B.
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How often does it flood now, a couple times a year? It hasn't flooded much in six months. With the data centers sucking up river water upstream, is this even necessary? Seems like a big waste of money.

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 2d

Otto the Dog is The Bog Wife

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 2d

From Here to Eternity took me an eternity to read but was actually quite enjoyable once you get past all the casual racism, sexism, and antisemitism that was probably very accurate for its setting

From Here to Eternity, which takes place entirely on Oahu, on Kindle on a Hawaiian shirt

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 2d

The album cover is a picture of subatomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber, which was by far the coolest type of experiment I got to do in radiation lab in college

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 2d

Today's album of the day is Is This It by The Strokes, released on this date in 2002

For the American market and the October 2001 release, the cover art of Is This It was changed to a psychedelic photograph of subatomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber. The image first appeared on new age artist Bruce Becvar's 1988 album The Nature of Things. The same image appears on the cover of The Scientist as Rebel by theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson. A portion of the image also appeared on Prince's 1990 album Graffiti Bridge.

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 2d

My answer was "because I'm in my 40s." Becky's was "he doesn't wear them to work," which worked better

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 3d

a man wearing a hat and sunglasses says " mother of god "

Alt: a man wearing a hat and sunglasses says "mother of god "

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Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 3d

Yes in my bookyard!

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 3d

Same as it ever was

Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social · 3d

Today's album of the day is Remain in Light by the Talking Heads, released on this date in 1980

The idea for the back cover included simple portraits of the band members. Weymouth attended MIT regularly during the summer of 1980 and worked with Bender's colleague, Scott Fisher, on the computer renditions of the ideas. The process was tortuous because computer power was limited in the early 1980s and the mainframe alone took up several rooms. Weymouth and Fisher shared a passion for masks and used the concept to experiment with the portraits. The faces were blotted out with blocks of red. The image of the warplanes was relegated to the back of the sleeve and the doctored portraits became the front cover.