I went to the protest in Highland Park, St. Paul. There was good crowd energy and signs including ’No Kings’ and ’The Vocal Minority Does Not Speak For Me.’ My wife is out of town, she was at a far larger one in Manhattan! Let’s do this again soon.

A lesson from Israel: Do it again next week.

"The rules governing the exercise of power in a representative democracy should not — must not — be Calvinball." The MNGOP illegally seizes power in the statehouse. It's part of a pattern. From MSNBC.

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Reading the Last Whole Earth Catalog (1971), as one does, and stumbled on Wendy Carlos’s unsolicited contribution about synthesizers… a long letter/rant complete with comments on specific models

Sometime in the 11th Century, viking mercenaries carved runes in the shoulder of this ancient Greek lion statue. It’s difficult to translate, but they say something like “We won and now we’re carving trash talk on your lion.” So at least some vikings knew what lions were. [5/9]

History of jazz in 5 recordings made on Christmas Eve.

1. 1939: From Spirituals to Swing concert, Carnegie Hall

2. 1948: Charlie Parker, Royal Roost

3. 1954: Miles Davis & the Modern Jazz Giants

4. 1964: Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil

5. 1965: Don Cherry, Complete Communion

…and the view looking north from the Lake St. bridge over the Mississippi in Minneapolis, 11-25-2024.

My white whale.

The full Beaver Moon rises above the Witch’s Hat in Minneapolis on Friday.

I’m sad to hear that the great musician Roy Haynes has passed on, but grateful that he lived such a long creative life and left such a rich recorded legacy. What an inspiration.

Looking south at the Mississippi River from the Lake St bridge.

Something blue from the gallery…

Here’s my oldest and most recent pictures of our dog Mali. She’s a rescue, originally from Joplin, Missouri.

Hello! I’m happy to have arrived here on Bluesky. I’ll be following a lot of accounts to see if the experience is an improvement on that other site. I mostly post photos of my dog, and occasional comments on music.