Category Archives: Music

George Jones- “Take Me” from “A Poem is a Naked Person”

I’ve gotten back into Cocaine and Rhinestones and this song popped up:

I haven’t been a huge George Jones fan, but this song hits me just right.

The Beths at The Broadberry 8/23/2022

I still can’t believe a band came all the way from New Zealand to play in a club in Richmond, Va.

Monday Again

From this morning’s Noahpinion, guest-written by Benn Eifert (@bennpeifert)

The investing industry is ridden with bullshit. The most common and insidious form is over-optimism: offers of tantalizing risk/reward that defy any notion of reality, often based on misinformation or deception. Less common but even more dangerous are outright frauds.

The problem is inherent to the product. Most consumer goods – apples, hotel rooms, laptop computers – are tangible objects or services that you can see, taste, feel, or experience, so you can judge how much they are worth to you. Investments represent claims about some future probability distribution of monetary outcomes which are not literally verifiable. The best an investor can do is form a reasonable judgment about the uncertainty around those claims, based on historical evidence and details about the mechanics of how those claimed outcomes are generated.

Far from breaking news, but a timely and well-written reminder in this age of “we hope to give you access to your assets soon“.

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Unrelated, I get a great deal of joy from every issue of The Big Takeover. I love reading record reviews and every issue is packed full of bands I’ve never heard of, written about by people who care as much as I do.
I was extra excited to see the Wet Leg LP, the front-runner for my personal Record of the Year, in the 4-spot. Man, I hope they come nearby on their next US tour.

YK Summer Mix Anniversary

Pal of mine Michael Eades used to host an annual Summer Mix series. It was before everyone was on streaming sites, so you would have to patch together a zip file of mp3s, or stitch something together and host if yourself.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of my 2012 submission which is absolutely crazy to think about. It still bangs, in case you were wondering.

I cooked it up in Spotify but a couple of crucial tracks are missing. It is still a strong listen but isn’t the same.

Automatic – “New Beginning”

Very Exciting! New Automatic single out today with the full album due in June!

Safe As Milk 2021 Playlist

Adam and I talk a lot of music on the podcast. This is a Spotify playlist of songs we loved last year. We didn’t talk about all of them on the show, and they’re not all from 2021, but we each picked 10 to make a fun and eclectic mix.

Jay Leo Phillips “You Might Not Like What You See When You Get There” (Official Video)

Internet pal M Eades put together this snappy video for Jay Leo Philips’, “You Might Not Like What You See When You Get There”.

CYCLES – A film by Jason Goldwatch & The Alchemist

I’m sure I know more of The Alchemist’s work than I can think of right now, but this is a great audio/visual show.