Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm, Reed Richards, Sue Storm and… Stephen Colbert??
He’s Up to Some Good
Tom Hanks is doing what I need to start doing. Reduce my collection of things.
https://www.boston.com/news/off-beat/2023/04/05/tom-hanks-sent-typewriter-arlington-shop/
The Ultimate Play Room
A tip o’ the Dog Rat toupee to tastewar for catching a video tour, posted today, of Studio 2 at Abbey Road. The place was known as EMI studios when the Beatles were recording there. There’s a lot of tech talk about vintage gear.
Studio 2 is a huge room for pop music recording, and there’s discussion about the room’s acoustics. This early Beatles recording, engineered by Norman “Hurricane” Smith, is a good example of the effect of the room on the sound.
Ford Waves Medium Wave Bye-Bye
Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial vehicles
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2023/04/01/ford-am-radio-commercial/70062845007/
To Whom it May Concern
I was driving when your text message came in. The car interrupted the CD player to read it to me.
The Accidental Survivalist
While Covid-19 was still just a news item about a virus in China, I happened to make a routine warehouse store purchase. The same one I made today. A couple of months later in 2020 I dared not joke about my fortuitious acquisition to anyone!
