Rebel Ridge, 2024 https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/05/rebel-ridge.html
More on Kris
I ’never’ do this - so take this as the exception that proves the rule. We all know that 🖇️ Kris K recently passed - on Maui
My friend Randall wrote to me (these extracts reproduced with his permission)
Such a sad loss of a hero whom I actually knew …. Sarah Teed and I had the privilege of a hanging w/ him and John Prine when we played the Castle theater many years ago and I opened for him at the MACC many times sharing moments with him and his wife Lisa.
Randall went on and shared some Kris wisdom …
"”He believed that songwriting is a spiritual communion of mind, body, and soul, an... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/04/more-on-kris.html
Argylle, 2024 - ★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/04/argylle.html
Anyone successfully — or not — following Threads or BlueSky in Microblog?
📸 A couple o' friends hanging at the bus stop.
Just listened to Gilbert’s 2024 release - he’s 78 for goodness sake. Not bad - but the classics are definitely not improved .. like the original 🔗 🎵 Nothing Rhymed .. always a place in my heart for this one. (I always liked his singles - but it was my sister that introduced me to the albums (my natural mus... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/03/just-listened-to.html
We ~~Don't~~ Need Edukashun https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/03/we-dont-need.html
Just for kicks I signed up for a month of 🥐 🔗 ..
"A buttery smooth app for cross posting to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads."
Big benefit for me is that I can add multiple accounts for the same service - useful as we start to push out The Future Found
AND
When I send I can choose which accounts it sends to.
Next job (request?) - as I publish to MicroBlog or LinkedIn or Facebook or …. have that post appear in Croissant ready for me to decide where I want to cross post. #Maybe.
It’s a pretty low bar …
So having a hard time connecting Threads to Micro.Blog.. meanwhile BlueSky connected - no problem .. but I can’t find the account to follow on Micro.Blog …
So far Mighty Masto is the only one doing both .. connect AND follow ..
Anyone else with similar challenges!
And once more from a different place.
🪦 Farewell Kris - taking your own last ride - but nothing like Casey’s.
Published in 1992
Hope this gets fixed before the season starts …
🔗 Daring Fireball: ‘Meta and Apple: Same Game, Different Rules’
Not even sure it is the same game.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/09/29/meta-apple-same-game-different-rules
"Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more."
💬 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
He means all of us - different times - BUT - maybe it is more applicable to men? What say you?
Wolfs, 2024 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers) https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/01/wolfs-contains-spoilers.html
The Instigators, 2024 - ★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/01/the-instigators.html
You might not recognize the words - 🔗🎵 but you will certainly recognize the song. Superb re-imagination.
How did i get here?
Sitting on this spinning sphere
When will I leave here
We know death is always near
I try to understand but answers don’t come easily
Friends always deceiving me
Is this what life’s... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/02/you-might-not.html
Maybe Tomorrow?
This just in from Mark Manson, It is 23:06.
ONE THING FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT - my response in bold
The real “morning routine” nobody tells you about:
Eat a reasonable dinner, no caffeine or alcohol. BUGGER
Stop looking at screens around 9PM. BUGGER
Get into bed by 10PM. BUGGER
Relax,... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/09/30/maybe-tomorrow-this.html