Finally a solution for fractional scaling at 144hz on a 1440p monitor with the latest MacOS version https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay#how-to-unlock-scaling-and-hidpi-for-my-display FYI you need the $15 pro license.

This performance of Spain is so fun. Every player just nails it & Jo’s vox are perfect https://youtu.be/qfQOD85NLzo?t=1260 (21:00 start time if the timestamp link doesn’t take)

So today I was sitting on the patio of a cafe on my laptop when I heard the distant sound of someone starting to play distorted electric guitar. Whoever was playing was absolutely RIPPING right from the jump and I was immediately convinced they’d have to be the sickest rock guitarist in the twin cities or something. Whatever local band they were in, I was their new biggest fan. I closed my laptop to go investigate. I walked a block or so following the sound. It was about 4:30 on a Friday and I was thinking it was someone who got off work early, got home, and was cranking up their amp with the windows open and blowing off steam.

They just sounded so SICK though. I was thinking maybe I could shout up to whatever window was open of their place and say “HEY, WANNA JAM SOMETIME” or something while trying not to weird them out. I kept going another block or two though and realized it wasn’t coming out of a house, it must be a loud setup outdoors or something. Maybe a backyard bbq or a band practice with the garage door open? There was this intense energy to their playing though. With rock music these days most of the cool factor has been blunted but then every once in a while a certain band or player will make that rock energy feel intense and immediate and obvious to the point where it’s not diminished in the slightest. Hey hey, my my.

Another block or two and I realize I’m coming up on Grumpy’s bar and a drummer and bassist cut through. They absolutely rip too. WTF band is this?

I get to Grumpy’s and ask the bouncer what’s going on and is there a cover. He doesn’t know. I poke my head in and see a distinctive mop of white curly hair.

It was Buzz fking Osborne soundchecking and the band was The Melvins.

YEAH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcD-LSlTVvE

Great arrangement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChEGR3V7JME

This album is amazing. So fun to try to play guitar along to something so out of your wheelhouse - I can’t even figure out where to strum the rhythm or where the changes actually fall and my attempts are kinda hilarious actually https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFFGWg6BKM&feature=share

Kai is a genius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AOyKg68Rng

Nakata deep cut of the day: COLTEMONIKHA - Fantastic Fantasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfmPEr9Qzrw

Was messing around learning the chords today and they’re so cool but like every nakata song it’s out of my tiny vocal range

Article about the new King Crimson doc makes me excited to see it https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/16/robert-fripp-difficult-legacy-of-king-crimson

Oh and btw this blog is static now. Got sick battling of some botnet trying to brute force my old self-hosted one, so static it is.