The New Coffee Room

Ah shit, I'm sorry, Mark. I'm really glad you had such a good relationship with her; that's a wonderful gift.

@Jolly said in RIP David Lynch:

@Aqua-Letifer said in RIP David Lynch:

@Renauda said in RIP David Lynch:

i remember going to the theatre to watch Eraserhead back in the late 70s or early ‘80s. I also remember renting Elephant Man and Blue Velvet on VHS.

What a strange trip those were.

I’m sure they were good….i cannot not forget some of the images. A bit Dada like. Clever art. The imagery and some of the characters are still in my head after all these years.

…I think Lynch really knew his craft and art. His artistic legacy will be studied for sometime well into the future.

Yeah, I agree. And you have to watch them differently. They aren't blockbusters with a plot and a narrative and "what does it all mean, where is this going," they're dreams.

Just a bit of trivia for you...There is a serious side to Mel Brooks. Brooks is the uncredited Executive Producer for The Elephant Man.

huh, I had no idea! But, I fully believe it. Brooks's ideas were always bigger than his movies in my opinion.

@Doctor-Phibes said in RIP David Lynch:

@Aqua-Letifer said in RIP David Lynch:

not personally familiar with Frisell; great thing to look up over the weekend!

He's definitely worth spending some time with - I discovered him a few years back. There's quite a bit on YT that's worth a watch. He has a much more thoughtful and melodic approach to guitar improv than is typically the case.

This isn't a jazz gateway drug, though, is it? Because I'm going to level with you, I already hang out with a rabbit, read poetry and play D&D on the weekends, my social credit can't really take another hit. I'm at rock bottom here.

@Renauda said in RIP David Lynch:

@Aqua-Letifer

In a way, it is a cinematic Dali meets Man Ray.

Am sure Bill Frisell & Friends could do lasting musical justice to Lynch in a dedicated album. The jazz style would fit perfectly. I would even buy the CD too.

I agree about the musical genre, but not personally familiar with Frisell; great thing to look up over the weekend!

@Renauda said in RIP David Lynch:

i remember going to the theatre to watch Eraserhead back in the late 70s or early ‘80s. I also remember renting Elephant Man and Blue Velvet on VHS.

What a strange trip those were.

I’m sure they were good….i cannot not forget some of the images. A bit Dada like. Clever art. The imagery and some of the characters are still in my head after all these years.

…I think Lynch really knew his craft and art. His artistic legacy will be studied for sometime well into the future.

Yeah, I agree. And you have to watch them differently. They aren't blockbusters with a plot and a narrative and "what does it all mean, where is this going," they're dreams.

@George-K Hoo boy. Yeah, much bun activity.

We bought those weird metal shelf grid things to double the size of her pen—she seems to like it! But we're also playing a game with each other now. We all just kind of pretend that the pen can hold her in even though if she wants it bad enough, she will find a way out. I have, a couple of times, woken up in the morning to whiskers on my face because she busted out in the middle of the night.

For awhile, she was taking to chewing up the carpet but that turned out to be a kind of anxiety; let her run around downstairs for awhile before I bring her up to my office and she doesn't do that.

This morning, she just would. Not. Leave our daughter's room. Absolutely would not, for any reason. I tried of a half hour to get her out of there because there are unprotected wires in there and I didn't want her to hurt herself. Finally I admitted defeat, just said fuck it, and spent the next 40 minutes unplugging everything in the room and hauling the wires up to a safe place. I let her be, but kept my office door open for whenever she wanted to come in.

She came out and into the office in about 5 minutes. Stubborn SOB just didn't want to be told what to do is all. She hopped in and splooted by her food bowl like it was no big deal.

She's definitely still a rabbit, but a very different personality from Bagels. Moki's got a lot more sass. But unlike Bagels, she loves being held. I can walk around the house with her in my hands, no problem. She gets into a kind of catatonic state and just sits with you. Also she's about half the size of Bagels but shits easily twice as much.

@jon-nyc said in Adult Milestones:

I like how the compress all the graphs so that any decline looks like a collapse

How should the data be correctly interpreted?

Dammit what a loss. As the Office Space saying goes, "I celebrate the man's entire catalogue." Including the weather report.

What a great time to be alive if you love the theatre of the absurd.

What a loss.

They were losers, but so were we. Just because the outcome set us on a course for abolition doesn't mean every other outcome was excellent and grand and ideal for everybody forever onwards.

Coffee grounds + wax = good portable fire starter. Another good use for Altoid tins.

Pourover coffee because fuck that Keurig horseshit and oatmeal with berries.

@89th said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

Thanks AL, or should I say... AI!

We'll just never know anymore, will we?

@LuFins-Dad said in Poor kid…:

Yep. But it’s been a bit of a surprise at how much Pistachio has been cuddling with him.

Our middle kitteh does exactly the same thing. Pretty mild-mannered, but more or less keeps to herself the whole day unless you sit by her spot, in which case she might come and say hi.

When anyone's sick, though, she's in their room for the duration. It's weird but kinda nice. (I just hope she's not one of those death cats.)

So sorry to hear he's under the weather. Hope his fever's down.

Still seems intense for a nothing operation! Really hope it recovers okay and you get back to playing soon.

@jon-nyc said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

Crazy shit man. New fire in Hollywood hills.

Pacific Pallisades 75% gone. Even parts of Santa Monica evacuated.

A meeting got cancelled for me yesterday because one of the attendees was in her car evacuating.

I had a course to cover today and we had to cancel at the last second because the person setting up the recordings got a notification on her phone to leave her shit where it was and get the hell out immediately.

Both are fine now but it was wild. One's staying at a friend of a friend of a friend's along with half a dozen other strangers about 2 hours away.

That looks excellent!

Yeah that was excellent.