GM. Heat advisory today. Classes start in one week:)
Andrew Perkins
andrewwperkins@primal.net
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Father, Husband, Professor, Studier of Bitcoin
GM. I am a very casual vinyl collector, mostly albums from my youth that I like, that are influential, etc.
Short story: when I was very young (like 10-11), my grandmother (who lived to be 96) took me to the five and dime to buy a record (I was becoming obsessed with music, and had just started playing guitar). She lived in a tiny town called Grand Coulee, and was married to a farmer/cattle rancher named Russell who had lost one eye when he tripped while fixing a combine. He was awesome. Grand Coulee is where the dam is (my father actually worked on a blasting crew for the new part of the dam when he was in. his 20s.) The farm was about 30 mins outside of town.
They had an old record player that was built into a piece of furniture, where the speakers, player, and storage were all one piece. As I was flipping through the albums, this one caught my eye:
I had to have it (still one of the greatest album covers of all time). I showed it to Gma, and she gave me a resounding "NO": pick something else. Right behind it was this:
Sword? Cool.
Now, if you don't know, Toto 4 is THE Toto album. 6 Grammys in 1983, with "Rosanna" (#2 on the chart) and their only #1, "Africa", which literally everyone in the Western world can sing the chorus to (it's also the first well-known use of a tape loop).
I wore that album out, over and over, until Russell made me shut it off. And then I listened to it over and over at home. I still have it: it's destroyed, almost unplayable. So I have been looking for a vintage copy as part of my LP collecting. But here is the kicker:
It doesn't exist. I have been looking for nearly a decade in dozens (hundreds?) of record shops, antique stores, Goodwills, what have you. I have never found a copy of Toto 4 in any shape. It doesn't seem possible. This was a HUGE hit album. There were 4 million copies sold in the US alone. This album should be found used everywhere.
Nope.
This is the great mystery. Where are all of these albums?
(BTW, if you are into Poco, Ted Nugent, Three Dog Night, or BTO, there is lots of stock, don't worry).
Anyway, if you have an original copy of Toto IV (not the reissue, but the 1982 version), Ill pay you sats for it. Has to be in near pristine shape.
I had to have it (still one of the greatest album covers of all time). I showed it to Gma, and she gave me a resounding "NO": pick something else. Right behind it was this:
Sword? Cool.
Now, if you don't know, Toto 4 is THE Toto album. 6 Grammys in 1983, with "Rosanna" (#2 on the chart) and their only #1, "Africa", which literally everyone in the Western world can sing the chorus to (it's also the first well-known use of a tape loop).
I wore that album out, over and over, until Russell made me shut it off. And then I listened to it over and over at home. I still have it: it's destroyed, almost unplayable. So I have been looking for a vintage copy as part of my LP collecting. But here is the kicker:
It doesn't exist. I have been looking for nearly a decade in dozens (hundreds?) of record shops, antique stores, Goodwills, what have you. I have never found a copy of Toto 4 in any shape. It doesn't seem possible. This was a HUGE hit album. There were 4 million copies sold in the US alone. This album should be found used everywhere.
Nope.
This is the great mystery. Where are all of these albums?
(BTW, if you are into Poco, Ted Nugent, Three Dog Night, or BTO, there is lots of stock, don't worry).
Anyway, if you have an original copy of Toto IV (not the reissue, but the 1982 version), Ill pay you sats for it. Has to be in near pristine shape.
Who says there aren't any deals in pawn shops anymore:
If you play guitar, you probably know what this is and why it's important. 
Guitar World
Josh Homme reveals the “secret weapon” behind his Queens of the Stone Age tone: Peavey
The surprising piece of gear was also used to record the mammoth basslines on the band’s hit track, No One Knows
HOLY SHIT
Your daily reminder that Zakk and Ozzy (with the Black Sabbath rhythm section) crushes. Zakk was like 21 here.
Super stupid. I have a small 9x7 American Freedom Units room that is fully enclosed with no ventilation (door and window). I usually have the window open. I was just on a meeting where I absent-mindedly shut the door with the window closed. Within about 45 minutes, my chest tightened up, I started breathing weird, my head started to hurt, and I started getting groggy.
CO2 poisoning is no joke, people. I ran outside and was fine within 5 mins. I have CO2 monitors in multiple rooms, but not this one.
GM. Wonderful morning.
Iām sitting at a small Biergarten in a small town in a split lib/con state. There are 40-50 people here. None of them have any idea what is coming.
GM. Yesterday I saw a massively valuable stepping-stone away from Zoom/Microsoft 
. It already works incredibly well, I didnt see any flaws, and can see lots of features that will make it even better.
The 10 of us at the start saw one of the coolest content visualization tools as well.
HiveTalk
Hivetalk Honey Dashboard
HiveTalk Honey dashboard - Manage rooms, events, and connections
GM, looking like an epic, beautiful day.
There exists no conceivable force, entity, or circumstance within the vast expanse of the cosmos or the intricate web of human endeavors that possesses the requisite virility to impede, halt, or otherwise arrest the inexorable forward propulsion of this formidable locomotive apparatus.
Gm, on the fourth for Americans.
GM, on a plane.
GM, yesterday Tesla launched their Robotaxi network in Austin. Hundreds of paid rides, no issues.
GM. Everything is awesome.
GM. Lots of cool stuff coming.
Fantastic short essay on Bitcoin incoming.
GM. Internet is wonky today.
GM. There are few things cooler than watching a transaction confirm on chain from the mempool. You can literally just follow it along.