Carl Johnson

Local history writer, music fan, beginning musician. Plus other stuff. Oh yeah: he/him. My grownkids are LGBTQ.  Long-term addiction recovery. From Upstate NY (hence the "on the Hudson,") now in southeast PA.

#music #openmic #openmicnight #piano #ukulele #bass #bassguitar #comicstrips #adventurestrips #localhistory #history #journaling #movies #oldmovies #classicFilm #mentalhealth #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #cycling #bikeracing #vinyl #recordcollecting

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2026-03-31 16:13:42 UTC

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@nprofile…t2ea After years of ignoring the Euro-hate for our American water-boiling ways, we experienced an electric kettle at an AirBnB and decided it would, in fact, change our lives, and got one ourselves. It almost eliminates the wait for anything but the steeping. (We're French press people.)

2026-03-24 15:37:03 UTC

"Let us show you a knife" really didn't take off as a marketing catchphrase. Let's bring it back.
#OldNewspapers #OldAdvertising #OldAdvertisements #Schenectady
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2026-02-25 16:52:26 UTC

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@nprofile…tsn5 Hosting your own site is a pain in the neck but truly seems to be the only option.

2026-02-19 22:14:37 UTC

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@nprofile…d97q Look what popped up in my feed today:
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2026-02-10 14:11:19 UTC

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@nprofile…d97q 100% awful. Dangerous sentiment when you live as close to Hershey as I do, but honestly...

2026-02-08 13:09:10 UTC

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@nprofile…ft78 Meanwhile across the pond where I'm sitting it's -9°F, or -23°C, which is not enough degrees in either scale.

2026-01-31 18:15:45 UTC

Still in 1977 – I found some pictures of someone who's been a friend since high school and she was delighted to see them. It eventually occured to me that I may never before have shared many of these pictures that I've looked at thousands of times over the years.
I'm fortunate that so many of my friends have been in my life, at one level or another, for so many, many years.
#photography #OldPhotographs #OldPhotos #BWPhoto #filmphotography #1970s
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2026-01-25 04:29:40 UTC

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@nprofile…v3h2 Sun and little or no wind make a huge difference. Especially no wind. The coldest I remember in Syracuse was a Christmas night when it was -22, but very still, and I had to walk from the bus station to the campus.

2025-12-10 16:19:27 UTC

My latest #LocalHistory post has more than a tiny element of #PersonalHistory, as it's about my elementary #school (and its predecessor of the same name). I was lucky enough to find some great #ClassPhotos and shots of the #playground, where I spent thousands of hours of my youth.
#histodons #upstateNY #UpstateNewYork #Schenectady #ScotiaNY
https://hoxsie.org/2025/12/10/scotias-mohawk-schools/
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2025-10-22 17:39:49 UTC

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@nprofile…3lge But I worry about when. Presumably the next several officials are going to be (I hope) very careful about doing things by executive fiat – and if we had a Congress with any teeth, there would be further restrictions on that power.

2025-10-22 17:35:09 UTC

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@nprofile…858n I didn't know when I got it that that was exceptional!

2025-10-21 19:50:36 UTC

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@nprofile…gsfw Awww. . . yeah, I don't mind only talking to a few people; in fact I probably prefer it. I've also got efforts scattered across platforms, including my own websites.

2025-10-21 12:07:19 UTC

Ramones – Leave Home https://vinyldistractions.com/ramones-leave-home/
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2025-10-14 15:35:34 UTC

Essay question: Please explain this tree's root structure. Cite your sources. You may use an additional answer booklet if you need more room.
(Seventh Lake, Fulton Chain, Adirondack Park)
#adirondacks #AdirondackPark #gnarly #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork
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2025-10-14 13:43:46 UTC

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@nprofile…ld62 Boy does this resonate. My ancestors started among the colonizers of Connecticut and Long Island, and ended up raking charcoal in the Adirondacks.

2025-10-11 19:18:19 UTC

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@nprofile…9hqz My copy arrived yesterday and I'm not unhappy!

2025-10-11 17:00:52 UTC

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@nprofile…upw4 Maximum efficiency!

2025-10-08 15:04:58 UTC

Going back a month to our #Adirondacks vacation – one of the best-built trails I've ever seen, the Powerhouse Trail for historic Camp Sagamore in the vicinity of Raquette Lake #trail #trails #hiking #Adirondack #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork
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2025-10-06 14:37:51 UTC

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@nprofile…302z We started to think about whether, for the longer-term, we should think about replacing our 2014 Subaru (144k) before I retire. The problem is that anything newer than 2017 comes with too much touch-screen and serious privacy issues, and they're all expensive so we'll just run this into the ground.

2025-10-04 12:42:55 UTC

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@nprofile…9hqz Oh, I misread – it's 2024! Now I must find.

2025-10-04 12:42:07 UTC

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@nprofile…9hqz Wow. Didn't see this on the list -- maybe UK only? I'm gonna be upset if that's the case.

2025-10-03 14:17:50 UTC

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@nprofile…vlqx I was once in charge of air quality policy for a particular state, and only regretted that I didn't get far enough to ban leaf blowers and fabric softener.

2025-10-03 14:16:13 UTC

#BandcampFriday! All $ to artists!
Tribute album to #Syracuse's The Flashcubes!!
https://bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com/album/make-something-happen-a-tribute-to-the-flashcubes
First new Los Straitjackets material in years:
https://losstraitjackets.bandcamp.com/album/somos-los-straitjackets
That's all good rock, you say, but what if I really want to feel things? Not to worry, Anna Spackman's songs will cause feelings:
https://annaspackman.bandcamp.com/album/sunlight-returning-songs-of-hope-live-at-the-gem-3-29-25
So many others I could name:
https://meghankyliemusic.bandcamp.com/
https://sugdaniels.bandcamp.com/
https://cliffhillis.bandcamp.com
https://johnfaye.bandcamp.com
https://mattdeblass.bandcamp.com

2025-10-03 13:50:33 UTC

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@nprofile…2qzq I do still have walkie talkies with weather radio capability that we drag out once or twice a year when we're going toward wilderness, just to see if the weather radios still work.

2025-10-02 19:24:13 UTC

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@nprofile…tzws Thanks! It is what we try to do. I didn't mention that the crafter is downstairs from her art studio. We live in a pretty wonderful community in that way.

2025-10-02 12:41:46 UTC

No Kings protests for Oct. 18. #stopfascism #antifa #antifascist
https://www.nokings.org/#map

2025-10-01 18:50:08 UTC

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@nprofile…ytn9 It's been quite a few years since my wife had it done, but I think she was mostly back in action within a few days.

2025-10-01 18:49:37 UTC

Told my wife I'd welcome a #fountainpen case for my birthday, and showed her some options online – but she went down the street to a local leather crafter and had this beauty custom-made for me:
#fountainpens
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2025-09-30 02:29:47 UTC

Sometimes I think I should be saying more here, trying to engage, finding more connections . . . but I've been here a couple of years now, and apparently, this is as much as I'm looking to get out out of it. Still, I appreciate Mastodon and the #fediverse.

2025-09-10 12:41:13 UTC

So grateful to be part of a thriving local #music community, and getting to take part in some lovely events like Sunday afternoon's gathering in the woods, where friends played for friends and new friends, and we all just basked in how beautiful it was. #musician #musicians
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2025-09-06 22:00:22 UTC

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@nprofile…302z Never seen it but the exteriors are filmed in our kid's hometown and one of our favorite cities, Troy, NY.

2025-09-06 20:17:04 UTC

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@nprofile…upw4 Wow, Fair Haven used to be one of our favorite places to visit along the lake. Better not say how long ago that was.

2025-09-04 18:26:15 UTC

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@nprofile…upw4 Thanks. She's made it easy, but I feel it's disingenuous to not admit we've had some really, really rough times over our now 47 years together . . . but somehow we've always chosen to make it work. Now, of course, it's the easiest thing in the world.

2025-09-04 17:26:28 UTC

I ran across this picture of the most important person in my life and keep feeling all the feelings over it. We were 18, and she was helping me out with a class project, glamming herself up in a way that she didn't ordinarily do then to pose for this picture (the purpose of which I've forgotten).
All I can see is: we were so young, and she is so beautiful. And still is, an awful lot of years later.
#memories #LifeHistory #PersonalHistory
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2025-09-03 19:29:30 UTC

I'm definitely shallow, but as I'm about to hit 65 years of age, I was pretty pleased that without really aiming to do so, I set a new record going up a steepish (7.3%) climb today, one I've done at least 100 times before. It's also early in the ride, when I'm never really warmed up.
September legs are the best legs.
#cycling #cyclist #Roadbike #RoadBikes #Roadcyling #roadcyclist
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2025-08-25 01:29:14 UTC

Paddling under a great deal of overcast is just ideal.
#kayak #kayaking #paddling #summer
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2025-08-20 18:01:19 UTC

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@nprofile…302z Can relate.

2025-08-13 18:32:37 UTC

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2025-08-13 18:30:32 UTC

1895. I say he had it coming. #OldNewspapers #Troy #TroyNY #newspapers #headlines
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2025-08-13 17:44:00 UTC

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@nprofile…h68k Mine's nothing like a first press but is the one I've had since it came out in 1973. Remarkable in that it was eighth album in 3-1/2 years.
There's a story where I had to convince my mother not to throw it out:
https://vinyldistractions.com/elton-john-goodbye-yellow-brick-road/

2025-08-12 12:20:53 UTC

Parliament – Osmium https://vinyldistractions.com/parliament-osmium/

2025-08-09 12:20:34 UTC

I was about to not bother bringing #kayaks on our short weekend trip back to the old hometown, but then our grownkid said they wanted to paddle with us . . . and we had the most delightful afternoon on the #MohawkRiver in a section I didn't used to paddle that much. So much more and better access than there used to be. The first time we've all paddled together in separate boats. #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #paddling #kayaking #kayak #river #rivers
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2025-08-08 00:19:43 UTC

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@nprofile…302z We generally get the ideas (rarely a formal list) together in the day ahead, but don't do any of the actual packing until the day before.

2025-08-06 19:08:48 UTC

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@nprofile…pvl5 Dave Van Ronk was truly famous for this song until Dylan clipped his arrangement of it, and then the Animals version hit and nobody remembered either of the other versions. I saw Eric Burdon perform it once in the '90s and he muttered under his breath "I hate this f*ing song"

2025-08-06 15:31:19 UTC

Quick test, please ignore.

2025-08-06 12:01:47 UTC

Ads from the summer weekly student newspaper where I worked, offering typing services. 1980. It was truly a different world. Not a lot of people typed, or needed to, and a typist could make decent side money. None of these ads were mine, but that's definitely my model of Coronamatic in the clip art in the middle.
#OldNewspapers #Newspapers #typing #typewriter #typewriters
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2025-08-04 15:13:40 UTC

I regret to inform you that Mattices' has long since closed, and despair is now an option.
#oldNewspapers #advertising #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #TroyNewYork #TroyNY #CollarCity
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2025-08-04 15:12:04 UTC

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@nprofile…upw4 We had it down here in Philly from Manitoba last week. Hoping we don't get a second round.

2025-08-04 00:51:32 UTC

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@nprofile…cqgl She was a disaster as a county prosecutor.

2025-08-01 13:12:27 UTC

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@nprofile…a6x4 "Had to."

2025-07-30 19:03:10 UTC

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@nprofile…hqdl This is why I'm so confused that a friend of mine, a Jewish writer, continues on Substack. I don't want to confront her directly on it, but I don't feel like I can help her support them.

2025-07-30 10:49:25 UTC

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@nprofile…th05 It'd be less faint if you took off the earmuffs . . . .

2025-07-29 16:50:43 UTC

Mejor De Los Nuggetz (’60’s Garage And Psych) https://vinyldistractions.com/mejor-de-los-nuggetz-60s-garage-and-psych/
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2025-07-28 12:46:56 UTC

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@nprofile…u9du I am definitely on the hunt for more!

2025-07-28 12:46:31 UTC

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@nprofile…evet Ugh. I had a bad concussion last year and did not recognize it properly as such at first – took quite a few months to really fully recover. Unsolicited advice is to take it slow.

2025-07-28 12:00:43 UTC

One of the most iconic buildings in Waterford, NY is the 1893 Ormsby Textile Company mill, built in 1893. Underwear, lace trim, and eventually automobile fabrics.Then, it became home of Ursula of Switzerland, famous "mother of the bride" fashions.
I've got the history of Ursula and of the Ormsby mill at my blog:
https://hoxsie.org/2025/07/28/ursula-of-switzerland-and-the-ormsby-textile-mill/ #Localhistory #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #waterfordNY #histodons #history
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2025-07-27 22:10:45 UTC

The Nomads – She Pays The Rent https://vinyldistractions.com/the-nomads-she-pays-the-rent/
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2025-07-26 11:44:11 UTC

The Mystic Moods Orchestra – Highway One https://vinyldistractions.com/the-mystic-moods-orchestra-highway-one/
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2025-07-21 20:01:04 UTC

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@nprofile…5d78 Perhaps, though I find these on regular roadsides, not bike paths, and have for decades. Of course, I see other discarded items of clothing as well, sometimes easy to explain and sometimes less, but the preponderance of washcloths mystifies me.

2025-07-21 13:14:39 UTC

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July 20 roadside washcloth:
#roadbike #roadbikes #roadcycling #roadcyclist #cycling
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2025-07-17 13:46:53 UTC

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@nprofile…hqdl You might want to look into the Affinity Suite. It's inexpensive, works very similarly (but there is a bit of a learning curve), functions great. There are some things that made us keep the Adobe suite as well (I'm begging my wife to get off it), but Affinity is a very capable, vastly cheaper option that many creatives I know are using.

2025-07-15 15:43:44 UTC

Muddy Waters – “Unk” in Funk https://vinyldistractions.com/muddy-waters-unk-in-funk/
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2025-07-13 00:35:15 UTC

Muddy Waters – Fathers and Sons https://vinyldistractions.com/muddy-waters-fathers-and-sons/
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2025-07-11 17:00:42 UTC

Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters Sings The Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
My vinyl Muddy Waters collection has been, I must admit, somewhat lacking. I had a big 3-CD compendium ("Blues Legend"), and a bunch of Muddy contributions included on the Willie Dixon Chess Box – and so, as I moved bac
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#60s #Blues #Catchup #blues #BluesMusic #music #RecordCollection #RecordCollectors #records #vinyl #VinylRecords
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2025-07-10 17:07:52 UTC

What if Scotia, NY's Glen-Sanders Mansion had no Glens, no Sanderses? That's what happened in 1963, when Mrs. Pearl Sanders sold the historic house dating to 1713. For years, it looked as if the mansion could be lost at any time.
In my latest post, I take a look at the history of the mansion – the very symbol of my hometown – from 1963 until today, when its fate is again uncertain.
#localhistory #histodons #scotiaNY #schenectady #SchenectadyHistory #ScotiaHistory
https://hoxsie.org/.../the-glen-sanders-mansion-after-1963/
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2025-07-02 17:11:18 UTC

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@nprofile…pvl5 If I spot errors while leafing through a book, there is exactly zero chance I will buy it. If I find them once I've bought it, it absolutely affects my reception of the book. But I'm old, and once a typographer and copy editor.

2025-07-01 17:08:26 UTC

The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
It's a tale as old as time itself, at least for me. Someone I know and whose taste I trust gushes endlessly over some musical genius. I pay such gushing little mind. Ten, 20 or 30 years later, I finally catch on to what they were raving out. Why would it be a
https://vinyldistractions.com/the-modern-lovers-the-modern-lovers/
#70s #Alternative #Catchup #ColoredVinyl #Punk #Rock #music #RecordCollection #RecordCollectors #records #vinyl #VinylRecords
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2025-06-30 14:42:45 UTC

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@nprofile…d0dh As someone who doesn't think I should have to carry around jackets and sweaters to survive indoors in the summer, I couldn't agree more.

2025-06-29 13:59:15 UTC

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@nprofile…3jtt Personally, I found that I have no, absolutely zero, idea of how to pose people or compose a shot that isn't simply there. So I never shoot anything that isn't candid. (It can be learned, but I haven't studied it.)

2025-06-29 13:56:44 UTC

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@nprofile…3jtt I wasn't allowed to touch my mother's hair in the '60s.

2025-06-27 18:50:00 UTC

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@nprofile…4zkm I'm so petty with regard to son that I want this to be true.

2025-06-27 18:39:53 UTC

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@nprofile…q5q5 I can fully understand that, and if I were selling any of mine I'd try that too. But I do get tired of the endless "you didn't do that right" that I get from Discogs whenever I try to add something new or even just an alternate edition.

2025-06-27 17:59:53 UTC

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@nprofile…q5q5 Despite the obsessive level of details that Discogs contributors have set down in the database, I have had endless trouble (and it's rarely worth it) making sure I'm recording exactly the right version. I've found plenty with matrix information that didn't quite gel with what others had seen – and especially on big releases like that one, the variations seem endless.

2025-06-26 18:16:17 UTC

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@nprofile…nnk4 Yeah, got it when it came out and just posted about it!

2025-06-26 18:11:50 UTC

Morphine – B-Sides and Otherwise
I talked about my late discovery of Morphine last time. I think I talk about my late discovery of someone every time. That's just how it is.
Morphine B Sides and Otherwise front cover
I actually got this before I was able to get "Cure For Pain," but al
https://vinyldistractions.com/morphine-b-sides-and-otherwise/
#90s #Alternative #Catchup #ColoredVinyl #RecordStoreDay #Rock #music #RecordCollection #RecordCollectors #records #vinyl #VinylRecords
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2025-06-24 13:00:24 UTC

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@nprofile…nnk4 I'm now also completely devoted to the RSD Bootleg: Detroit release. They were just wild, live, sounds like such a great time.

2025-06-24 00:54:58 UTC

Morphine – Cure For Pain
If there's a consistent theme to my record collecting since, oh, say, 1979, it would be getting very, very into artists years after their time. It started with The Beatles and then the whole British Invasion, with me haunting Desert Shore Records in 1979, 1980, 1981, constantly grabbing music from 15 yea
https://vinyldistractions.com/morphine-cure-for-pain/
#90s #Alternative #Catchup #Rock #music #RecordCollection #RecordCollectors #records #vinyl #VinylRecords
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2025-06-22 18:30:46 UTC

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@nprofile…dza0 Those I see as well, and seem like much more reasonable things to lose! That's why I find the washcloth phenomenon so interesting.

2025-06-22 18:29:42 UTC

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@nprofile…z5gg My kids make fun of me for my devotion to shellac but for years I'd use nothing else on our floors.

2025-06-22 18:27:34 UTC

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@nprofile…z5gg Mine, too.

2025-06-21 00:21:42 UTC

Do other #cyclists experience the phenomenon of the roadside washcloth? Okay, this one's more of a handtowel, but still . . . for the more than two decades I've been #cycling, I have always observed discarded/dropped/lost washcloths along the roadside. I always document the first roadside washcloth of the spring, but after that there are too many to catch them all.
#roadbike #roadbikes #roadcycling #roadcyclist
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2025-06-17 15:49:26 UTC

Twice today I was tempted to comment on a stranger's post with a counter to their point. Twice today I remembered that that never goes well no matter how I phrase my counterpoint, and chose to remain happy instead.

2025-06-17 13:18:57 UTC

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@nprofile…4zkm Absolutely. The only places I ever picked up a foot fungus (twice) were podiatrists' offices.

2025-06-17 00:44:53 UTC

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@nprofile…dz2q Ugh! So sorry you're going through that.

2025-06-16 12:23:23 UTC

Had the privilege this weekend of listening to an amazing singer-songwriter, Anna Spackman, whose most recent songs are beautiful, cutting, insightful, and somehow hopeful. Just released a live album from another show this year, "Sunlight Returning: Songs of Hope." Highly recommended.
#singer #singersongwriter #music #musician #musicians #songwriting #protestsong #protestsongs #socialjustice
https://annaspackman.bandcamp.com/
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2025-06-14 14:54:13 UTC

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@nprofile…sxq3 Great resource. Do we know the artist for the poster in your post?

2025-06-14 13:29:38 UTC

Having a fairly successful #cycling season, up to 912 km (566 miles) on the year so far, despite missing out a bunch of June due to work and rain. Last year was not great at 1473 km total, so I'm pretty certain to beat that but need to keep telling myself to get out there! Just go! #roadcycling #roadbike #fitness
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2025-06-14 13:14:56 UTC

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@nprofile…3jtt Haven't been to Taughannock in so long – but one of my kids was just up there. Understand they just made a lot of improvements to the trails. Saw a picture from earlier in the spring where the falls were raging even harder.

2025-06-13 13:13:36 UTC

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@nprofile…cu9c Odd coincidence that I just watched him this week in Penn's "Night Moves," which is up on a Criterion collection celebrating Gene Hackman.

2025-06-09 18:43:58 UTC

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@nprofile…3jtt But that's the same thing you're doing when making a print. At least in my days in the darkroom, we talked about exposure time, and dodging or burning the exposure.

2025-06-09 18:38:28 UTC

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@nprofile…3jtt "Exposed" would be my choice, now that "print" is somehow ambiguous.

2025-05-21 12:35:45 UTC

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@nprofile…h68k Wow! Would not have even remembered that I remembered that until hearing it in your post.

2025-05-20 18:04:25 UTC

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@nprofile…3jtt I wish I had taken SO many more photos than I did 50 years ago (though an avid photographer, I didn't have the budget) because so much of what I shot proved to be documentary of places that are no longer the same, or are gone). And that includes lost technologies or artifacts, like that cup.
I recently did a reflection primarily on one photo from back then, letting it flood me with memory:
https://mynonurbanlife.com/choices/

2025-05-09 13:27:45 UTC

Ohhhh . . . yesterday I paddled what I'm pretty sure is my new boat. Made by Melker of Sweden, committed to sustainability in manufacture (it ain't easy), this baby is laid up with cork; the deck is made of flax. Yes, cork and flax. And resin that's at least partly plant-based. And it paddles like a dream.
#paddling #kayak #kayaking
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2025-05-02 12:52:04 UTC

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@nprofile…4p29 The particulates would be measured (assuming all that monitoring money hasn't been gutted, which it may have been) primarily by the states with affected ports. I know NY, CA, and TX all do particulate monitoring, and TX (Galveston) in particular used to focus on their ship channel. Harder to separate from everything else in NY and CA ports. CO2 would not be directly measured but can be converted from the ship traffic numbers.

2025-03-25 20:25:13 UTC

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@nprofile…302z Many, many things they're angry about our "mispronouncing" are actually how they were pronounced when we split off, and it's the British soundings that have changed more than the American.

2025-03-24 12:22:52 UTC

Claudine Longet – We’ve Only Just Begun
Claudine Longet We've Only Just Begun front cover
Okay, not every purchase is a good purchase, even if it's from the dollar bin, even if it's likely my dealer just tossed it in with whatever else I was buying that day. I had previously rescued two Claudine Longet albums from his dollar sec
https://vinyldistractions.com/claudine-longet-weve-only-just-begun/
#Catchup #Pop #music #RecordCollection #RecordCollectors #records #vinyl #VinylRecords
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2025-02-19 00:58:50 UTC

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@nprofile…upw4 For a second I thought you meant Hoodie Gary, 'cause that was definitely an over-the-border accent, but then I got to Steve and understood what you were talking about.

2025-01-17 19:16:50 UTC

There is just very little that's better than a winter hike. Back in our old home stomping grounds for a weekend. #hike #hiking #winter #UpstateNY #TroyNY #PeeblesIsland #Cohoes #CohoesNY #trail #trails
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2024-12-03 16:43:47 UTC

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@nprofile…nrtg Listen, I've poured water in the grinder, poured ground coffee into a holder without a carafe, poured coffee onto my cereal . . .