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The birth of the first great quintet. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Classic stuff and the birth of one of the most famous groups in jazz. The music is lovely as you would expect. A great early taste of this classic quintet and a milestone in the history of jazz.This is a second issue with NYC labels from 1957, …

PEOPLE Colin Shields, VP and executive director of global and international sales, is leaving Simon Schuster. Laura Perciasepe, formerly senior editor at Riverhead Books/PRH, is joining Summit Books/S&S as executive editor. Alessandra Balzer and Donna Bray will move from HarperCollins to Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group on April 15 They will set up a new iteration of the Balzer + Bray imprint with both having the title of SVP and co-publisher. …

The red planet officially returns to view with a little help from Venus.

New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent computer hardware company. I started the company in 2020, and it now earns $80-100k/month in revenue and employs six other people. Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one to share how things are going with my business and my professional life overall. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I declare …

Today have a wonderful giveaway made possible by Bois de Jasmin’s reader Tamara. She would like to give away a nearly full bottle of vintage Miss Dior Eau de Toilette, 30ml (comes with a box.) She can send her package anywhere in the US or Canada (sanitized and well-wrapped, of course). “I found this perfume when I was cleaning out my aunt’s stash. It’s not at all my style and …

Today’s newsletter is about finding joy in repetition and the generative power of doing the same thing over and over again. You can read it here. I tried writing this letter a few weeks ago and couldn’t get anywhere with it. And then I remembered this image of stacked drawings by Kate Bingaman-Burt and everything sort of clicked into place: When I usually think about an artist’s body of work, …

Another wet week, with occasional sunshine. Pancakes and fish & chips for Shrove Tuesday and Valentine’s Day. Two good walks and our Hobby Chainsaw Course. Hobby Chainsaw Course: The First Cut Wet Tuesday – but a hare did lollop out through the drive gate before I set off to the gym. PT then home to spray the houseplants with hydrogen peroxide solution – repotting has brought the small flies back. …

Tues 02.20.24 – I am still working through my 2023 photos in Lightroom, adding meta data, processing, etc. Here is a photo of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains as I drove north on the US-395 on Oct 17, 2023 just north of Lone Pine,...

Chelsea Wolfe offers up a record full of shadows and poetry.

Far from mellowing with the passing of time, Mamet's drama still resonates deafeningly

“It’s always the same damn story with the same damn ending. So we told ourselves a different story, with a different ending.” Spoilers, naturally. So, I finished it. Like 3.2 million people, I watched the season finale of True Detective: Night Country. I’ve spent the last 36 hours hooting and hollering and I think I finally got it out of my system, so now I think I’m in a space …

It’s tennis! In your pocket! Now in color! Developer: Yumekobo Publisher: SNK Release Dates: October 28th, 1998 (Neo Geo Pocket, Japan), March 19th, 1999 (Neo Geo Pocket Color, Japan), April 30th, 1999 (Neo Geo Pocket Color, North America), November 9th, 2022 (Steam and Switch via NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 2) Available On: Neo Geo Pocket (Color), Nintendo Switch, Windows (via Steam) Genre: Sports Good ol’ tennis, it’s one of …

Thanks so much to Mark D for the interview! If you love indiepop you most probably know who the Fat Tulips were. A fantastic band that recorded an album and a bunch of singles that sound so fresh still! I am very honoured to have been able to interview Mark D and learn more details from a band I am a big fan! This was amazingly cool! ++ Hi Mark! …

Mark Gurman: In speaking to more than a dozen people who have returned the Vision Pro over the past week, I’ve heard some similar reasons: The device is simply too heavy, too cumbersome to manage, headache-inducing and uncomfortable. The current lack of applications and video content doesn’t justify the price. The work features don’t make people more productive than just using a normal external monitor with a Mac — and …