Monthly Archives: June 2020

Look What They’ve Done To Our Songs

Look What They’ve Done to Our Songs Digital recording was never meant to reproduce sound faithfully. Rather, it was a way to replace bulky tapes and records and to allow recordings to be easily shared and manipulated. Digital only samples, … Continue reading

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Richard Dawkins Reads A.E. Housman

Richard Dawkins Reads A.E. Housman From Poems that Make Grown Men Cry, Anthony and Ben Holden, ed., Simon and Schuster, Limited (2015) This video was for the UK’s National Poetry Day in 2014: https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/previous-years/ (external link) Turn on the close captioning. … Continue reading

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Back from Goldfield, Nevada

Here’s a look at the countryside north of Goldfield, Nevada. I was hoping to film antelope but they didn’t show up. They usually do.  

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My Writing Desk

This setup works for me. All this equipment pays off in more work, better work, less frustration. The cost of our profession. — https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/ Follow me on Instagram: tgfarley

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Dah Rock Shop in Tucson, Arizona

Dah Rock Shop I missed these people on my Travel List, apologies. (external link) It’s easy to get distracted when you are in Tucson for the Big Show. I have heard of this shop but I think I got it … Continue reading

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You Don’t Have Enough

I recently took fifteen minutes to write out my thoughts on the satellite terminal I just bought to a website that had little information on the device. That site deals with communicating on the road, particularly to the RV set. … Continue reading

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Thinking of Def Con

Def Con 28 will be held this year in a virtual “safe mode”, the physical event in Las Vegas cancelled. I went to Def Con II and III. That was a long time ago. In  1994 I was at the … Continue reading

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The Best Used Book Store In Las Vegas, Nevada is For Sale

MARCH 15, 2021 AMBER UNICORN IS NOW PERMENTALY CLOSED. FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK FOR THEIR LATEST INFORMATION From Amber Unicorn Books June 13, 2020 Many of you are aware that Amber Unicorn has been ‘up for Sale’ since last fall. … Continue reading

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Only a Pawn in Their Game

One of Dylan’s best, only now being listened to again.

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As Predicted: The Death of Journalism and Truth

From today’s Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/cancel-culture-journalism-11591658340 Cancel Culture Journalism, by the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal (in part) An ostensibly independent opinion section was ransacked because the social-justice warriors in the newsroom opposed a single article espousing a … Continue reading

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