Russ Fischer

@russfischer.bsky.social

Lawrence, KS. I teach responsible tech, and I put things in the ground.

BrooklynVegan, Alt Press, et al being unceremoniously shut down by a company owned by the guys from Good Charlotte that’s also owned by Live Nation is a plot that would happen in a direct to video sequel to Richie Rich.

I don’t need a push alert when a plane comes “less than a mile” from the President’s helicopter. If the plane bisects the helicopter then we’re in business. *I’m* less than a mile from a passenger jet right now and I’m sitting in my house. Get serious and stop wasting my time

So many people buying on FB marketplace will message that they're here, then sit in their car. They don't knock or ring the bell. Then they're mad when I don't realize they've been out there for five minutes.

Quite an upset in the #KSGov Dem primary. State Sen. Cindy Holscher, who came out against data centers and the Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal, has defeated state Sen. Ethan Corson, who had a big financial edge and an endorsement from term-limited Gov. Laura Kelly.

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this is kind of driving me nuts because an "era" is basically a rebranded "album cycle" and, I dunno, half of all major musicians since the late 60s have reinvented their image/style to varying degrees from release to release and created "lore" for fans to decode? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Forget Albums—Pop Stars Measure Their Careers in Eras Now

Since the earthshaking success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, artists from the Weeknd to Ariana Grande have tried to imbue their live shows with a sense of history.

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Spent all day with this live Sonny Rollins disc on good headphones. Incredible. New master from first-gen tapes and I swear you can hear Sonny's heart beating. Cannot remember the last time I could hear grunts and breathing and little stage asides the way this captures. Gorgeous, alive.

The cover for Tone Poet's release of Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard

Spent all day with this live Sonny Rollins disc on good headphones. Incredible. New master from first-gen tapes and I swear you can hear Sonny's heart beating. Cannot remember the last time I could hear grunts and breathing and little stage asides the way this captures. Gorgeous, alive.

The cover for Tone Poet's release of Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard

Feel like you never hear about $ (1971), aka DOLLARS, except for nods to Quincy Jones's highly-sampled score, because it doesn't hold together. Akin to an OCEANS caper long before Soderbergh grabbed a camera. But it's a mess. On the other hand, it does have Goldie Hawn and Warren Beatty.

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Feel like you never hear about $ (1971), aka DOLLARS, except for nods to Quincy Jones's highly-sampled score, because it doesn't hold together. Akin to an OCEANS caper long before Soderbergh grabbed a camera. But it's a mess. On the other hand, it does have Goldie Hawn and Warren Beatty.

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It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better

Whatever you do don’t take me to The Island from The Prisoner! I’d hate to live in a cool rent free apartment full of bold late 60s modern furniture haha noooo a bubble don’t chase me haha

The Disneyland pass in Roy Scheider's girlfriend's car is very good set dressing. But then she does a u-turn to drive the wrong way on a one-way street with her son sitting in the front seat! All to justify her being part of a car chase later on. OK, fine, BLUE THUNDER rules.

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Watching BLUE THUNDER (1983). Incredible that they made a movie about pervy LA helicopter cops, maybe the least-liked people in society, and got away with it by casting Roy Scheider and Daniel Stern.

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