Trummors

@trummors.bsky.social

Record makers and occasional show players Anne & Dave & friends (posts by Dave) Taos, New Mexico www.trummors.net

Last meal in the US for awhile. Went to The Albuquerque Cheesecake Factory to see what all the fuss is about. Got the fettuccine Alfredo, also spotted actor Zach Cherry from Severance.

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Alternate interpretation of Gillian Welch's "Everything is Free": She anticipated Substack and was giving our favorite podcasters a tagline for subscription pitches

Working on a research project proposal with a looming deadline. Would never use AI but feeling like its very existence makes writing that much harder. Like, I don't want an admittedly patchy set of ideas to sound like proposal-slop!

I've never been to one of those halloween shows where bands dress as other bands and play covers, and I probably never will. No shade if that's your thing, just seems like it's been done to death and it's corny af!

It's okay to never be able to purchase a home, and to reject home ownership as an aspiration. The real goal is housing security. To that end, robust tenants' rights and rent control laws are arguably just as important as new construction projects and interest rate reductions.

Fun activity: record seven tracks of guitar feedback. Send tracks to a stereo bus. Output bus left to a Vibro Champ, bus right to an Ampeg Gemini II. Adjust tremolo speeds and intensities as desired. Put an SM 57s in front of each amp and hit record

What’s the secret to a higher income? Is it working longer hours? Shamelessness? Willingness to exploit? A relish for hurting others? Something else??

I keep seeing headlines like "X percentage of people making [very sufficient amount of money] are living paycheck-to-paycheck." Yeah, if you're putting money in a high-yield savings account with every paycheck, that will happen...it's hardly the same as having no savings or assets!

One of the most bizarre Jedi mind tricks universities have pulled of is convincing students that required texts can only be procured from their hapless university bookstore rather than...literally anywhere else in on earth that sells books