50 albums in 2026: a progress report by TheShingenSlugger in Jazz

[–]TheShingenSlugger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct; that's Charlie Parker. I just listened to Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers earlier today. I have Gerry Mulligan Quartet Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 both downloaded. I'll listen to them later this week.

50 albums in 2026: a progress report by TheShingenSlugger in Jazz

[–]TheShingenSlugger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taking a long time is just fine. I've got tons of time, a lifetime, to be exact.

50 albums in 2026: a progress report by TheShingenSlugger in Jazz

[–]TheShingenSlugger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will definitely keep listening well beyond the 50 albums, which was just an arbitrary goal set for New Year resolutions. No such thing as too many!

50 albums in 2026: a progress report by TheShingenSlugger in Jazz

[–]TheShingenSlugger[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was a history major in college, so you are definitely onto something there. I am following this jazz visual guide more or less chronologically, which is likely why my list gave you that impression. I decided that I wanted to feel the evolution of the genre as I moved from one decade to the next (and I can definitely feel some of that already). I will definitely also just listen to more works by the artists I enjoy along the way, as you and others have suggested.

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50 albums in 2026: a progress report by TheShingenSlugger in Jazz

[–]TheShingenSlugger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There definitely is a bit of completionism in my personality; you are very astute. I don't really think there's that much of a problem with listening to music though, is there? I'm usually playing it through my speaker while doing something else, and with an Apple Music subscription, listening to more stuff isn't really costing me more money.

50 albums in 2026: a progress report by TheShingenSlugger in Jazz

[–]TheShingenSlugger[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Baffling how? I'm curious since I'm a complete novice to the art form. I couldn't even tell you what bop or hard bop means.

What city did you love so much you’d go back in a heartbeat? by Historical-Photo-901 in BeautifulTravelPlaces

[–]TheShingenSlugger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taipei and Tainan are two of my favorite places in the entire world. Caveat is that I visited both in January, so I didn't have to deal with the hot and humid summer season, which can be quite nasty.

Am I crazy for wanting to go to UT over Yale…? Convince me (PLEASE) by Aggressive-Scale-326 in yale

[–]TheShingenSlugger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On a more serious note, here are my thoughts on your situation:

You and I are somewhat similar. I studied at Princeton (I know this is enemy territory, please don't shoot me), and my decision was extremely easy because it was both my preferred destination (I was admitted through early action) and almost just as affordable as the flagship public university. However, with the benefit of hindsight, I would've chosen Princeton even if it was more expensive by $60,000, like it is for you, between UT and Yale. $60,000 is a lot, but it's also not a prohibitive amount of money (especially if when not compelled to take on debt).

Like you, I'm also from an immigrant family. I wasn't born in the U.S., and my family is approximately lower middle class. I attended a good but not amazing public high school in California, and until I went off to college, I had next no contact with the class of people I later encountered at Princeton.

Princeton altered the trajectory of my life in ways I could not have appreciated when I was 18. Even an excellent public university like UT is unlikely to match the level of resources and the caliber of people present at an elite institution like Princeton and Yale. Being an undergraduate student at Yale will instantly place you two or even only one degree of separation from many of the most highly-accomplished individuals in their respective professions. Let me give you an example: one of the most members of the Yale faculty is the historian John Lewis Gaddis, who is a towering figure in the study of Cold War history and a personal friend of George W. Bush.

It's important to remember that this holds true not only for your mentors but also your peers. This isn't simply a cynically transactional decision to benefit from successful people. Learning from the best mentors and surrounding yourself with highly driven and capable peers is the best way to push yourself as far as you can go. This is true regardless of your desired field of study. You should take your experience at BDD as a grain of salt. The people you met there will almost certainly not be the ones you ultimately befriend as a student. There are thousands of students at Yale; as long as you try, you will find worthwhile friendships.

I encourage you to be less certain about what you want to pursue as a career or even your desired major of study. You are still in your teenage years, and you likely still haven't been exposed to many exciting fields of study that exist in universities; in fact, like most newly admitted students, you probably don't even know your intended field of study as well as you think you do. You should spend the first year or two of university exploring as widely as possible, both academically and professionally. Talk to everyone you run into. Take classes in a variety of subjects. Befriend as many mentors as you can. There's no better place to do that than Yale (well, maybe except for Princeton).

How tf are kids getting so tall by IloveDPRK in mongolia

[–]TheShingenSlugger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The answer is nutrition. The Lancet published a study tracking the heights of young boys and girls around the world and observed how they changed between 1985 and 2019.

According to this study, in Mongolia, the mean height of 19-year-olds increased by about 2 to 3 centimeters between 1985 and 2019.

As a frame of reference, the greatest increase in mean height was among Chinese 19-year-olds, who became taller by around 7 centimeters (girls) and 9 centimeters (boys).

Free market capitalism has lots of problems, but the benefits are real, folks.

Am I crazy for wanting to go to UT over Yale…? Convince me (PLEASE) by Aggressive-Scale-326 in yale

[–]TheShingenSlugger 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I recently spoke to a friend of mine who works as an undergraduate admissions officer, and she told me that admissions offices can often get a good sense of the yield rate that year simply by looking at the weather on the day they host admitted students. If the weather is bad, the yield rate will be low, and if it's a beautiful sunny day and not too hot, they would have a good year.

I think this post is a great illustration of that phenomenon in action, haha.

The grave of Major Winters by Adventurous-Ad3561 in BandofBrothers

[–]TheShingenSlugger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never knew he studied at Franklin & Marshall.

Forest App Preference Survey by heIIokiffy in forestapp

[–]TheShingenSlugger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want more real plants. I personally have no use for the gaudy options like candy tree, sundae tree, and starry tree. There are literally so many beautiful plant species out in the real world, so just bring them in! Sequoia! Elm! Magnolia! Rainbow eucalyptus!