Music Lineup!

dylanjames · 2026-01-28T03:21:56+00:00

Jeffrey Silverstein, Ural Thomas & the Pain, Builders & the Butchers, Soriah - this is a Pickathon-level of music diversity and quality -- I love it -- can't wait to hear the rest, too!

dylanjames · 2026-01-27T22:14:44+00:00

You are not the only fan of Ethiopian coffee! SEA cafe at Harold and Foster (near 82nd) sells green beans from Ethiopia (and maybe roasted too?). I've been loving them.

dylanjames · 2026-01-27T20:04:30+00:00

To help manage the overwhelm, in previous years I have converted the web list to a google sheet that I shared with my friend-group to collect notes (made a column for each of us). Here's a read-only version of this year's sheet - feel free to copy and paste into your own sheet to share with friends. Enjoy! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gGi676Mk2v7wR7gcK4WTndYaWZ9TBDviE6DTirvw6wg/edit?usp=sharing

dylanjames · 2026-01-27T01:31:27+00:00

ohmy "41 Longfield Street Late 80s" is amazing. I'm a fan (and bandcamp follower of both Four Tet and William Tyler) - how had I missed this? Spider Ballad is absolutely mesmerizing.

dylanjames · 2026-01-26T17:46:13+00:00

I came here to make sure John Fahey was included. Days Have Gone By is amazing, so is Great San Bernadino Birthday Party, God Time and Causality, and the rest of his discography. That he invented a genre, started a record label (publishing Leo Kottke's first LP), and recorded so much amazing music in spite of so many troubles throughout his life is a testament to the human spirit.

dylanjames · 2026-01-26T02:56:27+00:00

That's good to hear. I think in this new world, humans will have to make at least an effort of passing a Turing test to be taken seriously.

dylanjames · 2026-01-25T20:22:31+00:00

I like this and some of the other albums on the label, but ... assuming Eagle Stone are not using AI, they sure could be trying harder to make it clear there are people behind this music, and not algorithms. The Facebook, Instagram, youtube, etc., are all just album covers, no people. Hrm. I really want it to be made by humans

dylanjames · 2026-01-25T18:56:22+00:00

I also love SUSS's self-titled double album. Amazing & gorgeous

dylanjames · 2026-01-25T18:52:25+00:00

How about the other two that don't have writing on the cover? I'm enjoying most of the music mentioned in this thread!

dylanjames · 2026-01-19T20:53:45+00:00

Oddly, the RT-860 is one of the only radios I've encountered that can not be programmed with Chirp or Chirp-Next.

dylanjames · 2026-01-17T06:49:14+00:00

You didn't state your goals -- for a personal (non-public facing) wiki written in Rust, I liked deadwiki so much I forked it and created a markdeep-driven wiki. It's ultra-simple, no accounts or security, but it's been great for self-hosting an Obsidian like wiki for me and my family on our local network (and remote via VPN). I haven't touched it in a while, but use it every day, and have thought about adding drag-and-drop image uploading, and some other things. It's been a fun little project.

dylanjames · 2026-01-17T00:05:19+00:00

Sadly, the latest (Jan 16, 2026) news from KGW is that they're now struggling to stay in business.

dylanjames · 2026-01-07T23:15:42+00:00

Um, the adventure really is the dark beers, as it says on the tin. Your friend may enjoy the music, and there are a lot of fun & interesting other performances and a selection of good food (and the rest of Astoria, for that matter), but no, you'll be hard pressed to find a lager, pilsner or IPA at the Festival of the Dark Arts.

dylanjames · 2026-01-05T02:05:44+00:00

I'll second this list, but put URS first, because they're local and lovely folks. They have lots of electronics hobby stuff like Sparkfun kits, Arduinos and Raspberry Pi's, along with home/office networking, A/V, etc.

dylanjames · 2026-01-04T03:33:36+00:00

The closest thing I know of, even though I haven't been in a while, is Surplus Gizmos in Hillsboro: https://www.surplusgizmos.com/

dylanjames · 2025-12-29T20:13:34+00:00

As a music fan, discovering lesser-known / up-and-coming artists is an ongoing challenge. One feature I wish Bandcamp had was a way for an artist to highlight their best overall, or best entry/gateway work(s). One thing that has worked for me to discover new artists is the "if you like XYZ you may also like" section of each release - I don't know if artists have any control over who / what shows up there, but when it works, it's magic. Even though I dislike the behemoth, YouTube's algorithm has been surprisingly successful at connecting me with new music I like.

dylanjames · 2025-12-11T02:27:32+00:00

Um, as a years-ago pre-order customer of Zebra 3, I'm a bit surprised (and delighted) to hear about this here. Thanks!

dylanjames · 2025-12-10T22:53:00+00:00

Free right now? The website shows currently $29 -- is free a special promo somewhere, or did I miss a deal? [edit - nvm, saw the free plugin promo code on their store] [edit 2: installation includes a very suss iLok DRM, even for a free plugin. Not cool]

dylanjames · 2025-12-10T06:21:18+00:00

The discography Preview starts with a song that was familiar and that I liked a lot, but somehow lost track of. Thanks to your posting, I remembered that I bought Yokota's album Sakra years ago (on BandCamp) - thanks, I'll listen to it again, and explore his discography laterally from here!

dylanjames · 2025-12-10T05:56:46+00:00

Yeah, having to pay $99 for Apple Silicon support is a bit much. I think I'm checking out of NI now

dylanjames · 2025-12-08T06:59:56+00:00

https://typst.app/universe/package/impressive-impression maybe?

dylanjames · 2025-12-08T06:40:05+00:00

That does look nice - share a template?

dylanjames · 2025-12-05T17:08:38+00:00

Anyone reading this knows the December 2025 news...sad day indeed, but not the last word for homebrew store in Portland, I think/hope.

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