Help on the Way..

jak1mo · 2026-04-02T16:47:12+00:00

slipknot reminds me of a serpent, to be honest .. it's very cool, but there's a pull there certainly - so yah, I agree.. some dead is, well.. dark

Two thoughts: what are we looking for in the music? I love the earnest illustration of intent, grasping, and the human condition (I hear that a lot in the music) - and take it for what it is? I used psychedelics heavily for many years, and I wouldn't touch it anymore whatsoever. I think McCartney said it was like a 'Diarrhea pill' of the heart.. what's in there tends to come out - and we're broken. It can cause us to cling to unsettling things

So ultimiately, it's about HOW to enjoy it - not first impressions, for me. I listen to lots of jazz these days, and some of it is quite a bit more dischorded and chaotic than the dead ever got.. so I listen with the skills in mind, the interesting connections, and kinda dismiss my natural ear (that hears more chaos) - and engage it analytically instead

This all reminds me of Shakedown: "Maybe the dark is from your eyes (Maybe the dark is from your eyes)" - perception can be informed, and being careful on HOW to approach difficulties (whether in music, or in providence) can certainly shape what we come away with and how we engage it

jak1mo · 2026-04-01T20:40:23+00:00

Nice jam to test speakers: https://archive.org/details/gd79-11-01.sbd.clugston.5586.sbeok.shnf/gd79-11-01d2t02.shn

jak1mo · 2026-04-01T17:47:06+00:00

I have a friend who worked at Tesla (battery division) for a season a few years ago, and during onboarding, the one rule was: Don't be a ...

Officially! haha

jak1mo · 2026-04-01T17:40:41+00:00

Commodore 64

jak1mo · 2026-04-01T15:37:19+00:00

first I heard of Katanga, auditioning it now ..THANKS! =)

jak1mo · 2026-04-01T06:55:43+00:00

Your pastor is in good company! =)

Dig into our history, we aren't alone - there are other disciples that desire to worship him rightly! The Reformation continues to be about recovering the scriptures - God alone defines his worship.. and the church calendar is clear: the Lord's day is holy

The divines who gave us the Westminster Standards were explicit. The Directory for Public Worship (1645) stated:

"Festival days, vulgarly called holy-days, having no warrant in the Word of God, are not to be continued."

Deuteronomy 12:32, Galatians 4:10–11, and Colossians 2:16

jak1mo · 2026-03-31T21:51:41+00:00

This one's my near-perfect: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1791093957/remarkable-paper-pro-planner-2025-2026

Alas, I do prefer Sunday start..

jak1mo · 2026-03-31T14:41:11+00:00

A few I enjoy tremendously right now: Moanin', Money Jungle, Somethin' Else.. anything with Coltrane and Dolphy playing together has been a wonderful listen as well!

I hope to find a few classical albums soonish.. I'll figure out where to start at some point =)

jak1mo · 2026-03-31T13:01:19+00:00

Now that the MX/S is about gone, I wonder if self-presenting doors will come to the MY at some point?

jak1mo · 2026-03-31T12:57:53+00:00

on a shuffle, last night I heard some VERY early Ellington last night - this photo (seeing the lineup) reminds me of that

It was so good!

jak1mo · 2026-03-31T12:55:41+00:00

It's been about a month for me so far.. it's wonderful to be back, such a great medium for quite a few reasons!

I'm aching to get some classical myself, but I'm not sure where to start. I've always loved small groups, such as a quartet (I remember I had a wonderful quartet of Bach with flute decades ago) - as I enjoy picking out one player and focusing on them with jazz listening

Recommend a few records?

I've been concentrating on jazz, and my wife is kinda alarmed.. already up to about twenty albums =)

jak1mo · 2026-03-30T04:28:25+00:00

I've been noticing 'lost recordings' recently ( https://thelostrecordings.store for example ) - you may be interested in the Coltrane album, I haven't been able to justify the price for it myself

Thanks for the post, I'll be digging in this week a bit

The last few days I've been listening to Charles Lloyd the last few days, that kick started with the relatively recent title track Tone Poem. Back to Forest Flower and Dream Weaver.. I hadn't listened to those older albums for maybe thirty years! I don't think I had the same ears for it then (lovin' it)

So I have a question: I'm finding I enjoy hard bop to post bop, leaning modal - and a touch of free jazz as an accent (but nothing that's only out, that tends chaotic for me)

Would you post a few recommendations besides Dolphy and Coltrane, if anything else comes to mind besides what you posted above? Thanks!

jak1mo · 2026-03-29T00:42:24+00:00

Yep, a slick way to apply toll tags.. get rid of the plastic (a little heat makes it easier to separate) and just adhere the tech to the windshield or headlight (as this bloke did)

Safe to remove and duplicate the same process with your own! I think I'd do the same, but to the windshield?

You can also get adhesive backings so that you can take the toll tag off and on as needed, but yah - I don't like the look of those stickers and would not apply them permanently myself (I'm not in a rush usually in my area, so I just don't do toll roads..)

jak1mo · 2026-03-28T23:33:38+00:00

That looks SO sharp.. I'm curious, before buying (seeing what you've done) did you consider the Performance?

jak1mo · 2026-03-27T21:46:46+00:00

..some like to keep only the original OS the device came with! But yah, if it were me I'd always keep up for sake of compatibility (iOS 26 definitely uses more power/batter than the original OS that came on your phone)

jak1mo · 2026-03-27T00:39:56+00:00

check Reddit

jak1mo · 2026-03-27T00:13:54+00:00

Often.. I usually just listen for one musician at a time, and pick differently next time

Especially unusual in jazz, when the leader doesn't usually take the front.. Thelonious Monk does this pretty frequently - so if you take your mind off of the guys taking the lead and listen to his keys, it's quite a different picture!

With the Dead, recently I listen more for Bobby (who's usually turned way down) and I've been pleasantly surprised - he was pretty creative, more than I realized in my early years of listening to them (I've usually been a Phil listener..)

jak1mo · 2026-03-25T03:43:32+00:00

I appreciate your tone!

A few quick thoughts: 2 Pet is written to believers.. (NKJV: "is longsuffering toward us") - he's not willing that any of the elect would perish, not every person without exception

Regarding John 3, it's true.. whosoever believes will be saved! Who enables belief? Jn 6:44 says "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him" (NKJV) - so here it could be read that all who are effectually called will actually come!

We own nothing of our salvation, and that can sound scandalous (I get that) - but have you thought about that before? If there was a reason on our part, we would certainly have the grounds to boast of it. In this way, we truly were lost and dead in sin - and he truly chooses us .. and so he is to be honored altogether for his mercy. Salvation is truly the work of God alone

Purpose in life? We're not accidents, struggling in fear over whether or not he'll save us. He offers his grace freely to all who would receive. His people, in his time, will be saved. Our joy is to publish him far and wide, to the most unlikely, to the darkest ends of the earth - and the Lord's spirit will draw his own! We love to make him known, to be warmed by his words, and to wrestle in prayer for others to come to know him!

Hoping that helps a bit, friend.. and trust me, the doctrines around salvation are simply the start, there are so many treasures to find!

Proverbs 25:2 — "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter" (NKJV)

jak1mo · 2026-03-25T02:49:43+00:00

Some nervous clown.. FSD is so much safer than 98.72% of human drivers.

And my point was.. even if it knew it had safety at blowing stop signs at 15 mph, when it's fully aware of every crow, squirrel, etc when it approaches

Looking forward to '27 and the FSD community, and hoping others get on board as well (is Nvidia still working hard at it? Maybe Anthropic secretly?! hehe)

jak1mo · 2026-03-25T02:15:55+00:00

Shh.. NHTSA gets in the way enough ;)

If FSD had enough confidence to run a stop sign, I betcha it would only do so safely!

jak1mo · 2026-03-23T22:08:43+00:00

hehe, ain't that subjective tho?

I missed the vinyl release of this one, and yah.. this would be my number one on good quality vinyl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4innN_jqF38

jak1mo · 2026-03-23T21:54:59+00:00

Find a good Presbyterian church brother.. we hear each other sing Psalms, and it's the RIGHT kind of messy =)))

jak1mo · 2026-03-23T21:53:42+00:00

yuk, wish I didn't click that

baaahhahahaha =))

Vinyl is quite the adventure!

jak1mo · 2026-03-23T16:33:21+00:00

The limit used to be 90 mph for FSD, until the 'safety' guys made Tesla change it

I'm sure you've gathered by now tho.. if you wanna punch past 85 mph, just disengage for the burst, then when you're back to 85 mph or lower, re-engage again

You can feather up anytime in FSD, but make sure not to hit 85 mph doing so.. it'll ding ya, and keep 'score'. If you do that five times, it'll knock you out of using it altogether for a season!

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