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My optometrist just apologized to me for the environmental damage he’s doing by wearing disposable contact lenses.

In a 2002 interview, President George W. Bush remarked, “I do not need to explain why I say things.”

But we’ve uncovered the reason anyway: he says things because the voices tell him to!

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Earlier this year I wrote a song called “Ode to Soup.” Although the song was far from complete, I published an early demo version on this site because I thought it would be interesting to hear the song mature over time. The final version will be recorded during Thanksgiving week, and posted here in December, unless rather than maturing it becomes stuck in that awkward pimply stage of adolescence in which case it will spend a few years working at the car wash to develop character.

Anyway, my juvenile demo recording has recently returned from a summer in southern California, where it acquired a great loopy fretless bass line thanks to my 6-fingered friend Andrew.

Ode To Soup demo II (October, 2004) (Copyright © 2004 matthew mcglynn.)

From here, the song flies to Cincinnati so my guitarist friend Steve can compose a guitar solo in 15/4.

Meanwhile I’ll be re-tracking the drums with my acoustic kit, and probably re-tracking the dulcimer too, with better microphones and my whizzy new deck.

The new racks are in place. This is apparently a lot more work than it might look like; a crew of four worked for most of two days to disassemble the previous superstructure and build this one. Note the leftover stanchions on the roof, useless and sad like supernumerary nipples, except for the surface rust.

This view is from behind; the PV modules will install on the far sides of these two stands, facing away toward south/southwest.

The crew will return Monday, hopefully before noon, to complete the re-installation.

The Save Betamax people are reporting:

Congratulations! Late yesterday, the news from Washington was in: the INDUCE Act is dead for the rest of the year. Thank you so much for the effort you put into contacting your Senators. Your work has made a difference, and if the RIAA and MPAA try again to pass INDUCE, we’re 7,000 voters strong, we’ll rally even more support, and we’ll stop them.

See historical INDUCE coverage at debris.com