Getting in on the action, late as usual. But here are my nine-hard to limit it but I think these get you pretty close to my musical origins and development over the years.

Back in mid July I decided I wanted to plant something other than the weeds that were dying in my planter out by the sidewalk, so I ordered some cosmo seeds. My first attempt was not successful (poor watering plan) and nothing sprouted. Undaunted, I tried again, even though it was now mid August. I thought I had failed again but my little plants finally sprouted and began very slowly growing. Just about the time they began to bud, the weather did a very Seattle thing and went from sunny and 70s to overcast, drizzly, and down into the 40s at night. Today the first bud finally fully opened in spite of everything and a couple more might just possibly bloom before they succumb to the cold.

And now I know how to get them going which means next summer is going to be lousy with the things.

making broth from smoked pig neck bones

I’m already thinking of different configurations, I’ll go with this or I’ll never hit post.

In rough order of appearance in my life, mainly during my teen years and a bit afterwards. I’ve heard all of the above a lot, on repeat, headphones, walking or commuting. Happy or sad. So many repeats.

Us with our witnesses, French town hall

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"A mother cat and her kitten door knocker, Clun, England"

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So far there have been roughly 359 acts (musical artists or bands) cited, plus 13 compilation albums/soundtracks. "Roughly" because for example do you count Elvis Costello and Elvis Costello & The Attractions as one act or two?

I aggregated the artists cited in everybody's My9Albums posts, because that's the way my mind works sometimes, and realized there were some interesting gaps -- artists people frequently consider influential or foundational (or just feel deeply, passionately about) but nobody here put 'em on their lists.

In addition to the pic above, some others that stood out in their absence: DJ Shadow, Big Black, Shellac, Tupac Shakur, Tortoise, Bright Eyes, Mogwai, Oasis, Sarah McLachlan, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Mekons, The Orb, Kanye West, Buzzcocks, Elvis Presley, Blur, Gorillaz, Soul Coughing, Sufjan Stevens, Lou Reed, Orbital, The National, Negativland, Eric B & Rakim, Carole King, Willie Nelson...

Eazy-E got a mention but NWA and Dr. Dre didn't. The Breeders did, Belly didn't. Jefferson Airplane but not Jefferson Starship or Hot Tuna. Weather Report and Herbie Hancock but not Return to Forever or Stanley Clarke.

This post has a heavy Gen-X bias because that's me. I'm curious what artists millennials assumed somebody would've cited but nobody did.

I was out of town and was sick, so running a bit behind on my interneting. But this seemed like too much fun to miss out on.

It was tough narrowing this down. The majority of my listening over the years (I have music on most of day while I work, in the car, or working around the house) has typically been to find a good radio station and leave it on. I've also gone through a lot of phases with various artists and albums, where I listen a bunch but rarely revisit. Ultimately, I narrowed this down to albums that I both listened to extensively when I discovered them, and they stuck with me enough to listen again in the last year. These are also roughly in the order I discovered them.

Honorable mentions & other notes:
• I debated including The Who's Who Are You, which I distinctly remember my dad playing loud enough I could feel it in my chest on his Sansui/Altec Lansing system when I was REALLY little. Can't say I remember much beyond the title track though, and I haven't gone back to listening to their work.
• TMBG Flood probably belongs on this list as well, my mom had the tape and played it in the car pretty often.
• Peter Gabriel's Us might belong here, since it was the first album I bought.
• PC&L is really a proxy for all-things New Order up through Republic, which I was all-in on in high school (mid-90's).
• The Gang of Four album is a best-of, but at the time (high school) it was all I could find. It's actually a pretty solid compilation.
• I also debated including Eve from Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine, the debut concert for which was the first concert I attended. OtR, along with The Afghan Whigs and Ass Ponys, were the big-three Cincinnati local alternative bands when I was in high school. Their newer work is much more folk than my taste, but they put on a good concert and my wife is a fan, so we still see them pretty regularly.
• Eno's Nerve Net was actually the first Eno I listened to, when I borrowed it from my friend's older brother. Still love the album, but I think Tiger Mountain holds up better.
• Strawberry is also a proxy for Wussy's entire catalog, who I somehow only recently got into (despite it being very much my taste both in principle and practice, and knowing the Ass Ponys back in the day). I think this might be the album I've listened to the most.

A difficult task to select only 9 artists and 9 of their albums...

I have been meaning to post a photo of these shelves for ages and realized that it would be a perfect substitute for the my9albums app, except I have to list out the album titles:

Brian Eno/David Byrne "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts"
King Crimson "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
Autechre "Amber"
Jorge Ben "A Tábua de Esmeralda"
Can "Ege Bamyasi"
Parliament "Mothership Connection"
My Bloody Valentine "Loveless"
Velvet Underground "White Light/White Heat"
Stooges "Funhouse"

This is a ridiculously overengineered and beautifully made device and i'm here for it.

Went to a University of Oregon football game. First football game in decades. First sports game since my son left soccer.

EXTREMELY out of my comfort zone: massive crowd, deafening noise, logos and flashing lights everywhere, lines for expensive mediocre food. The next day I just hid in the basement and napped.

Had a great time though. Would go again sometime.

In this arresting photo, astonishing photo...

A riot police officer detains an injured protester during clashes near the Ministry of Education in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, joining a demonstration organized by the Flamingo protest movement demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. AP #Photography #HameraldiAgolli

The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
Trainspotting Soundtrack
Red Red Meat - Bunny Gets Paid
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Songs Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
Tim Hecker - Radio Amor
The Breeders - Last Splash
Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul
The Body - I Shall Die Here

Roman coins found in a field, by an amateur archaeologist, using a metal detector. The middle coin is from 148 BC, before there were Roman Emperors. It will pay us all more equitably to remember, the time before emperors was also "western civilization."
#photograph #RolfVennenbrandt

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Hallowe’en Masquerade by James T. Jeffers

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The accent just nails it.

TL;DR I got a new camera back.

I am going to be a bit of a gear bore.

This came from Copenhagen for a very good price. It is an 8x10 > 5x7 reducing back made by Sinar. It means I can now shoot 4x5", 5x7" and 8x10" film (as well as a few other instant options in between).

5x7" black and white film is readily available. Colour is trickier. There is a camera maker in the US who puts in a special order with Kodak twice a year or so. I have ordered 100 sheets from him, which is now waiting with my mother-in-law (was due to visit this month but had to postpone). I have joked that that many sheets could well last me the rest of my life, but I suppose it all depends on how prolific I am.

In the interim, a German company have started making Large Format film including a colour 5x7 film.
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Sinar still make cameras today and all of the parts are interchangable, even this green back which was first made in the late 1940's.

It's taken me a few years to get to this point, but I am now in a position where I can shoot on many formats, with different set-ups, using a single, modular system.

9 wasn't enough. But now I'm realizing 18 isn't either. Oh well. I'll leave it at 18. Been fun watching everyone post their albums!

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Seems like the bike lane removal crews had to leave

#toronto