If you didn't notice, I tweaked the cover again. I'm happy with it now. I think it fits the genre better, but you are the judge for that.

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My life accomplice Twila and I went to the Old National last night to see Wolf Alice live and they did not disappoint. It was one of the best shows I've been to in a very long time.

One of the things I love about this band is how versatile they are. Musically they are an eclectic bunch, covering the genre gamut from heavy metal to pop to folk and at the highest level. The band has been receiving accolades from the music world since they hit the scene in 2012, including the Best Breakthrough Artist of 2014 at the UK Festival Awards and 2022 Brit Award for Group of the Year. I've been a fan from nearly the beginning, so I felt very fortunate to catch them live in such an intimate venue as the Deluxe room. It is a basement room with a very cool vibe that the band even called out during the show.

The sound man, John Haskett, who's been travelling with the band for more than half its existence, did an amazing job with the quality of the music we heard. We could actually hear the singing very clearly. John is also the friend of a friend and so it was nice to make a connection. He is serious craftsman and an awesome dude!

The lead singer, Ellie Rowsell, was in perfect voice and hit every note beautifully on key, even when she was screaming at certain points. She is brilliantly primordial, a combination of Joan Jett and Kate Bush and completely fearless.

Bassist Theo Ellis was larger than life and brought the energy as I suspect he always does, all the time.

Drummer Joel Amey killed it and sounded incredible as the accompanying vocalist.

Ryan Malcom is the touring keyboardist and backup singer and his impact was felt throughout the show.

Lead guitarist, Joff Oddie, was absent, but Joey B. Keefe did a fantastic job filling in.

They did an acoustic piece with Ellie, Joel, and Ryan singing in harmony, and then a bit with just the guys that was off the hook.

Here is the set list:

1. Smile
2. You're a Germ
3. Formidable Cool
4. Delicious Things
5. Lipstick on the Glass
6. Planet Hunter
7. Bros
8. Safe From Heartbreak (If You Never Fall in Love)
9. How Can I Make It OK?
10. Play the Greatest Hits
11. Silk
12. Visions of a Life
13. Moaning Lisa Smile
14. No Hard Feelings
15. Giant Peach

Encore:

1. The Last Man on Earth
2. Don't Delete the Kisses

They were absolutely incredible live and if you ever get the chance to see them DO IT!

He did this for charity and I hope he does more of this! Take a Chance on Charity

He is raising money for Down's Syndrome, which his daughter has. The album comes out 27 May 2022, he is singing Sinatra and recording it with Frank's band! How cool! I can't wait.

I love this so much!

I get emails all the time trying to get me to spend money on a fruitless ad campaign. I've learned a lot in the last year about marketing but this is a great example of how not to do it:

I redacted the the names and link.

Did you see what they did?

COVID put this show on hold from last fall, but finally it happened. It was cool seeing him do a new song during the sound check, that we were the first to hear.

The concert was awesome. Loud as hell, and Mark and his other guitarist, Eric Friedman, were in great voice. I love Mark's voice. It is deep and resonant, like his music.

And yes, our seats were great!

Oh and Chris Daughtry came on after. It was a fantastic show. Good to see live music again. And if anyone is concerned, we are both triple vaccinated. They required a proof of vaccination or a negative test to get in.

New Glasses

Wednesday January 19, 2022 | By Hieronymus Hawkes | Photos | Leave Comments

So, I just got my new glasses. I love them! What do you think?

I can see quite well through them, which is the entire point, but I think they look cool. Can we still say that? Anyway, I saw the sunglasses on the shelf, they were blue-tinted with a mirror finish and I was instantly drawn to them. They are prescription glasses, so I can read on the beach if the situation presents itself. They don't look as blue in the office light of this picture, but trust me they are blue and dark tinted. Both pair are Oakleys, which I have a penchant for.

The last time I got prescription sunglasses the store told me that they couldn't do mirror finish or really make them very dark with a prescription. I'm not sure why they told me that unless they were completely ignorant or dishonest with me. But it was a couple of years ago and maybe tech has improved since then, sure. Well, we found a store not far from our house that not only has an incredible selection of frames and finishes, but they could do real sunglasses, in store. I got both pair back in 8 days to boot. Al I can say is wow!

NeoVision Optical, you are awesome and I will shop nowhere else for my glasses as long as I live in Indiana!

I've been arguing since the Aughts that Dark Matter is not a real thing. Scientists have been looking for decades and have found nothing to substantiate its existence, other than their theory fits how things work. This seems to be working backwards, to make a theory fit the data, instead of investigating and discovery the theory naturally. Occum's Razor implies that the simplest idea is probably the right one, and trying to make up matter that we can see or detect in any way disputes the Dark Matter theories in my mind.

Verlinde is not new to radical theories and in this new one he combines quantum entanglement and holographic space-time representation to show how dark matter is simply a false manifestation of quantum interplay with dark energy. Still some more work to be done on testing the hypothesis but it looks very intriguing. You can read more about it here: https://www.quantamagazine.org/erik-verlindes-gravity-minus-dark-matter-20161129