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BillB

@azbitterslab.bsky.social

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Wine, tea, space & prog rock, vinyl, cocktails, live music, guitars, books, ceramics. Retired as maker of cocktail bitters & as defense analyst /adaptive optics engineer / IMINT /high energy laser geek. Co-fndr: Architectural Metaphor Boston -> Phoenix

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BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 4h

#NowSpinning
Sonny Rollins On Impulse!

2019 Vital Vinyl series from Impulse. Nice clean copy with very good dynamics.

#VinylCommunity #albums #jazz

Album cover with a slightly blurry image of Sonny Rollins from his right side playing his sax. Turntable spinning in the background.

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 1d

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 4d

I didn't know anything about Anika Nilles before seeing her in Jeff Beck's last tour in 2022. She was a true powerhouse during that show & she also formed a super tight pocket (w Rhonda Smith on bass) for Beck to do his thing. I can't wait to see what she does with Alex and Geddy.
#Rush #livemusic

Jeff Beck leaning back, turned to his right side, playing a white Strat with Anika Nilles behind her drumkit in the background.

Close up of Anika Nilles from her left side, behind her drumkit, with her blond hair blowing all over.

Another closeup of Anika behind her drumkit from her left side.

Anika in the background behind a red Tama kit. In the foreground are Jeff Beck (left) and Johnny Depp (right).

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 4d

#NowSpinning It's that time of year for It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
2022 Craft, cut at 45rpm by Kevin Gray
#vinyl #VinylCommunity #Peanuts #Halloween #TricksOrTreats #guaraldi

Album cover with a joyous Linus and skeptical looking Sally in a pumpkin patch awaiting The Great Pumpkin with a shadow of Snoopy against a full moon.
Turntable with album in the background.

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BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoying some coffee and a rare cool, rainy morning in the desert.

Colored clay coffee cup of blue, yellow, and orange in the foreground with some flowering desert shrubs, rain causing ripples in a pool, and a grey cloudy sky.

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 6d

They picked a super drummer to join them too.

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BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 6d

So many rooms with so many masterpieces. Love that place, and ya, Bartlett Gallery is no slouch.

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 6d

Fetterman is useless and Murkowski only votes with Dems when she knows her vote won't be the swing vote. She is horrid as well.

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 12d

From my favorite producer of Vouvray bubbly. 2012 Pinon no dose is such a lovely beverage.
#wine #Loire #chenin

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 13d

Just saw that The Residents are touring soon, playing Eskimo in its entirety. I am very excited about this. Haven't seen them live since 1986 for their 13th Anniversary Tour.
#experimental #music

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 15d

#NowSpinning This is a hauntingly beautiful album. I've been captivated by the songs that have been released over the past few weeks and to hear the album in its entirety pulls me right into her world.
Emma Swift: The Resurrection Game @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social
#vinyl #VinylCommunity #MusicSky

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BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 15d

Looks like the Yankees are geo-fencing ticket sales to the playoff games via Ticketmaster, forcing Sox fans to purchase through secondary markets. #MLB #baseball