Dave G
@nextwave.bsky.social
I write, edit, run, teach, play chess, and think — but seldom more than two at once.
Recovering domain investor. Chronic punster.
Into the Brontës, Joni Mitchell, Alistair MacLean, new wave 🎶, Lord of the Rings, Vashti Bunyan.
Recovering domain investor. Chronic punster.
Into the Brontës, Joni Mitchell, Alistair MacLean, new wave 🎶, Lord of the Rings, Vashti Bunyan.
When I rented an apartment in the early 1990s, the lease agreement hadn’t been updated for a while; one clause forbade tenants from playing a Victrola after 9:00 p.m.
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
When I rented an apartment in the early 1990s, the lease agreement hadn’t been updated for a while; one clause forbade tenants from playing a Victrola after 9:00 p.m.
Something a bit different: “Music For Evenings”, from my favorite minimalist band, Young Marble Giants.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xy...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xy...
Music For Evenings
YouTube video by Young Marble Giants - Topic
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January 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Something a bit different: “Music For Evenings”, from my favorite minimalist band, Young Marble Giants.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xy...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xy...
That song is great on its own *and* as a reminder of “Freaks and Geeks” … my favorite TV series.
January 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
That song is great on its own *and* as a reminder of “Freaks and Geeks” … my favorite TV series.
I also use Eno, but in my case it’s Neroli as an occasional low-key background working soundtrack.
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I also use Eno, but in my case it’s Neroli as an occasional low-key background working soundtrack.
I’ve started watching the recent documentary “Sly Lives!”. So far, Sly Stone is coming off as an even more fascinating person than I had realized.
January 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I’ve started watching the recent documentary “Sly Lives!”. So far, Sly Stone is coming off as an even more fascinating person than I had realized.
Sometimes they don’t *want* it to sound OK. When I was on hold for a doctor’s office, they played these songs:
Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
Cheap Trick - “Surrender”
Heart - “Never”
I got the message and hung up.
Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
Cheap Trick - “Surrender”
Heart - “Never”
I got the message and hung up.
January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Sometimes they don’t *want* it to sound OK. When I was on hold for a doctor’s office, they played these songs:
Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
Cheap Trick - “Surrender”
Heart - “Never”
I got the message and hung up.
Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
Cheap Trick - “Surrender”
Heart - “Never”
I got the message and hung up.
Poignant reminder that amid all the trouble and noise, there is beautiful simplicity in the world.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrK...
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2006 Remaster)
YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic
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January 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Poignant reminder that amid all the trouble and noise, there is beautiful simplicity in the world.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrK...
Thanks for posting this. I only knew the Joy Division version, but I like Paul Young and was glad to hear his take.
January 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Thanks for posting this. I only knew the Joy Division version, but I like Paul Young and was glad to hear his take.
Favorite moment: when the old man sees danger coming and yells “BOOK!!”
Where (and when) I come from, that means “Run!”
Where (and when) I come from, that means “Run!”
January 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Favorite moment: when the old man sees danger coming and yells “BOOK!!”
Where (and when) I come from, that means “Run!”
Where (and when) I come from, that means “Run!”
Big Daddy Kane, “Raw”
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Big Daddy Kane, “Raw”
*So full of action, my name should be a verb*
January 4, 2026 at 12:19 AM
*So full of action, my name should be a verb*
The lyrics contain many allusions to it that don’t use the word “chess”:
“my game”
“the match”
“a model of decorum and tranquility”
“the ultimate test of cerebral fitness”
etc.
“my game”
“the match”
“a model of decorum and tranquility”
“the ultimate test of cerebral fitness”
etc.
January 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The lyrics contain many allusions to it that don’t use the word “chess”:
“my game”
“the match”
“a model of decorum and tranquility”
“the ultimate test of cerebral fitness”
etc.
“my game”
“the match”
“a model of decorum and tranquility”
“the ultimate test of cerebral fitness”
etc.
Because it features a commanding white-bearded figure assisted by elves?
January 1, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Because it features a commanding white-bearded figure assisted by elves?
I get to spend time cheering for epic deeds in a fully developed fantasy world that feels very real, as if it’s an otherwise unrecorded time from our not-so-ancient past.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I get to spend time cheering for epic deeds in a fully developed fantasy world that feels very real, as if it’s an otherwise unrecorded time from our not-so-ancient past.
My favorite thing about that adaptation is Judi Dench, who steals every scene in which Mrs. Fairfax appears.
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My favorite thing about that adaptation is Judi Dench, who steals every scene in which Mrs. Fairfax appears.
Amazing book, but it took me months to get through it! Hope you have a lot of free time available.
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Amazing book, but it took me months to get through it! Hope you have a lot of free time available.
It’s an interesting and occasionally thought-provoking read. At the same time, it’s basically fan fiction in which someone made up a story that contradicts the original author. So I found it worthwhile, but not compelling enough to change my views on Jane Eyre.
December 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It’s an interesting and occasionally thought-provoking read. At the same time, it’s basically fan fiction in which someone made up a story that contradicts the original author. So I found it worthwhile, but not compelling enough to change my views on Jane Eyre.
“Perfect” overstates the case. Like all Jane Eyre movies, this one has foibles: too many extraneous plot changes; omission of much of Jane's childhood; and a different and sometimes unsatisfying spin on Rochester.
But it’s still my favorite, largely because Ruth Wilson is the most brilliant Jane.
But it’s still my favorite, largely because Ruth Wilson is the most brilliant Jane.
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Perfect” overstates the case. Like all Jane Eyre movies, this one has foibles: too many extraneous plot changes; omission of much of Jane's childhood; and a different and sometimes unsatisfying spin on Rochester.
But it’s still my favorite, largely because Ruth Wilson is the most brilliant Jane.
But it’s still my favorite, largely because Ruth Wilson is the most brilliant Jane.
Since you adore Jane Eyre [my favorite book], I warmly recommend Anne Bronte’s similarly sprawling novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Like JE, it centers on a woman battling her era’s sexist strictures. (It gets a bit heavy; Anne’s other book, Agnes Grey, is a shorter, lighter confection.)
December 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Since you adore Jane Eyre [my favorite book], I warmly recommend Anne Bronte’s similarly sprawling novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Like JE, it centers on a woman battling her era’s sexist strictures. (It gets a bit heavy; Anne’s other book, Agnes Grey, is a shorter, lighter confection.)
As the new year begins, we despair
That our faults are beyond our repair.
We know resolutions
Provide no solutions;
They fall, like the ball in Times Square.
(Happy new limericking year to you!)
That our faults are beyond our repair.
We know resolutions
Provide no solutions;
They fall, like the ball in Times Square.
(Happy new limericking year to you!)
December 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
As the new year begins, we despair
That our faults are beyond our repair.
We know resolutions
Provide no solutions;
They fall, like the ball in Times Square.
(Happy new limericking year to you!)
That our faults are beyond our repair.
We know resolutions
Provide no solutions;
They fall, like the ball in Times Square.
(Happy new limericking year to you!)
The sinuous Dancing Barefoot is my fave.
I’m reading her memoir “Bread of Angels”, in which she writes “There was a deep concern about my use of the word heroine … it was not a drug reference, but the feminine version of hero.” Yet, when I play it on Apple Music, they show the lyric as “heroin”.
I’m reading her memoir “Bread of Angels”, in which she writes “There was a deep concern about my use of the word heroine … it was not a drug reference, but the feminine version of hero.” Yet, when I play it on Apple Music, they show the lyric as “heroin”.
December 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The sinuous Dancing Barefoot is my fave.
I’m reading her memoir “Bread of Angels”, in which she writes “There was a deep concern about my use of the word heroine … it was not a drug reference, but the feminine version of hero.” Yet, when I play it on Apple Music, they show the lyric as “heroin”.
I’m reading her memoir “Bread of Angels”, in which she writes “There was a deep concern about my use of the word heroine … it was not a drug reference, but the feminine version of hero.” Yet, when I play it on Apple Music, they show the lyric as “heroin”.
Well, pretty much *everything* makes me think of Joni lyrics. 🙂
December 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Well, pretty much *everything* makes me think of Joni lyrics. 🙂