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The Birdcage, 1997

Theme Week: Comedy 😆

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Death Dance

Karl Hofer

oil on canvas, 1946

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Find someone who enjoys your boring conversation everyday.

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Pedro Friedeberg — Imbecilic Night Race (gouache, oil, ink, on board, 1970)

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Aiwa LX-70 direct drive linear tracking computer control/track sense turntable

Absolutely THRILLED with this purchase! Found an ebay seller offering it along with the matching amp, which I was less interested in. He was kind enough to split them apart and sell me just the turntable and I couldn't be happier - this model is one of my favourites, with a great blend of solid (enough) performance, styling that's right up my alley and a bunch of cool features.

Weirdly, when it arrived it wouldn't operate, just making a disgruntled motor noise - I disassembled it and had a look inside to see if I could spot the fault.... and it just started working again without any actual touching of the internal components. No idea. Maybe it just needed reassurance that I care about it and want to keep it working for it to be comfortable in its new home?

This machine is a dream model for me so I am thrilled to have it on my shelf - while it's nothing exceptional in terms of performance, it's certainly not one to sneeze and it is a solid midrange machine. Where it really shines though is that "computer control" bit, because this turntable has a clever little optical sensor in the tonearm that can spot the shiny gaps between tracks on a record. That means if I want to listen to tracks 2, 4 and 7, I don't need to do any manual work - I just press the buttons for 2, 4 and 7 and hit start, and it detects those tracks and plays them! It also has a "repeat" button - this will either loop your selected tracks, or if you don't make a specific selection, the whole record. It even has track skip and track rewind buttons, and is smart enough to detect tracks in regular playback, helpfully flashing an indicator light over whichever song number you are on! All standard features for a CD player, certainly, but can your turntable do that?

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“Healing is the unlearning of stories you’ve told to yourself, about yourself, that destroy your spirit.” - Unknown

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October 1975. ‘New-shape soles for savvy tootsies.’

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The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. 1882. Book cover.

Internet Archive

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Eldar Zakirov

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UFOs by Franco-American, 1983.

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hookwoojin

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i want to die