October 23rds

10/23/1997

Cloudy, cold, 50 degrees.

El Nino predictions are turning into mythologies with the meme in this situation that there is some God that controls El Nino.

[10/23/2024: Since we might think we know God, we are God(s), or possess god-like powers, we think we have power over weather. And we now, in fact, do with CO2 emissions. Hot New Earth!]

10/23/1998, Friday

Gorgeous, 65 degrees.

C. has laryngitis.

Such a gorgeous day took walk through River North area. So much development going on. It’s canyonizing the area, making it more claustrophobic. Why do they need to fill every space?

10/23/2002

Coldest October I’ve ever experienced.

Idea: Story about people that have everything except that “one thing.”

 

 

 

 

 

10/23/2004, Saturday

Warm, 72 degrees. Unusual for late October. Went to condo-warming/birthday party. Seems that everyone is buying a condo.

10/23/2022, Sunday

Another gorgeous summer-like day. What makes the color so vibrant this year is the clear blue sky.

Out with camera to Thatcher Woods. 

 

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10/23/2046

(Tony Townes diary)

Pretty good review of Strategic Erasure published in Rolling Stone.

Nth makes a concerted effort to bring us back to the deep roots of old-timey pop music of the 1970s. Neone’s personal journey from mortality to immortality, and all the constituent memories, get woven into the songwriting. Women are less likely to erase memories as they seem to become so attached to them. This is what I find so compelling in the work of immortals: they have vastly larger memory banks and more grist for the mill, which ultimately enriches us all in the end. We have so much to learn from trans-mortals.

When we interviewed her in 2044, she was nostalgic for mid-20th century rock ‘n’ roll, avant-garde, Eno, David Bowie, and even some of the Brill songwriters. She continues to value deep music history and it is obvious on this record. It remains to be seen if Nth is true to their anti-algorithmic convictions, and continue down memory lane.