Recent content by Hornbein

Moving between sections is easy. On the Metro, sound from the phone is forbidden. Everyone without exception follows this rule so I don't see why phone usage would bother anyone.

Just poke the image until a ll appears, then poke again exactly once.

The sliding doors of the Metro cars divide the seating into sections. I noticed this phenomenal event in the section in which I was sitting. Seems plenty random to me. No conversations were going on, everyone was sitting there staring into space. The section next to us had the more usual 84% so...

Doing a great job covering Boston's Foreplay. Didn't know they had it in them.

That's pretty good. Here's the original. Motown's first hit record. Written by a CEO! I like Diana Ross' version. Maybe they put it on the album because the CEO wanted the royalties.

A workout for the chordal guitar player. He double tracked it but who cares about that.

Recently I got a kitten named Greta. The next day Youtube served me up a vid of a kitten that looked quite like her and another vid about someone named Greta. I say this is beyond random chance so they appear to be spying on me both visually and aurally. In Tokyo 2020 I went on a date with...

Since 1991 Seven-Eleven has been Japanese-owned. Convenience stores are everywhere in Japanese cities. Family Mart is #1, Seven-Eleven #2.

Today I learned that the first electric piano was the Vive-tone in 1933.

Not that surprising. These lucrative priesthoods are inherited so those involved may have no natural interest in their job. They need something to fill up their time and give life meaning. This stunning drum part was on hire for some Shinto priests. Damn I'd forgotten how good this is...

Bandmaid's first hit. MISA's bass part exposed by removing the guitars. My that sounds nice. The drummer is no slouch either. At the time the singer strained. Shortly after Thrill she appeared on NHK [Japanese TV] with only piano accompaniment. Stage fright caused a horrifying meltdown...