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Bill Sawalich's avatar

How have I never seen that Sesame Street Tiny Desk Concert! Delightful!

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Lin Gregory's avatar

Now that's what I call a varied selection, thanks Melissa! 😊The destruction of those archives is pretty unbelievable though...I would have thought a military museum might want to take on the files rather than lose important historical records.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Wow, so much to digest here today! I did not know that about Patrick Witty! Bummer… oh, thank you for sharing my Leporello here! Very kind! ☺️

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Melissa Lyttle's avatar

Your books are SO good. Thank you for sharing!

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Irv's avatar

Followed you for photography and this week I found:

- news of somebody whose blog I read has a controversial past :-( and now works for the WH :-( - but countered by a Pixies cover and

- a Sesame Street Tiny Desk

I'll take the positives.

The archive destruction is a difficult one. Film seems more "permanent" than digital, but the method and decisions for storage both have so many factors. The cost and cataloguing burden for film is a worry.

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Melissa Lyttle's avatar

Let's take the small wins wherever we can, Irv! And if you're a Pixies fan, then we could be friends IRL too. :) Also, this whole album is good, but I especially love the OK Go! cover of Gigantic. https://americanlaundromatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/gigantic

Thanks for following.

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Bryan Mitchell's avatar

I'm new to this substack thing since mostly walking away from insta and fb. Real glad to see you here.

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