>Iggy Pop - The Passenger. It has David Bowie

Pro Tip: Go look up the song "Pretty Pink Rose" by Adrien Belew. You're welcome.

Not necessarily a removal, per se... but a relocation of "Jimmy Jazz" on London Calling would help it immensely. You start off with the incredible one-two punch of the title track plus "Brand New Cadillac"... and then this daffy, droopy little number that stops the momentum cold.

I'd move it to just after "The Card Cheat".

I had to look it up... she's about a year and a half older than I am.

Also, All the Right Moves is peak Lea Thompson. That is all.

>The Magician's Twin is about Lewis's warnings of how dehumanizing scientism would take us in ethics, politics, education, faith, reason, and even in science itself.

This sentence is gibberish. It literally says nothing.

Both are correct in different ways, and wrong in different ways. Thesis, antithesis... synthesis. Cake got nuthin' ta do with it, bro.

Both are correct, of course, but at different levels of conception and understanding.

One can easily look at history and see that much of it is chaotic, subject to human whims and illusions, and rife with repetition of the same tragedies and folly, recurring endlessly. But, at the same time, if one considers all of human culture over the fullness of time, you can ascertain that the arc of history (to paraphrase MLK) is long, and it bends toward justice.

Within anyone's given lifetime, it's impossible to perceive that arc... just as it's difficult to see the curvature of the world when sitting in an open field. But the world is spherical, nonetheless.

Has anyone here ever really needed more precision than 3.14159? For real?

I think it's a schooner.

Let me start by saying I've seen many of the greats over the past 45+ years, and I count myself as very fortunate to have witnessed so many jaw-dropping moments. I don't wish to sound ungrateful.

That said... I never got to see Zeppelin, Prince, Queen, or Hendrix. My loss.

Our first trip there, 13 years ago, we based in Selva/Wolkenstein (every town has like two-three names, btw). So many great places to go and see, but for god's sake don't miss Seceda. Here are our pix, broken out by location: https://onelittleworld.zenfolio.com/f14888621

More recently, we based in the Val di Fassa in town called Vigo/Viche. Equally stunning area, but a little less jammed with tourists (thankfully). Once again, categorized by location, here are some pix: https://onelittleworld.zenfolio.com/dolomites2019

MODS: I realize these albums include shots that are not EarthPorn-ready, per rule 2, but this guy is looking for recommendations. With that in mind, I hope you'll let this post stand. Thank you.

So... that offhand musing turned into a discussion with the missus. Which turned into the beginnings of a plan. Late summer '24, most likely.

It's happening.

>He may be American

As am I, actually.

Not for the past 100 years, no.

Believe the hype. It's breathtaking. And if you like hiking, the trails are world-class.

I've stayed twice in the Dolomites, and many other places in the world too. It's the only spot where both I and Mrs. 1LW have considered making a semi-regular (like, once-a-year) destination. The scenery, the hiking trails, the unpretentious locals, the hearty food & wines... all 100% top-tier. (If they could only fix the peak-season traffic in the Val Gardena.)

Anyway, beautiful shot. I'm ready to go back.

Well... that's the sort of blinkered, philistine pig-ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage...

(Someone, please get this reference.)

People are always stunned to learn that most of the languages in Europe and the near-east are all related and derive from a common ancestor language (Indo-European). And they are also stunned to learn that horse culture (i.e. horse-based transportation) is only a few thousand years old.

Not too many figure out that these two facts are closely related to each other. The people who revolutionized transportation spread their language, culture and religion everywhere they went.

They didn't have them at first, no. The people who built the pyramids, sphinx, etc. did so without horses.

They didn't have horses in widespread use until after the first and middle kingdoms were dead and gone. True fact.

Here's my wife, in the actual burial chamber of the Great Pyramid, just 10 days ago. It was quite a day for us!

Them dawgs is hell, don't they?

Get yourself into a proper frame of mind. Then, let it flow over you.

The Who -- Who's Next

REM -- Reckoning

U2 -- Achtung Baby

Porcupine Tree -- Deadwing

Pink Floyd -- Animals

Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album

Genesis -- A Trick of the Tail

These albums simply demand to be listened to as albums, and they reward the listener with a captivating experience from start to finish.

There is no bottom to this pit. The completely insane and overtly evil GOP is a clear and present threat to the human species, and must be stopped. I'm not joking.

The sunsets are pretty nice, too.

Mo'orea is no slouch, either.