An old boss of mine collected them, and used one as part of his desk set. Apparently they were notoriously poorly made, and broke all the time even when new. You ended the call by setting it back down on your desk or table, which depressed a button.

I’d love for bands, venues and event promoters to list their upcoming shows on Mastodon. But I can’t really see it happening in the immediate future, since they have to cast the broadest possible net to lure people in. I tend to go to a lot of punk / garage shows (it’s an emotional outlet, I guess) and they’re allllll advertised exclusively on Instagram, often with AI-gen flyers. To add insult to injury.

Just wait til you discover Moorcock.

Yes, his last name is “Dick.” Hurr hurr.

There was an old guy with the first name “Adolf” at my parents’ church when I was a kid in the 1970s.

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds. Seems a witty, post-everything far-future space opera with visually-distinct alienoid characters, through there’s still plenty of page space left for it to tank. We’ll see.

Yes indeed. The original Cliff House in SF is one of those long-lost architectural wonders that I mourn with a profound mourning. The modern, stripped-down version looks like a Burger King.

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