Whitewater Horn

Big day for Mexico. Now we have to wait and see if Mexico will drop Enga-land like del Toro dropped Jonas.

It’s been fun to watch IDT’s progression. He’s something special and is going to keep winning races. I hope Jonas and Visma cherish every single day they have the jersey, because it’s obviously temporary.

Three people have beaten Pogacar in a grand tour. Two of them are still racing on UCI World Tour teams. Only one of them is in this TdF peloton. Pogacar is the overwhelming favorite barring injury or illness. Still, I would love to see some yellow jersey suspense in the third week. Not holding my breath.

No Wout, no problem for Visma.

That’s a great day

Man, I hope this isn’t a sign that the wheels are coming off for this tour. We really enjoyed the Friday and Sunday shows in Fort Worth, and I have tickets for three more shows later in the tour. Hope Geddy recovers fully and this was just a brief run of bad luck.

Yeah, that’s fair.

Very good video, and Jens is one of the best people from a rotten era of cycling. If anyone gets a video in their feed titled “The 2026 Tour de France Will Be a Bloodbath. Here’s Why” from a channel called Sub Sixty, skip it or open it to give it a thumbs down. It’s utter shite.

Triggered. Me and a few other yanks went to go see The Damned play a show in a literal crypt turned club in Sevenoaks under an old church cleverly called “The Crypt.” After the gig we took the train to Deptford to meet up with some other friends who had changed their plans and bailed. One of the girls in my group asked a taxi driver if he had any drugs, and he said no. She followed that up with, “can you take us somewhere we can buy drugs?” He said “get in” and dropped us off in Peckham after midnight. Very unethical.

Uploading Attachment... This is Visma’s preliminary TdF squad. If they’re looking to add more help in the mountains, my bet would be Davide Piganzoli rounding out the final eight.

My elderly mother is going to be devastated. My lifetime of bicycle shenanigans, obsession, races, roadtrips, vacations, etc finally turned her into a fan of road racing, and WVA is her favorite rider. Sucks for Visma, too. Especially after today when Pogacar again showed an ability that they cannot answer.

America. Fuck yeah.

Dick Parry. And don’t forget the great Texas sax man Bobby Keys.

That’s a good idea. I read an article about Kip Winger’s foray into orchestral composition. For the last ten years most of my free time and efforts have been committed to getting my off grid place in West Texas ready for retirement and year round habitability starting next year. I’m ready learn some new artistic creativity skills. I sure would like to compose some music to compliment my attempts at astrophotography and desert drone photography. About to have a lot of time to do more of that.

No, I believe my musical path played out the way it was meant to. My dad and mom both played guitar, and mom also played piano. I had access to guitars and piano at home from a young age, but only rudimentary and informal instruction before I got older and more serious. Started formal instruction with first drum teacher at nine on a four piece drum kit from a pawn shop. Learned to read drum notation. Started trumpet and learned to read music on treble clef at eleven in band at school. Started drumming in garage bands at fourteen and through high school. During those years is when I got more serious about guitar and piano, but only played drums in bands. Right around my nineteenth birthday it became clear to me that I had no musical talent, only some hard won musical ability through fanatical practice and playing with talented band mates. At first it stung, but turned to relief knowing I wouldn’t ever have to worry about music becoming a career and feeling like a chore, so I could just be a fan and geek out over music and be happy playing at jams and even some party bands and cover bands for a while. Closing in on 60, I have no regrets for the choices I made about what to learn and when. Like everyone, I would like to continue to improve, and I wish I knew how it feels to be able to compose good original music. I’m grateful that I’ve had the ability to play music for pure joy and mental health maintenance

There are definitely other cocktails with scores of contributing ingredients.

A potent cocktail of apathy, hubris, and tribalism.

Hate that. Looked like potential for broken bones.

Ready to watch these badass ladies take on the Angliru for the first time in just a few kms. 👏

Jesus, he just rides away from people. Flips hung with him for a bit at the end today, but Pogi rode him off the wheel when it was time. Like the knife scene in Saving Private Ryan, excruciating inescapable death.

Snap goes the elastic.

And taking pulls 1v1 with Pogi. Either supremely confident or hasn’t learned from others.

There’s definitely great music still being made, but I was speaking more to the mindless brain rot they were listening to that was autotuned to death and barely distinguishable from a dozen other artists of the time. I’m sure there are times when I get Beato brain and treat modern pop and rock a little unfairly, lol.

My kids are 22 and 19 now and have their own music taste tastes, but when we take a road trip together or drive out to our retreat/soon to be my retirement place in West Texas and I ask if they want to listen to their playlists or mine, they pick mine. When I asked them why they always choose my music over theirs, my daughter told me she can barely remember the music she liked 10 years ago, but the music I’m into sounds like it’s going to be listened to forever. They have a sort of innate understanding that a lot of what has been popular in the years of their lives seems kind of temporary and disposable. I’ve been surprised and pleased at how much music from the 60’s thru 90’s they have in their own playlists. I’m glad there are young people actively seeking out great music. My son is going to a couple of shows on the Rush quartet tour with me this summer. They’ve gone to some shows with me at Red Rocks - my younger sister lives 15 minutes from Morrison, so we plan family visits around artists we want to see there. For Gen Z kids mostly into hip hop, rap, and pop R&B, they’re up for going to any kind of show. Seems like plenty of music from 60s through 90s is padding the test of time.

And I thought my Gen Z kids were de-evolution when they were middle school aged and watching other people play video games online. Now grown ups are watching kids listening to music and call it “reacting.” I’m sorry for everyone who didn’t get to grow up Gen X or older and just be able to enjoy things organically without it having to be performative or “content,” but at least some kids are interested in exploring music from before their time.