January 12, 2023 : Wondercab Mini (33A)

INDEX SPLENDORUM

The world these days seems to be divided into two camps: those (and there sure are a whole lot of them) who have heard of the sublime Canadian musical stylist who Tik-Toks under the name Lubalin (several of his posts have justifiably garnered over a million views); and those, like me (and I suspect many of you), who until recently had not been thus blithed. Well, if you are in the second group, consider this your lucky day. I don’t know terribly much about the Montreal-born Lubalin (who regularly scavenges his lyrics from amongst such found sources as kids’ diary entries and Yahoo queries and responses) beyond what I was able to glean from this this Huff Post piece, but here are just two of his offerings, to give you a sense:

And there’s a whole lot more on his dedicated YouTube site. There goes the rest of your day. You’re welcome.

See you next week! And, oh yeah, pass the word:

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REMINDER: REN’S WEST COAST BOOK TOUR NOW UNDERWAY

Info on book here.

Thursday January 12 SAN FRANCISCO   Mechanics’ Institute   6 pm
57 Post Street
     {alongside Zohar photo archivist Stephen Berkman}
https://www.milibrary.org/events/trove-zohars-onsite-mechanics-institute-jan-12-2023

Saturday January 14 CULVER CITY (LA)   Arcana Books     4-6 pm
8675 Washington Blvd.
     {alongside Zohar photo archivist Stephen Berkman}
https://www.arcanabooks.com/blog/?cat=events

Tuesday January 17 WESTWOOD (LA)  The Hammer Museum     7:30 pm
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
In conversation with Google AI maven Blaise Agüera y Arcas

{For a flavor of what you will have in store, see as well our earlier three-part conversations in Issues 17,  18, & 19 of this Wondercabinet.}

https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2023/blaise-aguera-y-arcas-lawrence-weschler

AND PLEASE NOTE that though the book is not yet available at Amazon or for that matter at bookstores anywhere (the maddening vagaries of backed-up post-Covid supply chains, don't get us started), it is available from the publisher, Hat & Beard, again here.