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Cake day: March 6th, 2025

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  • It’s good to support democratic values with our purchases.

    But I wonder, for example re smartphones, how many of these alternatives are just European badges on a collection of parts made in China (even less of a democracy than Trump-ruled USA).

    Taking Punkt as an example, I did various Qwant searches and came no closer to finding out where their phones and/or components are actually manufactured. (Very clear where the company is headquartered; “Swiss” and “Switzerland” are mentioned every 10 words :D , .ch domain, office in Lugano. But they never say that’s where the phones are manufactured.)




  • Super Fly, by Curtis Mayfield

    When it comes to Blaxploitation soundtracks, Isaac Hayes’s Shaft title track get all the attention, but it’s basically just Ike reading out the elevator pitch for the film over a riff (admittedly, one of the greatest riffs of all time), and the rest of the soundtrack doesn’t hold up nearly as well.

    But Super Fly is a whole album’s worth of delving into and exposing the underbelly of life in the big city. A concept album with moving lyrics, great melodies and driving rhythms throughout.


  • Yes, the hip-hop & rock collaboration!

    My memory of the film is not so negative, but then:

    1. I was a sucker for 90s action, especially with a hip-hop angle.
    2. It’s been three decades since I’ve seen it (but been listening to the soundtrack pretty much ever since).

    My favourite mid-90s US heist movie soundtrack was Dead Presidents, a film that didn’t get a sequel but whose soundtrack album was so successful it did!

    Admittedly not original compositions, more a “greatest soul hits of the 70s” compilation.