Bird Mail 030
Bird Gang, it has been an unusual spring in Austin, in that we’ve actually had a spring. I hope you have been able get outside and enjoy the sun.
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A few of you might remember The Case of the Missing Hit from some issues back. If you enjoyed that story, then you will love the 2012 documentary, Searching for Sugar Man which I think is a must-watch. If you’ve run out of focus music to listen to during your day, you can do a lot worse than Cold Fact.
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I got a kick out of this piece in The New Yorker that was published on the day that I was born. It is absurd and silly and exactly the kind of break we need right now. Coyote v. Acme
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On my shelf, next to my collection of Field Notes is a weathered box of Kodachrome 40 Super 8 film that expired in 1985. Bird and I have been shooting through some rolls of modern film that we need to get developed. I came across a mid-century road trip shot on Kodachrome and I started thinking about Kodachrome and the previous permanence of images—this will probably turn into a longer essay at some point, but I do not want to exhaust you all now. Perhaps it is the wanderlust nagging at me after being kept at home, or not-far-from-it for so long, but all the images have me wanting to pack up the car, the bikes, and the little dog to go pretty much anywhere. I can’t shake this idea that Kodachrome was the Instagram of its time.
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The world of fine timepieces can often be a stuffy one, full of old white guys with opinions on which reference number of vintage Rolex Sub is really worth more and why, and it can get pedantic and dull quickly. Hodinkee’s editorial team is more diverse than most and the quality of their content shows. I found this interview with the Queen of automata fascinating, and it left me zooming and staring in awe at the horological curios she repairs.
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Fabio Wibmer trials home office life.
This not seeing the people you love and care about, the friends, the family, and even the strangers at your normal coffee shop, it is really hard. I am surviving. There are glimmers of hope and some damn good days to be had through all of this. I hope you are finding them too.
I miss you all,
Bruce
Your friend,
Bruce
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