I had a sad Apple fanboy moment the other day.  Allow me to share my pain.

There is a new operating system for the Apple Watch.  Watch OS 6.0.  I had heard that it would include some kind of SPL meter (Sound Pressure Level) or a decibel meter or some sort of thing like that.  There is a new app called Noise that will give you a warning if the noise level near you crosses a certain decibel threshold.  I thought that sounded like fun, and it would be a hoot to watch it lose it’s shit during a band practice.

The first thing I did after updating to OS 6.0 was look up how to activate the Noise app.

That’s when the crushing heartbreak hit.

My watch is Series 3.  The Noise app is only available on Series 4 and higher.

I thought the app would be on my watch but now I know it won’t.  No freaking out notifications during band practices for me.  I’m going to a concert tonight.  I half expected it to vibrate my arm clean off before the set break.  Nope.  No decibel fun for me.

#sadface

Random pictures taken over the last few days…

I played poorly tonight. #SadFace

Bellana came home for the day! Let’s go bowing!

Okay, one last King Crimson post before I start obsessing over this coming Tuesday night’s Steve Hackett show.

Tony Levin, Boston area native and Crimson’s bass player and simply put one of the greatest musicians in human history (if you disagree I will fight you.  I will throw down and beat you until you see the error of your ways), keeps a tour diary that includes photos of the audience that he takes from the stage.  Here is the link to his page for Thursday night’s show at the Wang in Boston.

With apologies to Mr Levin, I am going to share one of his photos.  I am in this picture.  Can you find me?  Hint: I have a black shirt on.

I was in the back row of the center-left balcony (row FF). I can see the exit door that was immediately to my right, but I can’t quite tell if one of the pixels near it contains my goofy mug. There are two tall people in black t-shirts taking camera phone pictures that I can clearly make out. I think they were 2-3 rows in front of me.

For reference, here is a picture I took of Tony while he was taking a picture of me. You can almost sort of work out the angles from this, but I was zooming in quite a bit.

Here is the proof that my little pic made it to Explore, as seen on the Flickr iOS app.

Thanks to the Wang Theater for being amazing, and thanks to King Crimson for melting all of our brains.

Same song that I posted the other day just 40+ years earlier. Only one band member played on both versions. This is basically the original arrangement. The first studio recording was done a year or so later. The violinist had left by then and they shuffled some parts around and brought an old wind player back for the session. Ironically that wind player is back again and he’s on the version I posted the other day. That version is very recent and closer to the studio version than this.

…and the Red Sox have been eliminated from post season contention. That’s what exceptional mediocrity gets you. Wait till next year though.