Tu 9/24/19

Tu 9/24/19

Up 8am; mostly sunny and temps to just over 80.

Watched 'THE EXCEPTION' (Hoopla) In 1940 Kaiser Wilhelm II is living in exile on a huge estate with his wife and staff in Belgium. A German captain is sent to the Kaiser to insure his safety soon after Hitler invades Belgium. The captain has an affair with a young Dutch maid, and soon learns that she is an enemy English agent. The plot is a little hard to believe, but the acting is superb; with Christopher Plummer, Lily James, Jai Courtney, and Eddie Marsan does an amazing job as the nefarious Heinrich Himmler. The title poses the question: Are there just a few bad apples in Hitler's vision for the future of the world, or is Hitler's entire philosophy drastically wrong and the few good people in it are 'The Exception'?

Last night while listening to 'the dinner CD' by The Red Hot Chili Peppers I noticed that it was so different from what the band sounds like that I thought I had mislabeled the disc. This morning I listened to the CD on YouTube. It was 'By The Way' and was their eight studio album released in 2002. I had the disc correctly labeled and it was a marked departure, but sold more than eight million copies worldwide. I'll put it on my Google Play Music tonight.

Then, watched 'RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: FUNKY MONKS', an hour and twenty minute YouTube video. It concerns the making of their album, 'BLOOD SUGAR, SEX MAGIK', their fifth studio album from 1991. The documentary was filmed at the mansion magician Harry Houdini once lived in.

And then an eleven minute YouTube video, 'TRAGIC DETAILS ABOUT DAVE NAVARRO'

Then the first two episodes of 'UNDONE' a new animated series on Amazon Prime by the creators of 'Bojack Horseman'; with Bob Odenkirk. I like it.

3pm: Biked to LA Fitness. 45" Walk (TOP BOY). 45" Recumbent Bike (TV new of impeachment inquiry). 45" Cross (TOP BOY). 30" Walk (TV). 30" Cross (TV).

Home to the tub and finished 'THE FAR FIELD'; A hollow book that I learned nothing of the major  political and social elements of the story. A complete absence of exotic or local color. It could have happened in Peoria. My least favorite book of all of the books picked by the book club. Listened to THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS/ ROOT BOY SLIM.

'INSIDE BILL GATES MIND' Episode I (Netflix) 'Toilets for the Third World'.
Then 'COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE'  Sarah Jessica Parker in her station wagon with wood paneling on the side, and then Trevor Noah.

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