Advanced Purple May Reign, Killers New Album, Frisco Bonus Deal, Going Premium On OpenSnow & Digital Streaming Update 30Aug20

As August wanes we finally are receiving weather in the Rockies. WooHoo, the smoke and fires are getting knocked down a bit. We're in Summit through the LDWE and PM showers have allowed some advancements and investigations. In anticipation of fall BWO action on the rivers I have tried to advance the rudimentary Purple May Reign BWO used last spring. Fall BWOs are smaller, say #20-#24 vs #18-#20 of spring, and I have begun to see them hatching in small bits. The Advanced Purple May Reign enjoys a new colored tail and thorax which better match the coloration of the fly overall, purple baby. Here's the recipe, tied on a TMC 2488H - you know how to do the rest...

The Killers just dropped a new album called Imploding The Mirage. With having heard Vampire Weekend's new stuff and collaborations, the Killers retooled and this album is better than the last by far IMO. They may miss guitarist Keuning who's dropped out but they scored Lindsay Buckingham for tracks - and there's a number more collaborationists who make the album keen. I like Blowback - seems like classic Killers. Worth a listen for sure, especially if accompanied by some Toppling Goliath brew (little deference to my Iowa friends).

I just scored the "Love Frisco" discount cards - with ORB on the list of spots to use it, how can I not do a 25% discount.

With DD's help and knowing Vail's new policies requiring me to reserve my ski days, I invested in the All Access versions of OpenSnow & OpenSummit. I need the modest additional powder visibility and I appreciate the new layers for smoke and temps in OpenSummit.

Finally, in the digital streaming realm, I am trialing Google's new YouTube Premium and Music Premium. Sure I eliminate ads but more importantly I can access a higher quality audio feed (still just 256Kbps AAC though) than with regular YouTube. It's OK but not life changing and I sure wish it were even better. Yet, the boys auditing my Nest Theater house sound were very satisfied with it using regular YouTube feeds. Hard to know yet whether the $11/mo for the modest change is valuable enough for me. More importantly is that I found the price paid artists for each song streamed, by Google, Spotify or whomever - man it takes a lot of plays to make money at $.0004 per play.