May 22, 2025

Nothing special today, mostly on-and-off with the rain and just getting through another Thursday. Might have some micro-posts to provide throughout but will be mostly quiet.

The album for today is the original 1984 recording for the musical Chess, which is more famous for being the source of "One Night in Bangkok" and for being one of Broadway's more dramatic flops. This was due to coming across a trailer for a YouTube documentary about it last night. I've always like this one since I heard it in high school (I'd likely pull off a decent job as either Molokov or The Arbiter) but it's also dependent on whether you like Tim Rice, ABBA, chess, and/or Cold War intrigue.

Featured image is a cool photo of a bridge in China taken by Zhiyuan Sun. If I have anything else to say, it'll probably be in another post later on. - A.B. 5/22/25