The Jarryd James song is one of those that, when I heard the beat and the first notes of his voice, I was, like, “Gimme. Now.” So I promptly pulled out the Shazam and then forgot about it until I downloaded all my Shazams before a flight. I love this song, but I don’t like adding an up-and-coming rapper to blue-eyed soul songs to give them that crossover “street cred”. Ick. Thankfully, one can still see the original video. Love the entire presentation.

The Dining Rooms slipped into my reality through some side door I couldn’t even name now. Same with this tune. It slipped in last night and fit too perfectly for me to not use it.

The new camera is kinda fantastic. Nikon 7500 is a lil step down from my 750 work camera, but it makes up for it in terms of speed of focus and general responsiveness. It’s a pleasure to use. I’ve been trying out the 85 mm lens, which on this DX camera (= the “step down”) means about 120 mm. I like being able to capture the action from a good distance away, but it has its limitations in the small, narrow streets of central Rome.

Gotta sleep. Later.

Rome, Centro. December 2022