April 4, 2023

Music - 2023 New Releases

 

Tanukichan – Gizmo

Ladytron – Time’s Arrow, opening track - City of Angels

And Also The Trees – The Bone Carver 

Supreme Beings Of Leisure – 22

otay-onii – Dream Hacker 

Brijean – Angelo

Magic Wands - SWITCH

Pia Fraus – Evening Colours, track 6 - Regret Everything







November 22, 2022

Music - 2022 new releases

 

Beach House – Once Twice Melody (2022)\02 - Superstar

Gwenno – Tresor (2022)\07 - Kan Me

Wombo – Fairy Rust 

Sun’s Signature – Sun’s Signature (2022) Elizabeth Fraser\03 - Bluedusk

Black Angels – Wilderness Of Mirrors 

Killing Joke – Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell

Röyksopp – Profound Mysteries III 

Christine And The Queens – Redcar Les Adorables Etoiles [Prologue] (2022)\10 - Combien de temps

Old Fire – Voids

Papercuts – Past Life Regression (2022)\04 - I Want My Jacket Back

Japanese Television – Space Fruit Vineyard Remixed (2022)\03 - Sputnik Swimming (Pye Corner Audio Remix)



October 29, 2022

Monarch butterflies Fall 2022 migration

It has been an average year for numbers of migrating Monarch butterflies. I have more flowering plants than in previous years (Gregg's mistflower, purple porterweed, and others). There's a lot of tropical milkweed here that I cut back at the end of summer; but some blooms restarted. Oct 13 was the first day I saw more than one here, one there. Oct 26 & 27 was the peak, with as many as 10 at any one time. There's also Gulf Fritillaries from my 2 passionfruit vines, giant swallowtails, Queens, sulfurs, and American snouts from last month's local explosion.

I went to the San Antonio Botanical Garden on Oct 26 and there were 100's.

September 28, 2022

Formaldehyde added to foreign beer (purported)

 

There have been reports or rumors that some brands of beer made outside the US contain a large amount of formaldehyde. I ran GC analyses on some and found none above the method detection limit. I communicated with the AOAC Referee for standard analysis procedures for alcohol beverages (S. Dugar) and he passed along some useful information on analytical methods. Later while researching the topic I did surprisingly find a reference about this; however I don't think this is commonly practiced nowdays.


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Here is a more recent survey. None was found in beer above the method detection limit.



















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September 20, 2022

Lactic acid bacteria spoilage in beverages





















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Mold spoilage in beverages

Mold spoilage has been seen mostly in sports drinks and flavored drinks, also in fruit juices, and rarely in carbonated beverages where some species can tolerate and break down the preservatives benzoic and sorbic acids.
















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Yeast spoilage in beverages

 There's often alcohol and CO2 production (but not always). Here is some additional information.

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