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Well, DAC died so I went looking for something to listen to. I thought I'd give this one a try. Well.

Only his second album, from 1970. It's all spoken word with a variety of backing music. Two long story songs about the hard life in the Asphalt Jungle. It's about junkies and pimps and freedom and civil rights and burning draft cards and "he was a fag, shocking I guess to your puritan eyes, but that's freedom baby and mine to exercise." Demands for equality for black people, encouraging them not to listen to the haters. The music is bluesy, funky (I def heard a Bill Withers riff), acid rock, psychedelic meanderings. A bunch of hippie shit :)

Honestly, it's self-indulgent as hell. But man, not anything I expected from DAC. The guy was just all over the place. Since you can't talk about DAC without acknowledging his worst moments I thought it was worth noting that in 1970 he was doing something else entirely.

Crazy, give it a listen if you are curious.

RIP you crazy weirdo

Hey masonry people. I like your sub and your photos of impressive mason work. I'm glad reddit brought me here.

But I have a question. I have a 1959 block house in Florida that has a lot of stairstep cracks on the outside wall. I probably wouldn't have been too worried but there are also a lot of cracks in one bathroom. One couple on the ceiling along the seam that marks the shower enclosure, and a bunch along the edges where the built in sink/vanity meets the wall, where door meets tile, and along another wall.

We are in a massive drought right now. Two years ago we had rushing water draining through parts of the yard from storms.

I noticed what looks like old/crappy caulk and groutwork in the bathroom. Then noticed the bathroom wall cracks (put clear caulk on a couple as a temp measure to keep out shower moisture) and then when I was going to add some soil around the edge of the house I realized there are all these stair step cracks outside. Now I'm paranoid that my house has something serious wrong with it, like a problem with the slab.

One thing that really caught my attention is that the bathroom vanity is significantly further from the wall at its base than it is on top.

I'm hoping the answer is vault and regrout the bathroom and then monitor the cracks but I don't want to let problems get worse by not taking steps.

Amy thought or suggestions? I'm a first time homeowner so I feel pressure to do it right but also to not overreact.

Thank you for taking the time to take a look.