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I think its cool aesthetically, very bold how he has the knobs on the incline facing almost vertically.

happy birthday smeg smeg!

happy bday Al!

pass the peas! got the Cards tonight, can't wait.

also abstinence IS an option. we don't have to have sex to live. just saying as an individual choice, NOT as a program to prevent AIDS and unwanted pregnancy.

even in the dark ages they had lamb intestine with a knot on the end.

cue "The HIV Song" by Ween AIDS!

finally broke down and bought the Mastodon vinyl box.

totally get this, its a gnarly record, and the packaging is just awesome. my threat about not supporting southern lord artists is of course bullshit, i'm just not going to buy from SL direct anymore. i'll be re-purchasing this from an ebay seller sometime soon.

She's coming to Mobile, but I'm not planning on attending. I respect her and all, and like every coffeehouse kid in the 90's owned a copy of Little Plastic Castles, but I can't say I'm a fan. I did just buy tickets for Mastodon/Kylesa/Intronaut in New Orleans. 4/11/09.

Finishing up Stephenson's absolutely awesome Baroque Cycle, with System of the World. I really just want to buy Anathem and read it right after this. I just can't seem to get tired of this guy, or Enoch, or the Waterhouses, or Shaftoes.

definitely dying. here is a video from Coventry: at about 50 seconds in, he pulls out what is unmistakably a bag of heroin and puts it up to his nose, right there on stage. fast forward to 2:40, and he is completely nodding. kids: don't fucking do opiates.

Oh, and I was supposed to catch Morrissey in Atlanta this Saturday, but as I was waiting at the Atlanta airport for my GF and her friend who drove six hours from Mobile to come and pick me up, I got an email from my iPhone informing me the show was cancelled. Apparently the Moz lost his voice at the Myrtle Beach show the night previous. Totally sucks. BUT, we had a hotel room in Atlanta, and they had driven all that way, so we consulted the almighty iPhone. While eating the aforementioned delicious Vortex burger, I used the Jambase iPhone app to find out what other live music was going on that night. Saw some band called The Annuals were playing at the Earl. We all liked their influences as described on the iPhone, so I hopped onto the browser and bought three tickets. Then we used the map function to get us to the venue, where we had a great time. I mean, how badass is the iPhone? The Annuals were a bit too spunky for my tastes, but their 21 year old front man is obviously a very talented songwriter, and good things may still come out of this band. The real stars were the openers, first a cool (and hot) chick named Jessica Lea Mayfield, who had a bluesy country dark Mazzy Star thing going on. Her band was fantastic, and consisted of her huge beastly brother on the biggest stand up bass I've ever seen, a guitarist who looked EXACTLY like Bullock from Deadwood, and a completely hot blonde drummer, like completely hot. The other band were called What Laura Says, and they have this great Queen/Beatles + Black Keys thing going on. I really liked them, and bought their CD and a 7" single from their manager Tony, who was a super nice dude. The show was followed by a meal at R Thomas, Atlanta's 24 hour "health food" restaraunt, which was really awesome. So a trip that could have been a disaster turned into a lot of fun. Next: Ryan Adams and The FUCKING CARDINALS next Thursday right here in Mobile, then North Mississippi Allstars with Hill Country Revue, again in Mobile, the following Saturday.

Totally. Seriously I was able to get up with two really old friends I hadn't seen in some time, and we sat next to each other and had a ball. The below two pictures say it all. First is from Hampton, second is from Coventry. For non Phish fans, Coventry was Phish's "final" concert in 2004, which I was also at, and which was the worst concert experience of my life, and Hampton was their big reunion run this past weekend: I'm really happy for Trey.

that looks great, i wish listed it, thanks. Pandora's Star has been sitting in my to-read pile for some time. Any good?

good thread, I'm thinking of investing in an iron myself. I want to try swapping out some resistors on the ol' bugle.

Right on.

I asked a guy over at SH who owns both the 22L (not 12L, same family though) and MMG to compare the two, and he said the biggest difference was the MMG's huge soundstage. He opted to keep the MMG.

Phish 3/6/09 Hampton, VA I haven't seen them but several times, but it was the best phish I've ever seen. incredible set list, super tight playing, positive crowd, unreal energy. I'm happy I was there. Tonight: Morrissey, Atlanta, Variety Playhouse. Can't wait to have a huge messy cheeeeebugga from Vortex!

Incredibad - The Lonely Island "you can't stop me motherfucker cause i'm on a boat"

totally won't be worth a grand, but I'm ignoring opportunity cost. though the idea of buying danny's sw8 gear is alluring.

ha, no way.

yeah the Fridays are insane now. $1000+ thanks Mike, I'm pretty excited.

finally got my ticket for Phish this Friday.