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Not a political endorsement or argument by me in any manner, just pointing out something interesting. I've just read through an great essay by my favorite author, David Foster Wallace. He's a post-modern type who's written lots of short stories, non-fiction, and one totally over the top novel called Infinite Jest. His main skill is bogging his literature down with meaningless details only to hit you with simple but seemingly revalatory facts (probably only revalatory based on the general mediocrity of what came before.) Despite that, I still love reading anything he writes. Guess I like the pain . So in 2000, Rolling Stone contacted him to join a media tour for a candidate of his choosing. He chose McCain, despite being a hard leftist himself. His essay submitted to Rolling Stone was over 100 pages, something that had to be cut in a very short time due to the McCain meltdown after a brief NH primary surge. Most of the essay deals with mundane inner workings of the press while touring with a major candidate. Interesting stuff but here are a few excerpts that I found especially interesting: "It's hard to get good answers to why most Young Voters are so uninterested in politics. This is probably because it's next to impossible to get someone to think hard about why he's not interested in something. The boredom itself preempts inquiry; the fact of the feeling's not enough. Surely one reason though, is that politics is not cool. Or say rather that cool, interesting, alive people do not seem to be the ones who are drawn to the Political Process. Think back to the sort of kids in high school or college who were running for student office: dweeby, overgroomed, obsequious to authority, ambitious in a sad way. Eager to play the Game. The kind of kids other kids would want to beat up if it didn't seem so pointless and dull. An now consider some of 2000's adult versions of these very same kids: Al Gore, best described by CNN sound tech Mark A. as "amazingly lifelike"; Steve Forbes with his wet forehead and loony giggle; G. Bush2's patrician smirk and mangled cant; even Clinton himself with his big red fake-friendly face and "I feel your pain." Men who aren't enough like human beings to even dislike--what one feels when they loom into view is just an overwhelming lack of interest, the sort of deep disengagement that is so often a defense against pain. Against sadness. In fact, the likeliest reason why so many of us care so little about politics is that modern politicians make us sad, hurt us deep down in ways that are hard even to name, much less talk about. It's way easier to roll your eyes and not give a shit. You probably don't want to hear about this, even." Further On "One reason a lot of the media on the Trail like John McCain is simply that he's a cool guy... As one national pencil told Rolling Stone and another nonpro... "It's that he acts somewhat in the ballpark of the way a real human being would act." And the grateful press on the Trail transmit--maybe even exxagerate--McCain's humanity to their huge audience, the electorate, which electoracte in turn seems so paroxysmically thankful for a presidential candidate somewhat in the ballpark of a real human being that it has to make you stop and think about how starved voters are for just some minimal level of genuineness in the men who want to "lead" and "inspire" them." ... "There's another thing John McCain always says. He always pauses a second for effect and then says: "I'm going to tell you something. I may have said some things here today that maybe you don't agree with. But I will always. Tell you. The truth." This is McCain's closer, his last big reverb on the six-string as it were. An the frenzied standing-O it always gets from his audience is something to see. But you have to wonder: why to these crowds from Detroit to Charleston cheer so wildly at a simple promise not to lie?" Here the author goes into how we've been lied to, predictable stuff. "Well it's obvious why. When McCain says it, the people are cheering not for him so much as for how good it feels to believe him... Who wouldn't cheer, hearing stuff like this, especially from a guy we know chose to sit in a dark box for four years instead of violate a Code? Even in A.D. 2000, who among us is so cynical that he doesn't have some good old corny American hope way down deep in his heart, lying dormant like a spinster's ardor, not dead but just waiting for the Right Guy to give it to? That John S. McCain III oppposed making Martin Luther King's birthday a holiday in AZ, or that he thinks clear-cut logging is good for America, or that he feels our present gun laws are not clinically insane--this stuff counts for nothing with these Town Hall crowds, all on their feet, cheering their own ability to finally really fucking cheer." Any typos above are due to the fact that I typed that out from a DRM'd PDF file (wanted to send some of these quotes to a few friends, didn't do it all for you people ). If you want to read the whole messy thing and learn about what people eat and drink on the campaign trail, you can get the whole thing at Ebookmall for $5. http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/title/up-simba-wallace-ebooks.htm

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Still on my screen, so here's the thread: Title: OICDN... special thred for a special guy! Text: Guess who d-bag! __________________ Signature: OICDN noun, (OH-EYE-SEE-DEE-EN) internet-speak for someone who engages in constant douchebaggery and/or scam artistry, esp. via the internet

Haha, Al! I was gonna be the first. Great stuff though.

I haven't watched all that much on there, but I did see City of Men, the TV show spawn of City of God, and it was good. My first Head-fi withdrawal post by the way. I held out a while.

I had a few minutes with both versions of the Equations, and they're cool for $100 phones. If I still worked an office job I'd probably end up getting them for good sound, minimal leakage, good build, and loseability without too much pain. When I worked at the post office it was Triports for me (with sexy electric tape mod. Didn't help the sound much but 3 rolls of black electrical tape around the headband stopped that pesky eggshell breaking problem.

Hehe, first post on Head-case in a while, but I lurk a bit . I am pretty amused by the results so far. It is cool that swt61 came up with the idea of a trophy/headphone stand for the winner. I only took over because I was sick on NYE and wanted something to do. I wish the thing would've been handled better from the get-go, with the nominations being a little more organized. BTW Pinks I'm sure you saw you were nominated My first response was "Somebody second him, I'd love to see the drama.", but I wimped out and changed it to something about a swarm of bees that would result if you were included. Jude removed it all anyway with a message about you being a pain in the butt or something. Anyway guys I'm so extremely non-commital about any of the BS around here, I just observe and occasionally get a good laugh.

Where's Aerius when he's needed? Fine I'll do it. "Because you touch yourself at night." Oops, edited the name, thought that was an MJG thing at first.

peanut butter jelly! peanut butter jelly! peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat!

well you get nothing mr brian griffin in a banana suit! I suggested it first! Where's my dolla?

Lol, I bet Scrypt's book is unreadable. That guy can construct a sentence that looks really cool but means nothing (to me at least).

Send to larry, have him give you your options. If it's going to require spending more ask him to buy them from you so he can repair and resell.

I've heard rumors of various public figures having accounts on head-fi. They never get outed over there because we all know how much celebrities hate publicity (yea right). So any of you forum addicts got any usernames to go with some big names? We're all friends here and I'm just curious.

Who voted "today". Now I'm gonna have to not touch my amp all day. Or can it be more like an arcing thing, tesla coil style. Oh god I've gotta get out of my house.

At some point I figure that sending it back to Mikhail for an upgrade to give me the other tube options will be cheaper than buying 6sn7's. That is if those tubes don't skyrocket also. Feh.

I get a buttload of bass out of my Senns with my setup. I'm a senn guy fo life yo. Word.

Heh. Since this place is ALL about the controversy right now and it's open season on craziness, GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT DOC! I loves my MPX3.

Way, Way, WAY, way way way way, WAAAAYYYYY TOO MUCH INFORMATION in this thread folks. Jesus.

Well I'm not anywhere near the point that I *really* need to be making a decision but I have a source for the stylus and have thought about ordering a few to hold me for quite a while. http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LG&Product_Code=ATSAT0160ML But, I'm still not sure. The cartridge itself is kind of old and the metal around the top is a little corroded. It sounds GREAT though and this is why I haven't wanted to ditch it. Getting a replacement for $80ish is way better than a new cartridge every time. My table is a Denon DP-59L, their top of the line direct drive from 1984. The tonearm isn't super special but I don't have a single complaint about the sound. Phono stage is a Channel Islands VPP--1. So if it really is best for me to go with a full cartridge, start giving me some recommendations on the affordable side. Does a replaceable stylus actually wear out quicker than a full cart?