Dusty Chalk

Probably because he was home-schooled.

Bill of Rights, dude -- Freedom of Religion, or, as I would prefer to interpret it, freedom from religious persecution.

Who are you and what have you done with Billy's account? Don't undo it necessarily, I kind of like you better than Billy...

But...but...but...(sputters)...what about separation of church and state?

Marc and Jay Sitting in a tree One with a saw The other with a ...uh...thingy. Down came the baby, cradle and all. Or something.

A chair

Just because you can't hear the difference, doesn't mean we can't.

Yes -- prominent bass and prominent lead vocals. The power supply is internal -- would that be wimpy? Thanks all for the opinions -- I gave it back to the original owner to send back to Pacific Valve. I'll ask him in January if he's taken care of it yet, and then nag him until he contacts Pacific Valve.

Bah humbug.

No you didn't. Tweaker -- you're making it sound like this group listen to records because it gives them a chance to putz, not because they prefer the sound; Technophobe/Luddite -- you're making it sound like this group listen because they refuse to join the 21st century, not because they prefer the sound; Musical equivalent of civil war reenactor -- you're making it sound like this person listens to vinyl because they want to be "retro", not because they prefer the sound. None of those address the fact that someone may prefer vinyl because they prefer the sound.

My cousins would take each other out on their 18th birthdays and "paint the town" -- the idea being to do it so badly as to make the new guy never want to overdo it again. Sounds like you did that to yourself. Word of advice for the future -- pick one drink, and stick with it for the night. You may have a sensitivity to one of them, and that one will make you feel worse than the others. I.E. gin and tonics one night, vodka and redbulls another. Avoid the ones that make you feel bad. Good luck with the parents and the mattress -- no, you pretty much ruined the mattress, they can't really be cleaned, that's why we get sheets and mattress pads and whatnot. Nothing can be done for pissed off parents.

Overgeneralize much? Vinyl is for people who prefer records.

Show own posts appears to be broken beyond page 1. I tried it by clicking my own profile and nate's, and they don't appear to be working, neither. Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Windows XP SP2+.

No, I was just cranky, probably too much coke. Sorry for the aggressive behavior.

Sounds cold.

I completely concur with this -- it should fair to everyone -- those who get the asterisks, those who don't, and those who should -- everyone.

I'm beginning to come to some conclusions about the A950Ltd -- it's pretty damn good. In fact, it's exactly what I wanted it to be -- a poor man's leatherhead (and without the leather). It's got nice prat (though not as good as the L3000's), it's not quite as clean (background isn't as black), it's not quite as resolving (but I am not exactly a detail freak)...but damn if it doesn't do a lot of things right. For example, when listening to most music, I'm hearing the same amount of bass, though it's not going as low, it's only on certain recordings that I can really tell where it's going. The opening bass note in the left earcup on Rob Dougan's Furious Angels ("Prelude") is clearly audible on the L3000's, but on the A950LTD, it's inaudible unless I'm straining to hear it (not including compensation for the differences in sensitivity). But switching to Camille's Le Fil ("Au Port"), the bass certainly sounds right. So they must have compensated for the missing lowest frequencies by bumping up the bass just a little bit, but they did it just right, to the point where I can not hear the difference under most casual listening, which is exactly what I wanted. I'll be getting the A900Ti in a month or two, and we'll see where it goes from there. Setup: most listening has been done on Rega Apollo -> Pure Silver Sound interconnects -> Singlepower Supra++, with some done on SACDMods -modded Denon 3910 -> Xiang Sheng 703B, with little attention paid to power. Tweaking consists of your mama touching me at night. Dac-Ah has been ignored, since it was distorting -- I returned it to its owner to send it off to Pacific Valve to have it fixed.

Marc -- I have to admit to being of two minds on the subject. On the one hand, yeah, I fully anticipate a day when "Running Man" is going to be a reality -- at which point, the use of steroids is going to seem like a minor infraction compared with other rule-breaking. On the other -- what about Babe Ruth? Shouldn't he get kudos for doing what he did without the use of steroids? I fully embrace the asterisk. Good thing, too.

Yeah, but some of those entries are only there because of second-hand evidence, I.E. hearsay. For example: "Marc was aggressive the other day, therefore he must be on steroids*." *Either that, or he's drinking Coca-Cola. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want an asterisk next to their name -- it's like getting a gold star. EdipisReks -- can I get an asterisk next to my name?

Alright, I specifically said not Photoshop -- I fully admit that it is superior to anything else on the market, bar none. End of discussion. Don't make me get out my...oh, right, I don't have a banstick...well, don't make me take my shoe off. I can peg you from clear across the room.

Here's the thing -- half the time, when one makes a payment with PayPal, there's a small lag before the payment clears (unless one has chosen "instant payment"). I don't think 24-48 hours is an unreasonable amount of time to wait, considering eBay gives one 3 days to make contact, much less arrange payment. But from the seller's perspective, as soon as you said, "do you mind waiting until tomorrow", you put the negotiating ball back in his court -- he can now do whatever he wants, including decline the whole sale. Especially if those things weren't discussed. Now, you were asking about etiquette, so I answer the question: was it polite to do so? No, seller should have responded with "payment must be within 24 hours" if he was going to hold you to that, I.E. if he was hard up for the money. I suspect you were first in line, and he got a better deal between the two messages, but that's entirely supposition.

Jesus Fucking H. Christ -- first episode of 2.5 was basically a rehash of the last episode of 2.0. The cut off the beginning (they synopsized it during the "Previously, on Battlestar Galactica..." portion), and embellished a bunch of scenes with additional lines, but it was essentially the exact same fucking episode. Goddamn, that was annoying.

I know! I fully realize I am completely in the minority on this -- and it's not like I got burned out on the song, neither. I just don't think it fully measures up to the rest of the album. I'd much rather hear "I Zimbra" right there or something.

You know how it goes -- the album would be perfect if it weren't for this one track, or these two tracks, or whatnot. (This is actually just an excuse to get rid of some of my favourite albums from my insanely long list.) Deep Purple, Who Do We Think We Are? -- fine up until "Place In Line", which totally drags things down, and doesn't get much better with "Our Lady". King Crimson, Red -- would've been fine if they had just put something more "Fractured"-like instead of the unorthodox improvisation of "Providence". Talking Heads, Remain in Light -- this one pains me, because I really don't understand my dislike of "Once in a Lifetime", but I just don't -- I can listen to the rest of the album practically on infinite repeat, including the seemingly out-of-place "Seen and Not Seen" and "Listening Wind". I even enjoy the dirge-y "Overload". And don't even get me started on side 1 -- it's one of the greatest album sides of all time. Alan Parsons Project, Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe -- there's nothing wrong with "The Fall of the House of Usher", it just goes on a smidgen too long, and breaks up the momentum that the album had going at that point. Those are just some of mine. I'll post more later as I think of them. Yours?