Dusty Chalk

And use about a thousand layers of shellac. Splinters...(shudders)...

The silver hides dust better.

I am really happy with my M-Audio Sonica, following that description. It renders the output from a computer from "unlistenable" to "quite listenable". Not the "...Theater", it's sort of the precursor to the Transit. Retailed for US$90, should go for ~US$50? on the used market. I actually just looked on eBay and didn't find any.

Brightblack, ala.cali.tucky Alchemist, Tripsis The Crown, Crowned Unholy Winds, Prominence and Demise Ulver, Shadows of the Sun Electrelane, No Shouts No Calls Edward Ka-Spel, Pieces of (infinity) (with infinity cleverly being represented by a sideways "8") Fujiya & Miyagi, Transparent Things Elend, A World in Their Screams Strings of Consciousness, Our Moon is Full Electric Soft Parade, No Need to be Downhearted Freezepop, Fashion Impression Function EP Young Gods, Super Ready/Fragmente Ghost, Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet ...and that's just the Rasputin haul.

No, they add a bit of euphony to proverbially take the edge off, but they don't literally take the edge off. Think, "beer goggles".

I pictured them having a handheld dogfight, as young males are wont to do.

Oh, okay, I misunderstood. I thought they were the same thing, only before some sort of split.

Ridiculous! I think I need to hear someone else's R10 setup besides Hirsch's.

Thanks! Fucking lapped me, you fucking fuck.

Went a little apeshit at Rasputin and Amoeba when out in California. Here's the beginning of the list: Fear Falls Burning & Birchville Cat Motel Fear Falls Burning & Nadja Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa -- Im Schatten der Moehre Robert Rich -- Humidity Martha Argerich, Michael Collins, Nelson Freire, Chantal Juillet, et all -- Bartok, Liszt, Prokofiev, Music from Saratoga, Live Chris Connelly -- Episodes Peter Gabriel -- Birdy (SACD) David Bowie -- Ziggy (SACD) Allman Brothers -- Live at Fillmore East (SACD) Momus -- Stars Forever

I'm not saying I don't like them, I just never got that much by them. I'd probably like them a lot, from what I've heard. I'm the one that's mediocre (as a fan), not them.

Scofield Trio w/ScoHorns at Yoshi's in Oakland last week -- kinda meh, I remember liking him better than I liked him that night.

Jesus. When did that happen? BTW, what you win is, the "I have no life"/I am a net.addict contest. Congratulations, says the runner-up. Oh, and: YOU ARE NOT YOUR POST COUNT!!!1!(eleventy)

Ugh. I've heard some audionote speakers, and they sucked. They turned any music that was in any way "busy" into a wall-of-sound mess. And no, I don't listen loudly, ask anyone.

Ditters. Although I do refer to the "not that there's anything wrong with that" episode all the time.

Rob Dougan, promotional videos for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi9OeJqwG4 -- disturbing video with a touching ending, but watch the whole thing -- disturbing, freaky video -- I love the imagery at 2:50, but watch the whole thing -- promotional video with Christopher Walken...dancing. He's no Fred Astaire, but on a scale of me to Fred Astaire, he's a lot closer to Fred Astaire than you would have thunk.

I like the external capacitor bank.

Has someone crawled and archived the site? Is there a way to get archive.org to do it for us?

Seconded (albeit late).

Einstuerzende Neubauten, "Sabrina" -- for bass and bass "gank" (prat) Stabbing Westward, "Darkest Days" (and the rest of the album) -- dynamics, resolution Nine Inch Nails, "Wish" (and the rest of Broken) -- dynamics, resolution Camille, "P?le Septembre", "Ta Douleur", "Au Port" -- correctness of female vocals Jenifer Smith/Code Mesa, "When The World Began" -- electronic production, femme vocals Rob Dougan, "Furious Angels" -- electronic production, male vocals Pink, "Hell Wit Ya (Treat Me Right)" -- bass prat, synthesized Alan Parsons Project, "I, Robot"/"I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" -- synthesized production, wicked good production Talk Talk, "The Rainbow", "Desire" -- sparse production, dense production, modern production (distortion, etc.)

I don't remember liking Paper Monsters that much, but then, I only listened to it once. He still has one of the greatest voices in rock'n'roll.

There are themes?

I'm a big fan of Mouse On Mars (surprisingly good live act) and a mediocre fan of Mark E. Smith/The Fall, so I will be getting this...eventually.

Too cool -- I'm using unread posts to read the forum right now, and despite having been off for 10 days, am getting them all, since I'm reading by thread rather than by post.