Dusty Chalk

Happy belated birthday, Naaman! (party favour noise)

As much as he annoys me as a person, god DAMN did he write some great songs as a solo artist, as well as his contributions in Pink Floyd. Such a great song.

Schizoid Lloyd, The Last Note in God's Magnum Opus Seems reminiscent of Mr. Bungle, not necessarily in terms of this song, but in the overall album flow.

Oh, yeezh, don't let the oil go down -- it's a pain if it gets to that point below where the oil flows from the tank into the intake -- it's like a fuel filter -- once the sludge gets into the system, it's an order of magnitude worse. Please cut your fuel usage now before it hits that point and find other means of warmth. Wishing you a a warm front.

Newegg's Shocking Incompetence

Happy birthday, Al! 🥳 (party favour noise)

Jamal Edwards 31 isn't just way too young it's fucked up.

LOL at "the vaccine-hesitant"

My friends on the Delightfully Depressing chat are all big fans of Future Islands. You should listen: You'll notice that the playlist is populated in groups of about an hour, weeks apart, so you should be able to figure out where to stop and start one show, if that makes sense. The beginning of that playlist is kinda dorked up, so scroll down until you get to playable tracks.

Happy birthday, Colin! Miss you, buddy. (party favour noise)

I've started to think I hear them timestretched and otherwise audio-manipulated... XD The next time I hear one, I'll make a note of it here, see if anyone else hears it, or if it's just my imagination.

Sorry, I've been meaning to getting around to answering this question for a long time. Scott's Bass Lessons is the only one I know of, but I'm sure there are others. I can't speak to its quality because I never took bass lessons myself. Maybe ask around on TalkBass? I responded well to individual tutoring, because 1, it gave me weekly goals so motivated to practice, and 2, they could observe my form (and tell me if I was doing anything badly, or more specifically, would guide me not to do anything that would cause repetitive motion injuries, which is common among guitarists). I don't see any reason why one couldn't do that over Zoom or Discord or whatever, so that's what I'll be doing when I resume. There's also books. I like this one (but admittedly not everyone does).

Happy birthday, Jeff! I miss you, former neighbor. Haven’t been to that brewpub that we used to go to that you liked the meatloaf that I’m too inebriated to remember the name of. (party favour noise)

I had Bibimbap earlier. It was a bizarre mix of Americana and traditional Korean -- I love fusion, so I ended up very much enjoying. Two of the sides were a faux potato salad -- it was doctored with pickled radishes and sweet pickle relish -- and mashed potatoes -- also similarly doctored -- and several of the sides were the usual -- bean sprouts, green beans/string beans/whatever they're called, kimchi (surprisingly filling), and one was something new to me -- it was like a Thai cucumber/vinegar concoction, but with primarily black fungus, and it was fantastic. The bibimbap was delicious too, and I didn't spill a drop despite mixing it aggressively when it was first brought to my table (Dusty don't want no burned rice crusties). Super delicious.

Not Blood Paint -- both albums are pretty cool.

It never crested 0° C yesterday -- was probably safer walking yesterday than it will be today, since nothing melted and refroze into black ice. Just sublimated. Today I will be very very careful when I go on my walk (shortly -- peak sun -- as black ice happens to form in the shadows of the apartment buildings around here).

Well...I did a couple things wrong (I burnt it a little just like she warned I shouldn't; I didn't trim the fat (didn't see that in the video until after I mixed the chicken and paste together); the fake plant-based cheese didn't melt and bubble like real cheese (still going to use it next time, but will take that into account); I used too much oil when cooking the rice cakes, so they didn't all come out crispy; forgot the garnish), but it still came out delicious! And filling (this is going to last me a month if I only eat one helping a day, which will be half size next time). I'm going to prepare more paste -- I don't think I need to use it right away. Already thinking of variations: Different pepper pastes and different chili pepper flakes? As a pizza? Add onions? Other meats (sausage seems like it might work; pork)? I don't think Beyond Meat or any ground meat will work, though, except maybe the hot Italian sausage. Vegetables instead of protein (eggplant seems like it might work)? Half as much ginger (not that I don't like ginger, I lurv the taste, it just doesn't agree with me (I think that may be contributing to my "full" feeling)). Twice as much garlic. That's a given. Might get one of those jars of minced garlic since I suck at mincing.

Fire chicken ( buldak) is started.

I just discovered Mark Lettieri made two albums devoted to the baritone guitar, so I am about to listen to Deep: The Baritone Sessions and Deep: The Baritone Sessions Vol. 2. Example that started me on this trip: