Dusty Chalk

Happy birthday, Kerry! (party favour noise)

This is so awesome, thank you for posting this. It's like a bizarre combination of Pentatonix and Nightwish, I love it. 😸

I realize this is ancient, but what don't you like about the SVS? I really dig their aesthetic, both small foot print: ...and "reassuringly expensive":

The lead singer/front person/keyboardist to one of my favourite bands, Kyros, came out as trans today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJgCGbnNQD/?utm_medium=copy_link The lead singer/front person/bassist to another favourite band, Flummox, underwent The Surgery a couple weeks ago. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPYTc4ZncFI/?utm_medium=copy_link So…I best start brushing up on how best to be a trans ally.

For those of us who are Morgan James fans, she's doing a "pay what you can" live stream this Saturday: https://www.stageit.com/morgan_james/laurel_canyon/97802 I know there are fewer of us, but ditto Alicia Witt: https://www.stageit.com/alicia_witt/june_tunes/98825

Sunday morning jazz

Condolences, Todd, and to your family. Well remembered.

Unholy carp! Oh, and: he bought one of the Junkie XL collection? Tom Holkenborg spends a good 5 minutes talking about that in this episode of The Score (I listened to it on Spotify):

New Dead Can Dance?!?

Fuck you. Quit passive aggressively negging me and I’ll quit responding.

Happy Pride Month to all my LGBTQ+ friends and allies! Love, acceptance, and a desire to live together as a community will conquer hate, fear, and ignorance. May we eventually come together in peace.

You obviously don't understand "mood" and "suspense", so please just fuck off.

I was talking about you semi-spoiling it.

For those of us in the U.S., today is reserved to commemorate the fallen, those who have put themselves in harms way and paid the ultimate price. Spring is usually a time of celebration, and with things slowly turning back to normal, spirits are high, and I don't wish to take away from that. But take a moment, and remember someone or multiple someones, and remember them well. Celebrate the good things about them. I have multiple extended family members who are or were in the military, but the one I was closest to and miss the most is Greg, a splendid specimen of a motherfucker. To Greg! (I will raise a glass and have a drink to him later, as it is way too fucking early in the morning to start drinking.)

Thanks for saving me from wanting to watch it.

Same. Fuck those people. I actually buy locally any more, at Microcenter.

Thanks, now I have that The Fixx song stuck in my head. XD

That said, if there's a mic that you must use, that does not require phantom power, and does not state explicitly that it is safe to do so, there's probably a device for that. Either that, or it might be an example of an actual useful application for a cheap transparent preamp. I have a Grace Design M101 that I could send you, but I doubt I could get it to you in time. Maybe call Sweetwater?

Finally watching stuff again, Love Death & Robots season 2. So far, so good, as good as season 1.

I don't need another pair of headphones I don't need another pair of headphones I don't need another pair of headphones...

It’s best to look at each mic individually. For example, my Shure KSM313 does not require phantom power, but it would be fine. I explicitly looked it up, and it says right on the page, “However, properly supplied phantom power will not harm the microphone.”. It also warns against plugging and unplugging, so definitely don’t do that.

Oh, cool, a local Thai place I haven't tried yet. How was the food?

https://www.macworld.com/article/229528/lgs-5k-monitor-doesnt-work-near-wi-fi-routers.html