Dusty Chalk

No, they were a little more complicated before, you just know that now. (I mean, seriously, how else do you blow a fuse on a speaker, unless you got amp problems?)

I love the new one (except for the track "Disconnect" -- blech), that was my guess as to whether or not Deepak would like it.

No worries, I was talking about The Dark Third, the new one won't win you over on its own, I don't think.

Sampled that Gothminister -- good stuff, gonna get. Me: the replacement for the Pathetique had the same problem, so I'm on to: Franck Symphony/Stravinsky Petrouchka, RCA Living Stereo SACD

You ended up not liking the Pure Reason Revolution? I am definitely a fan of post-prog, although I wouldn't call it that. I used to buy everything on ProgRock Records, Laser's Edge, and InsideOut. There are definitely some more generic ones on there -- I wouldn't list Riverside among them. But yeah, it might be a matter of perspective.

They're not laughing at you, those are the voices in your head.

Ooh, ribbons. But...US$1K, best deal, really?

Stanislaw Lem -- just...bizarreness (and yes, I realize they are translations -- doesn't help).

Again, I disagree -- I think it's just a matter of what you value in terms of the sound you're going for. "Musical" is exactly what I would call my Special 25's.

I completely disagree with you on the Special 25's -- I own them, will keep them, and they've made me smile for many an hour.

It's the Flying Dutchman's aquarium! Pretty colors.

closed == want == wishlisted

The stands I have actually bounce.

I'm having a harder time with this one, but see my post in the Moving To Monitors thread, some of the information still applies (esp. Focal/JM Labs & Dali).

JM Lab? (Note misspelling -- when searching, I tend to try all of: Focal, Jmlab, jm lab, jmlabs, jm labs.) I haven't heard those specific speakers, but I'm a big fan of the company, they have stuff in pretty much every price bracket that's a darn good value (well, I wouldn't call the Utopia line "a good value", but...whatever). See also: Dali. And the Quad L & L2 lines. Also Dynaudio, and they have active speakers used for studio stuff. I would try to get a local dealer so that you can hear them -- buying speakers is an extremely subjective and personal decision. Specifically, I loved my little Spendors, but they didn't go loud well. I don't usually listen loud, but for those few occasions when I do, I would like my speakers to be able to hold up (the Spendors got compressed and distorted -- really only good for nearfield listening, but that was this specific model).

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That.

I was just tired of saying 'NTTAWWT', so I thought I'd channel Stuart Smalley for a change. Vampires, on the other hand, suck.

An Imeem playlist of Abakus tracks. PS Found this interesting: For those who have images turned off, it says A Fine Frenzy, new album, Bomb ina Birdcage available 9/8...hey wait, that's today!

And...that's O.K.

What Operating System? Version? Browser? Version? Linux/Ubunutu/latest, Firefox/3.5.2 here, works fine for me. I use http://mail.google.com/mail/ as my bookmark, try that.

Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Days of Mars -- time told -- this is by far my most frequently listened to album from 2005, from 2006 to the present. Classic old school arpeggiator-driven trance-y synth stuff. Very Tangerine Dream-y.

MINI-mini-mini meet.

That's too bad, because a lot of progressive rock songs would meet your "long song" criteria.