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Fucking outstanding hard rock. Lead singer sounds like a female Geddy Lee/Brian Molko, in a good way.

Thanks for the heads up on the TS2 Plus Apple pricing! With my AES discount, it comes down to $225 us. When I first read your post, I didn't think I was going to need a thunderbolt 3 device but unfortunately, the monitor that I use with my 2012 cheesegrater took a turn for the worse. That and the release of the new mac pro (conceding that it is way more machine than I need) I put in an order for a i9 iMac 5k, a 4 bay ssd enclosure and 64G of ram from OWC (I was hoping to wait till spring or black friday but oh well). Since I'm going to be using all ssd's in my rig, the last HD (contains my home folder) is going to be replaced by a Crucial mx500 drive. It's only $239 for 2T! It wasn't that long ago that I paid twice that for the 2 Samsung 850 2T drives I use for samples. M.2 won't be too far behind since the price on those is dropping pretty fast so I'm going cheap for now. I can't see needing much more speed past sata lll but I wouldn't refuse it.

"Surfing with the Alien" is a nice album but I prefer "The Extremist"

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent Let P = Guitar Wankery ( https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wankery , #2) Let Q = Shredding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shred_guitar ) All Guitar Wankery is Shredding Not All Shredding is Guitar Wankery Speed / Virtuosity can be an additional articulation to emote. e.g. Does the "Off Piste" Shredding ( say 2:40-3:25, you'll know it when you hear it) help or hinder in the following (from many, many youtube bedroom guitarists) cover(s) of Vinnie Moore's J.S.Bach / April Sky?

There’s a certain amount of truth to it, but I think what everyone needs to keep in mind is context. To someone who doesn’t listen to jazz, all jazz sounds the same. To someone who doesn’t listen to classical, all classical sounds the same. To someone who doesn’t listen to a lot of technically proficient musicians with a lot of ego who like to show off, all guitar wankery sounds the same. And it’s not black and white neither. I definitely listen to a lot of guitar wankery, and there’s definitely some I like more and some I like less. I think Malmsteem is a horrible offender (hear his recent cover of George Harrison), and I think Satch and Al Di Meola are often grouped unfairly with the others, when both of them are wonderfully musical.

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Dynaco ST-70 driving Zu Omen MKIIs.

Jonah Sharp and David Moufang's live rig.

Got the machine back yesterday. It took nearly 13 hours to restore my data from the Time Machine backup. I'm slowly getting apps up and running. Oddly, Traktor didn't want to re-registers. Less fortunately, Nord VPN doesn't work at ALL now. The client flat out refuses to log in. I'm going to investigate that further tonight. Weirdly, I spent longer in the Apple Store picking up my laptop than I spent dropping it off. I did have some time to peruse the peripherals they sold. The thing that impressed me most was this thing: CalDigit TS2 Plus. It's over $300 on AMZN, but only $250 in the Apple Store. It powers the laptop and provides a really thorough hub, via one connector. I don't even have a USBC equipped machine, and I kind of want one.

Yes, I spoke in general terms. I didn´t mean that they were not able to compose good songs but IMO they have focused so much on technique, skills and speed that in the end they have forgotten the essence of music that is nothing more than transmitting emotions... Do not pay much attention to me guys: It's late, I'm tired and I start rambling ?

New live album from Neil of a 1973 show in Alabama. Good stuff.

5/8 Democrats were present and the ones missing were: Eric Swalwell Sylvia Garcia Victoria Escobar 2/6 Republicans were present and the ones missing were: Louie Gohmert Jim Jordan Guy Reschenthaler Kelly Armstrong

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I took the AC filament directly off the windings of the Antek transformers for the BH and GG. And yes, B+, B-, bias and +/- 15V for the JFET front end (I use +/- 18V) are all you need for Carbon. Add filament supply for GG and BH. Plus supply for the HV delay if you decide to implement it (I recommend you do).

Dude relax. We'll be on fire soon and then we can complain.

Probably going to do a show tonight. I've mostly got the Macintop up and running (though moments ago I discovered that Time Machine is not working and of course is now being a complete PITA about inheriting the old backups.) I have NO FUCKING IDEA what I'm going to play.

Excellent article from the NY Times Magazine about the terrible loss that occurred from the 2008 Universal Studios fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html