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pray to the deity of semiconductor manufacturing (in a reverential voice tinged with grief).... 🙏 oh Nosemi please hear our plea for our DIY hobby.... in the name of silicon please bless us with some manufacturing and fill up our inventories In the name of NPN and PNP blessed are the mosfets, depletion or enhancement for the DIYers shall inherit 10M90S and it was good Let not the ebay scammers rebrand and re-etch for they will be accountable to silicon and burn in the foundries of ixys for all eternity Let it be known Toshiba and NEC will escape Renesas Sanyo and Fairchild will rise again and return to us all for now and for evermore Ahmen. (The DIY hymn book chapter 11 covid 19 to recession 2008 verses 1-4)

Flights and hotel booked.

As the zoomers would say, me_irl:

We'll have a booth at the event. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone there

^ Well, I was hungry, but not now.

Yesterday... Frank Sinatra - Watertown Because of this recent Pitchfork review. Now... This album is fantastic. Maybe there is hope for modern metal ex.

Yay! Looking forward to seeing you

@jp11801 started talking about this meet in a different thread about a different meet, but if we're going to make something happen then we need a proper meet thread. This could be an opportunity to get the old Travel Team together again! @shellylh claims to be making the trip and Claire and I are considering going too. Some locals like @bozebuttons and @Kerry -- MOT MOT MOT! -- will be there. Not sure if @Iron_Dreamer or @justin are working the show, and even if he's not promoting ECP Audio, @dsavitsk is not far away. So, who else feels like it is safe to come out and play again?

That is fast...period. I've learned a lot about gearing over the years....eighth mile car, quarter, half and mile. Makes a huge difference...we see a lot of bikes run out of gear at the mile, as an example. Regardless, the power to weight it takes to go low 9's or 8's...impressive. HS

I have my flight booked and staying at my sister's house in Long Beach. Looking forward to connecting with the travel team 🙂

Amidst the Chaos: Live from the Hollywood Bowl Sara Bareilles 2021 https://album.link/i/1563327630 Example: A live album that I missed. Big fan of Sara's. Overall a really good live album. The example track just kills me with the delicacy and power. A song from her Broadway musical - Waitress.

After watching the latte art, I hate this guy already...LOL. HS

50yo Something / Anything? Todd Rundgren 1972 https://album.link/i/1084074389 Example: I thought I knew this album. I really didn't. It really is something/anything. I will stick with the something (example). There are a couple of great tracks on this double album, and there are tracks of anything that in some ways pissed me off. Thinking back of someone just buying this double album, and thinking, what did I just pay for? But don't get me wrong, big fan of Todd's and this album is full of great tracks. It just also has skippable sections.

Looking good here, probably better than 70:30.

50yo Never A Dull Moment Rod Stewart 1972 https://album.link/i/1443098448 Example: An Album I was not familiar with (save, You wear it well). He is a little shouty at times, but there are some gems as well. Maybe hanging out with Ron Wood a bit too much in the early 70s.

I will be there booked a room .My wife wants to come with me ,catch up with you guys who are coming

I'm thinking about it

Me.

^^ nice run, 50yo For the Roses (2022 Remaster) Joni Mitchell 1972 https://album.link/i/217509433 Example: I was really drawn in from the first track (example). Very much rewarded for detailed listening of this album. Phrasing and layering with subtlety and delicacy.

Sorry for the NY Post link, but apparently suicide: https://nypost.com/2022/12/14/stephen-twitch-boss-cause-of-death-revealed-following-autopsy/

tWitch: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/14/stephen-twitch-boss-dj-ellen-degeneres-show-dies