God that gig is probably going to be killer. I saw Zorn perform in NYC, easily the best live show I've attended.
The Watchmen soundtrack looks good, I'll have to find that.
Installed two hardrives in the desktop, downloaded some bootlegs, pounded some forties, snowblowed the driveway, cleaned the basement, joined the Voltron avatar crew, and did some banking/bill paying, planned to go snowboarding but the RAV was acting up . Not necessarily in that order.
I remember learning how to program the VCR to record "The Price Is Right" on Saturday mornings.
If only I had those tapes, I could digitize them and immortalize the contestants on PirateBay.
I agree the overly dark/muddy sound can be too much. The early Black Sabbath (and some Deep Purple) albums that had pre-emphasis suffered from this effect (and yet people will defend these CDs to the death ).
I think I do err towards the more "analogy" sounding albums which may have less resolution compared to the remasters. I don't even mind some of those kraut/psych CDs made from needle drops if they're done well
But I definitely like well executed modern remasters that have plenty of detail, air and resolution without sounding too unnatural. Do you have examples of some of Eroc's good albums? From what I'm reading in the SH krautrock thread all his new stuff should be good. And is amazon.com the cheapest place to pick them up?
Heh I actually like posting in the "what are you listening to now thread" on Head-Case because it encourages discussions like this rather than just post whoring like the Headfi threads.
I slightly prefer the sound of the Mantra CD to the 97 Rep. It's a trade off really.
I agree that Eroc does make the albums much louder, his earlier masterings were pretty bad but I guess he has admitted the mistakes in his old ways. I haven't heard any of the new stuff he has remastered.