Knuckledragger

I spy a synthcat.

On the CotB website? I did not.

Don't look now, but everyone's favorite fat-headed Mexican (with the whitest sounding name) is no longer a 30something.

Oh, wow. So anyone who has listened to my show has at some point heard me rant about Planet Dog records which was the record label arm of the infamous Megadog series of nightclub events. There was a time in the mid 1990s when Megadog was the most happening thing in the UK, and the UK in the mid 90s was popping TF off. Planet Dog helped launch the careers of Eat Static and Banco De Gaia, two artists that have been staples in both on my radio show and my personal listening for decades. One of the lesser know Planet Dog acts is somewhat awkwardly titled Children of the Bong. CotB put out one album, which is absolutely brilliant, completely of its time, and a decidedly lo-fi affair. They also released a few singles, some compilation-only tracks, and then promptly disappeared. Well, apparently they're back. The just re-released their album in digital format, though I am unsure if it's been remastered. It has some bonus tracks, but AFAICT they are nothing newly available. That is, the bonus songs were already on plenty of releases. That said, I stumbled on to a really good blog piece about them. They cover the thought process and studio work on the tracks from the album. As someone who spends entirely too much time thinking about electronic music from the first half of the 1990s, this is absolute catnip for me. Later this evening I'm going to put on my copy of the album (and by that, I mean load up FLACs in Foobar) and read along as I listen to it. Bonus: check out the gear in the vintage photos of Banco's studio:

I meant to do that.

Test Tone @ Home live right now: https://mixlr.com/illuminator/

"If it's not for sits, why is it made of Class A?"

Capitol insurrection arrests per million people by state.

Just a little entry level rig.

HK rig. I wonder if the owner is a HCer.

Last night's show is up:

Test Tone @ Home live right now: https://mixlr.com/illuminator/

Still working on the review for KSIA's first album. Something I've been putting off for 5-6 years now. In the interim, I wrote up a review for their first EP from late 2010: Weirdly, the video for Running Out Of You is not on the YouTubes, but it is on Vimeo:

Phew. Writing up a review of KSIA's first album is gonna take a bit so I cranked out one for their Campus Martius EP. There might be a few typos. I'm tired. This is what all the fuss is about.

Tax prep all day. Down to the wire, but basically done at this point. Currently taking a break and writing a review of KSIA's first studio album. You know, the one that came out in late 2013. I've made it a goal to review all of their major releases on Discogs throughout the year.

Some "old, beat up gear" given to a guy on /r/audiophile by his GF's dad.