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  8. RIP someone or another

    in Off Topic

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    I have no idea who this is, but I ain't clickin' the link to find out.  I'm sure they will be mentioned in Beato's channel in an upcoming lament.

    RIP some random pioneering rock icon.

    I'm being morbidly sardonic -- watch it be someone I admire or care about.

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  9. The Knuckledragger 3rd Memorial Slow Forum Post

    in Off Topic

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    6 hours ago, dsavitsk said:

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    Or as a friend of mine put it, many decades ago, after telling me a story about a fellow retailer who said he hated the business, but a decade later, he looked like he really loved it.  After being asked, he replied sincerely that he did.  "Temporary becomes permanent."

    Then he told me another story about another retailer who always brought his "cousin" to the shows, that was really his mistress.

  15. What are you listening to Part the Third

    in Music

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    I find familiar music easier to listen to, because I remember what it was supposed to sound like.  This is very antithetical to what I want to listen to, so ... cognitive dissonance.

    Just sayin'.

    Me, now:  Yuja Wang -- she apparently did a 2.5 hour Rachmaninoff recital of all four concertos and the one Paganini Rhapsody.  2.5 hours of win.

    ...while wearing 4 different outfits.

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    ...and a heartbeat monitor

    I think it would be dangerous if I was one of those audience members

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  16. Head Case Motorsports

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    On 3/12/2024 at 12:36 PM, HemiSam said:

    My beloved 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk was stolen from the airport parking lot in Dec 2022 while vacationing.  They stopped production in 2021 so a new one was not on the books.

    I found a 2018 in the same color combo, but it was misrepresented...not clean enough for me to love it and it being a first year model it wasn't as good as later production.  It will be sold before long.

    Finally found a 2021 of very low mileage...literally smells brand new.  Only problem is the first owner ticked the box for the gloss black hood and roof.  The roof I can't really see and it blends into the windshield so I chose to leave it alone.  I did have a white pearl wrap affixed to the hood...I'm finally happy enough to kick off the power modifications.  

    Pleased as punch I finally found a daily I can love again...and beat on...LOL.

    HS

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    Sorry to hear your previous one got stolen.  But glad you got a replacement to fill that Jeep-shaped hole in your heart.

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  17. And now what did you do TODAY?

    in Off Topic

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    34 minutes ago, n_maher said:

    Don't mind, may or may not get you anything as I know the engineering side of the house, but not the sales.

    It was transparently snarky.  Let's see if I remember it verbatim.  "Tell Ethan Nate says hi.  Not really, I'm just dropping his name.  (But I do really know him.)

    Honey Badger => Sugar Weasel => Agave Opossum?"

    It got me a quality 13" Sugar Weasel upper in 300 Blackout and that's good enough for me. 

    It really looks like an SBR now.

    Thunder Chicken is on layaway, will start the process tomorrow.

    Unrelated:  I got new wheels for my car -- Sparco All-Terrain Gravels.  Looking at (super cheap) properties that only have dirt and gravel road access.

    Also:  not in Warren fucking "Let's Go Brandon" territory County.

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  19. What are you listening to Part the Third

    in Music

    Posted

    On 4/2/2024 at 10:55 PM, mikeymad said:

    ^^ listened and liked - thx.

     

    Discipline

    Discipline
    by King Crimson (1981)

    https://album.link/i/1090440045

    Example:

    A formative album in my late teen years. I didn't find this album until after Yes,  So probably about 1986. It has been a while since I listened to it, I tend to gravitate towards "In The Court Of The Crimson King" wth it being more proggy. But I knew every track in this listen through to a high level of detail and of course enjoyment. I will not let it slip too far away... 

    One of their few perfect albums.  They usually do some scat based improv that I don't "get", but on Discipline, the weirdest they get is "Indiscipline", which is timeless.

    And side two, ohmigosh...just crazy good. 

    Did you know Beat (Belew, Vai, Levin, and Danny Carey of Tool playing the music of King Crimson) are touring?  I might have to go to that.

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  20. Speaker Porn

    in Speakers

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    10 hours ago, Knuckledragger said:

    Speaking of Wilson and size queens:

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    This fella wandered in to the audio snob subreddit and posted a terrible picture of amazing gear.  He spent all his money on 1.2KW Mac monoblocks so he used a 2012 iPhone camera.  Also, TWO Thor's Hammers because fuck you, that's why.  Also also room treatment is for suckers, it would seem.  Also 3: I maintain that Wilsons are the speakers that look like invading robots that are very angry with the listener.  Your insolence will not be tolerated, fleshbag.

    Please don't ever change, Knucks.

  21. And now what did you do TODAY?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I learned that a law just passed the Virginia House and Senate that would make plastic firearms illegal.  So, since suppressors are firearms under the guise of the law, phase 1 of my business plan is now felon-makingly illegal.

    FFFFUUUU...

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  22. RIP someone or another

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    RIP the six road maintenance guys who were on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed early this morning.  Cold water, the drop, as well as the bridge collapse itself...all indications are that they did not survive.

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