Dusty Chalk

Altered Carbon starring Joel Kinnaman -- awesome! One of my favourite cyberpunk novels, and though I've only watched one episode so far, very happy with the treatment. "The instinct of violence curls inside us like a parasite, waiting for a chance to feed on our rage and multiply until it bursts out of us."

Which should I get: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1140835-REG/apple_z0r7_mgen27_mac_mini_dual_core_i5_2_6ghz_16gb_1tb.html or https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FGEQ2LL/A/Refurbished-Mac-Mini-28GHz-Dual-core-Intel-Core-i5 16G memory, 2.6GHz processor, or 8G memory, fusion drive, and 2.8GHz processor ...? Or should I just cheap out and get the bottom rung: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FGEM2LL/A/Refurbished-Mac-Mini-14GHz-Dual-core-Intel-Core-i5

That actually might be my favourite thing they did besides Ma Fleur. Thanks for posting it, I hadn't listened to it before. I don't think.

Unholy carp!

Amen to “fuck drugs” and the people that perpetuate the problem. Condolences to the family.

Hilarity

Space! https://oresundspacecollective.bandcamp.com/album/dead-man-in-space

And this! Fucking krautrock -- I do so love instrumental or largely instrumental music. https://seventhatspells.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-and-resurrection-of-krautrock-aum https://seventhatspells.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-and-resurrection-of-krautrock-io https://seventhatspells.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-and-resurrection-of-krautrock-omega

Want

Hot & Sour soup

“This pairs nicely with your mom.” XD

Fuck, this is epic. http://consecration.band/album/avi

New tUnE-YaRdS Accessibly bonkers

I liked it until it sounded vaguely Phil Collins ish, but then it started sounding vaguely Peter Gabriel esque, and I liked it again. Production values are fantastic, though. I’ll have to give it a few more listens to shirk those impressions.

For solid state, I like Musical Fidelity.

Okay, I stand corrected.

You should change out the DT770. No, seriously, just do it by ear.

Those are three different pictures. But it’s still a big fucking biscuit.

Daw!

Well, no, the Listen Professional is their first closed back headphones, and the Clear Professional...alright, the Clear Professional might be exactly that. And I think even that is the lighting. I edited the original post to add the actual article/advertisement from B&H Photo that I originally intended to link to. Nothing in there to distinguish it technically from its predecessors, though. Price point is different, nothing radical, maybe something about the included accessories.

I'm not sure why they don't do that -- instead of trying to mimic ANC headphones by electronically trying to fight the noise, just completely encapsulate the IEM so that it naturally acts as hearing protection, then add mics to filter in the outside noise, compressed or limited, of course, to reduce the amplitude of loud sounds.