Dusty Chalk

Oh sure, I don't doubt that it happens. i'm just saying, as a culture...see Craig's comment regarding keeping it discreet...

It was news to me.

The part I find weird is touring as Miley Cyrus' backing band and then collaborating with her.

Not sure drinkifying any Muslim holiday would reduce anger in the world. Let's just leave out any religions which prohibit drinking. But that said, the rest of it is so true. Well, drink-ify and feast-ify (cf.: Memorial day barbecues, Easter post-lent gluttony, and Thanksgiving dinner). I'll have to put more thought into this...over a drink.

I thought I posted this, but I had a kabob the other day, look how perfect the onion came out.

File under, "they what now?" http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-flaming-lips-miley-cyrus-kaleidoscopic-we-a-famly-w459361 http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/flaming-lips-talk-work-ethic-taking-ayahuasca-with-miley-w461385

XD Alas, you can no longer "cache" mixlr showreels, however, you can start a showreel anew without having to refresh the screen. Priorly, it used to time out. But so far to relisten to a showreel, you do have to refresh the screen.

Um, okay, I knew that. Still, I believe it was Sun Tzu who said, never try to use reverse psychology on a pediatrician.

No, you really didn't. There are certain horrific internet memes that I still haven't seen because when someone told me not to go looking, I didn't go looking! I'm not apologizing, I told you not to go looking. You didn't listen, but next time I won't bother, since it appears to have had a "reverse psychology" effect. ON A PSYCHOLOGIST!

Max Richter, Sleep (the full 8-hour version, made 9 by tacking on "from Sleep" to the playlist) -- this is the most beautiful and most tranquil music I've ever heard. I've heard new age music described as music "...with all the evil taken out of it." Well, I don't like it when they take all the evil out of it (except for medicinal purposes -- e.g., Steven Halpern's music), then you get static music like Brian Eno's ambient works. In this case, they left just enough in.

Do yourself a favour, don't look it up.

Home grown asparagus? Nice!

I think anyone who's seen her TedTalk would probably care. I know I care.

Unholy carp, that was great! If you watch the behind-the-scenes, that's Lauren Wasser, that amputation is real.

You are a fucking hero.

I think so? I mean, that was the main reason I got it, and the headphones even came with the cables, but now that you mentioned the digital thing, I think I only fed it with an analog signal, so will try it again with one of the digital connections. Gotta find the cables, though. They're just mini-to-mini, aren't they? Never mind, I can look.

I already have a PHA-3. It's not as good -- amplification-wise -- as the Pico Power. The bass is looser and obscures the upper frequencies somewhat. I would love a dual mono (not balanced) amp, though.

They're really not. They're supposed to be sheathed, anyway. Well, half the time, anyway. You would like Yvette Young (a guitarist I'm fond of) -- she likes to draw butts.

Yeah, sorry, I did immediately perform a web search -- I guess the real question is, does anyone have a favourite, or has any a priori knowledge of any of these that I should lean towards or away from?

...although...all my stuff is in FLAC, so I'd have to at least temporarily double my disk space...unless...does anyone know of a FLAC player for iOS?

I have an outboard amp for the Z7 -- a Headamp Pico Power, which is more than sufficient. Although if I do get the X5 Gen 3, I will definitely check out the onboard amp. It's that good, huh? Oh, fuck, I am such a dunderhead sometimes, I'll just use my iPod Touch. Dagnabit, keep forgetting about that thing, out of sight, out of mind.

Mock thread, nothing to see here, move along.