Dusty Chalk

Such a great album, I played it backwards and forwards. (No, seriously, I resequenced the CD in reverse order, and burned it that way to play in my car.) Not a duff track on it. Right up there with Garbage's first album. I think I'll have to pull it out tonight.

Too soon.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

For science?

Paul O'Neill (Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder), at 61

I had to take a break from that, because it's so devastating. Remember every time the Larsens came on screen in The Killing? Yeah, it's worse than that. Because I guarantee you, there will be at least one character that you will be able to relate to. So...Louis C.K. 2017. That was hilarious. That might be funnier than my beloved Iliza.

Now you're really learning to fit in.

Didn't Nils Dåmønd write "Halfway to Trolltunga"?

I thought you were criticizing that I was using the oooh cat from Puss in Boots too much. That that pussy was everywhere.

FTFY

Well, he said no-brainer, so that's a match.

Yeah, I saw that, but I went back to the Stax thread, and: This is true. He suggested a DAC (Holo something) and spritzer said, "yeah, that or (something else)". So yeah. JRU -- we have a troll that comes in here regularly under various monikers, and that particular accusation -- that we can't take it like we dish it -- is exactly the sort of shit that this other guy says all the time, and yet he doesn't realize that what he's doing is wrong. He's just so full of entitlement bullshit that it makes our heads explode. It's like a drunk driver getting pulled over by a cop and saying, "well you drink, don't you?" not realize that that has nothing to do with the law he was breaking. So, try not to sound like him. Fuck that guy.

I don't like looking like an ad for some sneaker company -- I mean how many people are going to figure out that's the Audi logo?

Yeah, saw that. So influential to us musicians on such a large scale.

Soen, Lykaia -- yes, again. Totally addicted to this, will be in my Top xx of 2017. That sequence from Lucidity to Sister is just sublime. Here, listen to "Opal":

Oh shit, I didn't even know it was out, will purchase forthwith...

Double Wagyu + Brisket Blend Burger, Homemade Candied Bacon-Tomato Jam, Truffle Aioli, Aged Swiss Cheese, aka "The CEO" at BurgerFi. It was pretty good.

Cheers to that!

Newbury Comics -- I was there, many an age ago, but...pretty sure that was after 'Til Tuesday, so...no Aimee Mann... Yeah, I really dig the new Pallbearer, too. Will have to give Antoine Dufour a listen. My favourite acoustical player is Tommy Emmanuel. And I saw Michael Hedges once, live.

Unholy carp! How did this not go like all the other arguments we had with "newbies" (because I have this theory that many of them are the same person -- a conspiracy of one as it were) so quickly? I feel thwarted. Guess I'll have to go pick on someone else now.

What, you think just because you stand up to someone that makes you a hero? No, it just makes you a drunk, or high. Not all authority is wrong. You probably voted for Trump, too.

Dammit, -10 reading comprehension points for me.

This might be the most important thing I've ever seen. I highly recommend everyone watch this. EVERYONE. There is no-one that won't be affected by it. And yes, I include Al, Dan, Jacob, Brent, and our multi-personality troll. EVERYONE.