Dusty Chalk

Unholy carp.

Yes, Tales from Topographic Oceans -- Steven Wilson remaster with hours of bonus material -- Yeah, this is the stuff. (That first LCD Soundsystem album is so good. I think I will revisit shortly.)

Fuck insomnia! My days have bifurcated.

Opeth, Sorceress -- goddamn, I love the direction they've been going lately.

Heh. I'll leave it then.

Uh...no.

Peter V. Brett, The Demon Cycle (books 1-IV)

"Share"? I usually get two and eat them both. Of course, I'm a pig, so it's almost cannibalism...

Thanks, I will continue with it then. I actually really liked that they opened episode 5 with the entirety of that performance from Jidenna. It's rare that they play a song all the way through, and I definitely applaud that.

I hate when that happens.

Keeping tabs on the songs (it's all very deliberate, apparently): Episode 2 -- Radiohead, No Surprises @ 24:35 -- I had to look this one up, too, but at least I recognized it right away as a player piano/orchestral rendition of a contemporary pop tune. I love what they did with the Thandi Newton character, "bump up her aggression" (and she practically grabs a guest by her pussy), and then turn up her emotional acuity just a tad, and she becomes just right?

I take that back -- it's so slow, I fell asleep to it last night. Seriously considering not finishing it. Anyone who finished it want to tell me it gets better? Me, now: Alter Bridge live stream:

You are far too optimistic. Re: Matthew -- Anyone heard from Gene?

It wasn't me, but yeah, I remember it being someone here, too. Me, now: Meshuggah, The Violent Sleep of Reason

Pics, next time! We can't revel in biscuit-deprival-by-proxy without pirchers. Please and thank you.

Whoa, microZOTL, there's an amp I haven't heard of in a while...

Even if there is a sonic change, doesn't mean it's audible. And just because one person can hear it, doesn't mean another will. I'm not saying it's subjective, I'm saying it's a function of how accurate one's measuring instruments are, and that includes one's ears. And sure, a circuit may or may not make a difference as to how audible that change is. In one example I was told of, the only thing the one tube does is glow. It is otherwise not even in the circuit. Yes, that's somewhat of an extreme example.

I love Laurie Anderson. Remind me, some time, to tell the stories of seeing her live. I have that on CD somewhere, but don't remember it beyond confirmation that yes, it was mostly an art piece, not that there's anything wrong with that. I should dig it out and give it another listen. George -- I am not Craig, but: Big Science and United States I-IV Live. EDIT: Oh, and without a doubt: I wasn't at the New York show, but I was at the DC show just a couple days earlier, but immediately after 9/11, and it was just her and her backing band, with no performance art whatsoever, and it reminded me just how powerful she is with even just her music.

Good luck.

Nope I, for one, will never forget thrice's analogy.

Epica, The Holographic Principle (track commentary version on Tidal) On deck: Opeth, Sorceress