Dusty Chalk

Great years. You both had great great years. And it's because you're really, really great people. I don't know, this is what people say, thousands of people are telling me. Believe me, I've got my people looking into it. It'll be amazing. Believe me. And your next 25 years? They'll be great again.

John D. Loudermilk

Actually, when I say, 'audiophile music', I very specifically mean that music about which an article was written many years ago (Stereophile?), when the writer noticed that all the music being played at a certain audiophile show didn't present much of a challenge to the equipment to reproduce, almost guaranteeing it to sound good, as it was fairly sparse. It's alright and I own some, but do not listen to that kind of music usually. As Antonio says, it's only an occasional guilty pleasure. Back to the Cars, I actually thought Roy Thomas Baker no slouch. He may not be Phil Spector or Jeff Lynne or Alan Parsons or Mutt Lange, but he still won his fair share of accolades and respect among critics and peers.

Unfortunately, a lot of music I listen to is very artificial, and contain that bump of which you speak, which a lot of people find highly desirable. Tom Petty won't record with any other mic than the one he records with because of its sound signature. Grado's headphones notoriously accentuate that region. So I guess what I'm saying is that I've been pummeled into acceptance. Best resolution would mean either analog or high res digital -- SACD/DSD or DVD/DVD-A/Blu-Ray/24/96.

http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9948-the-50-best-ambient-albums-of-all-time/?page=1 Unrelated: I wonder whatever happened to Self-transforming Machine Elves..., whom I used to think were Self-Transforming Machine Elvises... Personally, one of my favourites:

Yeah, I just picked up both of those on SACD. You all want to listen to only audiophile music in high res, that's on you. Personally, I want to listen to the best resolution recordings of my favourite music (well, except for Rhino's Black Sabbath remasterings, which were ruined by the remastering more than the resolution). I understand that you people don't "get" my point of view, but I don't understand you all actively discouraging people from listening to their favourite music that way.

Pretty!

Spaetzle und Kugel -- Not Your Average Joe's take on this very traditional dish, which is surprisingly...traditional (they usually have their own take on everything).

Terence Bayler Frank Dickenson Buckwheat Zydeco

Happy anniversary to you both.

Takeout garlic pepper chicken frrom the same place as yesterday -- my long-time favourite dish that they make.

...are destroying...

(drools more) It's like a flying saucer of deliciousness.

Iliza Shlesinger, Confirmed Kills Hilarious Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse "I would tongue-pound her salty walrus any day of the week." :groucho:

(drools)

New Pallbearer: https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/fear-and-fury

Chang mai noodle at Siam Bistro -- my favourite thai food house is closed until mid October! So I went to another one that I haven't been to in a few months that I've been meaning to go to anyway. It was still delicious, but I ended up putting something from all four of the spice tray spices (fish oil, sambal oelek, crushed peppers and I don't know what the fourth one is, but I used it anyway - jalapeños suspended in vinegar?) and brought it up to a palatable level of heat.

Me too, now.

...or otherhow prepared incorrectly, yes, this.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

Yeezh. I hate strep. Drink plenty of fluids, make sure you are fed (your immune system needs fuel to fight the good fight), get plenty of rest.

Popcorn by "Life by Dallas" "Garlic Overdose" flavored In other words, addictive as crack

I like the sound of that.

Shape of Despair, Monotony Fields -- a nice return to form after Illusions's Play (2004 album that followed the epic Shades of... and Angels of Distress) and Shape of Despair (2005 album). There's also Written in My Scars EP which I will have to check out, but it's not on their bandcamp. And apparently they have a first album/demo, Alone in the Mist. Doom Metal -- the slowest, most funereal doom metal. Spine-tinglingly great. EDIT: Oh, okay, it (Alone in the Mist) is by a previous incarnation, "Raven":