Dusty Chalk

Happy Chinese take out day! ...to which my sister replied, "You romantic, you." ...which is pretty funny. Wish I'd thought of it. I'll see if I can find any pretty Chinese girls to take out later.

Happy birthday, Ric! (party favour noise)

Shining hotel done in Gingerbread form

Happy holidays and jolly time off, everyone.

I remember: Burial Now playing (whatever I can find on Tidal)

https://green-carnation.bandcamp.com/album/light-of-day-day-of-darkness still the better album I need some (unrelated) help -- what is the name of that dub/electronica side project that has a dark name, something like Funereal. Side project of someone famous? One word. It's on the tip of my tongue, but I'm drawing a mental block.

Happy birthday, Ken! (party favour noise)

That's kind of low to the ground for you, innit? Me, worked from home, drove up to Genghis Grill for some grub -- poured rain hard on the way back, combined with The Great Exodus, took me over an hour to get back. Remind me not to do that again. I worked from home so I wouldn't have to drive in to work, completely cancelled out any benefit I may have acquired. @ self

Noice!

I know, right? You mention him, and he appears. Or perhaps, 'summons' is the correct word? 'Invokes'?

https://green-carnation.bandcamp.com/album/journey-to-the-end-of-the-night

Alan Parsons:

Good news is good!

TrueCAR.COM easy peasy lemon squeezy But yeah, figure out what you want first, that's a given.

Leftover Mexican (waits for laughter to die down) Carnitas and rice

Yeah, not seeing JMJ live (ever) is a regret of mine, he's one of my top 20 favourite music acts, and a role model of sorts. (Not the not-keep-it-in-his-pants part, though; the making instrumental music that's accessible as part, yes.)

Dessert!

(not sure what Taylor Swift has to do with the show, but I enjoy watching her, and I got kind of carried away for the last hour)

Vulnicura is her weirdest album yet. And that's saying something.

This! ^

Venetian Snares does analog!

Yeah, we need about 5 more to make up for breeders like Grawk.

Yeah, understood, Larry, but it could always be worse. I have a friend who was paralyzed from a motorcycle accident since he was around 20, was told he would never walk again, recovered enough to walk again (took decades), and then had a Segway accident and is now paralyzed again (he's around 50 now). I'm not trying to say which is worse, I'm just saying cherish her ability to walk at all.

https://www.google.com/search?q=a+long+time+ago+in+a+galaxy+far+far+away All together now: "That's what she said" http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-scanning-people-s-brains-to-create-a-condom-that-feels-better-than-nothing-at-all?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencealert-latestnews+%28ScienceAlert-Latest%29&utm_content=FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/filzmoospower/videos/426510797543364/

Yeah, it's just an EP, so listen to it, decide if it's worth bothering (the above YouTube appears to be the actual vinyl -- I only just learned that about the performances being different, but I grew up on that EP -- that's what got me into later Roxy Music -- so it holds a special place in my heart, and explains why I didn't feel I'd heard those particular performances recently) -- I doubt it, a lot of fondness comes from familiarity, IMHO. I think the other available performances are perfectly good, too, and have grown to like them (just like the difference in sequencing on The Name of this Band is Talking Heads -- I am now quite fond of the CD release).