Dusty Chalk

Condolences.

Just out of curiosity -- which studio? They obviously have good taste... Also, did you make them come out and get them themselves (I hope)? Me: I paid US$2.179/gallon for gas today. Super (93 octane).

Yup, hearing is too fragile to get destroyed by meh music.

Happy birthday, Graham Gram Graim Sian Grahame! (party favor favourite favorite flavor siav flav favour noise)

I think you just answered your own question.

You know, this may actually qualify as a guilty pleasure. On the one hand, it's how my brain works. When a song I'm not familiar with comes into my head, my mind will abhor the vacuum of the missing piece and put something else in its place, and then I'll have a medley/mashup playing in my head like that. On the other, it's less obscure stuff, so much easier to recognize the constituent pieces, and also -- more earwormy. I'll have to go back and listen to Girl Talk later, but I'm resuming this right after Knucks' show.

(squints) What the funk am I listening to?

Still my favourite (recent):

Yet another

Lots of 36 https://3six.bandcamp.com/

Steven Wilson, in his newsletter, included the album Void/Dance amongst his favourites of 2015. Two of my friends who are on said mailing list (why am I not?) immediately thought of me upon hearing it. (all dreamy like) Yeah. https://3six.bandcamp.com/album/void-dance

Happy belated! (slightly sad & lonely party favour noise -- a day late and a breath short)

Yeah, absolutely in agreement on the bolded section. Man, I couldn't do that. To me, it'd be more like a deadline, I'd have to wrap up whatever I was working on and make sure it was finished to the point I could turn the reigns over to someone else before I passed. I mean, without deadlines, I'd get nothing done, so if/when I finally release a recording, expect my imminent death to follow. Don't worry, that's not as morbid as it sounds, I haven't even started into pre-production.

No, he's been battling cancer for 18 months, so he was already 6 months in when he recorded it, I think it's the other way around -- it was a -- very deliberate, admittedly -- swan song. A "going away gift", as it were.

Apparently, this was all according to plan. He was a fucking artist to the end. He recorded it in the early months of 2015 and saved releasing it until his death was imminent. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html

Yeah, I thought you of all people might be interested. Yeah, I've got some iDollars, will check it out, thanks for the rec. There were several other apps gone over, too, I should hurry up and rewatch the video and make a catalog of which ones I want. I loved that feedback algorithm, although I already have a pretty sweet feedback sound in my Roland JP8080.

Blackstar is sublime, a masterpiece of a swansong, but it's too short to listen to over and over in one day -- supplementing with some older catalog. Alright, all of the older catalog.

This made me laugh on an otherwise emotionally bleak day.

He made 'pushing the envelope' cool. An important influence that I have serious doubts could ever exist in today's market. He will be sorely missed. RIP, Bowie

Jordan Rudess live on Facebook -- going deeply into GeoShred, will definitely be getting this. https://www.facebook.com/jordanrudessofficial/videos/vb.8717682988/10153448134877989/?type=2&theater&notif_t=live_video

Nice presentations on all of them!