Dusty Chalk

Dull Rachmaninov is still Rachmaninov, so...win! (Translation: I like Ashkenazy, sometimes a non-personalized interpretation is best interpretation. I feel the same way about Schubert's chamber music, especially a certain very popular interpretation of his piano trios.) And thanks for that, I did manage to track down the MoRA 24/96 DVD box set, which includes that. Très wonderful. Need to figure out how to rip it, now, so that I can listen on my computer.

L'Shana Tova, to all appropriate personages.

Posted with the caption, "this is not a scene from a movie, this was Friday at Burning Man" (it actually is a scene from a movie...photoshopped in with a scene from Burning Man).

Food porn video: https://www.facebook.com/djmosakenofficial/videos/1043122712380622/

I discovered her purely by chance -- was listening to Pye Control Audio as a result of a track from Knucks set on Friday (which I'd heard before, but felt like investigating this time), and clicked on related acts in Tidal, and she was the only one listed. Oh, and she sounds nothing like them, lollers. Now: Tycho -- was KEXP set, now Boiler Room set, just really pretty post-rocky kind of stuff with heavy dose of electronica and effects.

Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) -- before you mock, go listen to the live side of a Decade of Rock'n'Roll: 1970 to 1980. We lost a good one.

Cheers fellow space traveler.

You ARE a target market.

I had some swordfish earlier that was just perfect. A little salty, could that be because they were breathing salt water their entire life, and I'm just more sensitive to it than I was almost 30 years ago, the last time I had swordfish this good, or was it because we're nowhere near deep sea, and they needed to preserve it to get here? Anyway, not complaining, just wonderin'.

Holly Herndon, Platform -- glitchy experimental electronica -- medigs! -- RIYL Oneohtrix Point Never, Grimes, Fever Ray, et al.

Happy belated! (party favour noise)

Pye Corner Audio, because Knucks.

So very 1978. My friend Pavan got married in traditional Indian garb -- I must say, I am quite jealous. So purple. Also, they already have a puppy together.

Sent in a bunch of rebates for guitar strings (~$360 dollars worth). Used forever stamps from ~10 years back, I think. Stopped by the new Mom's Organic Market that opened down here in Woodbridge. Bought $5 of stuff (I didn't really need anything, but wanted some peppermints). They gave me a goody bag worth over 5 times that. Profit! Also, customer for life. Discovered Ornery Beer Public House is opening.

Either that, or she's trying to stave off some sort of photographic attack.

No, I think he meant this one.

This. For some reason, I find the concept of being pooped on a major criteria for assholicness in creatures, and therefore birds win. Although plague rats would do it for me too if that were a realistic problem.

Well, I did find high-res download on HDTracks, if you care...

Thanks, Brent, that was actually really helpful. That said, I wouldn't mind armrests that fold away. I have a tendency to fall asleep in my desk chair, I really don't want to fall over and bump my head on something and knock myself out.

I need a chair without armrests for guitar practice. Bonus points if it can double as a desk chair. Any recommendations?

Calexico on SACD?!?!? Must track down... In the mean time, Onyx,

What's the update? Just curious. (I.E. can I use it on my phone now?)