Dusty Chalk

Sure, why not: Happy belated birthday! (party favour noise) Nicely done, by the way. Contrite without being a complete bootlicking toady. I have hopes for this one.

One of the people putting up my sister is having a birthday today, so I'm hanging out with a bunch of fit, well groomed, well dressed, dare I say cute guys, and a couple shlubs and their wives and me and my sister. Just thought I'd make Steve jealous. Edit: Apparently, some of the cute guys are straight. Who knew?

Maybe I should re-read the welcome PM, it's been through a lot of editing -- and by committee -- so who knows what it looks like now. Does it mention the 13-step hazing...?

Graham, you make food look so porny fucking delicious.

(whimper)

That looks great, Mike, almost purpleheart.

The Orb, Moonbuilding 2703 AD

What? We certainly don't advertise this place as easy-going anything. Go back and read your welcome PM.

Halleluzhah! Taking the opportunity to listen to last couple weeks' showreels.

They have those. I thought. Nope, just looked, most of them don't have a display...they expect you to have access to one, or for watching movies. But it's basically a hard drive with a play button. I wonder if finagling a small 2" display would give you functionality, or if you'd still need something else. So if you don't need ripping, what about one of those other personal music devices that the people on head-fi are always going on about? Like the Sony or the Fiio.

Ooooooh, so what you want is an iPod, except with built-in ripper, basically. Sorry, disregard my suggestions.

Okay, that was fantastic. They even recreated the viral video that made them initially famous...except with a choir. They played just about every song I would've wanted them to, except for "Cannon" (my favourite), but they surprised me by playing "Shades" as the closer, my favourite track from their second album. Two guitars, piano, violin and cello, and they all sing. So imagine Dead Can Dance meets Sigur Ros meets ... I don't know, Crosby Stills & Nash? Really glad I went.

Seriously! \mm/

I'd be remiss if I didn't include the obligatory...

At an actual church. Not smoldering, but I am molting...or perhaps that's the sunburn peeling.

(Svefns og vöku skil) by Very much looking forward to tonight's concert.

Used Roku Soundbridge? Grace Digital something or other?

Yeezh.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

A cellist I follow on Facebook:

Lost Girl -- s03e01 -- toward the end,

Iamthemorning -- love this stuff.

I've not heard the M6, myself, but I'm a big fan of their fully balanced and dual mono designs, of which the M6PRE is both. (I'm more of an A3^CR guy.)