Dusty Chalk

It was a Jolida integrated (JD102B) and Spendor S3/5? speakers -- my first audiophile system. I added my own subwoofer, because I was too cheap to buy theirs (I think theirs was a Bag End Infrasub, mine was a Sunfire Sub Jr., which worked just fine when it was between the CD player and the integrated, plus tiny room). But honestly, I think it was just that my old system had deteriorated so radically, and it was such a large step to a full-frequency-bandwidth system. Plus, the recording was fantastic -- I think it was some straight-to-two-channel jazz thing. Plus, tubes.

First thing I put on was the radio, and it was all brimstone and fire -- in terms of how strongly they were warning us against going out and driving in the snow -- looked outside, it wasn't snowing yet, so immediately went and ran the one errand I needed to run today. By the time I got home about an hour later, one couldn't see the streets or parking lots -- the ground was cold enough from the past two days of single digit temperatures that it started sticking immediately, even when being driven on. And I was skidding all over the place, so went straight home and am staying here. Will cook some, clean some, practice some, and laze some. Started with the lazing.

Hanggai -- Mongolian/Chinese folk+ band. First album, Introducing Hanggai -- is more indigenous music, but He Who Travels Far and Baifang introduce elements of rock and prog. Still has a lot of folk elements to it, they're just stirred up into a complex stew. EDIT: This shit is awesome:

I've always loved music, but the equipment to make it was always just a tool to hear the music until recently. Bought a sample CD (Uwe Schmidt) that included a warning against blowing one's woofers -- I paid no heed, and blew my woofers. Went to a store to hear some speakers I wanted to hear. They sounded like they had a live band playing inside, so I stayed outside. When they finished I heard what was obviously a much larger audience than could possibly fit in the small store. Immediately bought said system (less the source -- a turntable -- since I was CD based).

I love Night of the Living Dregs Dregs of the Earth, but never got anything else by them. Any pointers? I could do with some good fusion. EDIT: Correct album title, not sure why I always do that.

It's so cold out, that my apartment complex management asked us all to leave our faucets on 'drip' so that the pipes don't freeze and burst. Sad part is, it makes sense, because if they do have to fix the burst pipes, you know they're going to raise our rent, so we're going to pay for it either way.

New Age Bullshit generator

A very cool German dub techno playlist on Tidal.

You mean, Nevada?

I got my packages yesterday, from both FedEx and UPS. Still, this:

Not sure where else to post this, so I'll post it here: Amazon greenlights Man in the High Castle, amongst others I watched the pilot. I am excite.

I think he just wanted to use the word, 'blunt'.

http://time.com/3713252/little-caesars-bacon-wrapped-pizza-crust/

LOLOLOLOL

Outstanding. What insurance company is that again?

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

Happy birthday, Steve! (party favour noise) Very nice cake, Al! Is that mahogany? I heard he prefers ebony, but I suspect he'll enjoy that just fine.

Yeezh. If I did that on my phone, I'd be 30GB over my limit, at $15/GB, and 29 days left of the month to tread water on. I actually have Spotify set to only play over wi-fi or download. Need to see if Tidal does the same.

Haven't read that yet. Yeah, October Daye is still the best...er...my favourite.

This show is the best. I love the touch'n'go humour -- it's typical "good guy vs. bad guy" shtick, and the CG is horrible (I think it even makes fun of itself at one point -- person falls, goes splat, and parts appear to have gone missing because they were rendered on the other side of the floor) but it's the little things that get me. Bad guy looks like someone out of Clockwork Orange; one of the professors is constantly slurping on coffee and spastic; etc.

Elementary is on my list as well, that is all I've got.

Shelly -- you gotta watch his standup, I have never laughed so hard. Yeah, wasn't aware of Scorpion, but I'll definitely give it a go watch the pilot maybe. Person of Interest -- now that one I was aware of, but had forgotten to watch, will check it out. Black Box, never even heard of. Okay, I started watching RWBY -- OMG, this is awsum. Weird girl shows up, Ruby says something, (silence, wind blows, a tumbleweed blows past)...Ruby says something else...(more wind, another tumbleweed blows past)..."sure is windy". Ruby (main character) starts giving a rousing speech, "Sisters! Friends! Weiss!" (Weiss is a "frenemy") Weiss: (offscreen) "Hey!" I couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes. Yes, it's simple little humour, but it's definitely my kind of humour.

Snarky Puppy marathon (jazz rock fusion-y kind of thing)

Dude, I don't care what you say, that's awesome. It's heartening to hear such progress.