Dusty Chalk

Happy belated! (party favour noise)

They probably didn't have any complete bikes, bunch of half-finished ones.

It's actually with regard to violin practice, so headphones won't do a lot of good.

I think you meant, "Dat DAC stack", Justin.

Spent most of the afternoon with my two sisters. Yay for reunions of a post nuclear family (I felt like coining that term, and it is appropriate -- we used to be a nuclear family, and now we are within the same metropolitan area).

That goes without saying.

Most tube stores charge extra for matching tubes, so no, there is no obligation to match the "throwin"/"freebie" tubes. If they want matched tubes that you don't have, just send them here.

"Do not wear around dogs" Also, why is latex listed twice? Is it that good of a selling point? "Oh, and...latex." (wiggles eyebrows, nods suggestively)

Happy Birthday! (party favour noise)

Sorry to hear about that, man. Way too fucking many people dying lately.

I don't know who she is. "ginger in your ass" Also, baguette == baby. More here.

Were you inebriated?

Fink, Perfect Darkness -- really cool Hit & Miss find (har har) -- sparse, dark, organic, like Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions with more electricity (and less binaural) and a male vocalist There's going to be a lot of these, I liked what I heard of Gram Rabbit, and fully intend to revisit PJ Harvey and listen to the unofficial "H&M soundtrack" playlist. Still need to know what was playing when she was dancing around her city loft with a concussion in episode 6 (~10:10 if anyone wants to go take a listen).

Aw yeah.

Finished Hit & Miss (finally). I liked it, but of course the wrap-up left me wanting. Also, really want to know what that song is at 10:10 of the last episode. It's got a rockin' grooviness that I usually don't hear together. The soundtrack is nicely all over the place, from Slipknot to Joy Division to Morrisey/Smiths with lots of very organic and old school stuff like Patsy Cline, Son of Dave with Martina Topley Bird, PJ Harvey, Fink, Gram Rabbit ("Dirty Horse" is the unofficial theme, I think) and Micah P. Hinson. Lots of morose-ness, medigs.

@,,@ Also, lollers @ "Like all terrible things, that whole first episode is available on YouTube..."

I think that's just icing, Brent. (badum-chik)

Looks like you got someone's fingers in there.

Can't you just soften them up, mafia style? With a bat?

...and plankton.

I kept reading that as "Hero's Ascent".

Just my theory. He got one of those portable vocal booths (and no, it was not bigger on the inside), made a couple posts after that that he was doing all his listening in the booth, and then promptly stopped. Almost like he had bought JH Audio something or others. And no, you don't need to seal everything, that was my point about attenuation. Find out what the walls already attenuate, find out how loudly you play, decide how quietly you want to be heard, what remains is what you need to attenuate by. No seal == still attenuate a lot, as long as you do things smartly like block the ductwork. In other words, concentrate on the problem areas. And you don't need to hang the lead sheets from the walls, as long as you place them between the sound source and the largest conduits.

The year was 2013...wait, what? Even the video was made to look like it was 20 years ago.