Dusty Chalk

And another, "fuck yeah" on finishing. I know from back when I ran 10K's that just finishing was my biggest accomplishment.

Oh, gosh, I don't know, probably the Heifetz on RCA Living Stereo, just because Heifetz. I tend more towards listening to all sorts of renditions rather than trying to pick a favourite. I just rule out bad renditions (which is rare, I tend to like whichever one I'm listening to at the moment). I've probably listened to the Midori more than any other, because I picked it up early in my SACD collecting. The winner is me.

Before - Cool for School -- a benefit album, with many school-themed songs During - Ella Enchanted soundtrack -- I'm in a silly mood, it's got a bunch of 70's pop radio era covers on it ("Don't Go Breakin' My Heart", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Strange Magic", "Somebody to Love" -- pretty much my 7" singles collection) After - Gonna sample a bunch of The Neighborhood's "related artists", as per Spotify/Last.fm/etc.

I will have to listen to that Julia Fischer tomorrow, I didn't realize she had done the Bruch (one of my more favorite violin concertos [alright, one of the few I know, ackshully]). Oh, and apparently she's done the paganini caprices as well. Wow, I'm like half a dozen albums out of date... But right now I am listening to Just Tell Me that You Want Me (a fairly recent Fleetwood Mac tribute by "alternative" artists)...can't wait to hear Billy Gibbons & Co. doing "Oh Well".

Dude, it's a joke. You should forward it to your friends and relatives in LA, I bet they'd get it.

Bad time to read Tommyknockers, Dan. Ditters on the stay safe y'all....er...midwesterners?

Huh. So, theoretically, we could make our own DACs with a resistor and a capacitor? (And then run it through like a phono amplifier without the RIAA curve)?

Oh, well that's different.

WAT.

"And if you live by the rules of 'it's over' then I'm sure that that makes sense" Dido, "White Flag" -- I know this is supermarket drivel, but it reduces me to a tear-well-up-eyed mess every time I ear it. There's something about the clear purity of her voice and straight delivery that just adds to the sincerity and heart-felt-ness of this song. To me, anyway.

Aye, I figured it out, just thought you'd enjoy my mental image of your statement. Fish sauce on left, cabinet on right.

No, seriously, I didn't even know what umami is before now, not sure I know now. But will do further research. (puts fish sauce on shopping list for tomorrow) I do love me some fish sauce. Even someone I know who is allergic to fish likes fish sauce (specifically, that Thai beef salad that doesn't taste right without fish sauce).

What does the fish sauce do?

The "whatever she wants" option is best, if she didn't make you sleep on the couch for celebrating mother's day a week late.

Arrested Development -- I never finished it from when I started watching it way back when, then took it off Netflix before I was done, then put it back on.

It's spelled, 'copies'. Unless that's some sort of ancient Greek name.

Aw!

Sorry, forgot to mention that, but it's weird -- no My Neighbor Totoro, and Spirited Away isn't out on Blu-Ray yet? WTF? That said, if I hadn't just got that el-cheapo box set recently, I'd get all those Blu-Rays.

I've gotten used to the midbass bloom already, I don't find it intrusive on the mids at all. Using the above sunflower analogy, it's like the camera panned back. And maybe craned up a little, to compensate for the distance, so that the ground didn't seem to take over the foreground. But, you know, still there -- 'bloom'. I've been listening to a bunch of Brubeck compilations, which means there've been the occasional vocal track (the most obvious being Louis Armstrong, I think, and ...Carmen McRae -- is that the vocalist?), but still need to hear more, and more familiar vocal material.

Looking through their catalog, it looks like the upside-down house is on all their EP's and singles as well, so it may represent both 'U' and 'The Foundation'. All India Radio, Red Shadow Landing, self-titled, and others.

Gold Fields, Black Sun -- groovy dance alternative, a la Remain in Light-era Talking Heads, !!!, etc.

Nice find, digging this. (It's weird how arbitrary I am about what I will sample...I love the cover, even though I have no idea how an upside down house represents "you", except with the chimney it kind of represents the lower case 'u'.) Prior to that I was listening to Damone -- femme-fronted power-punk-pop with some glam (read: hair metal) influences, including the look-at-me guitar solos.

Very nice backpedal.

(squints) Why does fax machine need paper if you're doing the transmitting?

Tomorrow is ride-to-work day. Just sayin'.